changing interior illumination from red to blue? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Suparu · 08-17-2015, 03:29 PM

I'd been wishing there was some way to change the illumination from red to blue without costing a fortune but had just assumed it probably wasn't doable... until I saw this YouTube video a while back.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oykeMRR0iOE"]Subaru BRZ Blue Interior Conversion - YouTube[/ame]

What would it take to do something like that?

go_a_way1 · 08-17-2015, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Suparu

I'd been wishing there was some way to change the illumination from red to blue without costing a fortune but had just assumed it probably wasn't doable... until I saw this YouTube video a while back.

Just swap the LED's ?? They are cheap and it is not super hard to do. There is a DIY on here somewhere

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WhiteFRS69 · 08-17-2015, 03:54 PM

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58207

Jake_86 · 08-18-2015, 12:41 AM

Under $100 but countless man hours

Suparu · 08-18-2015, 08:03 AM

Thanks for the link. I've swapped gauge faces before so I remember how tricky it was to pull the tach/speedo/etc needles off then try to put them back on.

There's still the center console which I thought might be tricky to swap the LED's because I have climate control, but I found a post for that: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1959880

I'm probably going to pull the plug on the idea of converting the LED's from red to blue because it just dawned on me that the interior stitching is all red. I'd have to swap out all those bits for identical pieces with blue stitching like the Series.Blue trim to match the blue LED's.

johnbradshow · 08-21-2015, 07:01 PM

I know you can also change all the interior dome lights to whatever color for under $50.

08-17-2015, 03:29 PM	#1
Suparu Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 123 Thanks: 115 Thanked 48 Times in 32 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	changing interior illumination from red to blue? I'd been wishing there was some way to change the illumination from red to blue without costing a fortune but had just assumed it probably wasn't doable... until I saw this YouTube video a while back. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oykeMRR0iOE"]Subaru BRZ Blue Interior Conversion - YouTube[/ame] What would it take to do something like that?

08-18-2015, 12:41 AM	#4
Jake_86 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Dallas Posts: 308 Thanks: 99 Thanked 78 Times in 46 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Under $100 but countless man hours __________________ Gold Accented GT86 Build Thread Live Fast, Die Young.

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Suparu Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 123 Thanks: 115 Thanked 48 Times in 32 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for the link. I've swapped gauge faces before so I remember how tricky it was to pull the tach/speedo/etc needles off then try to put them back on. There's still the center console which I thought might be tricky to swap the LED's because I have climate control, but I found a post for that: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1959880 I'm probably going to pull the plug on the idea of converting the LED's from red to blue because it just dawned on me that the interior stitching is all red. I'd have to swap out all those bits for identical pieces with blue stitching like the Series.Blue trim to match the blue LED's.

08-21-2015, 07:01 PM	#6
johnbradshow Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Drives: Audi Location: USA Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I know you can also change all the interior dome lights to whatever color for under $50.

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