hey, new here, so playing catch up. i just picked up a 2004 tl & my mod list just keeps getting longer the longer i am on this site, lol. i am curious if anyone has lighted door sills on the tl, and also where i can find the a-spec pedals to add to my car. any information will be appreciated

 

I do have the door sills and they looked great but now half of them dont work.... and ive heard many peopele had problems with them so if i was u i wouldnt even bother with that.

 

Aspec pedals?

 

do you mean these?



i think Supercomputers still sells them...

 

I have the pedals and the sills.




My sills have been on over 2.5 yrs. Had a couple loose connections (my fault) but besides that they have been working perfectly. Everytime someone opens a door and climbs into my car for the first time I get all the OOooOhs!



You can see the rest of my insane interior mods on this thread.
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/rockyfellers-newest-mods-unseen-pictures-my-interior-ledmaniac-696585/

 

Exactly what I am looking for! Where can I find them?

 

send a PM to Supercomputers, he is a vendor here who sells them. there may also be a link in the black market section...

 

thanks, i found the pedals, but they no longer have the lighted door sills. any other options???

 

this guy makes them, and they are of great and better quality:

http://www.aembpautoconcepts.com/aem...-door-sill.htm

 

Here's an alternative from www.UltimatePedals.com. They also make accelerator and brake pedals, but I just needed a Dead Pedal. Call Rob at Ultimate Pedals...he's great to work with and the quality is excellent. By the way, I'm still looking for sills that light up more than just the ACURA logo. The link posted above looks good, but they don't have red sills for the Type S. Plus, I'd like it if more than just the logo illuminated. The 2007 sills have horizontal lines on either side of the ACURA logo. It would be kick-ass if the horizontal lines lit up too.

 

Anyone offer the pedals for a 6 spd?

 

How are your lights above the foot well so bright? I feel like mine are barely see-able. I've had my car for 2 years; time to replace the bulbs?

 

^^ read the thread. My car is an 06 and didn't come with footwell lighting.

Those sills above are those custom sills I have talked about a lot. They are good if they are in your budget. I prefer them but the supercomputer style sills are more affordable. Rarely you can score a set f the supercomputer sills on the black market, I have seen people sell them sometimes. The good thing is he did sell them in red for the Type-S back in 2007.

 

How much are those panels cost? i am interesting to get them and maybe the door sills depends on the price

 

Has anyone heard back from this vendor? I'm wondering if they're still in business?

 

^^^^I've been dropping them emails each week. Never a response. I don't think they're around anymore.
Anyone know how they incorporated the illumination under the stock sills?
I have Super's version...but want to somehow use his lighting under my stockers...how hard could it be?

 

*sigh*

Maybe I can mod something. I'm sure there are wiring instructions somewhere in this forum.

 

Yeah I don't think he has been around since 2006/7. I haven't heard of anyone getting them done recently

I had sills on my old BMW that used special cyan/aqua colored LEDs (I know, weird. Hard to find this color in LED). The supercomputers ones look to be like the ol skool "indiglow" technology or "EL Strips" type of lighting.

 

When warmer weather hits NY...I will remove Supercomputer's and see if I can somehow incorporate his "EL STrips" to the OEM sills.

 

That would be cool..I'm at a point where I would like to do this mod for my 2007 Type S, but I want more than just the Acura logo lit up. There are horizontal lines on each side of the logo. It would be cool if the logo and those horizontal lines lit up.

 

This is interesting. I was checking out some sites that offer EL Strips. Looks like I'm taking a trip to the parts store next week...

 

i got mine done from him not that long ago. white lighted type-s sills







this is the guys personal email it's how i got ahold of him.
Andy Manos is his mane. andym22@optonline.net

 

@jptl04

how much did he charge you? im planning to get this mod

 

Thanks JP...I just wrote to him to inquire about pricing and to see if he still does this. Did you do the install on yours? If so, how difficult was it? Oh, how long ago did Andy do this for you?

