Post by: The Gonz on March 18, 2019, 09:50:55
1. OEM body kit including front, side and rear skirts
2. GPS mounted as a permanent fixture in the top dash pocket
3. Reversing camera incorporated into rear view mirror
4. Front facing dash camera mounted high discretely between mirror and windscreen
5. 3A USB power socket cut into panel between cigarette lighters
6. Qi wireless charging pad built into bottom of tray under cigarette lighters
7. Bluetooth audio receiver fitted to socket in armrest compartment
8. Front incandescent turn indicator globes replaced with combination DRL / turn LED modules
9. OEM blinker relay replaced with adjustable electronic LED-compatible relay
10. OBD module and good choice of tablet / phone app for system monitoring
Purchased but yet to be done:
11. Cover steering wheel silver trim panel with metallic themed vinyl wrap
12. Add LED strips to undersides to illuminate when doors opened
13. Peltier module for solid state cup holder cooling (cool device <pun?> but not sure I'll ever use it, given the current and ventilation demand)
Thar ya goo! :victory:
Post by: tw2005 on March 18, 2019, 10:11:05
No. 2,4 and 8.
For dessert No. 9 please
And a video of the DRLs going to blinker for supper.
:Cuppa: :hatoff:
Post by: mickd on March 18, 2019, 10:16:58
What happened to the Red Fake Brembo caliper covers ?? :Shocked:
Post by: Doggie 1 on March 18, 2019, 10:19:39
Post by: tw2005 on March 18, 2019, 10:27:25
What !!,I reckon they melted :rofl:
What happened to the Red Fake Brembo caliper covers ?? :Shocked:
Post by: Dazzler on March 18, 2019, 10:35:21
What !!,
What happened to the Red Fake Brembo caliper covers ?? :Shocked:
@The Gonz see.. I rest my case.. :rofl: :rofl:
Post by: The Gonz on March 18, 2019, 13:42:25
FOR SALE: Genuine red plastic Brembo brake caliper covers. :D
Post by: AlanHo on March 18, 2019, 14:04:57
A go-faster stripe along the bonnet and roof.
A crystal rosary dangling from the rear view mirror
Blue lights illuminating the underside of the car
A nodding dog toy on the rear parcel shelf
A banner across the top of the screen with both your names
The list is endless.
Post by: The Gonz on March 18, 2019, 15:54:34
Post by: mickd on March 18, 2019, 23:42:08
:lol: The Brembos are sitting on a shelf in the shed - if all they do is degrade heat dissipation and thereby bring on early brake fade, I'm not interested. :cool::lol:
FOR SALE: Genuine red plastic Brembo brake caliper covers.
Post by: The Gonz on March 29, 2019, 21:13:15
Is there a catalog we can order from with images?I've got 2, 4 and 8's images scattered across either this forum or the FB page but here's 9: :link: 3-Pin Electronic LED Adjustable Flasher Relay for Car Turn Signal Light Blinker 6913281753906 | eBay (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/3-Pin-Electronic-LED-Adjustable-Flasher-Relay-for-Car-Turn-Signal-Light-Blinker/192424018657?epid=1024781693&hash=item2ccd5d82e1:g:lPMAAOSwM91aVtWR&LH_BIN=1&redirect=mobile)
No. 2,4 and 8.
For dessert No. 9 please
And a video of the DRLs going to blinker for supper.
:Cuppa: :hatoff:
Post by: tw2005 on March 29, 2019, 21:18:43
Amazing, and with warranty. :snigger: :goodjob2:Is there a catalog we can order from with images?I've got 2, 4 and 8's images scattered across either this forum or the FB page but here's 9: :link: 3-Pin Electronic LED Adjustable Flasher Relay for Car Turn Signal Light Blinker 6913281753906 | eBay (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/3-Pin-Electronic-LED-Adjustable-Flasher-Relay-for-Car-Turn-Signal-Light-Blinker/192424018657?epid=1024781693&hash=item2ccd5d82e1:g:lPMAAOSwM91aVtWR&LH_BIN=1&redirect=mobile)
No. 2,4 and 8.
For dessert No. 9 please
And a video of the DRLs going to blinker for supper.
:Cuppa: :hatoff:
Post by: The Gonz on April 07, 2019, 03:16:23
I have four self adhesive clear silicone 30cm LED strips to illuminate the underside of the doors for entry and egress in the dark. I guess it'll be my implementation of puddle lights. As weatherproof as these things are, road grime and high speed solid matter is liable to sand blast it into a bad idea if simply stuck to the undersides of my side skirts.
FD old hands, what do you think of fitting them to the under sides of the doors themselves? Do you think they will fit without scraping the sills? This would also bring any wiring neatly into the car's interior.
Any alternative ideas?
:link: Waterproof LED Car Motor Vehicle Flexible Waterproof Strip Light Soft Strip_L EB | eBay (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Waterproof-LED-Car-Motor-Vehicle-Flexible-Waterproof-Strip-Light-Soft-Strip-L-EB/264122580639?hash=item3d7eeebe9f:m:mTZl7hCqUWx0inhHavCqGTA&LH_BIN=1&redirect=mobile)
Post by: tw2005 on April 07, 2019, 04:06:14
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Handsfree
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Both are waterproof :rolleyes:
Budget expenditure may be an issue.
Are these wet puddles or dry puddles? Just asking because someone recently quoted me that on an offroad driving course we may have dry puddles . :faint:
How would you run the cabling for these?
Post by: The Gonz on April 07, 2019, 04:44:36
Post by: tw2005 on April 07, 2019, 04:51:16
They'd patch into the loom coming into the door, discretely under the bottom lip of the door trim, then use battery feed and door switch as the circuit.So it's going to illuminate on door opening?
