New A/C Panel Design Prototype - Thoughts/Suggestions?

[Nicholas R]

Will post pics soon. On another note and terribly annoying (attention moderators), the guy with the handle "nelshaun" added to my quote a few posts back and stuck in a reference to a printing supply website (he is the one that mentioned blueprint printers off topic). That was NOT part of the original post that he quoted. I can't believe these guys are going to the trouble to go on a DeLorean forum!

Lol, wow, "I'll just slip this sneaky little plug in here; I'm sure no one will notice."

...I found a special high heat resistant 4mil polyester film used in silk screening (polyester or vinyl is also used for true graphic overlays) that comes "frosted" or rather "textured" on one or both sides - also compatible with laser Epson ink cheap from InkJetSuperStore.com....

That's so ridiculous. Every previous post of his even looks like he actually has a DeLorean; but he can't miss a nice little opportunity to try to promote some website? How ridiculous

Sorry to get off topic.

[kajcienski]

Hi Guys! Here is the final installation I decided on! This final version incorporates the original graphics to keep in the car's overall feel and style - like it could have been the original design in '81. I really dig it! This installation uses my LED backed lighting panel (its own self-contained panel unit that taps into any of the original light sockets) to ensure dead even light behind the graphic overlay (something the original panel in our cars did poorly). The pictures look accurate for the most part (just an iPhone camera) but looks a bit washed out in the lighted pictures for some reason. Glad this year-long project is done! Learned a lot.


AC-Panel-Final.jpg

[dmc6960]

Very impressive. Nice work.

[dmc6960]

Also, great call with sticking with the original graphic design style. You can't always "modernize" certain aspects of this car and have it look right.

[kajcienski]

Also, great call with sticking with the original graphic design style. You can't always "modernize" certain aspects of this car and have it look right.

Yep, I realized that after 30 designs! Perhaps I am use to to what is there, but the original font, colors, and general style fits perfect - and unique to our cars.

[1batt4u]

I also like that you kept the original design of the "Heat/Cold". Is the sticker smooth or textured?

[kajcienski]

I also like that you kept the original design of the "Heat/Cold". Is the sticker smooth or textured?

The material is the standard for graphic overlays so matches the finish/texture of the original exactly. No way to really tell it apart from an original production overlay - good stuff. If you look back in this thread, you can see pictures of an earlier design of mine next to the original decal. You can see the texture comparison there. Thanks!

[1batt4u]

Ok saw it. My overlay is actually smooth. I know a few were smooth like mine and others textured. Overall I think there were 4 different styles of the stock overlays.

Someone posted all of them together in the old forum.

[TTait]

By the way - I'm running a Parrot Asteroid stereo too, wanted to mention that you can get one of the DMC logos for the AT gear shift and it fits perfectly over the existing Parrot button. I'm using the SS one, but I understand there may also be a version made of frosted white plastic with teh DMC silk screened onto it - that one should light up similar to the parrot button assuming it fits too.

See post #25 here for a pic...

http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?24...Asteroid/page3

[outatym2001]

Ok saw it. My overlay is actually smooth. I know a few were smooth like mine and others textured. Overall I think there were 4 different styles of the stock overlays.

Someone posted all of them together in the old forum.

Do you mean this thread? There are a total of 49 posts so far.
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