Blue LED Delco Radio Mod

December 2, 2007 at 9:07 pm · Filed under Rimshot

A few of the lights went out on my Delco radio in my ‘98 Silverado, so after seeing this page I decided to give it a shot. While I was at it, I put red LEDs behind my gauges.

The other guy’s method was to glue the LEDs in to the faceplate. I tried this at first, but soon realized that it makes much more sense to just solder the LEDs onto the board, cut a few traces, etc. It worked great. The radio looks really cool. I’m still debating the gauges, though. I think having orange needles with red gauges is the problem. Stay tuned.

As an added bonus, since the LEDs in the dash and the radio draw only a fraction of power that the hot 12V bulbs did, the headlight switch stays a lot cooler. The only drawback of all this is the inability to dim the lights (but I don’t see that as a drawback anyways). I highly recommend this to anyone looking for something different.
(special thanks to superbrightleds.com)

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Updates

December 2, 2007 at 8:29 pm · Filed under Detonation

A few updates:

Wedding went great. Two years worth of planning and it all goes by in a flash. Veronica looked amazing. I was sweaty. Good times

Honeymoon was fun. Disneyland was cool, Knott’s Berry Farm was excellent (except for the food). Seaworld was Shamu-tastic.

The resort we stayed at, though, turned out to be a beautiful piece of shit. Short story, several things were stolen from our room, including a diamond necklace I bought for the wife as a wedding present. The hotel, however, couldn’t care less. I’ve felt safer at a Motel 6.
FUCK THE ST. REGIS AT MONARCH BEACH

Otherwise, it was a lovely time. I’ll miss the OC.

We’ve still got to finish those thank you notes, but we’re getting there…

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