Post by: The Gonz on April 07, 2019, 05:17:47
Post by: tw2005 on April 07, 2019, 05:25:00
Yes, Sir. The effect is to have the area below the door sill illuminate whenever the dome light goes on with door opening. Daytime illumination, while unnecessary, will go unnoticed. :DWon't that mean that after you've stood in the puddle you'll get to see it? What if it was fed into the interior lights or even the BCM then on remote unlock these would illuminate?
Another thought is if these will be with door open, is there enough clearance under the door itself internally and have them there.
Will it be all doors / sills?
Post by: The Gonz on April 07, 2019, 05:53:00
For exterior lighting that will withstand road exposure better (I think) I would source these instead of the strip lights, and use them as area spotlights.
Protected by some simple plastic panelling just in from my side skirts, mounted on angle brackets and pointing back towards the rear wheels, one either side would be plenty:
:link: White 12V 10W Eagle Eye LED Daytime Running DRL Backup Light Car Auto Lamp Hot | eBay (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/White-12V-10W-Eagle-Eye-LED-Daytime-Running-DRL-Backup-Light-Car-Auto-Lamp-Hot/232357520775?hash=item3619966587:g:JQkAAOSwux5YT1No&LH_BIN=1&redirect=mobile)
Thoughts?
Post by: tw2005 on April 07, 2019, 06:15:04
Yes, all four doors but now you have me thinking. I have a few of those time delay relays, one of which can indeed tap the door unlock pulse and illuminate under the doors. That would indeed be more useful (thank you for the prompting).9W = 0.75A each , I guess you'd only need 1 or 2 per location, just wondering how the current will add up to.
For exterior lighting that will withstand road exposure better (I think) I would source these instead of the strip lights, and use them as area spotlights.
Protected by some simple plastic panelling just in from my side skirts, mounted on angle brackets and pointing back towards the rear wheels, one either side would be plenty:
:link: White 12V 10W Eagle Eye LED Daytime Running DRL Backup Light Car Auto Lamp Hot | eBay (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/White-12V-10W-Eagle-Eye-LED-Daytime-Running-DRL-Backup-Light-Car-Auto-Lamp-Hot/232357520775?hash=item3619966587:g:JQkAAOSwux5YT1No&LH_BIN=1&redirect=mobile)
Thoughts?
Post by: The Gonz on April 07, 2019, 06:18:09
Post by: tw2005 on April 07, 2019, 06:27:52
1.5A switched through a time delay relay and fed from a battery line? No drama. :D:goodjob2:
As always, imagery will be appreciated of the finished project. What if they were connected to the doof doof to strobe
This is the test pattern for it. :rofl:
:link: Doof Doof Untz Untz - S3RL - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxycX43rr5k)
Post by: The Gonz on April 07, 2019, 07:08:49
Pass :eek:
Post by: The Gonz on April 13, 2019, 09:16:46
If I'm going to tap into the signal that unlocks the doors and flashes the indicators, I'm going to have to study the appropriate schematic. Without one, the best I can identify is whatever line goes high or low to unlock a door, which TBH is all that's necessary.
However, just to be able to choose an optimal tap location and save some time and effort doing continuity checks to identify loom pins, is there a schematic that might help?
Post by: tw2005 on April 13, 2019, 10:12:25
So, ... :snigger:Not this old chestnut .. again. There's something wonderful about staying stock.
If I'm going to tap into the signal that unlocks the doors and flashes the indicators, I'm going to have to study the appropriate schematic. Without one, the best I can identify is whatever line goes high or low to unlock a door, which TBH is all that's necessary.
However, just to be able to choose an optimal tap location and save some time and effort doing continuity checks to identify loom pins, is there a schematic that might help?
That's a fair bit of work to dig up depending on where you want to attack but the room lamp, BCM grounds pin 2 of the room lamp connector to illuminate, pin 1 is hot, pin 3 is permanent gnd which when the lamp switch is set to on gnds the cct , door position will be when bcm has control so effectively a low.
unlikely tonight as I'm heading out
Post by: The Gonz on April 13, 2019, 11:39:26
Post by: The Gonz on May 13, 2019, 10:23:51
but now I go to look underneath the car to find some way to run the cable from inside and I'm stumped. Not the success I was anticipating. :blubber:
Post by: tw2005 on May 13, 2019, 11:11:17
Oh well, nice pair of LEDs I got in the postOne of the drawbacks of self certification, who signed off on the drawings? :whistler:
but now I go to look underneath the car to find some way to run the cable from inside and I'm stumped. Not the success I was anticipating. :blubber:
How / where were those things going to be mounted? I'm thinking of those rubber plugs under along the sill, but I can't think of an exit point. Maybe when I had the wreck stripped out it would have been an opportunity to learn something.
A Borescope may help explore the void and I guess drilling holes under the sill covers is extreme and risky introducing corrosion points.
Exit points maybe at the firewall then route cabling back , not sure how you'd fix it and maybe flexible conduit for protection.
No idea really :crazy1:
Seems like a lot of effort
Post by: Dazzler on May 13, 2019, 11:22:11
I assume you have done a generic google search for ideas?
Post by: The Gonz on May 13, 2019, 14:17:31
Post by: nzenigma on May 13, 2019, 15:10:13
So, .... :snigger: pruck :disapp: :spitty:
four self adhesive clear silicone 30cm LED strips to illuminate the underside of the doors
what do you think of fitting them to the under sides of the doors themselves? Do you think ?
oh orgasmic :coolingoff: but! the Latin mind takes my wife to delirium :KissLips: : :DoubleKiss:
Post by: The Gonz on May 13, 2019, 16:24:48