^ Word. I need to do my instrument panel.

I drove my Evo to work today to test out my handiwork. All is well.

 

Washed the EVO, now time to deal with the water spots.

 

Flipped it off cuz it blew another clutch.

 

what size bulbs are the cig lighter ring and where you get it from

 

Washed it and then replaced the drivers side inner fender liner, re installed the Beat rush front under tray. Planning on a mountain run tomorrow in North Georgia.

 

Installed my WORKS Grab shift knob, super nice feel when shifting.

 

Changed my totally worn out ceramic Excedy for a "Hybrid" excedy set up.
Ordered/ordering (waiting for the email) some Mynes bonnet struts and a AMS gear knob all from the good ol U S of A....Baby...! AUD rate is like xmas come early......

 

I WAS GOING TO PICK THESE UP AND INSTALL THEM TODAY WHILE CHANGING OUT MY GAUGES? HOW DO YOU LIKE EM?

 

i changed my ricer oem chrome tails to the evo 7 replicas

 

Installed my mini battery, Muse short route UICP and Tial QR. Before that I installed my PPI extreme ported and coated exhaust manifold. While installing I dropped a nut and saw white smoke, this was confusing because the car was cold. Long story short the nut lodged itself in the starter/shield and grounded it out draining my new battery. Dropped the shield, removed the nut, jumped the car and I was good to go! Glad I didn't have to get a new starter! Thanks to Dscevo8 for all the help. Hope your car doesn't stay in the parking lot graveyard too much longer

 

Let it warm up then moved it to another spot so the MP's don't try to give me a ticket...

 

#74

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...cs%2F74-x.html

The plastic molding that holds the LED transistors is much larger than the diameter of the actual incandescent size 74 bulb. The wedge portion of the LED with the contacts was the correct size, but the rest of the LED was too stout. Because of this, it won't fit in the OEM wedge clips that hold the bulbs.

My solution? A dremel tool. I took out the dremel and carefully ground some of the plastic off below the tip (where the light emits) all the way around the housing. I got it as close to the bulb diameter as I could. (by just eye balling it) This allowed the LED to slide into the OEM clip and work like a champ.

Looks good, not too ricey either.

 

I've seen your posts on the detailing forum. Have a look at this when you get a chance:

http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-det...ces-newbs.html

Start with washing and drying. Let me know if I can help.

 

Awesome! Thanks for the link, I'll definitely be checking that out.

 

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...ead.php?t=4637

^^^ This is a very nice, quick washing tutorial.

Water spots are in essence mineral deposits. Not great for the paint. The easiest way to prevent water spots from occurring and to lessen their impact is to have a very well-protected finish. I realize that I'm kinda stating the obvious, but there's a little more involved. The slickness helps to repel water from the surface. If you're mostly concerned with water spots that are generated after a wash, again, assuming the finish is well-protected, use a waffle weave microfiber (WW as a detailing acronym) to pick up the water in conjunction with a quick detailing spray product (ie. QD) with lots of lubricity. Give the surface a spray and use the WW as per the tutorials. Too, it is best to get most of the water off the paint before beginning to dry. Again, assuming the paint is well-protected and therefore slick, or has been recently polished creating a great deal of surface tension, this is done by flooding the paint with an open hose, allowing the water to pull itself off the paint. That's covered in the writeups, as well.