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Old 06-28-2011, 09:41 AM #31
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Very nice Antman! I'm with you tho, that LED not coming on would drive my OCD self crazy. lol.
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Without the LED, how would you know they were on??

LOL Joking of course.
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ANTMAN MOD #4.1

Lighting up the FOG indicator from the FOG MOD

Well, it took all of 24 hrs, and the "Fog LED not lighting up" thing bugged me enough to do something about it. I took the dash apart -again- and buried an LED in there behind the FOG indicator. I used an orange LED, mostly because I didn't have any green available, and the electronics store is 30 mins away. What do you guys think about it? I'm not sure yet, may just throw a green one in there since all the real work is done for this...


The entire dash comes apart without any tools, except for a phillips screwdriver- thanks Toyota!

Here's what you need to pull off:

*The plastic panel where your fan switch is located

*The panel to the right of the steering column that houses the useless "party mode" button

*The panel to the left of the steering column that has your mirror controls

All of these panels pull towards you- use your muscles!- to come off


The steering column screws, under the steering wheel, need to come off and then you can pull the black plastic guage surround off. it's connected to the top of the steering column plastic with a piece of vinyl.

4 screws remove the cluster, and the plug is on top. Here's what you end up with...


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The top of the cluster has molded in black plastic tabs holding it on. Simply take a small screwdriver and- patiently- work your way around the cluster to remove it.

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Remember this- every time you look at your dash you will notice any dirt, dust, or fingerprints you get in here! Be careful...


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I used a hobby knife to cut a slot for the LED , and it's wires. You can't access this area without removing the needles for the guages, so this was the only way to get it in there! I cleaned up this cut significantly, before I was done- forgot to take a picture...

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Here's a LINK on how to make LED's like this one that's buried in the slot. Note: The long black push-button that goes through the hole in the guage face pulls right off, and snaps back in easily. This made the job alot easeir once I figured that out


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I messed around with the positioning of the LED, to try to get the lighting as even as possible.


Now everything can go back together. The ground to the LED gets connected to the ground in the FOG MOD writeup, and the hot-lead ties into relay terminal#30.


Here is the result, whenever the fogs are on...

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Very nice write up and mod! Since you can't trick the computer into lighting up the dash how about just tying a LED into the fog light power circuit and positioning it behind the dash fog light icon?
Well, I only did it because of your constant nagging about burying an LED in there...
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Well, I only did it because of your constant nagging about burying an LED in there...
Very cool. I wonder how many warranties you've voided so far! j/k. Looks great. (I know you will end up getting the green LED, it's driving you crazy already isn't it?) ;)
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Although I'll never ever ever do a quarter of the mods you've done, you, sir, are an inspiration. Very impressed to say the least.

It's going to break your heart when you sell this thing in the future. lol
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holy ****! You sir are a bad..bad man!

i'd go with Blue LED. that would stand out
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Although I'll never ever ever do a quarter of the mods you've done, you, sir, are an inspiration. Very impressed to say the least.

It's going to break your heart when you sell this thing in the future. lol
...naaah. You should have seen my GTI. THAT broke my heart to sell!

Plus I think I'll keep this one awhile. I kinda like it
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...naaah. You should have seen my GTI. THAT broke my heart to sell!

Plus I think I'll keep this one awhile. I kinda like it
PM me some pics. I, too, came from a VW only household. Actually, my wife still has hers, and still wants a Vdub for her new car.
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Very cool. I wonder how many warranties you've voided so far! j/k. Looks great. (I know you will end up getting the green LED, it's driving you crazy already isn't it?) ;)
Ummm- just got back from Baynesville Electronics. Green LED in hand...

Pretty soon this dash will take itself apart!
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Let the record show that i am officially nominating Antman for T4R.org Member of the month, for his crazy LED/fog light mod!
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Let the record show that i am officially nominating Antman for T4R.org Member of the month, for his crazy LED/fog light mod!
I'll second that, but not for the mod. For the fact this is his third time taking his dash apart!
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