Hey,

This is my car,

http://www.camjuan.com/v64/images/car/My.Car.jpg

I've just started to paint the plastics in my interior.

I decided to bring the outside colour inside the car here's the pics so far:

http://www.camjuan.com/v64/images/car/Gauge.Cluster.Surround.jpg

http://www.camjuan.com/v64/images/car/Interior.01.Guage.Surround.jpg[/img]

ill start on the center console after the weekend as its my 1 year anniversary with my g/f and we are going away :)

Matty

a TE with only 58,000 on the clock :shock: :shock: :shock:

woah! i thought i have low mileage with only 96k on the clock!

oh, i like your wheel covers 8)

are they wheel covers, right :oops: :?

but mate your doing very well :D:D should look the part when your finished...

it makes me think tho. should i bring my 'outside, in'??

hermmm.... might actually give it a go :D

That will look great...make sure you post pics when finished !

hehe thanks guys
Its always good to get support when u do this stuff..

Booya: Yeah, they are wheel covers :)

but the plan is white 17" or 18" rims, but ill make another post when i look into my wheels, etc.

I dont wanna go overboard and make it too cluttered,

But the plan is to install either white guages that glow blue or white guages and replace the lights behind the dash with ultra bright Blue LEDs/lights.

Spray the center console white, leaving the coin holder+cup holder and the tray at the front the standard black.

Spray the head unit surround/aircon control surround white.

If this looks as good as i hope:

The side aircon vents will get a coat, just the surround, but not the diectional blades and the electric window switch panels all round will get a coat, minus the actual switches themselves :)

Matty

*looks at skid marks in photo...*

*looks at v64...*

=D

Looking good... Just one thing.. Have you considered not doing certain surfaces white? It could be a real pain in summer due to glare...

*looks at skid marks in photo...*

*looks at v64...*

=D



lol.. me thinks the 4wd is responsible for the marks ;) :badgrin: :badgrin:

looks awsome..
just make sure u get ya hands on some white diles... then it would be sex ;)
keep up the good work :D

too bad my cars a sh**ty Green poo colour :'(

*looks at skid marks in photo...*

*looks at v64...*

=D

Looking good... Just one thing.. Have you considered not doing certain surfaces white? It could be a real pain in summer due to glare...

LOL

I think it was actually visitors of theirs...

...leaving big black patches outside my house...

.... IT'S SO COOl :lol::lol::lol:


Yeah i thought about glare, the paint is a matte finish not a gloss so shouldnt be too bad in summer, I never take my sunnies off so it shouldnt be a problem :)

Decided that ill probably invest in a LCD screen in some form or another for my xbox.. be a bit of fun, still need to work out stereo system too!

man so many mods not enough time (or cash)

but looks like ill have a job by wednesday... YAY!


Matty

nice ride mate...cant wait till more mods are done!

How long did it take ya ?

should look truly sweet - white mags look unreal on white cars!!

Manual

with the paint i used, i sanded back the peice first, just lightly with very fine sand paper

then sprayed 2 LIGHT coats of primer 15min apart,
let it set for 30 mins.

Sprayed first coat of white,
waited 5 mins for it to set
sprayed 2nd coat
waited 5 mins
etc... repeated about 5 coats till everyangle was covered, im still not 100% happy with it,
but ill do another coat after i spray some of the other interior plastics
:)


if u do decide to do it, make sure prime the plastic, or the shit wont stick :) hehe
and follow instructions if its spraycan etc


Matty

all in all an 1.5-2 hours

with the paint i used, i sanded back the peice first, just lightly with very fine sand paper

then sprayed 2 LIGHT coats of primer 15min apart,
let it set for 30 mins.

Sprayed first coat of white,
waited 5 mins for it to set
sprayed 2nd coat
waited 5 mins
etc... repeated about 5 coats till everyangle was covered, im still not 100% happy with it,
but ill do another coat after i spray some of the other interior plastics
:)


if u do decide to do it, make sure prime the plastic, or the shit wont stick :) hehe
and follow instructions if its spraycan etc


Matty

all in all an 1.5-2 hours

For max protection - should allow the last coat of primer to dry for 24 hours!!!

it may feel dry but it isnt set.