 

Oh yeah, jp, I knew I saw it on someone's car recently. That is EXACTLY how I wanted the sill done originally on my car; glowing in white. It think it looks so HOTT and different from the standard blue everyone has now. I don't know if this is the same guy I saw from a long time ago, the sill looks slightly different? (Unless the 07+ cars have a different sill, I guess they do huh?) The guy cuts the original sill and gives it that perfect flush finish. I love it!

Why didn't I do it? Costs more than double that of Supercomputer's sill. I couldn't justify the difference. Hey, but whoever thinks it's worth it, more power to ya!

 

yeah, i did the install myself. its pretty easy. only like four or five wires. you'll have to tap into the door light button, and the fuse box. i installed the at the end of october last year, it took him like about a month and a half to make them. he told me he only had blue light up strips. he might have red or white by now if he still makes them.

 

yep, that was me. you know me had to do something different white looks soo classy, since i had the red type-s interior lighting blue was out of the question. i decided on white cuz my dome lights are hyper white leds. it matches pretty well.

yeah, a bit pricey. double the $$ of the supercomputers but to me they are triple the quality. worth it to me, to get the OEM look i wanted.

 

Can you let me know if these are still being made?

 

Anyone know what the pricing is for Andy Manos to mill out your stock sills? Has he done any in blue?

 

Here's an updated picture of my interior. Shown is the LED underdash lighting with the illuminated door sills and the Dead Pedal with the Type S logo. Is that the trifecta???

 

I can't wait to get a couple extra bucks so I can get both these mods done too....look good!

 

Just had fronts installed and will post pics tomorrow. Rear set wouldn't fit as the bend in the SS plate didn't match the sill. Working on a solution.

 

Don, we had to bend my back sills too. It didn't take a lot to bend, but just be careful not to put a crease in them.

 

I found my passenger SuperComputers sill kept popping up---gave a helluva rattle. A few strips of 3M tape layered one on top of the other fixed it up.

Also, I have a base TL and was only able to find the red sills. I was worried about it clashing with the blue, but I don't think it's too bad. Those white ones rock, though!

 

are you able to open these up and change out the led to blue?

 

^^^ did yall just recently buy these somewhere?

 

you have a slim to none chance of getting illuminated sills unless someone offers them up on the black market.

 

Got mine from the BM. Post up a WTB and see what u get.

I looked at that, but the LED strip would have to be replaced and Im not sure where I would get something like that. If you know someplace, I can post better pics for you.

If I had my choice, and cost was no object, I would go with the same type as the white sills posted above---they appear to be a higher quality (mine are just overlaid with 3M tape) and use the stock doorsills, which I find to be beautiful. I emailed that guy a while ago and never heard back from him.

 

DWB, I like the way those red sills look with your blue TL interior. KrMerritt, you cannot change the lighting from red to blue or vice versa. The ACURA logo is a light strip already colored. They cannot be switched up-unfortunately. I also got mine on the Black Market by posting a "Willing To Buy". All of these sills adhere with 3M tape. But those white ones ARE really good looking. But I'd still want them in red-not white (because I have a Type S).

 

I'm looking to install the LED strips in my footwells. I hope someone can help with the wiring.

I have 4 strips and plan to use them similar to Rockyfeller's---2 under the front dash and 2 under the front of the rear seat firing forward. I would like them to come on with the parking lights and have a switch in the dash. I have all the parts.

My question is about wiring. I have a lighted switch (2+/1- connections) from Oznium. So, I need to connect all 4 positive leads on the strips to the Accessory lead on the switch, all 4 grounds and the ground lead on the switch to a common ground, and the positive lead on the switch to the parking lights source.

Presuming my wiring design is correct, what is a suitable power source inside the car that goes hot with the parking lights? Also, where is the best common ground? I presume I could use the ground strap near the fusebox.

Finally, I plan to use CAT5 cabling for this project and use one pair of twisted wires for my Navtool video switch, running it from trunk to rear footwell lights (tapping 2 more pairs), then up center console to dash. The front lights will be wired separate. Will I be okay with this cabling?

What have you guys done? Any and all comments are appreciated.