Door sills delayed...i broke something in the car
08-05-2011, 06:13 PM
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Door sills delayed...i broke something in the car
Some how i messed up the grounding and now my rear interior lights no longer light up... that means i lost my ceiling lights, front ambient lights, visor lights, and rear courtesy lights
no idea how this happened as i was very careful the whole time, but yeah, now i have to jump through the dealer hoops
in the meantime i am very sad and tears are running down my eyes as i replace my LEDs with stock bulbs...
no idea how this happened as i was very careful the whole time, but yeah, now i have to jump through the dealer hoops
in the meantime i am very sad and tears are running down my eyes as i replace my LEDs with stock bulbs...
08-05-2011, 06:14 PM
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Interestingly, my front door courtesy lights work
08-05-2011, 06:14 PM
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and all of them should be on the same fuse...
08-05-2011, 06:27 PM
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Nvm, blown fuse
08-05-2011, 06:28 PM
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08-05-2011, 09:52 PM
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Gf just got back from vacation, so no. I can start posting the diy pics... I'll be here for a bit longer but maybe I'll get home and stay up late and do it
08-05-2011, 10:02 PM
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Mobile upload: 
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I thought about it. Massive effort required due to curvature
08-05-2011, 11:23 PM
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LOL @ the thread and responses by the OP himself....
OP those sills look good...some more pix ? and also where did you get them from ?
OP those sills look good...some more pix ? and also where did you get them from ?
08-06-2011, 01:05 AM
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Back, not gonna finish tonight, i am le tired.
Heres the thing with the rears, the large curvature is a huge problem.
If the rears were flat, they would be lighted too, no problem but because they are curved... how do i get light to shine through?
The fronts are easy, a flat sill is cut out of a flat sheet, the rears would have to be modeled in 3D (outside of my expertise) and cut out of a solid block to have the right curvature (out of my cost range)
Now, i do know a way to achieve something similar for the rears, but it wont have any depth to it like the front does
Another thing i had to consider was that when you are adding more square inches of lighting tape it requires a larger (read: more expensive) power inverter.
So for all the use i get out of my rear doors (which is pretty much non-existant) and the additional effort and cost required, i decided it wasnt worth it to bother with the rear sills. At some point in the future, i may just do something with the rears so they just say the words "Acura" but ATM im totally cool with a CF overlay on them just so they atleast match the front
Heres the thing with the rears, the large curvature is a huge problem.
If the rears were flat, they would be lighted too, no problem but because they are curved... how do i get light to shine through?
The fronts are easy, a flat sill is cut out of a flat sheet, the rears would have to be modeled in 3D (outside of my expertise) and cut out of a solid block to have the right curvature (out of my cost range)
Now, i do know a way to achieve something similar for the rears, but it wont have any depth to it like the front does
Another thing i had to consider was that when you are adding more square inches of lighting tape it requires a larger (read: more expensive) power inverter.
So for all the use i get out of my rear doors (which is pretty much non-existant) and the additional effort and cost required, i decided it wasnt worth it to bother with the rear sills. At some point in the future, i may just do something with the rears so they just say the words "Acura" but ATM im totally cool with a CF overlay on them just so they atleast match the front
08-06-2011, 01:11 AM
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And @ swoosh, thank you, reading what you wrote in blutsx' other thread really helped me mentally figure out where to tap the line
I'll have more pics soon, i worked on these alot today but running the wires and everything is tedious, when i blew that fuse i figured i should take a break and go out or something
I'll have more pics soon, i worked on these alot today but running the wires and everything is tedious, when i blew that fuse i figured i should take a break and go out or something
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And @ swoosh, thank you, reading what you wrote in blutsx' other thread really helped me mentally figure out where to tap the line
I'll have more pics soon, i worked on these alot today but running the wires and everything is tedious, when i blew that fuse i figured i should take a break and go out or something
I'll have more pics soon, i worked on these alot today but running the wires and everything is tedious, when i blew that fuse i figured i should take a break and go out or something
08-06-2011, 07:26 PM
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For the record, I am particularly fond of myself
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hahaha LOL...u guys on the tsx side are fun to be around LOL....
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08-07-2011, 01:26 PM
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Here's a crappy vid to hold you guys over, busy weekend so far and a diy write up is coming but it's quite large so it might be till like Tuesday when I get some free time
08-07-2011, 04:34 PM
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This is so yesterday... B===D 0-: gay!!
All kidding aside looks great dude. I wish I could this to my car.
All kidding aside looks great dude. I wish I could this to my car.
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