*updated pic at day* chromed din with green neon backlight

ryan · Post by **ryan** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:58 pm

Its not as in yer face as the pic suggests, blends in with the dash, being green backlit

raptor95GTS · Post by **raptor95GTS** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:24 pm

looks nice, not my scene but not in yer face either. Good work

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:53 pm

That awful Mercedes on the last Top Gear had the door sills in a similar vein to your DIN panel, and I was pretty impressed at the blingness.

Hedgehog Dodger · Post by **Hedgehog Dodger** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:13 am

Nige wrote:That awful Mercedes on the last Top Gear had the door sills in a similar vein to your DIN panel, and I was pretty impressed at the blingness.

S55 I think it was, and I was impressed with it. I thought it looked nice in a 4X4 kind of way

craig · Post by **craig** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:42 am

That looks top mate! I would have something similar in mine if I didn't have the gauges there

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:01 am

ryan wrote:Its not as in yer face as the pic suggests, blends in with the dash, being green backlit

Got any pictures of the panel in the daylight?

bozza · Post by **bozza** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:21 pm

i like it. where did ya get it from

tom tom · Post by **tom tom** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:54 am

This look so good in a MR2, where did you get it? Any chance to buy one? or even group buy?

tom tom

ryan · Post by **ryan** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:36 pm

Well, I made it mostly myself.
I wired one of those Halfords neon stick sets (the one with two 8cm neon sticks) cost 15 quid I think.
I wired them in to the fag lighter illumination so they come on when the sidelights etc are on. I drilled a hole in the back of the din pocket and threaded the sticks through.
I then lined the pocket with foil using double sided tape, then I stuck the sticks in on their adhesive 'feet' lengthways to give even light distribution.
Next, I got a piece of glass (180mmx50mm I think?) from a glaciers , the 2mm thick glass, and then I got the "MR2" font cut into adhesive black vinyl (traced it off the back of the car, same size incidentally). I got the graphics place to attach some obscure film to the other side of the glass (its like a mettalic looking film that lets light through - the graphics shop will know what you mean).
Then I stuck it in place using the double sided spongey tape from Halfrauds, applying along the din pocket edges.
I removed the black adhesive and replaced it with the stainless steel plate at a later date as some guy in Swansea was producing them (also TRD ones) and selling them on E bay.
I'm still not sure if the bling of the SSteel looks right as the black did blend in with the dash a lot more

HTH and thanks for the comments boys

Ryan

www.imoc.co.uk

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Cool as hell....

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