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Got any pics of the LEDs? I was really unhappy with the ones I put in my brakes and turn signals (brakes not bright enough, turn signals not amber enough) and ended up going back to traditional bulbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by DMC5180
Congrats on getting out of the garage!
Decided spring was really over, hooked up the battery and took out my personal car at home.
Ran it for a while in the driveway to make sure everything was still in order after storage for the winter.
Ran out of gas - in the driveway.
Went to the gas station for some fresh gas
Finally got to take the first drive of the year!
Weather looks good, I'll likely daily-drive it this week. Time for some final tweaks to the power steering unit installed last year.
No pics yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by jawn101
These are ALL Brighter than the standard bulbs (no Hot spots either). I do agree the Amber is too yellow, but then I'm not the one looking at them when in use :-). It's funny I tried the Amber SMD in the Tail position and it lit near up near perfect amber through the red lens. Putting a red Unit in the amber lens (showed through as RED unfortunately) I'm going see If i can find a suitable red translucent tape and wrap the Amber unit and see if that is enough shift the output to a more orange appearance.
Finished prepping my parts car for shipping out to its new owne. Also replaced the broken ball joint and bent upper control arm and topped off the brake fluid for bleeding tomorrow.
Don't you mean Winter is finally over :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by DMCMW Dave
Possible T-storms Thursday with light rain into Friday up here. Hopefully Indy will be better.
I am starting to think there are more pieces of my car removed than there are still in it.
The final piece to come out before everything new and old goes back in is this miserable little bolt holding the last of the seatbelts in place. It is the passenger side receptacle bolt. If it isn't pretty much fused right to the head of the bolt with rust. I have gotten the bolt itself free within the threads, but I can only spin it out about a half a turn as the receptacle bottoms out on the fiberglass floor. I have been PB Blastering it, impact gun-vibrating it, and while trying to keep the bolt head in position, whack the receptacle with a hammer to try and break it free. None of the pieces need to survive as I have replacements for pretty much all of it.... well, except the threaded collar itself that this bolt is threaded into, as I am being paranoid/cautious of whacking it too hard for fear of this collar getting damaged. It is trying my patience to say the least... good thing the weather is nice and the golf course is right around the corner :)
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Continued body work on the lower engine lid, I really hope the reinforcements last and dont crack again.
Ahh yes, I can finally chime in on this as well. I too took my first drive of the year today. Ran it in the driveway for a while checking everything out. Low fuel light came on. But I did not run out of gas. Drive it to the station, filled up and went for about a 10 mile drive. Taking it to work tomorrow. Good day.
Hooked up the trickle charger to the disconnected battery while I worked a little bit on the interior wiring -- removed and replaced damaged wire/terminals in rear area of interior harness, removed incorrect terminals and replaced with correct ones.
Started troubleshooting the door and interior lights. Suspect bad diodes (red, blue). Need to source replacement. Suggestions?
Replaced inner door seals. Tore one. Dammit.
Really annoyed with the sagging of the headliner -- can see dome light through gap at top of windshield. Baby steps.
Went to the body shop to see the progress on the car. It's all done and better than before it was damaged - all for free! The only thing is that I've had to order some new little rivet clip things to hold the grille in place since the others were broken during the repair. In the meantime, it's going to another shop tomorrow to have all the rubber coolant hoses replaced. Some of them are original and are looking pretty worn.
Hopefully I can have the car for this weekend back up and running.