Air Con Temp Background Colour

gareth · Post by **gareth** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:34 pm

This may sound like a strange question but what colour do you lot have as the blackground to your aircon temperature setting?

I have a blue background and it looks odd compared to the rest of the red and white!

Looks like it should be red... did I get fitted with the wrong part?

Sam Greir · Post by **Sam Greir** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:07 pm

No i hope not 'cause mine is a bluey purple colour too. I know what you mean though, would be better in red or white.

sir_rocco · Post by **sir_rocco** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:50 pm

nope, thats the right colour (or wrong depends how you look at it). VW being tight and using stuff from the MKV golf

Candy Monster · Post by **Candy Monster** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:05 pm

there must be a way to change it. Anyone know if its a coloured bulb or a transparent gel/layer?

Zarger · Post by **Zarger** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:15 pm

I must admit, i find t so odd to have the blue light. If anyone comes up with a solution, I will be first in line.

gareth · Post by **gareth** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:41 am

Anyone got any ideas? Is it easy to take apart? Or does another VW car have one in red... ?

dchuraman · Post by **dchuraman** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:07 am

im on a simliar mission, there must be a way to do it, im trying to look into it, maybe buying a broken one off ebay and taking it to bits, see http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... =12&t=1042

arlurt · Post by **arlurt** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:26 pm

Here's some pictures of the Climate Control unit.

It looks like it's a single circuit board, visible through the vents, and down the top and botom edges of the unit.

I think you'd need to get your soldering iron out and go carefully. I'd bet the illumination is LED rather than bulbs.

I've bought the Climate Control unit, looking at the possibility of converting my Air Con car to Climate. It's not going to be straight forward... Looks like the easiest way is to get hold of the Air distribution unit from a Climate car. The distribution units look the same in the parts list, but the Climate version has motor operated flaps instead of the the Air Con's knob driven ones. I'll need the Climate sub loom and temperature sensors as well.

The unit I've got is meant to be from an R32, but the same part number comes up against the current 2009 Golf. Scirocco part number is different but I don't know why. Same switches, not heated seats, Dual Control.

Love to hear from anyone that's managed it.

dchuraman · Post by **dchuraman** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:20 pm

i suspect it is surface mount leds giving the light, i think i will get one off ebay and see what i can do, try taking it apart. i also want to do the same with the highline computer but i have a feeling that the actual lcd itself is red, so probably cannot change colour

albertz33 · Post by **albertz33** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:12 pm

Dammit! this didnt annoy me until you mentioned it!!

arlurt · Post by **arlurt** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:21 pm

When I went to test drive the scirocco, they didn't have a TDI, so they took me out in the Golf instead. The white display in the Golf would have suited the Scirocco so much better. When I mentioned this to the sales guy, he said the red display was intentional, to mark the Scirocco out as different to the Golf...

Do they actually believe the rubbish they come out with?

vycthor · Post by **vycthor** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:40 pm

arlurt wrote:The unit I've got is meant to be from an R32, but the same part number comes up against the current 2009 Golf. Scirocco part number is different but I don't know why. Same switches, not heated seats, Dual Control.

It´s diferrent in the dual led for recicirculate air button

solaris · Post by **solaris** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:55 am

Is it possible to unscrew the unit? ... and see what kind of leds are inside? or just take a photo?

I know a local shop here in Greece that can solder different leds on any electronic device.... I used to go there to change the led colours on my old mobile phone

solaris · Post by **solaris** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:04 pm

arlurt wrote:When I went to test drive the scirocco, they didn't have a TDI, so they took me out in the Golf instead. The white display in the Golf would have suited the Scirocco so much better. When I mentioned this to the sales guy, he said the red display was intentional, to mark the Scirocco out as different to the Golf...

Do they actually believe the rubbish they come out with?

This is not the reason... the actual reason was to manage keep the price of Scirocco at this low level.... So they used STOCK items.... from GOLF,EOS and PASSAT CC

Zarger · Post by **Zarger** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:21 pm

solaris wrote: This is not the reason... the actual reason was to manage keep the price of Scirocco at this low level.... So they used STOCK items.... from GOLF,EOS and PASSAT CC

It doesn't matter that they have used the parts from other cars, that just means that the other cars have the same issue. There is a dashboard full of red and white lights and then suddenly there are two little blue ones WTF!!

ABN1C · Post by **ABN1C** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:22 pm

It doesn't matter that they have used the parts from other cars, that just means that the other cars have the same issue. There is a dashboard full of red and white lights and then suddenly there are two little blue ones WTF!!

The backlighting for the dials on the other cars is blue, so the blue lights on the climate control don't look out of place.

Zarger · Post by **Zarger** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:53 pm

ah, I see, ok.

solaris · Post by **solaris** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:48 am

I'll try to disassemble the clima controler to see what kind of leds are inside....

Wish me luck.... any suggestions?

dchuraman · Post by **dchuraman** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:03 pm

be careful! are you dismantling your own one? ill be interested to see the outcome

solaris · Post by **solaris** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:50 pm

dchuraman wrote:be careful! are you dismantling your own one? ill be interested to see the outcome

Yes... my own one!!!

As a result I was able to see... that this two blue screens uses the same leds as the red or yellow ones... So it could be quite easy to get those leds... since scirocco has plenty of red ones... .
The only problem is that it has to be done by a professional... since you have to remove the blue leds and solder the red ones.... It is not that difficult... since there is nothing around the leds.... BUT you need a very steady hand.... and a know how to....!!!! So I shouldn't suggest that.... if you don't know how to use a soldering iron... I will try to find a professional to do mine...

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