WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR FRS TODAY?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by RToyo86

That is actually a weird reflection from the lighting in the garage. I'll get a better look at them tomorrow in the sun.

Once everything cures in a week I'll go over everything and touchup anything that needs it, and refinish the 4th wheel.

Reminds me of one time back in Missouri, I had this large house with a large front door sitting on a 3+ acre lot (sort of like the one in the picture). My new wife (the present mrs humfrz) wanted it a different color.

So, being back in the day when I did things up right, I took the door off, installed a temp door, and took the metal door down into the basement where I stripped it, sanded it, primered it and sprayed on 3 coats of paint (that looked really nice under the basement lights).

When it was good and dry, I took it out of the basement and installed it. I noticed my wife and a few neighbors had gathered out on the road to admire my work. As I was walking toward them, I noticed they were all shaking their heads - noooo. I turned around and found out why.

That color was hideous in the natural light of day!

I took it down right away and when I painted it again, this time I did it near an open garage door.

THE END (of me doing things the proper way)

[Overdrive]

Went on a little LED lighting spree:

• Switchback LEDs for the front signals (white running/parking light, amber signal)
• Amber LEDs for rear signals
• White LEDs for the reverse lights
• Light smoked clear front side markers with amber LEDs

Also added a relay with tap-turn to get rid of the hyperflash and add that handy function. Signal housings look just a little nicer now without the amber bulb reflection inside them, and having a bright white pair of running lights up front makes me feel a little more visible on the road. Everything's working great, and I've got an OEM-style fog light kit on deck for my next project.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Overdrive

Went on a little LED lighting spree:

• Switchback LEDs for the front signals (white running/parking light, amber signal)
• Amber LEDs for rear signals
• White LEDs for the reverse lights
• Light smoked clear front side markers with amber LEDs

Also added a relay with tap-turn to get rid of the hyperflash and add that handy function. Signal housings look just a little nicer now without the amber bulb reflection inside them, and having a bright white pair of running lights up front makes me feel a little more visible on the road. Everything's working great, and I've got an OEM-style fog light kit on deck for my next project.

Nice. Got any pics of your LEDs? I replaced every bulb in my FR-S with LEDs (minus the headlights since they are HIDs from the factory, and I don't want to cut and redo the wiring to run LEDs).

I installed the Tap-Turn in both my cars. The Wig-Wag feature cracks me up for some reason:

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Have you taken your car into a car radio shop and ask them to check and make sure the radio system is hooked up properly?

Radio shops are all closed for at least two more weeks. It is all hooked up as per the tech instructions posted here. It is just how they cobbled it all together to get it to work with the old speaker set up.

It is like somebody ran out into the plant in the middle of production and said "HOLD UP. I got this great deal on head units now we have to make them work. Oh just bypass the whole amp for the woofers? DO IT"

[Compelica]

The door handles would give a little before pulling to close them, I tightened the two screws under the handle and the screw at the door latch - adds to that solid feel.

Had some extra time after that, so I took another look at my EQ settings on my Kenwood head unit. Someone had done a frequency response sweep on our cars previousl and I was comparing them to my current EQ setting was based on trial and error based on my preferences. Turns out that I fixed the low and low-midrange almost rather accurately, can't say the same for the mid-highs and highs, though...

Time alignment came next, which I got out the measuring tape to measure the distances between the speakers. After all was done, imaging is slightly better and I noticed less fatigue when running all of those tests, guess fixing the EQ really did the trick.

But now I'm wondering if this is the best I'm going to get, or there is more room for improvement...

[RToyo86]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Reminds me of one time back in Missouri, I had this large house with a large front door sitting on a 3+ acre lot (sort of like the one in the picture). My new wife (the present mrs humfrz) wanted it a different color.

So, being back in the day when I did things up right, I took the door off, installed a temp door, and took the metal door down into the basement where I stripped it, sanded it, primered it and sprayed on 3 coats of paint (that looked really nice under the basement lights).

When it was good and dry, I took it out of the basement and installed it. I noticed my wife and a few neighbors had gathered out on the road to admire my work. As I was walking toward them, I noticed they were all shaking their heads - noooo. I turned around and found out why.

That color was hideous in the natural light of day!

I took it down right away and when I painted it again, this time I did it near an open garage door.

THE END (of me doing things the proper way)

More or less I'm in a similar situation.
I got them into the light. 2/4 were perfect. Hair one, plus one with two runs. They weren't noticeable until you were up close, my fault I probably shouldn't have been consuming beverages the entire time ��

I ended up sanding down the spots, and decided to experiment and repaint one by masking off the areas and touching up.

Ended up with tape lines as expected but they cleaned up nice. I will revisit in a week and see if color sanding out and buffing the tape lines works with this paint before I decide what to do with the other one.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by RToyo86

More or less I'm in a similar situation.
I got them into the light. 2/4 were perfect. Hair one, plus one with two runs. They weren't noticeable until you were up close, my fault I probably shouldn't have been consuming beverages the entire time ��

I ended up sanding down the spots, and decided to experiment and repaint one by masking off the areas and touching up.

Ended up with tape lines as expected but they cleaned up nice. I will revisit in a week and see if color sanding out and buffing the tape lines works with this paint before I decide what to do with the other one.

OK, being serious here. I'd suggest you leave a couple of imperfections in them. Why? So that when someone makes the comment "nice wheels, nice color, where did you buy them?" You can reply, I painted them. When they reply "NO WAY", you can show them the minor imperfections to prove YOU painted them.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Radio shops are all closed for at least two more weeks. It is all hooked up as per the tech instructions posted here. It is just how they cobbled it all together to get it to work with the old speaker set up.

It is like somebody ran out into the plant in the middle of production and said "HOLD UP. I got this great deal on head units now we have to make them work. Oh just bypass the whole amp for the woofers? DO IT"

Now THAT brings on a not too far back in the day story. When I first got my FR-S, I wanted to be able to get SiriusXM radio plus I wanted to have a built in GPS capability. So, being a clutz at anything electronic, I took my car up to the Geek guy at Best Buy.

He sold and installed for me a Kenwood DNX ????. OK, fine, until about a year later, the GPS part told me that I needed to update the maps. So, I looked at the instructions and it was apparent that was waaay over my capability.

So, I took the car back to the Geek Squad guy and for $35 he was to update the GPS maps. Well, he got it all screwed up and had to send my unit back to the factory. During transit the screen got broken, so they had to install a new, newer model. Fine.

Now, my maps are due for updating again. What to do? I'm thinking I'll try to do it myself. No hurry though, I already know my way to the pharmacy and the grocery - and the girl in the unit still knows where "home" is -

[EndlessAzure]

https://streamable.com/6yn08i

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by EndlessAzure

https://streamable.com/6yn08i

What am I missing?

[EndlessAzure]

Originally Posted by humfrz

What am I missing?

Shiny gauges

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by EndlessAzure

Shiny gauges

[ichitaka05]

Installed Depo taillights. I have Diode Dynamics Tail-as-Turn, so Depo lights works out well.

[soundman98]

those look much better!