A/C Climate Control Disassembly

[phamnw]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has the instructions to diassemble the A/C Control Unit.
I've already changed the button bank, Speedo, window buttons and gear shift to Red LEDs. Only items I haven't changed are the PODS which I'm waiting for my Brabus pods and I believe I read that it already has Red illumination, and the A/C Control Unit.
I am trying to finish up my Red LED swap and I don't want to leave that unit the regular light orange since it sits pretty high and will be the only part in the car with the regular stock backlight.

I have searched the forums and have also emailed Kane from evilution.
He's not sure how to do it either.

Any help with instructions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[John_H]

All I can say at this point is "good luck" and if you can figure it out, please publish your results.

I took the control unit out of the dash but couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get into the plastic casing. I wanted to figure out if there was a way to get full windshield airflow with no A/C but was not ready to "break it open" to see if I could could put Humpty Dumpty together again. Despite a couple sessions messing with it, I couldn't figure it out.

[phamnw]

Hi John, Thanks, I'm going to need it, the unit has been sitting on my dining table for the last couple days so havent been able to drive the smart.

I'm thinking I may need to purchase another to experiment with if the price is reasonable which I think is highly unlikely since it would prob have to come from the dealer haha.

I will keep trying and if I'm able to I will definitely post the how-to.

[John_H]

I think the cost is about $240 but that's from memory nearly a year ago. Certainly out of my ballpark for experimenting.

[Turbo42]

actually its 273.00