Stan

I think the problem with the needles is that they are painted orange/red and a white bulb lights them up I have seen somewhere that you can strip the paint using thinners or something, guess that may work if you can then put a different coloured bulb in there

Haha cool, reminds me of another jet bus vid I saw recently (might have been on here??) KQ2iNOmPI-0

When I had a prelude there was a guy on the prelude forum who made his dials green when not in vtec, and once vtec kicked in (yo) the dials turned red. This was easy as it was a 12v feed from the ECU to change the cam over, so tapping in to that allowed the new LEDs to also come in. Not sure how you'd work it in a supra unless you run it off a rpm sensor switch? Actually saying that, the Apexi RSM has a rev output you can set to show 12v at whatever revs you want, so that may work

To answer one of your questions in your thread - SMD are a lot brighter than standard LED. They look like a yellow circle that lights up. I've got SMDs in my interior lights and sidelights - they light up a hell of a lot! To be honest though, I've only ever had to replace one LED bulb in 2 years of ownership, and only because of a dodgy resistor inside that made it flicker. I buy all mine from ebay for a couple of quid a bulb.... £34 is a rip off to be honest, but if it is really that much of a hassle to replace then maybe for peace of mind you should pay it

Looking good, you are an electrical genius!! I did try and solve the problem of darker patches in your gauge replacements by using different bulbs that scatter the light differently - I put a thread up somewhere - but this is brilliant. Put me down for a set once you start making them, I'm guessing you could have different colours if needed (i.e. red LEDs for the redline and blue everywhere else etc)

Now I feel bad about buying them lol Haven't had a chance to put them on the car yet but will hopefully be getting them on this week. T'was nice to meet you again rob, and good to see stu and damian (and the crazy amount of jap metal and parts that has been amassed at the garage!)

26 TT aero, £700 fc

This is why I never send as a gift anymore, I always tell prefer to calculate what I need to pay to ensure the seller gets the full amount if they are asking that (http://tutv.co.uk/fresh/bitsandpieces/paypalcost.php) I got stung once on a gift and found I couldn't get my money back, so for the sake of about 50p per £10 spent, I prefer paying that and ensuring I have comeback if needed. I know it doesn't help you in this situation, but for future reference it can be used.

Do you mean the JLS version where they rip it off and sing "the club is alive with the sound of music"?? It's pants

Well i always say we like to crack open a cold one after work

I work in a Mortuary, and even if I'm called in at 2 in the morning and I'm there on my own, nothing feels spooky or anything. Sure we have weird things happen occasionally but nothing that makes you feel worried. I've even had the feeling someone was tugging my scrubs once, but nothing was there when I looked around, so it doesn't bother me. I know technically ghosts are only meant to haunt where they die, but who really knows?? I also live in a house where someone shot themselves on our doorstep, and don't get any feelings in our porch or anything. I think if your mind is more susceptible to believing in things you will make yourself believe things that aren't true.

Sounds like my childhood. I was constantly the best player on Koopa Beach 1, which in all fairness was pretty much the only track I could always win on The new versions on the DS and Wii are pretty awesome but nothing beats the original

I've got one I removed for my boot build but I'm a bit of a distance away from ya

Wow that is well busy, I've been to US/IOA the past 2 septembers and all rides have been walk ons, I guess HP land is now going to make the queues a bit busier I'm going again in December but we're giving this is a miss as I know it'll be too busy

I do plan on re-doing the doors in the near future, but I just wanted them up and running as it's taken so long to get it all in I also plan on trimming the doorcards in the same black leather so it all matches, easier than finding lighter material, and good idea about the bolts as well (might try and find some caps also and stick some leather to them to hide them better??)

I would ordinarily go with a simpler set up, but thought 'why not' and just went all out this time as I had the money to buy the amps. My last install in my other car was just a single 12", a genesis 4 channel, and genesis components. Yes it sounded great, but after installing the amp in the supra for a temporary fix, I felt something was lacking, so thought I'd just put more speakers in. It certainly is a lot louder and you can't hear wind noise with the windows down (haven't tried it with the roof off yet). The 6.5" are running bridged off one of the 4 channels, the 5.25" are running off the other 4 channel (which is also powering the rears) I only ran the larger ones bridged so I had more control over the volume, and matched them to the 5.25" ones so they aren't drowned out. True, the amps are more than adequate for an active front end, however I'd ideally like a dual mono to give more more control over the speakers. The crossover is an Alpine 3672, old school crossover which'll do up to 6 way out, so more than enough for me

