What did you do today to your 3/S?

[green-lantern]

GTX2863R's with ATP .48 housings. 2871R power with 28RS spool.



Jason

Sweet! Billet wheels right?

[CoopKill]

I killed bugs in it on the way to the store to get things that make me fat...

[J_Parker]

I killed bugs in it on the way to the store to get things that make me fat...

I hope it's beer you're referring to...

[R/T93]

Autocrossed it, did terrible, about 2 seconds slower than normal, sucked.

Need slicks and water injection.

[james92tsi]

Drove the car to lunch.

Later, worked on these.

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By far the biggest pain in the ass soldering job I've ever worked on. Doing SMT LEDs without a board is... dumb.

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Preview with a gauge face. (Window is for BlackStealth's LCD boost controller.)

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[J. Fast]

How much material/weight do you think can be removed from inside the car?

After it's gutted... 400lbs

[J_Parker]

Drove the car to lunch.

Later, worked on these.

IMG_20120729_182626.jpg

By far the biggest pain in the ass soldering job I've ever worked on. Doing SMT LEDs without a board is... dumb.

IMG_20120730_005748.jpg

Preview with a gauge face. (Window is for BlackStealth's LCD boost controller.)

IMG_20120730_010535.jpg

How hard do you think this mod would be if I were to make the needle change colors as it moved?

[james92tsi]

They are probably using 3-chip LEDs and an RGB controller of some kind to control the mix of colors.

Way more complex than what I am working on. 3-chip LEDs have 3 separate anodes and cathodes (one for each color). You'd really need to do those on boards (not on a scrap piece of gauge face plastic like I did) to keep the 3 traces separate.

Then there is the minor detail of interfacing an RGB controller to the car so that you can change each needle color based on "whatever" each gauge is monitoring.

Cool effect, though not really my cop of tea... and looks like a TON of work.

The reason I am doing LED needles is that I'm changing the gauge backlighting to white LED. The clear plastic piece behind the gauge was designed for the stock bulbs and doesn't route enough light to the needles when you start deviating from stock bulbs. Hence bulding these LED rings to light the needles directly.

Inspiration here: How to light gauge cluster with LED's - DSM Forums

I am using different LED strips than those but the concept is the same.

[paul_666]

GTX2863R's with ATP .48 housings. 2871R power with 28RS spool.



Jason

Had my eyes on those - I have some brand new 2860s with custom manifolds in my shed... just need to build the rest of the car up to take them, so will be watching your build thread if you make one Should be a fun car !

Paul

[J-Groove]

GTX2863R's with ATP .48 housings. 2871R power with 28RS spool.



Jason

They look like they could eat small children!!

-John