E21 Project Thread - Part 2

[Daggerty]

Bassboy3313 said:

Tail lights are done except one brake light on each side. Waiting on more strips lights to come in mail. The individual leds in the brake light show up more in the camera then they do in person, just an fyi.

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Now I should know when you are braking next time I'm behind you lmao. Didn't want to call you out on the way to veloce I figured you knew, and you did.

[Bassboy3313]

Daggerty said:

Now I should know when you are braking next time I'm behind you lmao. Didn't want to call you out on the way to veloce I figured you knew, and you did.

Its all good. Snap called me out on the previous cruise and I just forgot about it. I found that the brake light switch wire was pulled very taught, which was causing it to intermittently pull away from the switch. I fixed that wire and now did these LEDs, so I am hoping it should stay A-OK now.

[Bassboy3313]

Messed around with some cheap red digital gauges to match the volt gauge I installed in my tach. Took them apart and made my own face plate decals to hide what I didn't want shown. Going for the simple look. Put them back together and you'd never know I messed with them once lit up.

Waiting on the oil temp gauge to arrive so I can give it the same treatment. Then I'll just have to figure out something for the wideband to match these. Hhmmmm.

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[Bassboy3313]

Got the last 2 gauges in the mail and put my custom touches to them. So all 4 are done and ready to install.

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[Bassboy3313]

I had finished my led taillights and front turn signals in time for the cruise and also ordered some led license plate bulbs too, but clearly I didn't make the cruise, lol. Figured I would install the license plate bulbs and see how everything going looks. I'm digging it!

Taillights on

Taillights and brakes

Brakes on

I also got an led bulb for the trunk light too and figured out why it never worked. +12v wire was removed from inside the trunk lid. Ran a new one from battery and done.

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[Jdesign]

Where did you order the LED panels for the taillights and How much did they cost ? I would totally be interested in doing something like that and would want to know your process.

[Bassboy3313]

I actually made the led panels myself using strip lights. It was a heck of a lot cheaper than buying the panels themselves and also aided in keeping them the same brightness and color. You can see partly how I did it a few posts up. Or just click this link and it will take you to the post. 

[Bassboy3313]

Led trunk light, yay!!

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[straight6pwr]

love the orange paint idea and the emblem pin idea was genius.  you could even paint the roundel colors over the new pin and it would completely disappear

[Bassboy3313]

Crazy how a little piece of rubber can make the doors open and close so much nicer and easier!!!

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[KaiserRolls]

Bassboy3313 said:

Crazy how a little piece of rubber can make a difference

Same thing applies to having kids

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[Jeff]

Snap said:

Do you think he meant to do that or was it an accident?

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[Jdesign]

Looks intentional to me. " Stupid arm"  (sets it down and moves along)

[Bassboy3313]

So fresh and so clean, clean!

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[KaiserRolls]

Can't tell on my phone right now, any camber and toe adjustments ??

[Earl]

Where did you go for that since it is obviously larger than your oven?

[Bassboy3313]

KaiserRolls said:

Can't tell on my phone right now, any camber and toe adjustments ??

I didn't think of it before it got coated.

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[Bassboy3313]

Earl said:

Where did you go for that since it is obviously larger than your oven?

Zach (rampelsauce) did it for me. He does great work.

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[Bassboy3313]

Picked up a set of single headlight grilles and buckets from great britain to hide the intercooler piping better.

These use the 7" round lights you find on other 80s cars, so I picked up a set of 7" H4 e codes and threw some lamin-x on them to match the blacked out grill.

I will also be doing the relay wiring upgrade to them as well.

Today I also removed the rear end on the car in preparation for the custom e30 rear end setup I had made for it. Kind of a bear to do by yourself, but I managed.

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