Complete Trans Am LED Conversion (Interior & Exterior) - WARNING PIC HEAVY

**Blackbird96WS6** · 02-09-2014, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by New2LT

How do you remove the red film on the door handle bezel? I know theres the screw to get it off the door. But once it's off the door, how do you get rid of the red film where the bulb goes in?

I found a couple different removal methods on the other Tech site. Some used razor blades to scrape it off, others used a Q-Tip and rubbing alcohol to get the glue to release, goo gone might work, too. I take it you want to switch to a different interior color, not all red?

Originally Posted by MI6TA

YES! This is the thread I have been longing for! I want to do the footwells, hatch light, map lights, and probably sidemarkers maybe tails.Thanks for such detail and thoroughness!

Originally Posted by MI6TA

Gotta say, those footwells are sexy! I love the idea of splicing to the dimmer switch! I've had superbrightleds saved as a bookmark for months but didn't wanna start the project "in the dark".

Thank you! I'm glad to help. For the foot well LEDs, I just bought some LED strips with adhesive backing from Walmart lol. Cheap solutions ftw haha. Here's where I put them on:

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**New2LT** · 02-09-2014, 06:34 PM

Yeah going with cool white with a hint of blue looks like hids. I guess I gotta get overlays since I think I will mess it up

**Blackbird96WS6** · 02-09-2014, 06:51 PM

Yeah, most of the threads I read recommended getting aftermarket overlays if you want to change colors. That should be nice and bright inside when done, just make sure it's not too much white to see out of the car when driving at night. Different colors are harder/softer on the eyes in the dark. I know red is a softer color and won't make you squint as much, easier for the eye to absorb. White is pretty bright though and harder to look past in the dark. White lights tend to black out everything around them for me at night, so that's why I stuck with a soft color. Just happens to be very convenient that red follows my car's red-on-black theme lol.

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**Blackbird96WS6** · 02-12-2014, 04:31 PM

Aaaww yeah, look what just showed up. I'll have pics by this weekend.

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**MI6TA** · 02-12-2014, 09:51 PM

Oh lol. Good ol walmart cheapiness. Are they hooked up to a switch or wired to the dimmer? I got confused lol.

**Blackbird96WS6** · 02-13-2014, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by MI6TA

Oh lol. Good ol walmart cheapiness. Are they hooked up to a switch or wired to the dimmer? I got confused lol.

Wired to the dimmer wheel, dark green wire coming out of the back of the wheel. I grounded the driver side to one of the bolts holding the steering column. I grounded the passenger side to one of the bolts in the bar just below the glove box. Had to extend the passenger side power wire about 6" to make it back over to the dimmer wheel.

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**Blackbird96WS6** · 02-13-2014, 10:25 AM

So last night got almost the whole car done, only things I have left to swap are the front turn signals, front sidemarkers, and the flasher. Ran into an issue with the 5 WLED-RHP5 bulbs that are the main back light and the 2 WLED-GHP5 blinker bulbs not working in the instrument cluster, after looking at them closely, it looks like the LED contacts are on the broad flat side front and back, while the contacts on the bulb bases are on the thin sides, so no circuit is being made... Justin is going to pull his cluster and check his (since he knows his work, I sent him pics of mine to compare) and get back to me. Hoping it's something simple I just did incorrectly, but we'll see. So far everything else looks great, though. All warning indicator bulbs in the instrument cluster work and are nice and bright, tail lights are brighter, brake lights brighter, reverse lights look much cleaner with a cool white light, license plate is lit up like daylight (wondering if that's a good thing... haha), kinda hard to tell the difference in the HVAC panel and dimmer switch, but it at least didn't get dimmer, the door lights are slightly brighter (not that they're real bright to begin with), console light is about the same as the stock bulb (just red now), glove box is damn bright, and the red map lights look awesome IMO. I need to look for a clearer plastic cover for the hatch light, mine's kinda dark and hazy, so the red doesn't come through very well. If I take the cover off, it puts out a great amount of light. I'll start posting up pics as soon as I get everything working, don't want to post incomplete pics lol.

**MI6TA** · 02-13-2014, 05:15 PM

Hope you get it all figured out with what's remaining. Can't wait to see pics!

**Blackbird96WS6** · 02-13-2014, 05:31 PM

Justin confirmed for me that I do have the wrong version of bulbs for my gauges. Weird thing is I got the same part number he did, but they sent me a different version of the bulb than what he got. I'll get back on their site later to see if I can find the version he ordered or not, but in an awesome act of generosity, he's sending me his that do work so I can finish mine up. Huge THANK YOU to @MeanTA.

I got my flasher installed and verified the blinkers are working, but will have to do the front blinkers tomorrow. About to go see Stone Sour tonight lol.

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