My Latest Additions

[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.

[ddb]

trieullionaire,

That is some transformation! I like it! You have a lot of skill and patience! I'm looking forward to seeing more pictures when you get the small details sorted.

Glad to hear you have the muffler installed, and are able to experience for yourself the resonance that I and others speak about. It is a fair trade-off, at least for awhile!

Keep up the good work!

ddb

[Christian H]

Great work Trieu!

It does not even look like the same car! I can see you have put a lot of thought time and effort into your interior, I like the red touches too!

[trieullionaire]

Okay, here are some pics of the car - not completely done...but it may take a while before I get to the other goodies:

[trieullionaire]

Here is the Stebro exhaust I bought from ddb. This is 1 of 2 videos I am uploading to my shuttefly site as we speak. It's no Lamborghini but definitely a step up from stock...and for the price, I guess I should be happy as a lark. One day, I will figure out a noise cancellation technology to cure that resonance issue...or maybe someone from Bose will, who knows.

This video was done about 2 foot away from the exhaust. I have another video coming shortly which is done really close you can see the lens get smoked up whenever I rev.

Stebro Exhaust

[trieullionaire]

http://trieullionaire.shutterfly.com/47

FYI - You may want to pause it for a minute so that the video gets loaded up if you have limited bandwidth...otherwise the video gets kinda choppy.

[brayanfraser]

That's look really awesome and the main thing I like in it is the dash board. I think you have made it a great looking with such a nice stuff there. GPS is also attached in the system panel. That's cool looking while.

[trieullionaire]

Got new seats too! I know it's not everybody's thing but I was trying to continue with my decor...so I had to swap seats once I saw these. Fortunately for me, they are the least of the expensive ones from Sparco...but how often do you find something that suites your taste and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg?

Impression on the seats. Very firm and supportive, makes the original factory seats seem mushy. I really like the side bolsters on the seats too, they keep you from sliding during the corners.

Impression on the upgraded clutch and lwf...LOVE IT! The first 500 miles I took it real easy but now it's a real hoot to drive. I have a hard time not giving it a bit of gas...between 3 and 5k rmp, the acceleration feels very effortless.

Next on the mod is the cold air intake...well after I get new tires. Any one have experience with Nitto Invo tires? I have Kuhmo Ecsta right now and the tire compound doesn't seem to give me as much grip as I like...had a couple scary moments so looking for a different set of tires to replace them soon.

[trieullionaire]

Here is another view