Quite a few of the lights are out on my factory Monsoon headunit. It really annoys me because it's hard to see which buttons are which at night since so many of them are out. Is there any way to replace the lights or am I just $hit out of luck? I don't want to mess up the headunit though since I am not a big fan of audio and don't have the desire to replace the headunit any time soon. Any help is greatly appreciated.

J TO ENVY wrote:Quite a few of the lights are out on my factory Monsoon headunit. It really annoys me because it's hard to see which buttons are which at night since so many of them are out. Is there any way to replace the lights or am I just $hit out of luck? I don't want to mess up the headunit though since I am not a big fan of audio and don't have the desire to replace the headunit any time soon. Any help is greatly appreciated.

try a junk yard, or ebay, it might just be easier to buy a new USED one.

I thought of that, but the problem you run into there is the same thing could have already happened to the "new" one or could happen down the road. I am gonna take a wild guess here and say I am probably just $hit out of luck . Thanks for the suggestion though .

J TO ENVY ---------> if you decide to change out your headunit, let me know, because i would be very interested in opening that up, and seeing if i can change the bulbs, and quite possibly the lights colors in that too.....
If not, it'll be a while, but i'll be doing that to mine anyways when i buy a new headunit ....




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Whats the differance between the Monsoon hu and the non Monsoon HU?

i thought the amp was in the trunk so..... would a non monsoon HU work? Cause i have my old stock one wasting space on a shelf for 2 years that you can have.

El Fuego ( the unstable ) wrote:Whats the differance between the Monsoon hu and the non Monsoon HU?

i thought the amp was in the trunk so..... would a non monsoon HU work? Cause i have my old stock one wasting space on a shelf for 2 years that you can have.

thats directed to J TO ENVY ?????? right?




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correct

hey buzz, I've got my old factory HU. I can open it up probably tomorrow or Saturday and let you know how the light setup is.


Desert Tuners

“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”

If you could please, and take a pic...... that would be awsome.....



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yup, I'll grab the roomie's digital. should have all the tools here for it.


Desert Tuners

“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”

Thank you

If you could, email them to

buzz122@yahoo.com

prefebly in the full size, so i can zoom in, and take a closer look...
i know that i would still need to take it apart mysleft, but this should give me some idea.



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i sent you a pm carrie


i believe the radios have regular bulbs that are soldered to the circuit board

and the coloring is done from the face of the deck , its not done from the bulbs

I haven't had a chance to open it up yet, but I'm gonna try to get to them today. soldering some LED's should be easy. just need to find the P/N's for them.


Desert Tuners

“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”

just got the facepiece separated from the HU. it's not that bad. stay tuned.


Desert Tuners

“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”

done.

buzz, the pictures are rather large, so you'll be getting several emails, along with the how-to on how to do it. the pics aren't that great, but good enough to understand what's going on.


Desert Tuners

“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”

Actually, i really don't require a how to, i just wanted to get a rough idea of what had to be done to get it done........

thank you....

although, if you want, you could host the pics on photobucket



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would anyone else like to see them? if so, I'll make another photobucket account so I don't use up too much bandwidth, resize and attempt to clean up the pics, and post the how-to


Desert Tuners

“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”

if you want, go ahead




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ME ME ME I WANT TO KNOW THIS!! all of my lights are out and i want new ones!! IF the person who made this thread is pissed at us for thread jack I SAY SORRY RIGHT NOW!!

Z24 FReQ (Jarett) -----> thank you much......... greatly apreciated........



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yvw. I'll get everything hosted and posted tomorrow. got a mad headache and don't feel like dealing with it tonight.
if you need a HU for practice or something, let me know. the one I have didn't work when I bought the car anyway.


Desert Tuners

“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”

Thanx anyway, but i'll just do that on mine........



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@ El Fuego ( the unstable ): Thanks for the offer, but I think I am just going to stick with the Monsoon headunit for now.

@ rawkfist: Thanks for the apology, but I don't mind, especially if someone can figure out how to replace the lights .

I'd like to see this for future reference. Thanks





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1 thing i didnt mention is that if you replace the radio from another car , there is a 98% chance , that the radio will need to get programed for the VIN# of the new car