How To: Air Bag Led Color Conversion

[captainrab]

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A 355nation How To presented by
Captain Rab and brewer15650

Project Name
How To Air bag led color conversion

Project Description
Converting stock airbag control lamps to an Led color of your choice

Skill Level
Moderate

Project Vehicle
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Colorado
Year: 2007
Engine: 3.7L
Power windows: Yes
Sun Roof: No

Tools Needed
Soldering iron
Solder
(2) 3 mm LED’s and the respective current limiting resistor (Get several more in case you mess up or kill one because of too much heat)
Solder Wick Wire
Small flat screwdriver


Project Time
1-2 hours or less

Project Cost
Roughly $3.00


1. Remove center bezel by prying on the lower section

2. Pull outward on lower plastic panel until the clips disengage

3. Disconnect hazard wiring switch and air bag wiring harness.

4. Use appropriate nut driver to remove air bag electronic assembly

5. Use a flat blade screwdriver to remove top cover on air bag assembly. See picture below:



6. Remove top cover off plastic assembly



7. Remove PC board assembly

8. Once the PC board assembly is removed you will see two lamps soldered to the board, remove these two lamps

9. Solder the respective color led and proper resistor value together using the text below for the proper current limiting resistor following this template. Make sure that the resistor goes to the anode side of the led. See pic below:

• 470 ohms for colors Blue, Green, White, U.V. (Black light) & Pink
• 560 ohms for Red, Yellow & Orange
1/4 watt resistors will work fine



10. Your led/resistor assembly’s should look now like this



Now bend the assembly in the shape of a U and then solder to the board so that it looks like the pictures below
Bottom Side view




Top Side View


11. Finally double check polarity of diodes and resistor orientation



Install the board back into plastic assembly and then replace the top cover. IF you would like to check the assembly before it goes back into the truck and have a power supply. Place 12 volts on the pins locations identified in the first picture.

[brewer15650]

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[Chris0nllyn]

Nice!

I was going to do this soon....sometime

[captainrab]

Good deal I have an extra one done in red already if you want to swap. Now I need a spare hvac to finish up the series

[1BADI5]

Another stellar addition!

No airbag light for me though!

[Chris0nllyn]

Originally Posted by captainrab

Good deal I have an extra one done in red already if you want to swap. Now I need a spare hvac to finish up the series

I'm actually doing all mine in Orange...not a bit difference, but I feel like it'd stand out being right in front of you

Have you done a sunroof switch yet?

I just did mine yesterday

[1BADI5]

I can't wait to see some more pics of these mods installed!

Especially the orange since everyone is doing red or blue

[Chris0nllyn]

Originally Posted by 1BADI5

I can't wait to see some more pics of these mods installed!

Especially the orange since everyone is doing red or blue

I'll snap a few tonight...The orange really just looks red in pictures.

[1BADI5]

Yeah no worries!

The pics I took of my cluster they look orange, but they are no doubt red in person!

[captainrab]

Yeah cameras just don't do justice to them in person. Congrats on the sunroof mod. No I haven't done one yet but if man made it I can led it lol