Most people are
unhappy with your current clock color. 00-02 clocks can do the
filter trick in the installs but it will be very dim during the
day and pretty dim at night. Those with 03-05 clocks are stuck
with either orange or red because the lens is orange. So here is
what i did. I took off the whole lends from the front of the
clock. The lense is held in by 4 pegs of plastic that just need
to be dremmeld out to get the lens off. Now u wil have a light
green lcd with a nice looking black surround. So u can now do
the filter trick.
This is the clock when out of the housing
now unscrew the 3 small screws in the back. They are very tiny
so may need glasses screwdriver to get them out:
Now use a dremmel or small drill. There are 4 pegs in the back
that are expanded plastic. To get these out, drill the plastic
out of it until its loose. The 2 in the middle are deep in,
therefore hard to get to. Get a long bit do get it out. Try not
to dril to deep so to keep the lense intact, and keep the black
plastic housing intact. Also be carefull with the clock itsef.
Once you get the lense out it should look like this (without the
hole in the center. That was my first attempt to brighten the
lense up
You dont need this anymore but can keep it and glue it back on
later if u dont like how the clock looks
Now this part you need ot use whatever celophane colors u need
ot make the color u want. The actual clock is a light green
color. To get a nice bright blue use 1 purple filter and 2 blue
filters.
Simply cut the filters and place as shown here:
Now put everyhting back together and it should look something
like this:
THIS IS THE INSTLAL FOR TEHE CELPPHANE
I have found that practically any color can be had using the
green clock. It’s just a matter of combining the correct
combination of filters to achieve the desired shading. The key
matching the blue of the cluster and radio LEDs is filtering out
the green light using a purple filter. This will give the clock
a light blue illumination. To get a medium blue illumination,
layer a blue filter over the purple filter. Many folks have
tried using just blue filters which results in either a teal
blue or an extremely dim blue display. The clock can even be
made to illuminate white if you wish by using multiple layers of
pink film. Cellophane wrapping film can be used for the filters
and is available at craft or party supply stores for a whopping
$1.00 per roll so start saving your dough for this one. LOL
Below is a reference pic showing some relative shadings and the
filters used:
This plug is the one on the clock. Disconnect this wire if you
want the clock at full brightness at all times.
PS: Sorry for the crappy pic quality. When saving them from a
word doc i lost hte origonal pics and they turned out like these
