What have you done to your DeLorean today?

I installed SMD LEDs in the passenger's footwell. Here's some pictures of the passenger's side (driver's side will get done later this weekend).

First, a picture with references as to how I wired it up. I utilized male spades on the LED hot (red) and ground (black) wires, then used female tee-taps to tap into the respect wires. Once done, I simply connected the male ends into the female tee-taps.

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Here are the SMD LEDs I used.

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And here is the final product!

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Just to clarify, and maybe this is just for me, the door switches are nothing more than a "broken ground." For each door switch, there are two wires. One is a dedicated ground (black), the other is a wire waiting to connect the dedicated ground to the rest of the circuit for when the door is opened (purple/white on passenger side, purple and blue on driver side I think). The door switch simply breaks the circuit when the door is closed. When the door is open, the switch closes, the ground is completed across both wires, the circuit is now complete, and the door lights turn on. That's it in a nutshell.

Video for those interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrUWX...ature=youtu.be

And for what I used as LEDs:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121140252970...84.m1497.l2649

Been flat out every day/night working on my D over the past couple of months, but mostly revolving around a project that I'll detail later.

Last night/today was something more generic though. The Wings-A-Loft default is to flash the parks - I'm not sure if that is a US thing but here in Australia we flash the indicators when arming, disarming, and alarming.

To that end I cut into the two indicator feeds, installed a couple of diodes (so that I don't introduce a loopback and cause directionals to now be hazards), and then fed the Compustar into that.

Should have been a trivial exercise but, as always, the smallest of jobs end up being a pain in the ass... 3.5 hours later and now my arming, disarming, and alarming flash the indicators.

Nobody else will notice or give a rats since that's just the way one would expect them to operate down here, but I'm happy :)

Now back to my other project...

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Originally Posted by DMCMW Dave

Heat them. Whatever you do, don't cut them, they cannot be repaired. I don't know who is giving out the exacto knife info but they should be slapped.

They reattach just fine after heating, and the original glue will actually still adhere (and the weather-strip holds it together).

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Dave, please find my PO and administer that slap. My drivers side panel was cut away in exactly the wrong way when I got it :(

This was long overdue, I got tired of looking at the faded finish so I sprayed them with Simoniz Tough Black. Turned out pretty well!
Still need to do the silver/grey bits.

http://i.imgur.com/w0TmSEn.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/oA0hvTH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nzFanER.jpg

[QUOTE=DeLorean03;113903]I installed SMD LEDs in the passenger's footwell. Here's some pictures of the passenger's side (driver's side will get done later this weekend).

First, a picture with references as to how I wired it up. I utilized male spades on the LED hot (red) and ground (black) wires, then used female tee-taps to tap into the respect wires. Once done, I simply connected the male ends into the female tee-taps.

Attachment 20775

Here are the SMD LEDs I used.

Attachment 20774

And here is the final product!

Attachment 20773

I really like how that looks, good job! May have to consider doing this down the road.

Checked the pressure in the a/c system. Static pressure at about 84°F ambient temperature was circa 100 PSI. This is good news.

Replaced the steering column bushing. Well, I say "replaced." There was no bushing. I installed Toby Peterson's Delrin bushing. It's awesome. I sprayed it with a little silicone lubricant and pulled it in with a nut and bolt, some washers, a socket, and a flat wrench. Someone once told me replacing the steering column bushing is a one-man job, but I certainly could not have done it without help.

Toby's steering column bushing is so awesome that I can't wait to install his sway bar bushings.

Along with putting the knee pads back in with wing nuts and lock washers instead of nylocs, I think buying a steering wheel puller was one of the smartest things I've ever done. After expecting the worst, I had the steering wheel off in five minutes.

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Originally Posted by MML

This was long overdue, I got tired of looking at the faded finish so I sprayed them with Simoniz Tough Black. Turned out pretty well!
Still need to do the silver/grey bits.

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It's looking really good.

I took it to the filling station and dumped in 9.something gallons of ethanol-free explosive fluid. Contrary to what everyone has ever told me about re-fueling a DeLorean, it did not turn into a car show. Another car pulled up between the two DeLoreans, and its driver got out and started filling the tank without saying a word.

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Originally Posted by Farrar

I took it to the filling station and dumped in 9.something gallons of ethanol-free explosive fluid. Contrary to what everyone has ever told me about re-fueling a DeLorean, it did not turn into a car show. Another car pulled up between the two DeLoreans, and its driver got out and started filling the tank without saying a word.

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Heh, in contrast I had three people come up to me today while refueling on the way home from a show.

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Originally Posted by MML

Heh, in contrast I had three people come up to me today while refueling on the way home from a show.

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Maybe it's where I live. Maybe I just look unfriendly?