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[Jimbo]

Perhaps that's the difference. Recommendation for product?

[CRUISN]

I've been using Pinnacle leather conditioner and massage it in by hand. Good stuff.

https://www.waxit.co...nditioner-473ml

[patrick27s]

Maybe that's my issue too, time to get onto that stuff. ^

[CRUISN]

168k with no wear....

[patrick27s]

So some of my lights came and I replaced them they look awesome but I'm waiting for the rest to arrive before I take some photos.
But it's starting to look good

Started work on my BFM cluster harness, the meter I purchased came with plugs but the wires are pretty short so I got a harness from a wreckers and I'm gonna extend the wires out. So the wires are still the correct colours.

Few pics of my soldered joints.

And half of the 30pin plug extended

Hopefully finish it off tonight.


Silicon hoses arrived too I'll install them this week

Keen

[CRUISN]

Extreme close up!

 

Nice work.

[Sven Smergberd]

Bro, do you even crimp and heat shrink?

[CRUISN]

Heat shrink is a must but being an industrial sparkie I'd rather twist and solder than crimp small wires. I trust my solder joints.

[patrick27s]

Extreme close up!
 
Nice work.

thanks Mark! about to start again for the day.

[duncanm]

Heat shrink is a must but being an industrial sparkie I'd rather twist and solder than crimp small wires. I trust my solder joints.

 

hey industrial sparkie!...  head on over to http://www.subyclub....on-on-car-lift/ and throw in your two bits.

[Beckers]

 

hey industrial sparkie!...  head on over to http://www.subyclub....on-on-car-lift/ and throw in your two bits.

Busted M8.

[patrick27s]

Bro, do you even crimp and heat shrink?

lmao yeah, crimping is easier but I want this thing to look legit

[patrick27s]

So a late night update, most of the interior lighting is finished. I changed the map lights, puddle light and main door light
Just need to get a lens for the climate control. So I can swap all of them to white and BFM, so keen.


Really changes the feel of the car. Happy with the turn out

[CRUISN]

 
hey industrial sparkie!...  head on over to http://www.subyclub....on-on-car-lift/ and throw in your two bits.

I don't give advice to the general public on how to do electrical work. Any electrical work should be carried out by a licensed electrician. That's my two bits.

[duncanm]

I don't give advice to the general public on how to do electrical work. Any electrical work should be carried out by a licensed electrician. That's my two bits.

 

wise..   maybe just comment on the 24V stuff

[Jimbo]

Nice work Mr Donaldson.

What LED's did you use for the rear cargo area and dome light? Mine don't seem to put out enough white light as I would like. 

Yours is perfect.

[patrick27s]

Nice work Mr Donaldson.

What LED's did you use for the rear cargo area and dome light? Mine don't seem to put out enough white light as I would like. 

Yours is perfect.

Dome lights (Is that the map lights?) im using some LED's I found on eBay: https://www.ebay.com...tm/121585533721
Those festoons for the map, main door light, and puddle lights.

And this T10 for the rear cargo area: https://www.ebay.com...tm/140619520973

The rest I sure twist lock LED's in their respective size t3,t4 with a globe defuser on the end.

Hope everything alright with the cat attack.

[duncanm]

I used similar for the map lights -- enough to blind a black cat in a coal mine with welders goggles on

[patrick27s]

Yeah they're pretty bright

[patrick27s]

So finally got a day off today been so busy with the Christmas rush lol. Manage to extend the rest of the BFM harness and connect the plug on the end. Took me a few hours, but so worth it. I thought the C plug would be on the left side of my factory cluster like the BFM, but it was on the other side with the B plug. So made the wiring messy but it still worked.
wiring mess and test fit when the harness was done.


Cluster out.


So ugly HAHHAA

New harness in.


New cluster in!!! Moment of truth for LED polarity haha AANNNDD one was wrong. Tested red and white cluster rings, red was definitely the winner. (I changed the polarity of the white led out, but didn't take a pic)

back to all red and looks awesome! Was lucky to get the kms pretty close to the kms on the car. Car has about 1219xxx basically 122k cluster has almost 120k woo good enough for me 2k difference.

soo good


Also picture of BFM dimmed with headlights on. May or may not remove this to keep it full brightness all the time, or get a rev d/e stalk to dim. What brightness does everyone run on their bfms?. Undecided as of yet.

I'm pulling the intercooler off at the moment to fit my samco silicon hoses and hopefully fix these boost leaks.

Cheers, Pat