Andy & Trudy's new baby.

Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

jafo wrote:

how are them calliper covers attached

blue tac dave lmao....nah 1 small self tapper mate

Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

Well had a bit of spare time today so did some more stuff.....changed the gear selector LED, and then had a brainwave.....I was going thru some of my computer gear yesterday and I found a brand new 5 1/4 inch temperature sensor unit......had a bit of a think and worked out if I soldered a resistor on I could allow 12 volt instead of 5 volt, so hooked it up into the pocket under the stereo.....has 2 temp sensors on it so hooked one up to the AMP and the other to the Stereo itself, so it now monitors the Temps of both units......unfortunately the readout display is green so am off tomorrow to try and find the readouts in blue and will desolder the greens off and put the blues in instead....
yeah I know it's a bit out there, but I'm always doing things differently and like to do things to make my car unique.....Andy

Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

Well wasnt happy with the green display with everything else being blue, and unfortunately I could not change the colour of it.....so decided to change it....cut some black acrylic to size to cover over the pocket face, then installed a volt meter plus 2 switches to operate lights in my boot , for my planned boot install......much better me thinks.....

Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

Well a bit of an update.....Finally got around to wiring up the VZ Sunglasses holder today, was a simple 2 wire and 1 x Earth connection....looks good too...

Also working on the boot setup at the moment, have Removed the Factory CD Stacker, and Filled the hole with some clear perspex....I will be making a Border sticker to hide the Brackets you see in the photo, and accross the face of it will be a sticker of my Number plate, which will be backlit from underneath, the lighting for the boot being controlled via a switch which I have just connected next to the voltage meter in the dash...

**AC/DC1** · Subject: Re: Andy & Trudy's new baby. Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:26 pm

All very tastfully done Cool

Good work Andy, you are a *geanious* (wheres the spell check button lol)

Cheers

Steve

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Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

thanks heaps steve...means a lot buddy

Well my SMD Blue LEDS arrived so ripped the dash out again and replaced all the standard blue LEDS, these SMD's have a lot better spread of light so eliminate much of the hotspots, also gave it another polish, and the Sunglasses holder is now wired so the main interior dome light switches off, when you turn on the Sunglasses holder switch....A few pics....

**telf ss** · Subject: Re: Andy & Trudy's new baby. Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:47 am

its looking great
well done on the blue interior now just need blue led for the interior light / sunglass holder

Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

telf ss wrote:

its looking great
well done on the blue interior now just need blue led for the interior light / sunglass holder

Thanks kim and steve for ya comments.....the actual centre dome interior light is a blue led festoon already, but not sure about doing the sunglasses holder lights yet, blue light is EXTREMELY hard to read by, so I chose to keep the sunglasses holder light normal so I can still read Street directories lmao !!!!

**telf ss** · Subject: Re: Andy & Trudy's new baby. Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:59 pm

get a gps LOL

Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

telf ss wrote:

get a gps LOL

LMAO Kim, i have a mate who is a capet layer and he gives me his old Directory each year........And the joys of being on a disabled pension, cant afford one.......keep up the awesome work on your car too kim, it's looking amazing buddy Andy

Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

Well I started by washing the car at 2pm Clay Barring at 3pm, and finally finished with the polishing and cleaning 5 minutes ago......so roughly 7 hrs worth of work,from start to finish.....I am now a convert, the statesman looks absolutely amazing, and am stoked with the final product.....Enjoy...Andy

Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

Well finished off the detail today with Auto Glym Rubber and Vinyl Care.....awesome stuff, can be used on wodgrain, Plastics, leather, vinyl and window rubbers.....I'm a Convert !!!!!

Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

Well had nothing much to do today so I finished off the perspex cover where the CD stacker used to reside......am going to backlight it from underneath, with the switch wired into the dash next to the voltmeter.....

**telf ss** · Subject: Re: Andy & Trudy's new baby. Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:18 pm

looks great Andy well done

just need to blacken the pop rivets with a black texta to hide them

Andy68 · Number of posts: 85 Registration date: 2008-03-10

telf ss wrote:

looks great Andy well done

just need to blacken the pop rivets with a black texta to hide them

Already done Kim, just hadnt got around to doing it before i took the photo !!!!