The "Today I did something to my car" thread

eringobragh

Conchurl wrote: »

this might be a stupid question but where online can you get them bulbs? could some one send me a link

the led dash ones?

Here:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/370651800588?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Conchurl

id like some the rear lights on my car where car i get them?

eringobragh

Conchurl wrote: »

id like some the rear lights on my car where car i get them?

rear as in regplate lights?

Conchurl

ya number plate lights and can these be used as parkers and reverse or are they too bright?

eringobragh

Parking lights I got a good while ago these are quite decent on front

http://dx.com/p/0-4w-t10-1210-8-led-vehicle-decoration-signal-white-lamp-bulbs-dc-12v-2-pack-34608?item=3



Ive one in the boot and 2 on the regplates but not happy with them there..

All the recent ones I got here (now linked):

heres all I ordered:

2x 12 SMD RED LED (For door cards)




http://dx.com/p/2-5w-12-smd-5050-led-120-150lm-red-light-for-car-67063?item=6


4 x 12 SMD LED (For dash clocks)




http://www.ebay.ie/itm/370651800588?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

2 x 48 SMD for Dome lights



http://www.ebay.ie/itm/120978263984?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

2 x 9 SMD (for reg plate lights)



http://www.ebay.ie/itm/150886958674?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

.......I have something else up my sleeve for the boot light, that is bascially **** in all fairness...watch this space

BUBBLE WRAP

I changed the oil in my mothers Car today , I'm not going to put up a picture of the oil as it will have people here in tears.

MetzgerMeister

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I changed the oil in my mothers today , I'm not going to put up a picture of the oil as it will have people here in tears.

People were in tears last night so I don't think seeing the oil would make much difference :P

eringobragh

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I changed the oil in my mothers today , I'm not going to put up a picture of the oil as it will have people here in tears.

Sligo county council might buy it from you...they are low on tar this year :P

eringobragh

Fitted my chinese LEDs to the MR2 dash panel,,

Have to say its night and day the comparison! some difference..camera had same shutter speed as OEM bulbs / leds

12 SMD Leds



Pull Apart half the dash:





Remove cluster:



The bulb holders need slight modification, using a small screw driver push in the contact clips and up the side contacts




....the moment of truth...

BEFORE:





AFTER:





Close ups:





As for brightness even at full dial its perfect...way brighter then OEM but no need to break out the sunglasses! :cool:

BUBBLE WRAP

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

People were in tears last night so I don't think seeing the oil would make much difference :P

Im still not going to post a picture of it, because it looks like tar! :eek:

BUBBLE WRAP

eringobragh wrote: »

Sligo county council might buy it from you...they are low on tar this year :P

:pac: I have no use for it any way..... Unless, hmmmm..

gollywog

I bought a set of those lights for my car last week, just have to get them in now. they look great eringobragh

dr.fuzzenstein

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I changed the oil in my mothers Car today , I'm not going to put up a picture of the oil as it will have people here in tears.

Lemme guess:



Could of bottled it and sold it.

eringobragh

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Lemme guess:



Could of bottled it and sold it.

some serious revenue lost changing the oil in that yaris, could have told people the engine uses coke:

BUBBLE WRAP

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Lemme guess:

[IMG]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02321/marmite_2321702b.jpg Could of bottled it and sold it.[/img]

Emmmm yes. :pac:

BUBBLE WRAP

eringobragh wrote: »

some serious revenue lost changing the oil in that yaris, could have told people the engine uses coke:

http://www.averydennisonideas.com/_files/Image/Coca%20Cola/coca%20cola%202_resized.jpg[/IMG]

But its the old shape. I hope your referring to the bottle variety..

Ded_Zebra

@ eringobragh the dash looks amazing :D.

That will definitely be the next mod to my car. What are they like on full brightness 'cos I don't have a dimmer switch . Hope they aren't too bright!

eringobragh

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

@ eringobragh the dash looks amazing :D.

That will definitely be the next mod to my car. What are they like on full brightness 'cos I don't have a dimmer switch . Hope they aren't too bright!

Thats them on full brightness, they are just perfect at full brightness..deffo good bang for the buck works out at less then 3 euros to do my dash

Ded_Zebra

eringobragh wrote: »

Thats them on full brightness, they are just perfect at full brightness..deffo good bang for the buck works out at less then 3 euros to do my dash

Sweet I'll order some tonight :D:D

Top Dog

eringobragh wrote: »

Thats them on full brightness, they are just perfect at full brightness..deffo good bang for the buck works out at less then 3 euros to do my dash

Have to admit - I'm very tempted now

Could I be a pain in the butt and ask a favour though? Any chance you could post a pic with them slightly dimmed if you get a chance in the next few days? I find the halogens we have to be uncomfortably bright at night on the brightest setting, especially after a long day, so I doubt I'd be using LED's on the brightest setting either.

eringobragh

Top Dog wrote: »

Have to admit - I'm very tempted now

Could I be a pain in the butt and ask a favour though? Any chance you could post a pic with them slightly dimmed if you get a chance in the next few days? I find the halogens we have to be uncomfortably bright at night on the brightest setting, especially after a long day, so I doubt I'd be using LED's on the brightest setting either.

No bothers, I will in the future, on the advice off mr2 memebers adding a red transparency behind the clocks to emphasise the red on the clocks.

Here you go, its no way hard on the eyes even on high:

Low:



Medium:



High:

Top Dog

Ah you're a star! Cheers for that

challengemaster

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Hmmmmm, maybe I should try and fit some LEDs to my cluster!

You may dust off the soldering iron.... ours weren't designed to be replaced!

Alanstrainor

challengemaster wrote: »

You may dust off the soldering iron.... ours weren't designed to be replaced!

Yeah i know, it's not too bad though...

That being said, I'm just too lazy to attempt it! I considered it before.

Black_Knight

What way do ye install those interior lights? Id love to put some footwell lights into my VW cc. Im aware id need VAG-COM to activate the lights once installed (hoping I can find a good Samaritan locally to save me a few hundred) but what else is required? Struggling to find any decent guides to give me some idea where to begin.

Closest ive found is this, but it lacks some detail (and images).

MarkR

Installed a Parrot MKi9100 bluetooth car kit into my Octavia. Even with the proper iso connecters, I still had to run a cable from an ignition source. Very happy with it, had it in the old car and missed it. Have bluetooth, mp3 etc now.

Supergurrier

Used Demonshine after a wash, impressive stuff if even just to help speed up drying the car off

dar83

Supergurrier wrote: »

Used Demonshine after a wash, impressive stuff if even just to help speed up drying the car off

You mean you don't microfiber towel dry it like a child?!?

Supergurrier

dar83 wrote: »

You mean you don't microfiber towel dry it like a child?!?

Don't have a proper sized microfibre towel atm just a ton of smaller ones, my hose if fuxxed too from builders at our house will buy a new one when i get a proper powerwasher.

MetzgerMeister

Kärcher is your only option if you want a proper one