guitarplayer16

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I would wire the footwell LEDs to the dome supervision wire.

There are two bolts holding the fuse box to the car. Removing them allows room to access the connector from behind.
Remove the bottom bolt holding the fuse box, and remove the top left bolt of the fuse box also. This will allow you to push the fuse box away from the "wall" to be able to get your hand behind there and unplug the connector, rather than reaching around from the front.

It does take time, but don't give up

If you're set on wiring the LEDs to the dome supervision wire, check to make sure the splices are good. This can be done with a multimeter. There's no other reason why splicing into the door sill wires would not work.

Amather

My only idea was that I didn't use the correct gauge for the splice connectors that I had. All of the ones that came with the sills were red, and the ones I was using for the LEDs were blue.

guitarplayer16

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From my experience, blue is 14-16 AWG and red is 18-22 AWG.

The splice connector you used was too big to actually break through the wire insulation, therefore no connection.

Steven Bell

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Lip spoiler looks good!

Amather

Incoming: Type S style Side Markers

EddieOnAZ

Hey nice work man!

What paint did you use for your front grille? I know you said metallic grey but is it a specific brand or did you have it mixed?

Amather

I did a base of Plasti-dip, and then I used Dupli-color metallic grey wheel paint.

Amather

Couple new shots of the Sidemarkers. Car needs a wash again

truonghthe

and a buff jobs holly swirls. It take time, if you go from wash to finish with wax after buff job doing by one person it could rack up to 10-11 hours.

Flipster23

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This is why I can never own a black car again.

Oh Sickest TL

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that shift knob is it the 90mm or 110mm?

great work so far man looks great

Steven Bell

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Side markers look good.

Amather

I know man, I hate them, but I don't know how to fix it and wanna get other maintenance done before dropping $300 on a good one

Oh Sickest TL

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truonghthe

if you have weekend open its just two days job borrow or rent one from a friend helps also. But i do agree that maint does come first.

Amather

Here she is OST


110mm

truonghthe

I like the shift knob tho.

Steven Bell

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That is a cool shift knob.....I went with Momo quite a few years ago-still love it.

EddieOnAZ

Is that shift knob real leather or is it plastic-y? Also, how is the size compared to OEM? I have been contemplating ordering it since I saw your pictures but im afraid it could be too big or feel like plastic. Looks really good though!!!

Oh Sickest TL

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Same here, I can't see it being a nice genuine leather , but I've been wanting to order it as well, it looks awesome

DesertMistTL

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great progress, keep it upp

Amather

I'd say that it is in between a nice leather and a shitty fake one. It isn't amazing, but it's not garbage either. It's a bit bigger than the OEM knob

It's definitely not as nice of a thing as a momo one probably is (I was looking at momos as well, they seemed to be far more well-constructed), but it's damn cool and I'd say worth the price.

Amather

Hey Steven, could you change the title of this thread to read:

Amather's "I've never done any work on cars before" '07 NBP Progress Thread!

I don't think it's technically a build thread because I'm not making a performance build...

polobunny

For those interested, this can be had for ~$40 US on eBay or ~$30 on sites like dealextreme instead of the $70 on Amazon.

Steven Bell

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Done!

Amather

Tyvm.

Steven Bell

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Ywvm.......

Amather

No new ideas, too lazy to take my wheels off and paint them so...

Let's do a detail and see if we can help those terrible swirls

What i did:

-Rinse
-Soap
-Rinse
-Wheel Cleaner
- Tail Pipe Redux (polish with Barkeep's)
- Leather conditioning
- Clay Bar
- Hand Polish
- Turtle Wax spray
- Wipe down all glass inside and out
- Trim Restorer on interior plastic
- Dusting & Vacuuming

Wow, that was a process. Took me about 6 hours, it was definitely labor intensive and time consuming. Must be so meticulous...

Anyway, she cleans up nice

truonghthe

alright its look better than before, I told you from wash to finish will take around 10-11 hours.

Steven Bell

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^^^^ Agreed

Amather

That was a good estimate - I was hand polishing and only did 1 pass on it.

truonghthe

hand polishing..... I can't do that no more even with the DA it still take me about 10 hours to complete.

Amather

Yep, it was a bitch. I'm not too concerned - I still plan to get a professional job done eventually. For now I wanted to simply clean up some of the spots that car washes never get - inside the doors, under the windshield glass, inside the trunk edges, interior stuff like cupholders and vents, etc

Steven Bell

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Still look good-even done by hand.