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<blockquote data-quote="flyboypuoi" data-source="post: 797157" data-attributes="member: 25768"><p>I decided to fit the cabbage launcher to the red car. Just because it fills in the cutout in the bumper really well. But I couldn't unbolt it. One of the bolts is this strange inverse torx thing, about 10mm. They aren't rusty, I just couldn't get good access with the breaker bar. I'll get some help some time.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77252[/ATTACH]</p><p>I'm working on a tail light project. It involves separating the lenses. This time, I tried the oven method.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77253[/ATTACH]</p><p>For the most part, I got the lenses off in perfect condition, and didn't gouge the rest of the lights.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77254[/ATTACH]</p><p>But... I cooked them a little too hard and they bubbled up and bent on the top lenses.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77255[/ATTACH]</p><p>The other side was worse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77256[/ATTACH]</p><p>However, I got the bottom lenses off in pretty much perfect shape. This was particularly important because the left one was a LHD import.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77257[/ATTACH]</p><p>The fog reflector was in pretty poor shape from the LHD one. But then I thought about removing it entirely. That way, the bulb can light up the entire lower section. Of course the light won't be such a spotlamp anymore, but for the project, that's not required.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77258[/ATTACH]</p><p>I noticed that the unit on the right was missing the reflector insert for the indicator. That's really weird! How can that be omitted from the factory?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77259[/ATTACH]</p><p>Update on the red car. The V5 arrived (after <strong>six weeks</strong>). So now I'm driving it.</p><p>I installed the Pioneer radio from my N13. An adaptor fitted to another adaptor.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77260[/ATTACH]</p><p>I also looked at the air controls backlights, because the blue section was a bit off and part of it was purple. I need to make some more permanent dividers between the blues and reds.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77261[/ATTACH]</p><p>I got the radio working. Nothing happened for a while, but as I suspected, the radio chassis grounds itself onto the car body. I just didn't realise that it did that on the right screws and not the left (the ones that actually look much more metallic). Lots of sparks occurred at the screw went in.</p><p>I couldn't mount it very well, but well enough. It's just poking out a bit too much.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77262[/ATTACH]</p><p>Now I just need to fine tune a couple of things. The RGB orange colour for the screen and middle keys, and the equaliser for this different speaker setup. Thankfully I'm much less limited on the bass than the ones in my N13, where the lowest frequency is set to minimum.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77263[/ATTACH]</p><p>A red vehicle arrived to give me parts of it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77264[/ATTACH]</p><p>It gave me the mirrors, which are electrically adjusted, and body colour. Or, well, sort of. I didn't realise that this was a different shade of red until now. Hopefully others don't notice either.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77265[/ATTACH]</p><p>Can't see so well, but that looks nicer. I also noticed that I can see significantly better through these mirrors, as the ones that were on the car were both replacement glass/units.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]77266[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyboypuoi, post: 797157, member: 25768"] I decided to fit the cabbage launcher to the red car. Just because it fills in the cutout in the bumper really well. But I couldn't unbolt it. One of the bolts is this strange inverse torx thing, about 10mm. They aren't rusty, I just couldn't get good access with the breaker bar. I'll get some help some time. [ATTACH type="full"]77252[/ATTACH] I'm working on a tail light project. It involves separating the lenses. This time, I tried the oven method. [ATTACH type="full"]77253[/ATTACH] For the most part, I got the lenses off in perfect condition, and didn't gouge the rest of the lights. [ATTACH type="full"]77254[/ATTACH] But... I cooked them a little too hard and they bubbled up and bent on the top lenses. [ATTACH type="full"]77255[/ATTACH] The other side was worse. [ATTACH type="full"]77256[/ATTACH] However, I got the bottom lenses off in pretty much perfect shape. This was particularly important because the left one was a LHD import. [ATTACH type="full"]77257[/ATTACH] The fog reflector was in pretty poor shape from the LHD one. But then I thought about removing it entirely. That way, the bulb can light up the entire lower section. Of course the light won't be such a spotlamp anymore, but for the project, that's not required. [ATTACH type="full"]77258[/ATTACH] I noticed that the unit on the right was missing the reflector insert for the indicator. That's really weird! How can that be omitted from the factory? [ATTACH type="full"]77259[/ATTACH] Update on the red car. The V5 arrived (after [B]six weeks[/B]). So now I'm driving it. I installed the Pioneer radio from my N13. An adaptor fitted to another adaptor. [ATTACH type="full"]77260[/ATTACH] I also looked at the air controls backlights, because the blue section was a bit off and part of it was purple. I need to make some more permanent dividers between the blues and reds. [ATTACH type="full"]77261[/ATTACH] I got the radio working. Nothing happened for a while, but as I suspected, the radio chassis grounds itself onto the car body. I just didn't realise that it did that on the right screws and not the left (the ones that actually look much more metallic). Lots of sparks occurred at the screw went in. I couldn't mount it very well, but well enough. It's just poking out a bit too much. [ATTACH type="full"]77262[/ATTACH] Now I just need to fine tune a couple of things. The RGB orange colour for the screen and middle keys, and the equaliser for this different speaker setup. Thankfully I'm much less limited on the bass than the ones in my N13, where the lowest frequency is set to minimum. [ATTACH type="full"]77263[/ATTACH] A red vehicle arrived to give me parts of it. [ATTACH type="full"]77264[/ATTACH] It gave me the mirrors, which are electrically adjusted, and body colour. Or, well, sort of. I didn't realise that this was a different shade of red until now. Hopefully others don't notice either. [ATTACH type="full"]77265[/ATTACH] Can't see so well, but that looks nicer. I also noticed that I can see significantly better through these mirrors, as the ones that were on the car were both replacement glass/units. [ATTACH type="full"]77266[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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