Manual

Whoops!

i dunno how i forgot that i didnt have it back till a the day after
hehe


Matty

If u want blue LEDs in ya dash...ask blake...he luvs that topic

:lol:

If u want blue LEDs in ya dash...ask blake...he luvs that topic

:lol:

ooh yeah - blakes favourite mod!!

Manual

Don't get me started on that one

#@$%@#!!!!!!!! ](*,)

ROFL
hes the man 2 see....

Nice avatar dude...car looks sweet in that sport of light...
Im going 2 have 2 get a chick i know pose on mine 4 my avatar! :)

SHES HOT! in yr10...and SO HOT! so innocent to! but mah...not 4 long !

woah

whats the go with the LED's and head buttin a wall aussie? :)

Long story and i sware it can't be done

But to prove my theory, im going to give it one more shot over the uni break and get some digi cam shots. I have a new idea and a new approach that should have promising results.

the goal is to replace the white glowing instrument cluster with Icy Blue LEDS...

Long story and i sware it can't be done

But to prove my theory, im going to give it one more shot over the uni break and get some digi cam shots. I have a new idea and a new approach that should have promising results.

the goal is to replace the white glowing instrument cluster with Icy Blue LEDS...

Could we get this on video - haha - if u need a hand - u know wheree i am!!

haha

I told u about the blue globes - wouldn't they be easier?? Same effect

Manual

Blue globes are just... well blue.

Blue Leds, now thats a different story all together baby. they are just so much better

Blue globes are just... well blue.

Blue Leds, now thats a different story all together baby. they are just so much better

Yeh i know what u mean they are like totally bluer than blue globes!! but dah!!

Manual ha :D ha

Hey blake

www.superbrightleds.com

ill go you halves in the express shipping..... they have the 4leds with wedge base

i want some... you want some... lets do it........

Sounds good, lets do this thing.

seee

blue!!!!

i wanna get some white ones for my rear number plate

i would put blue, but the cops dont like em.

i had blue leds there before

they told me only police and ambo drivers can have blue and red...
:(

Your allowed to have red on the rear of the vehicle.

I have blue bulbs with my numberplate garnish. They aren't super blue, more light a light blue, very white light. They work very well with the BLUE BLAKIE numberplate.

with my old leds they lit up the ground ...

but i got a normal number plate, blue number

blue leds on blue writing made it hard to see

looked mad on the white car.. just couldnt see the plates

i want gold lights :cry:

Might order an extra two and give it a shot.

dudes i will chip in and get some green ones as well for my number plate lights!!

can u get the smaller wedge base to fit the lights behind the aircon centre consolepart?? green in there would be cool as well!!!

Manual

ide love to do my guage cluster

and the aircon with these, just need to find out which ones i should use to do it??

If these work well with the cluster i will order a batch and keep them in stock for AM customers.

i want green ones for my cluster too :| 8)

no, not really, i want gold ones, but if i cant get that, then green willhave to do :S

You can get these weird yellow ones..... Thats kinda gold.

You can get these weird yellow ones..... Thats kinda gold.

any pics blake :shock:

i might be interested ;)

i want green ones for my cluster too :| 8)

no, not really, i want gold ones, but if i cant get that, then green willhave to do :S

Green is copyrighted bitch!!

Haha

Manual

green is tghe colour of my boogies

www.superbrightleds.com

under car products

need these in a wedge, im sure that these are small..

would be so cool!!

it says twist socket base.....
so bit of wire cutting and solder, and its all good

but im not sure..

i know it says socket base, but still
it would be easier if it was a wedge

W VR-X this is the type you would want.... they already have the bases on them that are on the back of the cluster... I think this would work just nicely.
Haydn

these are for the centre consol!

i dunno, i'll have to get some anyway and have a play!!!

cause the standard socket is for a wedge, but these have the whole base, with a twist base...

still confused!!

W V-RX - they are wedge globes in bases - u can take them out of the base if u wish!!

Manual

am i retarded??
all i see is twist base, i cant see wedge... awww well

i believe you guys

ill just get some eh!!

