Radio Lights

[mattnelson26]

ITS A 99 CHEVY LUMINA WITH 170,000.
Does Anyone Know How To Replace The Light That Light Up The Numbers And That? AND IF SO CAN I SEE PICS ON HOW TO DO IT?

Thanks,
Matt

[richtazz]

It's a special bulb that isn't available except through a GM authorized radio and cluster repair center. Once you get the radio out of the car, take the faceplate off (it's held on by plastic tabs) and disconnect the ribbon wires. you'll see the bulb on a circuit board directly behind the display, and it's soldered in place. It's a fairly simple job if you have a solder iron and basic mechanical skills, getting a bulb is the hard part.

[tblake]

actually no, you can get bulbs from radio shack that will work great with it, last longer (or so they say), and are less expensive. Look them up, i dont know the exact part number, but do yourself a favor and replace all the bulbs behind there, cause once one burns out, the others aren't short to follow. Or else you could convert them to LED's, look at my other post in the dash lights forum about luminas.

[quteasabutton]

i just memorized the buttons, not a single one of mine actually lights up now and it's been a year. it's cheaper and easier than replacing them

[tblake]

HA, no. its actually easy to replace them, send me your radio and 40 bucks to cover the bulbs and shipping it back, and i'll do it for you.

[quteasabutton]

Originally Posted by tblake

HA, no. its actually easy to replace them, send me your radio and 40 bucks to cover the bulbs and shipping it back, and i'll do it for you.

me or him? any way we could negotiate this to be free? i'm kinda poor right now

[tblake]

both of you, or something as trade..... what ya got?

[quteasabutton]

Originally Posted by tblake

both of you, or something as trade..... what ya got?

i'll give u a ride in my really sweet lumina...or u can just pay me 4K and take the whole thing i also have a $100 eclipse subwoofer with box for sale. i can drop the price some if u do the work on my car

[tblake]

no thanks, although the ride in your pimp lumina would be pretty kick ass, i think I'll have to pass on that one. And i'm not much of a stereo person, I have stock all the way around and thats perfectally good. Thanks anyway, ebay it off. someone will buy it.