Icons - changing Finder, Dashboard, System Prefs, etc. How?

Hi, So I know how to change icons:
Select the icon I want to use, copy it, go to Applications, right click the program icon I want to change, Get Info, Edit, Paste. Voila!
Only, it doesn't work with Finder, Dashboard, or the awful new System Prefs icons.
OK, I think, maybe that's because these Apps are built directly into the OS. Well, if that's why I can't change them then why oh why are there so many alternative sets of lovely Finder, Dashboard, System Prefs icons out there? I mean, what are they for?
So, help please.
Leopard 10.5.0, MacBook Pro.

to change for an application
go into the application by right clicking and show package contents.
open the resources folder. the icon is typically a .icns file. to change it you must replace this file with the new file. make a backup in case you want to change back.
finder/dock is more involved. you can read more about it here: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5771616#5771616
but while modifying these icons isn't terribly tricky, one should always be very careful about messing around with the system files. hence the benefit of using something like candy bar.

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