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I feel a little silly asking about this, but here I go anyway. :p

Since I plan to order the blue-lit gauges & HVAC from Mr. Noon, is it feasable to have the rest of the interior lights changed from green to blue?

I'm talking about the window/lock switches, the (Mystique) door lights and the 'under-the-dash' lights.

IMHO, green switches are going to look funny
when everything else is a part of a white, blue & aluminum theme.

.RMk..

i am switching all of the lights i can in my interior to red. i dont think that you will be able to switch the window lock switches because i think the color is in the plastic. take the handle apart you will see what i mean. i know that you can get the under dash lights blue at any autozone but i am not sure about the dome though. as for the door handle lights i am trying to find red ones but have been unsuccessful so far we will see what happens.

maybe you can pop the green plastic parts off and put new color bulbs in..what you think?

red? youre going to be a very angry driver

angry? no, red is the color of love. i will be big pimpin' with the ladies, they love that red glow. hahahahahaaaaaaa

You can change the door switches. Ive done mine in red too. They are only LEDs. You can get them at Radio Shack. A word of caution, when you pry the 2 pieces of the switch apart, be careful. There are 2 metal pieces that make contact to make the switch work. They fall out easily and are lost even easier. Once these are lost, the switch soes not work. There is a how-to on the Cougar board somewhere.

BTW, the under dash light bulbs are at Pep Boys. I forget the p#.

crazdrvr when you take the switch apart the little led light is clear right? where does the green color come from? is it in the plastic already? and when you go and get the red led did you just solider it in place of the clear led? thank you for your time and information i really appreciate it.

Yeah the factory LEDs look clear, but when they light up, they are green. They produce light depending on the chemical makeup inside them. Just cut the old one off and solder the new one on. Keep the resistor that is soldered on the switch. That will still need to be there. The Anode side of the LED (positive) will solder to the resistor side. Thats how I did it. BTW, the size of the LED is 3mm. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

cool man i will be doing the green to red this weekend and i will let you know how it goes. thanx for the help i owe you one.