Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Aesthetics how do you make your clock blacklit? C.H.?

Hey how do you make your clock blacklit? i saw that chris had his like that. was wondering thanks

First, take your clock apart to this state:


There is some polarizing plastic that is stuck to the glass display. You need to peel that off and remove the sticky stuff from the back. Then, you flip that piece to make the back face front. You will see the display change colors from dark to light.

Next, you get some plastic that is translucent and blue (tidy cat, multiple cat forumula jug lid, flattened) and make a replica of the white back piece:



Then, you remove the bulb and take off the green rubber cap.

Put it all back together and you get an "indiglo" look.

Or you can just send it to me and I'll do it for $15.

Chris,

got any pics of the clock at work?

John

Are you talking about this?

Thanks

hey chris i'm thinking bout sending my clock out to you, is it possible to make the background a deeper blue? with a white display?

You mean dark blue background and white numbers? That would require something different. I would need a sheet of polarizing plastic that would create a blue color. I'm not sure of anything like that. You can simply remove the green rubber piece from the bulb to make the numbers white.

Or you can just get a clock out of the Mondeo like I did. :p

Do you have any pictures of this install?

I will as soon as I can get my hands on a digital camera.