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Old 03-11-12, 06:41 PM
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I will take some pictures of the ES330 later this week.
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Spent a few hours re-soldering my radio button lights. Turned out great!

Thanks to sphillips for helping me find the right bulbs.

They can be purchased here:
www.mcminone.com
The part number is: 25-995

Went from this...



...to this (losing one LCD bulb in the process)



..later to this..



..and finally this


Now I just need to find the LCD light bulbs.

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Old 03-11-12, 10:29 PM
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I cleaned my seatbelts

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How did you do it?
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+1 to that! Whats the process?!?
Old 03-11-12, 11:41 PM
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To cleaning the seat belts.
14mm Socket wrench.
Take the plastic protector off the bottom of the seatbelt ( side of drivers seat on the wall panel )
Un-bolt it and then extend it all the way outside of the car.
Close the door with the seatbelt jammed between the window and rubber seal.
Boiling water + washing machine detergent and scrub away for a good 15 minutes each belt.
Finish it off with a high pressure clean and leave to dry
Old 03-12-12, 05:56 AM
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i did mine few months back but i didnt remove the whote seat belt. i just extended it, clipped it with cloth clipper so that the seat belt wont retract back. and soaked it in a bucket of simple green concentrated mixed with warm water for like 30 mins and then scrubbed it and then resoaked it in bucked of just warm water and let it sit fr another 15mins or so and then left it for drying. it came out really clean. i was very impressed. it was a bit messy so make sure you cover the surroundings with rags. here are some pictures :
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Old 03-12-12, 08:13 AM
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Tan interior problems... lol
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^my thoughts exactly XD
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Now I know what I'm doing next
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I was going to clean my black interior today... but it always looks clean
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LOLOLOL. You guys are too much.
Honestly, I hate tan interior... But it's so much work to do a conversation, and money. Bleghhh.
Next car will be a 5spd with dark interior. Awwwww Yeeeuhhh.
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SeaFoamed the engine yesterday and it runs like a charm. Replaced the fuel filter on Saturday. New valve cover gaskets last month and will replace the timing chain, water pump, and belt next month.
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Originally Posted by smee
LOLOLOL. You guys are too much.
Honestly, I hate tan interior... But it's so much work to do a conversation, and money. Bleghhh.
Next car will be a 5spd with dark interior. Awwwww Yeeeuhhh.
I converted my door panels and armrest lid from brown to black.
i wouldave converted the seats too but the donor car's seats were in much worse condition than my brown seats.

my seats have no rips what so ever to my amazement.....but the leather is kinda hard now...maybe i should condition them....but on second thought maybe i should get S2K seats or something
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Originally Posted by 01LEXPL
I was going to clean my black interior today... but it always looks clean
Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's clean.

Think of all the nasty hands that touched the seatbelts, unless of course it was always you from the start.


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