you CAN change the color of your clock

GottaBeTRD

GottaBeTRD

New member
Hey guys so I was going to wait until i did it to post this thread but im having trouble finding the supplies.

So i found this video in how they changed the green to a white by using a blue and red film over the digital green display. It looks pretty simple I just have no clue where to find the colored film paper. I went to a local craft store and no luck so far...

but here is the video it's towards the end when they do that it also shows a way that may get rid of some hotspots in the LED's pretty good stuff!
YouTube - Mustang Gauge LED Upgrade Part II

The only thing i can find are some organizers that are red and somewhat blue that kind of make a purple but not really to my liking.

I read somewhere of someone cutting out a piece from a Kaboom cleaner bottle so i may try that route too?? i dont know what do yall think?
 
Register to hide this ad
I had heard that trick too of using a piece from a bottle of Kaboom to put in your clock face to change the color.
I am going to have my dash apart here in the next few weeks so might give it a try and post up a pic if it comes out OK.The idea of using some type of colored film sounds alot easier though !
 
you might want to try a hobby store (radio control) the have different color films that we use to cover balsa wood planes. i have seen them translucent and i think they would fit the bill. any hobby shop should have a fairly good selection of colors since this material is needed any time a plane is crashed and repaired (happens often)

a couple generic brands are ultracote and duracote. Find a hobby store in your area and they will know what you are talking about.
 
I would think photography places would have different colored filters to go over the lenses to change colors.
I have a cheap strobe light I got at Party City for Halloween that came with several different colored lenses, I think they are red, green & blue.
It's worth a shot :)
 
So i went out and checked a couple more places, I went to HobbytownUSA and they had that stuff you were talking about criera . They had a bunch of colors but not clear purple or clear blue just a clear red. It was like $13 though and i only need a little bit... so a little expensive maybe i can start product and sell it?? haha

I also tried Radio Shack thinking they might have those films that they use for stage lights but nothing, and then Office Depot and all i could find there was a clear purple clipboard it may work if i cut it??

Gosh i know i see this stuff all the time i just cant think of where. Steve keep me posted i may try those dividers i saw there only like 50 cents a piece so no harm in trying.

EDIT: dang i wish i could find some of those old school red and blue 3D glasses that would work
 
Last edited:
GottaBeTRD said:
They had a bunch of colors but not clear purple or clear blue just a clear red. It was like $13 though and i only need a little bit... so a little expensive maybe i can start product and sell it?? haha


i didnt even think about you having to buy a whole roll of the stuff. Sorry to point you in the wrong direction. now that you mention it, yeah you could probably do about 1500 clocks with 1 roll of the stuff. so...I'll go in on my 5 square inches if you pul the trigger, lol.

fwiw there are a nearly infinite number of colors out there even in the clear/translucent but obviously you dont need a whole role of ea color just for the one little piece either way.

I suppose if one was motivated and or frugal enough, you could go to the rc equivalent of t4r; RCGroups.com: The ABCs of Radio Control - Aircraft, Boats, and Cars! Ive seen people giving away small scraps for free on several occasions since people usually are doing a repair or a new covering job where either way there is always scrap pieces left over.

anyways good luck with the search and let us know what you figure out, im currently in the process of converting my int lights to white led so im quite interested.
Click to expand...
 
criera said:
I suppose if one was motivated and or frugal enough, you could go to the rc equivalent of t4r; RCGroups.com: The ABCs of Radio Control - Aircraft, Boats, and Cars! Ive seen people giving away small scraps for free on several occasions since people usually are doing a repair or a new covering job where either way there is always scrap pieces left over.
Click to expand...


kind of like this:

Covering for "OLD" Miss 2 (Lightweight trans yellow oracover) - RC Groups

ok, sorry, you can have your thread back now :)
 
I think this can be a big thing if we get it figured out. For those that have done or are doing the LED conversion, the clock sticks out like a sore thumb

Thanks for the ideas there. I talked to My Brother in Law, he used to work for a printing company so he had all kinds of ideas. He found this theater store in Salt Lake and i guess they give away a whole book load of these translucent samples for those old school color gel covers for the stage lights.... remember those? so yeah He's working down in SLC tomorrow and said he'll try to snag one of those. So we may be in business??

