wakeboarderc

Does anyone know how to change the bulb in the ac and the defrost buttons on a scion xB? Also what size bulbs? thank you

low_down_xb

they are very tiny leds that are ssoldered in, you would need to but extremely small ones and solder them in place, but is it really worth the time and effort you will put in to finding led's and doing the mod?

INFINI

iTrader: (1)

I was just thinking about this same thing & also if it's worth it or not I think it is if your into detail. I would not even try to attempt it myself though. I would need some one who knows how to do it proff.

My whole dash is Red LED's with white contrast in the gauges to the main Red's An inverted red LCD for the mileage etc. My Needles are white as well. So to give a decent contrast I would have the A/C AND don't forget the amber "Airbag" signals in the xA, I would do them white.

This would offer a full completed Mod for the car.

D_M_A_N

Last time I was in there was a while ago... But the led didn't look that hard to change. If you know how to solder even just a little you can do it.

wakeboarderc

Alright. I don't know about the xa but the xb's air bag light is easy to change, it's a couple inches under the climate controls. The bulb is easy to take out, but very hard to put back in. Not even needle nose pliers can put the bulb back in place. You need to giggle the dash faceplate until the bulb sits into place.

DarkBoxJr

peteski

If you mean the "backlighting" of those buttons then they are lit (vial light pipes) by the bulbs which also illuminate the climate controll *****. There are several threads on how to replace the bulbs or just change their "condoms" to get a different color.

If you mean the lights which indicate that the function is turned on then that gets more complicated. The AC "on" indicator is a green LED soldered right into the switch. I replaced it with a (more apropriate) cool blue LED. I had to take the switch apart to do that. The defroster light is a small light bulb which can be easily taken out and replaced.

INFINI

iTrader: (1)

I got the impression is was the LED's which indicate that the function is turned on.

Yea the condom method works excellent for the other stuff.

wakeboarderc

Yea that is what I am talking about but I would rather just buy a bulb if you knew the size.

peteski

There is no bulb in the AC control. There is a small bulb in the defroster switch. No bulbs or LEDs in the hazard switch - just like I explained in my last post.

LED is a T-1 size (3mm). But depending on what you replace it with, you'll have to swap the resistor that goes along with it (to get the brightness right).

As far as the defroster bulb goes, I don't recall the size. It was small 12V bulb. Maybe 3mm? IIRC, it was in a Neo-Wedge base.