The Official SoCal Chat Thread

[ProjekIssei]

Dang Davis, that sucks about your paint. Yeah I've seen a people doing the magnet thing, works out much better!

[honda_bar]

why isnt this stickied?

[datguydeni]

no problem colin.
concerning the led I'm still short one led bulb. don't even remember why i only have 3. i will ask my friend if he still has an extra or something in the morning.. i just woke up lol

edit: been workin on this cluster.

the bulb is way too tall. it's about 3-4 cm higher than the original bulb. right now process of shaving the top see if i can get get down lower.
took the cluster apart hoping i can put the bulb from the inside. and attach it to the base. (bulb way too big to go through the hole)

[masagsxr]

Yeah Colin... We're still on at 6 or 7 or whatever time you guys get there.

[datguydeni]

i trimmed the led. made it a really tight fit. the gauges are pushed up about 1/4 mm (cant shave any more)

now i just need a 4th bulb.

[masagsxr]

post some pix damit.... LoL... before/after pix of the original and new bulb would be great. I don't like taking things apart not seeing whats under there

[Cjung]

lol... i would do a bfore n after, but i alrdy installed my guage when u asked for it... dorman had few pictures in the forum way back when...

and mark dorman the 2nd dash i picked up its in horrible quality, but there is no damge in the dash (cracks or holes) but it looks like there is some blue paint on it or it was originally blue and it was painted black. whichever it is its in horrible state. so i got this dash to fool around with it (maybe a custom dash once i figure out how firberglass works)... but then again i have 3 total dash with me, and only one is goin in my car...

and davis, i dont think imma take manual steering till it dries up a bit more so yea, ill keep ya posted. mixxer same thing goes to you, i wont be able to take out the plastic cover till it dries up a bit

[datguydeni]

lol. ummm i just clipped the face plate back on. xD. will take pictures once i black out my garage. didn't realize its 8:00 o clock lol been up since 4 i got really lazy so i trimmed the leds instead of sanding.

sorry no before pictures until i get my 4th bulb 4 dollars for shipping.. thats more than the cool white bulb itself... i'll talk to some friends see if they want to order some bulbs. or what else should i change out hmm..

theres dome lights. door lights. climate control. other gauge cluster bulbs ignition key hole, driver door key hole what to pick hmm...

[Cjung]

ignition key hole is a great bulb to replace... and driver door key hole doesnt sound bad either

[Mark_Dorman]

I did the ignition key ring and it looks a lot better...

[datguydeni]

i'm not really feeling cool white wish they were like bright white/pure white xD looks kinda bluish to me lol but none the less it looks better than the other lights.

edit
but i like green xD
going to look into buying the flat panel leds... there's some crazy multicolored leds. let me look for the picture

[Mark_Dorman]

I don't know about green gauges

I thought it was common knowledge that the cool white were slightly blue?

[masagsxr]

Who needs fender rolling? I invested on the tool... Sorry guys, no more free stuff but will sure be discounted ... Need to get $$$ that I invested for it. I hear shops charges about $80-90 for just front or just rear fenders.

Will get the tool this weekend...... whoooo hoooooo...

[datguydeni]

from the guys on the tc forum
this person used vinyl


this is a set by oznium

[masagsxr]

Thats pretty cool.. different color on higher speed... hhmmm

[datguydeni]

mark yes i am aware of cool white being bluish. these bulbs i think were for my integra but never got around to it. friend also has a set in his es300 9 led bulbs as well lol.

mixxer can always roll the other way. heat gun and a bat =P
well technically when vvti kicks in it changes color automatically see the xrs cluster goes red when it kicks in lol i think it does let me find the video

[masagsxr]

I understand the bat thing but its not as clean... I guess it doesn't matter since its from the inside. I like doing a good clean job thats all which is why I invested on this tool. I dont do micky mouse jobs LoL

[Mark_Dorman]

How much was the tool? I'll probably be enlisting in your service at one point. Need to do my V6 swap first though

Hey Denny, how did they use vinyl? Was that to do different colors (blue numbers etc)???

[masagsxr]

$270 shipped.. will get it saturday I hope if I dont miss FedEx...

But yeah, I just like doing things right as I'm sure you are the same way Dorman .. I know ur anal about little things heheheee..

Motto: do it right or just dont do it at all

[datguydeni]

i thought this was interesting lol

You Tube

to answer mark yes. was blue vinyl white lights

without vinyl and changed bulbs to blue.