My Latest Additions

[trieullionaire]

I thought I would give my car a bit more tint on the taillights and side markers. I bought the spray tint. Tried to do a really nice light coat but it doesn't seem to apply very evenly, so I had to put it on quite a few layers.

I got a nice polish after having it buffed, but it for some reason doesn't really suit my taste. Anyhow, I winded up sanding all of it off and rebuffing the lens to original again. Anyhow, anyone done a tint that looks good, can I see some pics?

[chaudanova]

Did you guys receive yours set? I still haven't gotten mine. I've emailed them asking about my order, and still no response...

[trieullionaire]

Hi I've received quite a few emails on how the ledz were mounted under the door. It is mounted on the flat underside of the door handle, lights shining down. I drilled a very small hole enough for the wire to poke through.

I drilled up instead of the side, as I felt it was the better choice against rain and all...although, the hole really is too small especially with the wires fed through to really be any issue at all.

Anyhow, here are a couple pics to see the underside and also what I did with the door panels removed.

[trieullionaire]

Just a couple of things I had painted. The inner sills scuffs pretty easily, so it is now powder coated in red. All of my trims and center consoles are now in Biarritz white and my flooring was redyed to black.

I just got my dye kit from Color Plus today and spent a good portion of the night cleaning my grey seats as a prep to redying it. . Will be dying it to a cream white a couple tones darker than the Biarritz. Anyhow, should be a beauty when I'm finished. Here is a preview of things to come!

[23109VC]

i know this is a novice electrical question - but.....once I get my door apart and locate the wires for the door light...

which wires do I tap into to power the LED, and what kind of connectors/splice do you recommend for this? i want to make sure if I do this - that it's some kind of connection/splice that will not come loose...so I never have to open thedoor up again..

your upgrades look nice! i don't think i've seen those lower plates next to the door sills painted before. looks neat.

[trieullionaire]

I don't know the proper terms so correct me if I am poorly misusing some of the terminology...but hopefully my explanation will still make sense. With LEDs, unlike other types of bulbs, they are unidirectional. You will need to match the positive wire of your door light to the positive wire of your leds. It's pretty easy to find out if you don't have it wired the proper way, as it will not turn on.

As for tapping the wires, go to Pep Boys, Radio Shack or even Lowes...they should have some connectors so you don't have to splice and use electrical tape. I winded up just using some wire taps lying around...works fine but a bit bulky.

[trieullionaire]

Hey guys just a sneak peak at the finish product. Looks pretty amazing up close, although I have to do a couple more small touches to complete the job. Very small touches but it's all about the details.

I was suppose to dye the seats creme white as well but I ran out of the leather colorant. So I decided that that I am going to shop for black leather seats instead as I like the variation and contrast it gives off. The seat covers are going to be temporarily used until I find a good pair of seats to replace it with.

That is the 03-04 surround, vent & single slot cup holder on a 2000 Boxster by the way. The conversion was pretty straight forward, except that you have to modify the rear of the vent enough to fit it inside the shaft of the blower. Pretty simple.

The 997 shifter is installed, Wow. I love that it feels much tighter and smooth. It feels like a brand new car.

Got the Stebro exhaust in as well, it sounds pretty awesome going through tunnels and bridges but now I know "WTR" what the resonance everyones been talking about on the aftermarket exhausts...other than that, it's great. I did manage to reduce the amount of resonance by giving less gas needed to maintain speeds at the 2-3k rpm, so for the new grunt my car makes I think it's a fair trade off. Thanks Ddb for the great buy.