2007 Base Roadster, "Stock" for the most part, but with lots of interior illumination changes
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Regarding our early production 2007 Base Roadster, I changed all interior illumination & lighting to daylight LEDs, and added extra LED lighting. The daylight LED color is the perfect compliment to our navy blue metallic body, but most important, "we can see" everything so much better. The standard dim-lit-orange was too dark for our aging eyes.
This picture shows the radio display lens changed to match everything better, especially the new odometer color. Here you get a good look at the change in gauges.
Per the great advise given here, I installed LED floor lighting that works when opening the doors and also with a control switch that I mounted below the radio as shown. It turned out exceptionally nice. I later added the glove box lighting to the same circuit.
My power window controls and my power mirror control, the light bulbs were either burnt out or poorly lit. I took them apart to learn the bulbs have colored rubber sleeves over them like the instrument panel. I replaced the bulbs with LEDs with great results. They were initially too bright so I dabbed a thick layer of "black" from a Sharpie permanent marker.
Here is the driver-side power window switch disassembled, Note the green rubber sleeve that I removed. The 12V LED soldered right in where the bad bulb is seen here.
Here is the passenger power window switch with the same green rubber sleeve. The LED soldered in exceptionally easy on this one. Look close. It is far forward in the open.
Here is the power mirror switch. This required a lot more skill to make work. It involved drilling a hole in the back-side connector to access the solder joint. This picture shows the LED already installed. Note the green rubber sleeve in the center of the touch-pad.
I simply cut off the portion that covered the LED.
If you have good working regular light bulbs but want more light, just remove the colored rubber sleeves. I wouldn't take the doors apart for this alone, but if they are coming off for other reasons, it's a good time to consider this simple modification.
In my early production Sky, I had an issue with the power mirror selector toggle. I replaced the unit with a new one only to learn the problem remained. There was in interference problem preventing it from "clicking" all the way down in either position. I filed the gloss black plate's, oval hole at tad bit bigger which solved the problem.
- changed the 2 down-light bulbs in the center mirror
- instrument cluster LED kit along with a new custom face (from www.blackcatcustom.com)
- climate control (changed bulbs and removed yellowed plastic diffusers)
- changed power mirror switch bulb
- changed power window switch bulbs
- added, then changed power door lock switch bulbs
- changed all radio illumination, main screen and button lighting (a simple Chevy Cobalt radio face circuit board swap)
- changed fog light switch bulb
- added LED floor lighting
- added LED glove box lighting
- changed steering wheel controls to Chevy Cobalt to match the radio
This picture shows the radio display lens changed to match everything better, especially the new odometer color. Here you get a good look at the change in gauges.
Per the great advise given here, I installed LED floor lighting that works when opening the doors and also with a control switch that I mounted below the radio as shown. It turned out exceptionally nice. I later added the glove box lighting to the same circuit.
My power window controls and my power mirror control, the light bulbs were either burnt out or poorly lit. I took them apart to learn the bulbs have colored rubber sleeves over them like the instrument panel. I replaced the bulbs with LEDs with great results. They were initially too bright so I dabbed a thick layer of "black" from a Sharpie permanent marker.
Here is the driver-side power window switch disassembled, Note the green rubber sleeve that I removed. The 12V LED soldered right in where the bad bulb is seen here.
Here is the passenger power window switch with the same green rubber sleeve. The LED soldered in exceptionally easy on this one. Look close. It is far forward in the open.
Here is the power mirror switch. This required a lot more skill to make work. It involved drilling a hole in the back-side connector to access the solder joint. This picture shows the LED already installed. Note the green rubber sleeve in the center of the touch-pad.
I simply cut off the portion that covered the LED.
If you have good working regular light bulbs but want more light, just remove the colored rubber sleeves. I wouldn't take the doors apart for this alone, but if they are coming off for other reasons, it's a good time to consider this simple modification.
In my early production Sky, I had an issue with the power mirror selector toggle. I replaced the unit with a new one only to learn the problem remained. There was in interference problem preventing it from "clicking" all the way down in either position. I filed the gloss black plate's, oval hole at tad bit bigger which solved the problem.