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I was interested in attempting this, but haven't seen anyone do it before. Couldn't find anything on Google so I thought I would post here. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I posted a picture below.

Theoretically, this is not very hard to do but if you don't have some experience with soldering tiny components you might break the LED (or in the worst, although unlikely, case the whole controller).

Here are board scans of the controller:
http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=42580.0

Judging by the picture you need 0603 LEDs. They are dirt cheap (100pcs for less than 2$) if you purchase them from China (for example through ebay). Then you just need to desolder the old LED and replace it with a new LED.

Note that differently colored LEDs need different voltages to shine brightly. Red and orange LEDs need around 2.2V. Blue, white and purple need around 3.2V. Green is somewhere in between. Before you buy the LEDs check what voltage the controller supplies to the LED and how much voltage your desired LED needs. Let's say the controller supplies 2V: A red LED probably works but it won't shine with full brightness (assuming the LED needs 2.2V), a blue LED might not turn on at all (assuming it needs 3.2V). If the supplied voltage is 3V, a red LED would probably burn out instantly and a blue LED would work but not at full brightness.

This might be helpful, too:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Playsta ... e&ALLSTEPS

Most of the stuff in the tutorial applies to any LED swap.

Hey Buster, it´s not really hard but as Carb0 already said, you should have some soldering skills and an "hot air soldering station" or atleast an "Heat gun".
I myself did this quite alot but in the beginnig i broke like 3-4 Wavebird boards... They still worked but the LED circuit was unrepairable..

You need "0603 SMD LEDs" to change.

Here are 3 Pics how your Controller could looks like:

Thank you for the replies. I'm assuming the controller supplies around 2.2V to the LED by deafult because the original color of the led is orange. It would be nice to know the exact number, or how I could go about changing the voltage so that I could use a different colored LED.

Crosz, did you mod those three controllers? If you did, did you change anything regarding the voltage? I ask this since a blue led would require more voltage than the default orange led.

Also, that last controller is badass

Yeah these are 3 of my modded Wavebirds and i didn´t changed anything about the voltage.

To be honest i don´t know exactly how much voltage the Controller is supporting to the LED.
The blue LED was looking really nice but the yellowone on the Zeldastyled Controller is not as bright as i wished. (But that might be because of the new glas triforce i placed there..).
If u leave the little Glas square, almost every Color shoud look good and be bright enough (At least for me they did..)

Imo just try it out! Good luck ;D