1999 Lexus GS300 from New Zealand!
05-05-15, 02:11 AM
#182
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So I didn't end up doing that F&F show because they wanted the car to stay at the theatre for like 4 days.. no thanks! Not much happened lately as I've been away and just generally unmotivated but I have to put it back to WOF inspection-spec now.. and I have an idea for something..
I did end up getting a car cover haha
Then went to start the car and the battery was properly dead.. it hasn't been run in probably about a month.. managed to get it going again though after a while, new battery on the cards though as this one's toast.
Hmm.. if only I had air..
I need to replace my inners or my HIDs so they're even.. probably replace the inners as one of them is having problems anyway.
This shows how much I have to wind up the front to pass inspection.. even at this height it's technically not legal but they don't have any issue with it.
No particular reason for this image, just really like how the reat tail lights look with the white.
Also, the reason you see the bumper is off in one of the images above is I needed to take the front lip off to get the fog lights out because I have an idea.. seeing as I broke the plugs for the fogs I'm going to have a play at making dancing LEDs out of them. Hopefully turns out ok!
I did end up getting a car cover haha
Then went to start the car and the battery was properly dead.. it hasn't been run in probably about a month.. managed to get it going again though after a while, new battery on the cards though as this one's toast.
Hmm.. if only I had air..
I need to replace my inners or my HIDs so they're even.. probably replace the inners as one of them is having problems anyway.
This shows how much I have to wind up the front to pass inspection.. even at this height it's technically not legal but they don't have any issue with it.
No particular reason for this image, just really like how the reat tail lights look with the white.
Also, the reason you see the bumper is off in one of the images above is I needed to take the front lip off to get the fog lights out because I have an idea.. seeing as I broke the plugs for the fogs I'm going to have a play at making dancing LEDs out of them. Hopefully turns out ok!
05-05-15, 04:28 PM
#184
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05-08-15, 01:08 AM
#187
Intermediate
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Had some spare time today so started playing around with the dancing LED foglights that I'm looking to do. Made a sort of very rough prototype of one side just to refresh my memory!*
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They actually came apart pretty easily compared to some other lenses. The lenses are glass on these so didn't have to worry about warping them.
These plugs are a godsend, don't know why I didn't use them earlier!
Just sitting a basic small board in there to test out the pattern and make sure my experiment worked.
The final product will cover majority of the space and I will cover over it with some reflective/chrome vinyl so it doesn't have the board showing.
My main problem is figuring out how to secure the board inside the light assembly.. any ideas? I could try and silicon/glue it in from the other side but the space is difficult to get to; might end up being the only way though.
For those unfamiliar with the kind of thing I'm working on.. - https://instagram.com/p/2aWOQIGbEz/?taken-by=mlracing
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They actually came apart pretty easily compared to some other lenses. The lenses are glass on these so didn't have to worry about warping them.
These plugs are a godsend, don't know why I didn't use them earlier!
Just sitting a basic small board in there to test out the pattern and make sure my experiment worked.
The final product will cover majority of the space and I will cover over it with some reflective/chrome vinyl so it doesn't have the board showing.
My main problem is figuring out how to secure the board inside the light assembly.. any ideas? I could try and silicon/glue it in from the other side but the space is difficult to get to; might end up being the only way though.
For those unfamiliar with the kind of thing I'm working on.. - https://instagram.com/p/2aWOQIGbEz/?taken-by=mlracing
05-09-15, 03:20 AM
#188
Intermediate
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Managed to finish up a basic concept of one side today, looks like it should work out so I will probably wait until I have the white LEDs in before I start doing both sides because she's a big job!
I've taken some pictures of a few steps to see what I did..
Started by making a template out of cardboard
Then did a ****ty cut out job of a protoboard. If I had a dremel or similar this may be easier.. Also the board isn't quite long enough to go right to the edge of the light >_<
Then I wrapped it in some chrome vinyl to get that reflective look and hide the brown.
Put the lens on to see sort of how it looks.. you can see there it's easy to see the edges.. not so good when it's close to the lens.
After marking out the holes for the LEDs.. time to get soldering!
Some considerable time later you end up with this.
I put it back in but pushed the board to the back of the housing, looks better this way.
How it looks in various states of illumination. Doesn't seem too bad with the mounting near the back of the housing so I'll probably make the other side like that as well.
Brief Instagram video of what it looks like - https://instagram.com/p/2c5yO5mbP9/?taken-by=mlracing
Difficult to see the motions of the LEDs properly as the camera can't really capture it but looks pretty cool in real life, just needs the other side done..
I've taken some pictures of a few steps to see what I did..
Started by making a template out of cardboard
Then did a ****ty cut out job of a protoboard. If I had a dremel or similar this may be easier.. Also the board isn't quite long enough to go right to the edge of the light >_<
Then I wrapped it in some chrome vinyl to get that reflective look and hide the brown.
Put the lens on to see sort of how it looks.. you can see there it's easy to see the edges.. not so good when it's close to the lens.
After marking out the holes for the LEDs.. time to get soldering!
Some considerable time later you end up with this.
I put it back in but pushed the board to the back of the housing, looks better this way.
How it looks in various states of illumination. Doesn't seem too bad with the mounting near the back of the housing so I'll probably make the other side like that as well.
Brief Instagram video of what it looks like - https://instagram.com/p/2c5yO5mbP9/?taken-by=mlracing
Difficult to see the motions of the LEDs properly as the camera can't really capture it but looks pretty cool in real life, just needs the other side done..
05-14-15, 10:59 PM
#191
Intermediate
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These arrived from our container shipment. Bought them for no particular reason other than they were cheap.
19x10 +31. Huge tyre, 275/35 ATR Sport. Probably remove tyres and sell them separately and just keep the wheels for some future use haha.
05-15-15, 04:37 PM
#194
Intermediate
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Yeah they're rough but price paid reflects that. No real plan to refinish them haha maybe they will be some more daily wheels
05-15-15, 09:45 PM
#195
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So I tried to fit them but it doesn't fit even on the back without a slip on spacer!
Dumb. No matter though they don't look any good on the back anyway, offset is too high. I did try to fit it on the front but of course it hits the brakes heaps and I can't even get a wheel nut on. Might get some 5mm slip on and see what happens.
After that it all just got a bit wild. How about these on Kermit? hahaha
I realised I had run out of beers so took the car to put some air in the tyres and get more beers. Even looks pretty good at this height and wheels and it has no front bumper haha! Got plenty of looks on that one..
Dumb. No matter though they don't look any good on the back anyway, offset is too high. I did try to fit it on the front but of course it hits the brakes heaps and I can't even get a wheel nut on. Might get some 5mm slip on and see what happens.
After that it all just got a bit wild. How about these on Kermit? hahaha
I realised I had run out of beers so took the car to put some air in the tyres and get more beers. Even looks pretty good at this height and wheels and it has no front bumper haha! Got plenty of looks on that one..
