**UPDATED** 1991 Rev 1 (Beastly V6 1MZ-FE VVTI) **UPDATED**

[riot68]

I should have said if I'd known you were going to change the actual soldered LED's that they are 3mm not 5, the resistors need to alter the current for 12v, type depends on the colour, there are lists online for working it out. Karl I would check you have the right ones before you refit. I found the heater easy enough. The window switches were let's say fiddly as were the fog switches. Glad the wide-angle ones worked well for the backlight.

You do get your jobs done fella, always amazed...

[KarlBristol]

[quote="riot68"]I should have said if I'd known you were going to change the actual soldered LED's that they are 3mm not 5, the resistors need to alter the current for 12v, type depends on the colour, there are lists online for working it out. Karl I would check you have the right ones before you refit. I found the heater easy enough. The window switches were let's say fiddly as were the fog switches. Glad the wide-angle ones worked well for the backlight.

You do get your jobs done fella, always amazed...[/quote]

Thanks for the kind words mate, its appreciated

Im not soldering them into the board, or changing those 3mm leds over. I was swapping the original 2 backlights, which should have been an easy switch over with no problems. Unfortunately it all went a bit wrong, lol. The resisters I used came with the wide angle leds so I presumed that theu would be fine. Ive made a new set with double resisters now in the hope that will solve the issue when I get my new unit delivered.

I did take apart my light switchs and saw sense. Lol. I will attempt to buy a set of pre-converted switches so that I dont have the hassle! Lol.

Lots more plans of things to do, which as usual are being held up by the postman ... And the fact that Im in work until 1800! Lol.

[KarlBristol]

I've been at work all day, and am on my way out for the evening. So I only had 2 minutes to work on the car today. Heres what I managed;

Had these delivered:





Time to fit:



Old (bearing in mind I replaced them a couple of months ago) and new:



Both replaced:



Here is how my interior led swap is looking:



Slowly but surely...

I'm sure there will be another update in literally a couple of hours knowing me! lol

[riot68]

Looking fresh, where are those domes from & do they do them in other colours?...

[craig]

I've been at work all day, and am on my way out for the evening. So I only had 2 minutes on work on the car today. Heres what I managed;

Had these delivered:

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Time to fit:

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Old (bearing in mind I replaced them a couple of months ago) and new:

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Both replaced:

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Here is how my interior led swap is looking:

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Slowly but surely...

I'm sure there will be another update in literally a couple of hours knowing me! lol

They're the same ones I got. Not bad for a tenner!

[craig]

Looking fresh, where are those domes from & do they do them in other colours?...

Ebay mate, and they come in white, red and blue.

Here's mine in red:

[riot68]

Need some red ones for sure, got a link?...

[KarlBristol]

Need some red ones for sure, got a link?...

Here is a link to the ones that I bought mate, (in white) but I can't see any in their other items for red ones:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170406574147? ... 1439.l2649

These are Stoney Racing ones (which are cheaper but practically the same) I've managed to find for you in red and are here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-MR2-MK ... 2a1201905e

Hope that helps bud
Well worth the money, makes a lot of difference!!


Oh, and its £10 per panel not for a pair ... just to pre-warn you

[StuRobinson88]

mate you have got to stop doing so much work to your car.

you're making the rest of us look bad!!

[riot68]

Stoney racing ones say they supply one for each side at that price. cheers for the link...

[KarlBristol]

mate you have got to stop doing so much work to your car.

you're making the rest of us look bad!!

Lol - well unfortunately I am delayed whilst I wait for my new heater panel and a few other bits to get delivered ... looks like you have time to catch up

[KarlBristol]

Well the car has had a few days without anything being done to it - so I guess its time for an update

My morning started with a delivery from my local postman;





I was more than relieved that my heater unit had been delivered

I then switched out the old lights, and switched in my new LED wideangle versions:



I plugged it all in and started to test out the LEDs:





Luckily this time the extra resisters must have done the trick as the unit worked flawlessly. So I re-fitted the interior fully and set about taking a few photos of the full conversion (it will obviously look better at night):






My postie also delivered my wide arm LED numerplate lights:D



Before:



After:





I will endeavour to take a photo of them at night so you can see the full effect of LEDs

Unfortunately the screws and number plate light covers had seen better days and were massively discoloured:



These have now been put in the dishwasher to clean them up a bit before they will be re-fitted

I then need to plan more ways of spending the banks money on my car! lol...

[KarlBristol]

Dishwasher has finished a full cycle and this is what I'm left with - I think you'll agree that its a vast improvement on the badly marked, stained and tired number plate light covers;





I'll refit these today and then troll eBay looking for more stuff to buy

[Magic Beans]

Clean, modern, like it

Which LEDs are they for the license plates? I've been looking at getting some myself, with them being no.5 on the "to get" list". Although no.6 is a big one (ECU). Actually no.3 is too...

[riot68]

haha, folks were laughing at me for putting my Civic interior on the dishwasher, does and amazing job...

[riot68]

Also just been in the loft and found my spare switches so when I get a few mins I'll take a look and go from there, sure it'll all come back to me...

[KarlBristol]

Clean, modern, like it

Which LEDs are they for the license plates? I've been looking at getting some myself, with them being no.5 on the "to get" list". Although no.6 is a big one (ECU). Actually no.3 is too...

Thanks - its getting there bit by bit. Unfortunately I keep thinking of things that I can do to it! lol.

Dare I ask what number 3 is on the list?

Here is the link for the LED number plate bulbs bud:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310359392987? ... 1439.l2649

haha, folks were laughing at me for putting my Civic interior on the dishwasher, does and amazing job...

It works wonders doesn't it - I've always done.

Did make a bit of a faux pas by putting headlight units in the dishwasher once and it stripped all of the reflective interiors from them - but live and learn! lol.

Still intrigued to see your Civic finished

Also just been in the loft and found my spare switches so when I get a few mins I'll take a look and go from there, sure it'll all come back to me...

You are an absolute legend. Thank you so much bud.

Let me know if you need me to order anything, and how much you want for the finished products

[Magic Beans]

Perfect, thanks

No.3 is seats. I was going to get the stock seats retrimmed, however I'm being lured in by the Sparco, Recaro, Cobra offerings. As well as seats from things like Evo's, S2000 etc. It's just deciding what's best then buying the ££££ to get a pair. Then ££££ to have the brackets custom built/modified

[KarlBristol]

I did go inside with a view of relaxing before going to work tonight ... but then I got bored. So back out to the garage I went!

The photos probably don't show it too well but my rear light are very cloudy and have needed some attention for a while now.

They are quite milky and don't quite look right:





I used autsol and rubbed the lights back. I then used a fine polish scratch removed, and buffed the lights up, before coating them in a protective oil which also brings them up to a lovely shine. It took around 35-45 minutes per light, but was well worth the effort.

Here is the first light mid clean:



Here is the driver's side done and passenger side needing work (doesn't rellay show up properly in the photos)





Working on the passenger side one:



A big improvement with both of them finished:







I may do them again in a couple of days to try and bring them up even better. I may even crack out my machine polisher

That is it for today - honest lol

[Draven]

Someone nicked your spoiler..