There is room for the 6.5" speaker where the existing bracket is, but if you want to get another speaker next to it, there is too much metal behind the doorcard to have it mounted flush with the doorcard (which is what I meant when I said mount it to the doorcard)

Nope, there wouldn't be enough room behind the 5.25" speaker to fit it in flush, and also it would just then be mounted to the doorcard which wouldn't be a solid base. This way the trim ring they are mounted on is then fixed to the existing speaker bracket that is screwed to the door for strength

SQ is my bag, and I only put them in because I had them lying around, so I wasn't wasting extra cash on them. I do plan to go active up front (already have a crossover to do it) but need to change my 4 channel amps to (probably) a dual mono, however if you know how expensive genesis amps are, you'll understand why I'm waiting for a bit!!! (the amps alone cost me £1.2k at the mo) The trimming (which I know is bad at the mo!) or the actual speakers?

If I had the time I'd love to do it, but this has taken me a month on and off (including weekends, much to the misses chagrin and 7 days off work as well) and I'd never have the time with my job as well

Haha, well it may be overkill but I like my tunes, and the only way to increase volume is to increase the speakers! And Genesis are very good components if you research them, there amps and speakers are well known for their SQ (have a look how much they cost ) I know the front trimming ain't great, that's the only thing that is annoying me at the mo but I just wanted to get it all done!, I got better with trimming by the time I did the rears, so I will re-do the fronts at some point. Haha, that was me getting it off to get the cable through the bulkhead! Doesn't bother me having no spare wheel, at least if offsets some of the extra weight! I only do about 2000 miles a year if that, so I'll risk getting a flat.

So then it's a case of putting it over the amp rack! http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/6156/img3460.jpg http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3163/img3471.jpg (I've got 2 triangle bits of plastic coming to cover the wires, but thought I'd get these pics up anyway, but it will all be hidden) And then a pic of it lit up at night http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/4193/img3474.jpg If anyone is wondering, the first 3 gauges are the 3 amps temperatures, and the last gauge is the voltage running through the distro block. So there it is, I hope you all think it's not a bad effort considering my last install was just a premade box in the boot with an amp and wires lying on the boot floor!!, and the roof still fits in fine too

Amp rack Probably the hardest bit of the install. To start with, I had to remove the spare wheel and associated tools etc to make it all fit in (remember, I can't go higher than the boot floor), and also the 3 genesis amps lined end to end are about 5cm shorter than the length of my boot, so this was a close one! http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4307/img3169k.jpg Then I made a new floor for the amps and stuff http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7812/img3173h.jpg Luckily this came in at 7cm below the OEM bootline, and the genesis amps are 6.2cm high, so this gave me room for the cover as well. So with a bit more fettling, I drilled all the holes for the wiring and the temp/volt meters, and then trimmed it all http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8114/img3248m.jpg http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8724/img3249rd.jpg Then screwed on the amps and the distribution blocks, and put grommets in for the wiring (even though they are hidden, I think it looks better!) http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5882/img3252h.jpg http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4124/img3253a.jpg Then I made a wall to seperate the distro blocks and volt/temp meters http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/167/img3255d.jpg And then made end plates for the amps, these had 2 fans in each end (one to blow down the heatsink hole, one to blow down the fins) - one sucking and one blowing of course. I also ran bendy LEDs over the top so they light up the edges of the amps when it's dark http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/761/img3421l.jpg http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3443/img3422yj.jpg http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1160/img3423b.jpg http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7216/img3428r.jpg Then came the fun part, wiring everything in! This took bloody ages, although it was the fiddly stuff like the amp remotes and neons that were harder to do than the amp power. You'll notice I also had the added problem of keeping all the wires out of the way of the fuel pump that the amp rack was sitting over (this would have raised the amp rack too much) http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/1710/img3448q.jpg http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2889/img3449vn.jpg Cover So I had to make a nice cover to hide everything away. First I used the existing boot carpet to make a template. http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/3471/img3208a.jpg To show off the amps, I thought it would be appropriate to use an oval similar to the genesis logo. With the clever use of a calculator, 2 screws and a bit of string, I knocked up an oval and cut it out, worked out pretty well I think! http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/555/img3212s.jpg http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/2892/img3213.jpg Now to make it fit around the sub box, I had to make another bit of trim and join it to the cover http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1190/img3469.jpg You'll also see I cut out a hole to show off the distribution blocks and volt/temp meter Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to hide the plates so they do show up when trimmed, however I'm not too fussed about that at the mo. So here is it trimmed and with some perspex over the amps (for anyone who wants cheap perspex, I got a clip picture frame from The Range which had a bit of plastic that was long enough, and I cut it to fit, only cost me a fiver!) http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/1947/img3470.jpg

