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Yes fitted it to my jdm , bought all direct from japanparts plus sti oil cap apart centre console trim. There is a hole for s204 badge on black centre console, i painted mine satin black. painted
Last edited by JdmSti2006; 11 October 2022 at 05:23 PM.
Japanparts.com do the set or if not just buy the dials that they also sell but separately and as been said spray the current trim flat or satin black, think the dials are summit like 30 quid each plus a few more quid for the silver surrounds.
Man these kits are a lot of money?
Nice, but useless to me as my Spec D has a single din Pioneer stereo and a storage compartment underneath, You press the lid and it opens, it only ever has my iPod Nano in it lol
I also wouldn't go down the painting route.
Nice, but too dear in my opinion.
the paint goes off , and turns into a best described as a soft glue finish , same issue as my Fsti , probably the best way to paint them is gently warm it to get the old paint off use some thinners to remove , and then re paint them , one of the fsti has had that done and painted grey which is a hard finish and looks nice 👍
So it's like a phone case for your centre console. Can't say I'm a fan, especially how it leaves part of the silver on display so it just doesn't look finished. Fairly sure they've only done that because it's more difficult to make a mould and then the part with those extra shapes. True carbon skinning is still the way to go IMO if this is what you want.
So it's like a phone case for your centre console. Can't say I'm a fan, especially how it leaves part of the silver on display so it just doesn't look finished. Fairly sure they've only done that because it's more difficult to make a mould and then the part with those extra shapes. True carbon skinning is still the way to go IMO if this is what you want.
yeah it does look expensive for what it is I was pointing it out as a option, I’m going to get mine painted at some point I want mine
done in the original silver.
Yes fitted it to my jdm , bought all direct from japanparts plus sti oil cap apart centre console trim. There is a hole for s204 badge on black centre console, i painted mine satin black. painted
That looks great, do those dial faces light up red or green?
That looks great, do those dial faces light up red or green?
green yet, You can mod it with some leds, it involves drilling etc but i would like to have it done properly ,i bought red tiny ones exactly the same as original greens
hopefully it will be done on summer
Last edited by JdmSti2006; 26 November 2022 at 06:32 PM.
green yet, You can mod it with some leds, it involves drilling etc but i would like to have it done properly ,i bought red tiny ones exactly the same as original greens
hopefully it will be done on summer
Assuming you're talking about the HVAC dials, there's no need for drilling. Just some slightly fiddly soldering.
You can see the original 3 white LED's in the middle replaced by the red ones on the right. They're PLCC-4 3528 LED's (tiny little buggers with 4 contact pads).
Assuming you're talking about the HVAC dials, there's no need for drilling. Just some slightly fiddly soldering.
You can see the original 3 white LED's in the middle replaced by the red ones on the right. They're PLCC-4 3528 LED's (tiny little buggers with 4 contact pads).
Yes thats what im after, need to find a place yet where it could be done correctly.
Think 10 years back i have seen mod on Nasioc involved drilling and wiring some other leds.
If leds are white maybe some amber film in the ***** will do a job.
In a meantime single din with auto lid painted and fitted.
Din lid painted using same paint sprayer can-satin black ,old parts painted with it darken over time maybe due of some cleaning wipes used.
Looks better in person than on picture.
Last edited by JdmSti2006; 30 November 2022 at 07:19 AM.
Just took apart a spare I have to take a look inside and refresh my memory a little. There's really no good way of adding coloured film to the faces. You'd either need to cover the LED's and make sure no white light gets through or try and get some film thin enough to fit between the face and diffuser part. I remember now trying with lighting gels and the face wouldn't fit with the gel in place. Honestly if you're already in there, just do the soldering.
11 October 2022, 12:48 PM
