change Dash lights color

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Mazda 5 touring
Hey guys wanted to know if anyone has tryed to switch the color of their dash lights, I myself would like to see red but i dont what kind of lights are used behind the dash. I did it with my suzuki aerio it was easy because it was a digital dash. but any help would be nice.here some pics of the aerio and what it did.
 

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had some but they are corrupted now and wont work to display.It is from about four years ago that I had it done, sorry.
 
So I found out that it's going to be hard to change the color because its LED's and not light bulbs but i did take some pics of taking it apart so any help or sugestions would be nice. I not going to get my hopes up yet but my friend might be able to make a custom dash kit for the 5 I will keep ya posted.
 

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I guess that would mean carefully extracting the LED from the printed circuit board and then , just as carefully inserting the different colored ones. That is waaaaaayyyyy beyond my meager skills. But let me know when they are available and I will pay for one (that I CAN do)
 
yeah i hate the green on the 06 5's. i wanted to do a conversion for the dash, but not it seems hopeless.

keep us posted if you decide it to get it done.
 
ok i was talking to my friend and he said he would like to try but it will be alittle bit but he is a busy guy so will see. he is working on his project datsun truck. I will keep all you posted.
 
hey guys thought I would share some of my progress that I got on my changing the color on the lights. here is some pics
 

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The red looks great. Did the color change also require the leds to be changed out on a printed board? I can't wait get rid of the green..
 
got some bad news my idea won't work so at this time changing the LEDs are going to be the best bet for now but I'M NOT giving up yet. I can change the radio and clock but not the rest of the dash
 
There was a guy on ebay selling a cluster LED kit for the 3, emailed him to see if he had one for the 5. He said it would be out soon....sigh, maybe if he got more interests he could develope it faster!
 
so this is a dumb question, but are the OEM led's actually green, or is there a colored film to give them a green color? I guess if it was as simple as swapping in a new film color it wouldn't be an issue to change, but just making sure.
 
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