Taking out cpu

[lupes5]

how do u take out the computer control thingy....i want to change all the lighting on the inside to red, and i was wonderin how i would go about taking the thing out...thanks

 

[Tom]

You mean guages right?
http://www.logun.org/gauges.htm

 

[Wadula]

when you are talking about the gauges i wonder why you want to change from amber to red. that step is not big of a difference and i doubt you will see big improvement.

so what exactly ist it you want to do?

 

[lupes5]

what i'm doing is taking out all the orange...and putting in all red led's.....i a friend who also did it in his bmw....and i loved how it looked (the red was alot brighter, and looked really nice)....and i wanted to know how to take out the thing that has the check controls, temp, clock and all that (i dunno what its called).....and thanks for the help on the guages

 

[Wadula]

allright....well, when you got it done, we all would be happy to the pics of the change. good luck

 

[bmwperson]

I think he wants to change the LEDs in his OBC ( on board computer ). Never done so but maybe soon ;>

 

[Wadula]

the OBC would be fairly easy as it is only that lil unit. the whole dash exactly the contrary.

lupes5, do you want the speedo and that whole instrument cluster red or just that little box where you can read outside temperature and time and stuff?

 

[lupes5]

i'm looking to change all the guage lights to red....my AC and heat controls to red......and the screen where u can read outside temp and the time to red.....i have to see how that screen is set up 2 see if i can change it or not......thats why i wanted 2 know how 2 take it out.......

by the way...does anyone have a tutorial, or someone who knows how to take out the OBC..

 

[manuel]

here is my attempt at a tutorial...

 

[lupes5]

sweet ass thanx manuel...however now i face a different problem....they are normal lights (not orange as i expected) therefore that means that there is a orange filter to show the orange light as seen on the display.....i need a red filter, or a combination of orange and another color to make red...lol if that makes sense

 

[lupes5]

ok i got the obc out....took it apart...i got the orange color filter for the screen out...so now its just a white color (looks pretty cool)....im goin to get some red LED's, and a red color filter so u cant see thru the screen.....after that im changing the button colors to red, throughout the whole dashboard...including guages, and window switches.....i'll post some pics when im done ...which may take a week or 2

 

[manuel]

welcome! i want to see how its gonna look.