Rear speakers Now the supra has existing holes behind the rear grilles for some small speakers, but there was no way I could get a 6.5" speaker in along with the crossover and a tweeter, so again I made up a mounting plate using the template of the OEM rear grille. http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/5056/img3274is.jpg This was then trimmed in black leather and fitted with the speakers. http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1627/img3281b.jpg Now there isn't a lot of room behind the rear speakers, so after cutting away some of the plastic I managed to fit in the crossover and wiring for the rear speakers http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2324/img3444h.jpg And then I bolted the mounting trim to the rear using two existing bolt holes (after remembering I shouldn't have already screwed the speakers on ). I couldn't figure out how to hide the bolts but I don't think they look too bad http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6559/img3452y.jpg http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/69/img3456d.jpg And here is a pick of the drivers side speakers http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/9982/img3463h.jpg Sub box Now, first I must explain what an enormously deep boot the supra has..... http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4157/img3163o.jpg A total of 7 inches mouting depth (!!!), coupled with the fact that I need to fit my roof in the back as well so can't go any higher than the existing boot floor. http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3131/img3166e.jpg Therefore I had to get a custom box made and sent from the states which fits where the OEM sub is, and allows two 10" subs to sit kinda flat just under the leading edge of the roof when it's in. This also means I had to order 2 shallow subs as it wouldn't allow anything with a mounting depth of over 12cm. After narrowing it down and trying to find something relatively SQ, I settled for two Alpine SWS-1043d subs so I could run them at 4ohm to start with, then 1ohm when they are run in and I want more power Now the sub box came trimmed in that black carpety stuff. I didn't really want that so stripped it all off (with a hell of a lot of turps and sanding!) and re-trimmed it in leather http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4483/img3234r.jpg http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/6131/img3236r.jpg http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/9590/img3237pm.jpg So onto installing the subs. I used threaded inserts so I could undo the subs easily when needed. http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3116/img3429l.jpg Mmmmm shallow!! http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1277/img3430so.jpg http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9105/img3416z.jpg

Right, here is my install in my mk4 supra. It's taken me about a month on and off, including 7 days solid which I had off work to try and get it all done although it certainly doesn't look like that amount of work in the pics, believe me it was!! First up, the equipment that I managed to shoehorn into it: Alpine D310RB headunit Genesis A16.2 components (front) Genesis A13.2 components (front) Genesis P16.2 components (rear) 2x Alpine SWS-1043d subwoofers Genesis 4 channel (bridge for front A16s) Genesis 4 channel (front A13s and rear P16s) Genesis DMX (subs) Slightly overkill on the components, including the dreaded rear speakers, but I had a few pairs lying around and coupled with the fact my supra is an aerotop, I needed the volume! Wiring 0 gauge all the way baby! This involved a lot of cut fingers and swearing. I eventually removed my front wing to get the cable through the firewall which was a PITA, and installed some tasty voltage battery clamps. http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4602/img3221j.jpg http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/6890/img3272y.jpg http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3913/img3268.jpg Door builds So first stage in the proper ICE installing, we have the front door builds. The supra already had brackets made up in the doors for 6.5" speakers, here is what they looked like before, and also with the doorcards off to show the existing brackets. http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1264/img3223p.jpg http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/850/img3225qk.jpg So in order to cram 2 speakers each side, I had to fab up a mounting trim for each side to hold the 2 speakers and a tweeter (I'm only using 1 tweeter at the mo). Here is some pics of the trim rings along with using some bodyfiller to make the back of the trim ring contoured to fit around the doorcard. http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7029/img3158ar.jpg And after trimming the ring in black leatehr and cutting a hole out for the second speaker in the doorcard, I bolted the trim ring to the door card for support. I also put a lot of sound deadening on the back of the trim ring and the doorcard. http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/2479/img3228w.jpg http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9848/img3229je.jpg http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7210/img3232g.jpg http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3197/img3230j.jpg Now this'd be no good just mounting the trim ring to the doorcard, so after putting the doorcard back on, I screwed the trim ring to the existing speaker bracket on the door to give it more support, and put a load more sound deadening on the door. Then the A16.2 speaker was screwed onto the trim ring. http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4348/img3260s.jpg http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4262/img3263y.jpg http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3196/img3265bt.jpg