everyone's been hard at work, I love it! Good job everyone

 

 

Butt haha

I own a tc too it's just bone stock

 

been sanding down my interior panels to get ready for a show quality paint job done by myself

lets see i got my upper C pillar panels drilled for 30 RGB 5mm LEDs for an infinity mirror project. done the RIGHT way. not just LED strips.

over all im sanding upper and lower C pillar panels, lower rear side cubbies, hatch latch pannel, all 4 AC trim rings, both shifter plates (sanded them all the way down so no grooves AND deleted the hazard light and fog light switch holes, (relocating them)) AC control pannel, mirror control panels, steering wheel plates, dome light bezels, oh ____ handles, Tweeter housings, door control plates, passenger airbag light bezel, the gauge dash pannel piece (thats getting sanded down all the way to get the texture out) and thats about it. its getting a nice two tone gloss black and kandy lime green with a little sparkle in it

ive also been building a custom RGB foot well lighting kit from scratch using the RGB led strip and 5/8 polycarbonate tubing. its easier to mount because i can make it to any size i need. plus i have exactly the control capability i want. i would have gone with LEDglow but all of their kits have the chasing patters and i wanted a simple RGB control because i have special plans later down the road that involves controlling my cars lighting through my laptop.

ill be taking some pics tomorrow wanna see some stuff?

 

^ pics or it didn't happen lol

 

haha we need a like button

 

That shift boot looks great! Way cleaner than some I have seen, what brand is that?

 

It's sold by top gaiters on eBay. I sent mine to them in great Britain to get it made. There is no love for the 10th gen corolla haha.

The **** was cnc'd by a dude on a Mazda forum

 

cruise control now installed. Ready for the long drives

 

Sweet!!! Did you use the Rostra kit? Can you post pics of the installed switch-stalk?

 

so im in my second term of body shop currently and ive under taken quite an extensive project on my part. im doing a full interior refinishing project, i am sanding down alot of panels perfectly smooth and re painting them with a show quality finish two two-tone gloss black and kandy metallic green. the panels i have been working on include:

entire upper and lower C pillars
hatch latch panel
lower C pillars side cubbies
all 4 door control panels
both shifter plates
A/C control panel
mirror control panel
all 4 A/C trim rings
tweeter housings
both steering wheel plates
passenger air bag indicator bezel
both dome light bezels
all four grab handles
aaaaand....

i think thats it.

anyways this is me about 3 days into the project so im going to TRY post pictures on a daily basis.

so i will start with my shifter plate. ive completely filled in both switch holes and the scion logo area (hazard lights and optional fog lights) with a special plastic repair filler topped off with flexible polyester glazing putty and sanded smooth. ive also sanded out all the grooves so its completely smooth. the three holes you see are where the hazard, fog, and laser switches will go. (ive also done the center shifting plate as well)




the top face will be gloss black and along the edge will be the green

ive also finished the rear hatch latch pannels. this will be a nice gloss black and the area where the hatch latch is will be green. ive also sanded the little ridges out.





now i am currently working on sanding out the texture in the upper C pillar panels, ive already drilled my 5mm holes for my RGB led infinity mirrors. ive also filled in the air bag badge.



well... im going back to do more sanding. ill post more pics up later. hope you like im quite excited for this project.

:D:D:D:D

 

Very cool Justin. Can't wait to see it all done, should look dope.

 

Looking Good Justin

 

DJ, I did use the rostra cruise control. How about seeing the stalk this Sunday in person at the pizza run.

 

Looks great Justin, can't wait to see the finished project.

 

for the rear C pillars the entire back seat has to come out then you remove the lower then the upper.

yeah its ALOT of sanding. luckily my new DA sander takes out the texture fairly quickly but the big pocket in the upper C pillar has to be taken down by hand..

anyways more pics:

ive finished the first upper C pillar. i didnt sand out the bottom because it would be a waste of time. im putting a solid mirror there plus it would be a royal PITA. it took long enough going in there with a finger and sandpaper and fingerf***ing the texture down.



ive also begun soldering up all the 5mm RGB leds to get ready to make my LED string. this is also very time consuming because i also need to resistor each color of the LED. so far i have 12. only 88 more to go

 

wheels on car.

 

How bad do you rub?

 

not at all on nice roads, just on bad bumps and sharp turns. not alot of rubber gone on the edge.

 

Wait until coilovers...