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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 06:30 PM
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Unhappy Painted the interior but ran into some issues...

After like 2 days of working on the car I finally got it done. I was doing everything by myself so it took some time... Overal I'm happy with the result but honestly, I would not do it again, it's basically just big waste of time and money, I'd rather spend that time on something better than working on car Anyway, here are some pics, they are a bit overexposed but you get the idea. The issue that I have now - for some reason my low oil level light is on and temp gauge reads 0 even after driving for 20mins. Temp gauge completely doesn't work but everything else - speedo, tach, fuel etc works fine. What can it possibly be? I'm confused, I did connect all the wires and connectors, do you guys have any idea?





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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 06:33 PM
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You might have disconnected the plug on the pass side kick panel.
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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it came out nice
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by LEX_MAN
You might have disconnected the plug on the pass side kick panel.
Hmm where exactly? I don't remember disconnecting any wires there, except for cooling fan control unit but I clearly remember I reconnected it.
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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Thumbs up Fixed

Took out the cluster and found out that 2 pins of one connector got bent somehow. Fixed them and now everything works
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 07:46 PM
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Glad to see you fixed the problem, but how could you say that was a waste of time? That looks fantastic and truly updates the look of the interior. Why not dye the rest?
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 1UZ-GS
Glad to see you fixed the problem, but how could you say that was a waste of time? That looks fantastic and truly updates the look of the interior. Why not dye the rest?
It does look much better than tan. I just don't have time to do the rest. Too much hw... Maybe on thanksgiving break (but I'm planning to do cooling/timing belt change - all parts in garage already - it's gonna be fun to diy lol).
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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WOW looks awesome! Im gonna have to do this. What kind of equipment did you use, I mean what kind of paint / dyes?
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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looks like u did a good job.

Landau Black
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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Looks good. How long did it take you to take the dash out ??
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by boostin240
WOW looks awesome! Im gonna have to do this. What kind of equipment did you use, I mean what kind of paint / dyes?
It's SEM Landau Black.
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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by S142jz
Looks good. How long did it take you to take the dash out ??
Not counting the breaks about 3 hours. It's not bad but creates a lot of mess...

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Old Oct 9, 2010 | 11:47 PM
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the end results looks nice. i dont know if i would invest that kind of time into it though...prolly just look for a black dash lol
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 12:06 AM
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Looks way better! Can't wait to do this once I get a DD
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