Tanya's '85 Supra & 6MGE build (version 2.0)
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Well, finally got a decent camera to get updated pics, so here they are....
Engine bay with the used Cusco bar from Dave Shepard
The dirty spark plug valley.... guess it could be worse, but this little bit drives me nuts lol
Pinhole in the radiator
Close up of RabidChimp's cold air intake kit
Nevermind the absolutely gross paint chipped airdam
Engine bay with the used Cusco bar from Dave Shepard
The dirty spark plug valley.... guess it could be worse, but this little bit drives me nuts lol
Pinhole in the radiator
Close up of RabidChimp's cold air intake kit
Nevermind the absolutely gross paint chipped airdam
Refreshing Interior
Step 1. Instrument cluster
Since I'm jobless and can't afford to do everything I want at once :3d_frown:
Anyway, time to bring the car into the 21st century. Out with the old ugly green lights and yellow needles
Also time to get rid of the stock automatic instrument cluster (notice the normal & power mode) in favor of the manual transmission cluster.
I took it all apart to see how everything was put together
Was tempted to roll back the miles, but I got lazy
Painted the needles white
Then waited 2 weeks for my blue Hong Kong special LEDs to arrive :sarcasm:
Took a drive up to Ft Myers, after struggling with rusty screws, only to find the needles are REALLY sensitive to the extra weight the paint added.
My tachometer is about 200rpms off, at least at idle, and at first my speedo needle was bouncing all over the place, but seems to have corrected itself on the drive back to Naples. All the other gauges work fine.
Picture shows the needles to be yellowish here, but they really match the numbers in real life
Being the impatient person I am, I couldn't wait until nightfall so I went to the mall's parking garage to take pics of the cluster illuminated
I'm not done yet, but this is all there is for now. The needles are illuminated from below, unlike newer cars, so this is where it gets complicated. I want my needles to be white at night as well. So I will need to drill into the clear plastic that disperses the light from below, and block off the area where the blue LED lights it, and install small white LEDs.
Step 1. Instrument cluster
Since I'm jobless and can't afford to do everything I want at once :3d_frown:
Anyway, time to bring the car into the 21st century. Out with the old ugly green lights and yellow needles
Also time to get rid of the stock automatic instrument cluster (notice the normal & power mode) in favor of the manual transmission cluster.
I took it all apart to see how everything was put together
Was tempted to roll back the miles, but I got lazy
Painted the needles white
Then waited 2 weeks for my blue Hong Kong special LEDs to arrive :sarcasm:
Took a drive up to Ft Myers, after struggling with rusty screws, only to find the needles are REALLY sensitive to the extra weight the paint added.
My tachometer is about 200rpms off, at least at idle, and at first my speedo needle was bouncing all over the place, but seems to have corrected itself on the drive back to Naples. All the other gauges work fine.
Picture shows the needles to be yellowish here, but they really match the numbers in real life
Being the impatient person I am, I couldn't wait until nightfall so I went to the mall's parking garage to take pics of the cluster illuminated
I'm not done yet, but this is all there is for now. The needles are illuminated from below, unlike newer cars, so this is where it gets complicated. I want my needles to be white at night as well. So I will need to drill into the clear plastic that disperses the light from below, and block off the area where the blue LED lights it, and install small white LEDs.
Wat?
Oh yeah the car's "name" is Amy Li. And I am completely, and enthusiastically against everything CUTE.
Oh yeah the car's "name" is Amy Li. And I am completely, and enthusiastically against everything CUTE.
gtsfirefighter
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I don't think it's cute at all.
Fucking hot is more like it!:love:
I really like the new LED's. Gives me ideas for my car. hmmmm
Fucking hot is more like it!:love:
I really like the new LED's. Gives me ideas for my car. hmmmm
1. Instrument cluster makeover pt. 2
Not being satisfied with the monotone blue, I ordered white LED strips in 2.4" length
Removed the clear plastic in the bottom of cluster
Replaced with strip...
I used black tape on top to block out the blue light from behind
Now, I like this TONS better than before, but I have to move the strip forward a little bit as there's too much glare on the plastic right now.... plus it looks awful bc the glare shows how nasty the plastic cluster lens is, LOL
More pics to come when I reposition the LEDs to not glare so much...
Not being satisfied with the monotone blue, I ordered white LED strips in 2.4" length
Removed the clear plastic in the bottom of cluster
Replaced with strip...
I used black tape on top to block out the blue light from behind
Now, I like this TONS better than before, but I have to move the strip forward a little bit as there's too much glare on the plastic right now.... plus it looks awful bc the glare shows how nasty the plastic cluster lens is, LOL
More pics to come when I reposition the LEDs to not glare so much...