The ones showen on this page are screw type only.... that is not a wedge bottom... they also sell the plain wedge type..
Hope this clears up the confusion
Haydn

Dude - check the pick and see if it helps

Manual

im getting there........

ok the ones i put the pics of are twist..??? i got that

***go slowly***
im not that smart ....

where on the web site does it say wedge in the miniture size..

im not calling you guys liers, i just cant see it... cause im a slow head!
:roll:
thanks....

yes i do feel dumb, but i dont care, im happy with who i am...
i can handle it

Manual I think that they are two differnt things.... Those wedge ones dont plug into those screw base ones.... and the screw based ones dont come apart ... imho
Haydn

but those wedge ones are not the miniture size ones

they are normal, like instrument cluster ones!!!!

the ones i put the pic up as are miniture ones??

ARGH!!!!!!!!

im right your wrong

i think!

Ok Im wrong

"Instrument Cluster and Gauge Backlights
Twist-Lock type instrument LED bulbs consist of a T 1 1/2 (#73/74) miniature LED bulb plugged into a twist-lock socket base.
Available with White Blue Green and Red LED
Overall length: 22.7mm Extends into cluster: 15mm"

so there is your miniture bulb.
Haydn

ok can we clear this up..

i was right the whole time...

i felt like the idiot cause i was ganged up on, and you 2 were wrong
ahahaha!!!

All I can say is "Put a socket in it" hehe :P
Haydn

ok fine - but i cant understand how the ones in dash take four LED's and the others take only one but are stil the same size - i dunno who cares - just get me some!!

Manual

sold

these things look awesome, i have already done my whole center consol and dash, as well as the cigi lighter surrond, if i had theses part life would have been heaps easeier

I bought 5 mm leds, and then wired an inline resister so that they wouldn't blow, then i fitted the "legs" into the standard wedge bulb holders and glued them in! I definatly have the SAME and disired effect,

It looks awesome! i'll have to get pics, i only have one dodgie pic that is taken on my nokia 7650 and it doesn't have the defination to take a dark shot very well!

if you can- go ahead with it!

What colour did u get all urs??

Manual

i bought super blue from Jaycar, $2.50 per led, 6 in the dash, (2 doubles) and 4 in the console

Mine were like 7.95 from jaycar but these are the brightest 4000 ones...

Anyway bugger it these 4 Leds with the wedge base should be good.

Mine were like 7.95 from jaycar but these are the brightest 4000 ones...

Anyway bugger it these 4 Leds with the wedge base should be good.

Be easier if nothing else!!

yup!!

and it will look so good...
they are adjustible ( each led) so you can spread the light a little bit, and if you are reall really fussy..... im sure we all are

to light the fuel and oil you can point them a little further down...

should look ****en excellant!!

to light the fuel and oil you can point them a little further down...

should look ****en excellant!!

These are more individual globes - they arent all lit up from the same globes!!

Manual

so whats the status on this little exercise? :)

i wanna know which of thoes led-bulbs to get so i can do my guage cluster as well as the behind the aircon controlls etc :)


Matty

Dragging up a real old thread here guys. A couple of the bulbs have blown in my instrument cluster (tachy and Fuel guage).

Just wondering how you all got on with the products from superbrightleds.com??
If you were successful, what products did you use and are you happy?

Dave

Dragging up a real old thread here guys. A couple of the bulbs have blown in my instrument cluster (tachy and Fuel guage).

Just wondering how you all got on with the products from superbrightleds.com??
If you were successful, what products did you use and are you happy?

Dave


Hehe, I was just beginning to wonder why this guy has taken sooo long to spray the rest of his interior when it took me only 1.5 days to do all of mine. lol

I'd also like this question answered...seems interesting.

Behind the dash I never used LED's - I got luminous dials instead. So yeah - the last count I had - the only luck these guys had was mismatched colouring - the LED's didn't have a wide enough band of light to evenly colour the Dash.

and before any one says wide band LEDS - Dave (WhiteVRX) actually bought LOTS and LOTS of different LED's and nothing was successful, I think his interior spent almost as much time out as it did in!!

So my recomendations - either get luminous dials, or stick with factory stock.

Manual

I thought someone was talking about putting rubber doms over the bulbs. Like you could buy these rubber covers that slip over the existing bulbs to change their colours. I remembered the ones that light up the cigerette lighter and coin holder have these rubber covers. :confused: Autometer sells these covers i think. In all honesty, LEDs sound like a waste of time, and luminous dials cost too much, and rubber covers are cheap and cbf'ed taking apart dash :doubt:

i painted my interior white with export paint, $2 a can.. got it on my racin seats though :cry: