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CLIMATE CONTROL & CLOCK KIT INSTALLATION GUIDE
98-02 Honda Accord (Auto Climate)

*Please read this all the way through before doing this install!*
We will not be held responsible for any mistakes, problems, or damage done to any part of your car. Follow this install guide carefully, and you should have no problems. If you are unsure about ANYTHING, please email us. We will help you out to the best of our ability.

Here Is What You Will Need:
- Small amount of tin foil
- Phillips head screw driver
- Flat head screw driver
- Tweezers

  The following items are not needed for solderless kits
- A fine point soldering iron ($8 - RadioShack part number: 64-2051)
- Solder (can be found at RadioShack for around $4)
- Crescent wrench

The first things we need to do are getting the console off and get the climate control, and clock apart. Firmly grasp the clock on both sides and pull it straight out. It's a little tough but there's just clips holding it there. Remove the two connectors from the clock and set it aside. Now there's a little screw behind where the clock was. Be careful when taking this screw out, If it falls, you may never see it again.


There are two screws under the bezel for the climate control. I have the factory wood stereo bezel so yours may look different but the screws are in the same place.


Pull the center console out, be gentle, it takes a decent tug but don't muscle it because there's wires connected to the climate control. Remove the two connectors from the climate control and take the whole assembly somewhere where you can work and put a soft cloth down so you don't scratch your bezel.


Remove the climate control from the bezel. On this picture there's 4 screws marked with red arrows, remove those screws. You should be able to separate the Climate control from the bezel now.


In the picture below, there are 3 different colored arrows. The blue one lights up the temp knob, and is optional to change. If you do not change it, the blue and red temp reading will light up as it always has, if you decide to replace it with an LED, the blue will light up more "blue" (and will match the rest of your dash.) but the red will not light up at all.


The red arrows are bulbs you will want to remove. The green arrow is where the supplied wedge bulb goes. The bulbs will come out with a quarter of a counterclockwise twist, and then they lift straight out.


If you also purchased the Indicator kit, it is a good time to look at that install guide to minimize your work.


Turn the unit around, and pull the knobs straight off. They should come off pretty easy. There are some black tabs going all the way around the climate control that clip in the black face. take a small flat head screwdriver and lift one tab at a time while separating the bezel. When you get this done the front should come off.


The next step is optional, but will improve the lighting of the fan speed knob, and even out the lighting.


Put some tin foil around the fan speed know area as shown. Be careful when placing the foil near the LED. You do not want the foil touching any part of the LED.



Here is the before and after. The foil makes a big difference!



Next, remove the buttons that have blue boxes around them.


You want to lift the button out and pop it out of the hinges, be sure to lift the button up all the way and pull straight out to not break break the plastic hinge.


Once removed, take the plastic cover off the button. To do so, turn it to one side and pry the two halves apart with a small flat screwdriver until it pops out over the tab that is holding it down:

The piece pictured below has a filter in it. Use your finger and push the filter from the inside until it pops out. (Note: if you want to put it back into place, all you have to do is line it up and snap it back in with a little pressure)


Here is what it it will look like.


Put the 2 halves of the button back together, and pop the button back onto the climate control by snapping the hinges back into place. Re-attach the front plastic cover.

 



Bulb To LED Conversion (For LEDs that require soldering)
Click 
[here]  for the bulb to LED conversion instructions 


Installing The LEDs

These pictures show which side is + so you know where the anode (the lead with the resistor) should go. If any LEDs do not light up, simply rotate them 180 degrees and test again. The best way to rotate them is:
1. Unlock the LED and plastic base - approx 1/4 turn counter clockwise so it can be removed.
2. Pull the LED and base out of the hole just enough to turn it 1/2 a turn (180 degrees)
3. Put it back in the hole
4. Twist it to lock it in (approx 1/4 turn clockwise).

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