Scion202

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JPfeffer

So there really isn't? I'm seeing the same thing from every angle. Am I the only one that sees a penny in the front emblem in the car wash pictures? Lol.

Scion202

we see it lol, maybe a bug?

Scion202

Re-welded 2.25 inches back and 1/8th up!

Superpickel

^ May I ask why?

Backinblacktc2

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^^^X2

nolakpd504

I see it. Your not going crazy! :D I think its a penny and scion202 is just lying!

Druidiron

Im guessing cause he's pretty tall, at least it looks that way from the angle he takes pics from. At 5'8" I dont have such problems......

Superpickel

I'm 6'2" and I feel like I'm pulling a ham string if I slide all the way back...

MightyP

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At 5'7", I don't think I can even touch the pedals with the seat all the way back!

Scion202

haha I'm 6'3" with legs unproportionality longer than torso


driving 100 miles a day sux........to me this is THE MOST USEFUL mod, at times my innner quad would hurt so much that I wouldn't be able to sleep.

well worth the $180!!!

Scion202

Failed DIY(Just letting people know about my failure so you don't waste time/break stuff):

So I heard that ppl on here said that the LEDs behind the needles are white.....

So to change the color of em you simply have to sand it and paint over or use a sharpie.

Well I found out the hard way that both claims are false

1. The LEDs behind the needles are actually orange!
2. The needles are painted orange on the bottom side and not the TOP!



So I spend 30 minutes sanding the top part of the needle and no results

Then I used a utility knife and after scraping a 1-2mm of plastic it seemed unbelievable that paint could be that thick.

So I pulled back on a black plastic "thing" right behind the needle and saw that the paint was indeed applied from the bottom!

After a little cursing I used a soldering iron to melt the two glued on connections to separate the backing of the needle



here you can see the paint in the back

so I scrapped it off and it ended up looking like this:



looks kinda orange but that's just amber incandescent flash light bulb

So after I painted the thing with blue sharpie and put it in and it was TOO dark, I couldnt see the needle light up

So I took it off and saw ORANGE in the background!

So I removed the blue sharpie and now:

I have a white needle that's white when the lights aren't on and Crappy Orange when the dash is lit because I've abused it so much during sanding and scrapping with a blade

dhj517

Yuriy! You can ask me things!

I have a green/white gauge swap with white painted needles that i did myself. You take the color off using nail polish remover and model paints for the repaint. I think if you go back and use the correct paint it will cover up the blemishes

Scion202

repainted the cover with matte black and touched up the calipers as they recomend to do additional coats after over a week



before

After




Matte black better matches the blaack plastics under the hood

Scion202

Painting Rear Rotors Black DIY#4

I used the black caliper paint



Step 1:


Remove the wheel and the brake caliper

Step 2:


Take off the rotors by using 2 metal bolts that screw into it



I bought these bolts at home depot:





Step 3


CLEAN!!!
Using a drill and a wire brush clean the inner and the outer circles(the ones that rust). Try to avoid scrapping the surface that gets touched by the pad



Step 4:

Remove all the residue using compressed air and acetone

Step 5(Optional but recommended):


Mask off as much as possible to help out the the brake pads in the future




Step 6:


Using a Vitamin Water bottle prop up the rotor so you can paint the edges



Step 7:


Paint 3-4 thin coats

You're DONE


After Mounting:



After driving home from my friends house(very easy on the brakes)








On the way to work tomorrow I'll do some hard braking to get rid off the unwanted paint

WellesleyScion

Yuri, man. Call or text me when ever you have an issue like the needles, you have my number for a reason!

If you get the chance to come to the meet tomorrow, we can take the needles apart and clean them up.

Scion202

I'm usually up "modding" past the call hours haha.

I'll let you know about tomorrow

WellesleyScion

I have all day off tomorrow, so if you wanna meet up in the morning just shoot me a text and we both do some work to the rides. (I am thinking about getting some gold caliper paint and doing up the calipers)

MightyP

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Needles are on my to do list this week. But I just want white...

dhj517

best way to do it.

remember remove paint with nail polish remover. paint with model paints - cant stress it anymore, it will look perfect