BRAN's - 986 - Seal Gray Anatomy

[BRAN]

tinker season is starting soon, so that is the plan, kinda ....uhm...probably not.
There are some laws and regulations concerning the position of rear car reflectors...they need to high and close to the edge.
So...this plan and color is obsolete....nvm, lol.

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[BRAN]

in the meantime...installed a battery kill switch

[BRAN]

Left Top liner hook...finally in place again. Here a photo of the right one's location. You have to uninstall the side cover trim first to have better access to it, Top closed. A stick and patience is the key to success.

[BRAN]

Finishing a lot of put aside little jobs atm, … from fixing dome lights to strategic cable management for door speaker plus16.5cm upgrades, etc...i stumbled over another forgotten project...ambient lights without those nasty pheeping converters. I think that might work with my interior upgrade project "cocoa".
4 seperate LEDs with fiberglas cables, endless color Combos, brightness adjustable and the LEDs don't get too hot. That fiberglas can be tugged in pretty good, so it will be more like a indirect ambient light, instead of a glowing cable, which is right in your eyes.

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by BRAN

Finishing a lot of put aside little jobs atm, … from fixing dome lights to strategic cable management for door speaker plus16.5cm upgrades, etc...i stumbled over another forgotten project...ambient lights without those nasty pheeping converters. I think that might work with my interior upgrade project "cocoa".
4 seperate LEDs with fiberglas cables, endless color Combos, brightness adjustable and the LEDs don't get too hot. That fiberglas can be tugged in pretty good, so it will be more like a indirect ambient light, instead of a glowing cable, which is right in your eyes.

I left mine in and love them (EL wire), I don't care what anyone else thinks. They look great in person and are not at all bright at night (exposure is turned up in the below photo).

To deal with the high frequency whine, I encased the converter in about 1.5" of high density foam. You can't hear a thing.

[BRAN]

Originally Posted by particlewave

I left mine in and love them (EL wire), I don't care what anyone else thinks. They look great in person and are not at all bright at night (exposure is turned up in the below photo).

To deal with the high frequency whine, I encased the converter in about 1.5" of high density foam. You can't hear a thing.

Looks cool. I tried EL strings + converters which I had from a PC...worked for a day, but the converter was running waaaay too hot...so I said, "screw that". Then I discovered the above solution "TABEN Car Interior Decoration Atmosphere Light LED" (on Amazon).

I'll give it a try

[BRAN]

Originally Posted by BRAN

Looks cool. I tried EL strings + converters which I had from a PC...worked for a day, but the converter was running waaaay too hot...so I said, "screw that". Then I discovered the above solution "TABEN Car Interior Decoration Atmosphere Light LED" (on Amazon).

I'll give it a try

EDIT: Screw that!
I've tried it, nice idea, BUT after 1 day, I came to the conclusion:
I am not going to install any China stuff in my Boxster, which is not CE certified. The converter gets waaaay too hot, again. You cannot touch it, that hot.
Why can't they use 12V LEDs?

[BRAN]

[JBauer]

Originally Posted by BRAN

Looks great with that color and stripes 😍

[KRAM36]

Originally Posted by BRAN

Man those tail lights look good. I just can not justify the almost $700 price tag for them. So I'll wait until the price comes down or I will end like those that missed out on the GTP Bi-Xenon Series Headlights from Fred.

[BRAN]

atm, this is the idea for the "must-have" reflectors...there ain't no talking back to the Polizei.

[BRAN]

Originally Posted by BRAN

atm, this is the idea for the "must-have" reflectors...there ain't no talking back to the Polizei.

that is how it worked out...hopefully TÜV/Polizei/law compliant...it should be...reflectors need to be E- and -IA marked, max 40cms from outer edge with a minimum height of...can't remember anymore...lol.
They fit PERFECTLY in my alu bumpers. And I upgraded to LED license plate lights...Soffitten from Philips with 4000k white...for my taste still a little too bright, but at least not like those funky 6000k bright white ones.
I wish I could find 3000k LEDs.

[BRAN]

Yeah, I understand you completely. Since 2018 I go along JB's line "I might not make it that long"
Hopefully Fred's announcement becomes true in 2019
Something like those would end up in: "Shut up and take my money"...lol.

[BRAN]

slowly progessing, rerouting cables back and forth through the car.
I tracked down a cigarette lighter cable on eBay for an Audi A6...it is the same as they used in our Boxsters.
So I finally can get my second cigarette lighter to work. New iOS Radio is working as intended...did all the preps for the door speakers
(I am going to retrofit them with the cocoa door covers, as that was not an option when I ordered the car).
I am creating a custom frame and send it to a specialist to get it covered in burl wood. So It will complete my conter console burl wood transformation.
As you can see...I do have some cocoa leather pieces installed already...just the door covers missing (and cocoa seat inlays, if I can track them down).

[BRAN]

The Sleeper (gear indicator) has Awakend!

[BRAN]

Gear indicator...check mark...off the list. Programming done, was a little tricky but worked in the end.
It recognizes the shifts easily within 1 sec...99.9% correct, after some adjustments and recalibrations. I am more than happy. It is useless nonsense, but hey, what isn't...lol.



DONE!

[Ciao]

Originally Posted by BRAN

Gear indicator...check mark...off the list. Programming done, was a little tricky but worked in the end.
It recognizes the shifts easily within 1 sec...99.9% correct, after some adjustments and recalibrations. I am more than happy. It is useless nonsense, but hey, what isn't...lol.

Now I just need to dremel the protection glass for it and I am done with that one.

That is really Cool! In a modern auto industry where more digital is being integrated on dash displays; I really think analog gauges are slowly disappearing.

[BRAN]

top cleaned and down...summertime, here we come

[KRAM36]

Looking good! I'm jealous.

[Smallblock454]

Everyone in german forums will hate it, but i like it, because it's different.

Regards, Markus