Has anyone taken their clock out? Im sure its not a big deal im just hoping its accessible to stick something on the front.
 
EDIT: Dont read this method much better one down there!!

So im not completely satisfied with the color but this may be the closest we can get... Im still waiting on the swatch book of gell inserts for those stage lights so i may get to experiment a little more

However i couldn't wait for those so i bought this at walmart for like $2

004-3.jpg~original


I cut a piece off using a dremel, dont diss on my cutting skills i know they suck :P
005-2.jpg~original


I stuck it on using some clear scotch mounting squares. i just cut little pieces off and stuck them on the sides
007-2.jpg~original


and vuala! no more green clock :bravo:

010-1.jpg~original
 
Last edited:
cool beans. so is it only blue that you need to overlay? I thought i saw or read that you need blue and red? I just noticed i have some blu ray discs that come in a blueish case. If only blue is needed, i might have to do this today.
 
yeah if your going that route you need a blue and a red to get somewhat of a violet/purple.

i originally went over to look for the Kaboom cleaner but they didn't have it so i found this and it worked pretty good.
EDIT: post some pics when you get it done!
 
Last edited:
Never mind all that crap above check this out!! so i finally got a hold of these swatch books that have pretty much every color you can think of that is translusent but here are some samples of changing the color on your clock.
the stock green, know this looks more blue because there is a brownish shield in front of the clock that gives it the ugly yellowish look so color's may change with that but here we go
clockcolor001.jpg
clockcolor003.jpg
clockcolor004.jpg
clockcolor005.jpg~original


clockcolor006.jpg
clockcolor007.jpg
clockcolor008.jpg~original


clockcolor009.jpg
clockcolor010.jpg
clockcolor011.jpg
clockcolor012.jpg~original


I wanted it white at first but now im really digging the red, so im gonna try that first, ill post finished pics later on
 
yeah but those cost money LOL these things were free! but yeah that is a good idea though. Allthough with my testing i have tried a lot of translusent things and a lot of them didn't even alter the color its kinda wierd, but anyway these gel things are samples used for stage lights so i don't know how it makes any difference but yeah its been a fun project here is the finished product I love it!

clockcolor015.jpg~original


clockcolor016.jpg~original


and the swatch books, there are lots and lots of color options,
clockcolor017.jpg~original
 
Last edited:
ajspagna said:
Thats pretty sweet. Where did you find these swatch books?
Click to expand...

I just googled the swatch book thing and found some local studio performing arts stores that have them. they are samples for the different colors the stage lights use but yeah they give them out for free... it was kinda fun playing with it.

I may try to mod the brownish lens that is in the trim piece in front of the clock, I think that will make a huge difference, but yeah man its crazy how many colors there are, you can almost do anything.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Fiffa
FS: 3rd Gen 4Runner Limited, Vancouver, WA, $13k OBO
Replies
2
Views
3K
Fiffa
Fiffa
B
Seat Swap: 05 Sport (manual; cloth) to 06 Limited (power; leather)
Replies
12
Views
8K
Az4runnin
Az4runnin
lasfit
How to Choose the Suitable LED Bulbs for Your Vehicle？
Replies
0
Views
7K
lasfit
lasfit
seabun
FS: 1999 4Runner Limited 4x4 - $10k - Tulsa, OK
Replies
5
Views
11K
seabun
seabun
W
Automating My 4Runner
Replies
0
Views
1K
woodsby
W

Members online

Total: 24,248 (members: 3, guests: 24,245)

Forum statistics

Threads
278,316
Messages
3,554,113
Members
248,016
Latest member
Advally Service

Share this page

Trending content

Back
Top