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#1 NChoy

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 04:25 AM

What do you think?

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 04:40 AM

numbers look good. Rest is kinda pink?

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 04:42 AM

pink ftw... haha, was it supposed to be pink or does it just look that way in the pictures?

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 05:11 AM

Hmmmm... I look at the top and its red, but then I look down a little bit and I see pink Posted Image

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 05:36 AM

I think it's just the camera... in person it looks red. Maybe it could stand to be a tad bit "redder", but it certainly isn't pink!
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 05:49 AM

View PostNChoy, on 23 October 2009 - 05:36 AM, said:

I think it's just the camera... in person it looks red. Maybe it could stand to be a tad bit "redder", but it certainly isn't pink!

i dunno... sure looks pink to me...

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 07:01 AM

First thing I thought was... "Evo'ish?"

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 11:34 AM

I thought VW. Otherwise I think it really good, only if the screen isn't pink though.

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 12:03 PM

View PostAequitas_Veritas, on 23 October 2009 - 04:40 AM, said:

numbers look good. Rest is kinda pink?


View PostJVC, on 23 October 2009 - 04:42 AM, said:

pink ftw... haha, was it supposed to be pink or does it just look that way in the pictures?


View Postmrtl321, on 23 October 2009 - 05:11 AM, said:

Hmmmm... I look at the top and its red, but then I look down a little bit and I see pink Posted Image


View PostJVC, on 23 October 2009 - 05:49 AM, said:

i dunno... sure looks pink to me...


View Postgilber33, on 23 October 2009 - 11:34 AM, said:

I thought VW. Otherwise I think it really good, only if the screen isn't pink though.

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Red part looks good though.


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Posted 23 October 2009 - 12:42 PM

does the dimming switch still work....?
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Posted 23 October 2009 - 12:52 PM

View Postmrtl321, on 23 October 2009 - 05:11 AM, said:

Hmmmm... I look at the top and its red, but then I look down a little bit and I see pink


That sounds like my ex wife... :o

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 02:23 PM

nice!!

what did you use for LEDS?

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 03:18 PM

View PostTaskMule, on 23 October 2009 - 12:52 PM, said:

That sounds like my ex wife... :o

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 04:33 PM

View PostMesoam, on 23 October 2009 - 12:42 PM, said:

does the dimming switch still work....?

it does with leds i used... did you use the smd ones?

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 05:31 PM

Hey Nick looks good, glad it turn out. Did you paint the info panel and switch bulb with the stained glass paint? Or did you use the Sharpie?

Also to everyone saying it looks pink remember a camera is not your eye... Posted Image

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Posted 23 October 2009 - 06:35 PM

I wish I can see how the pink spots look in real life. Why does it look pink in the camera?
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Posted 24 October 2009 - 03:20 AM

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Posted 24 October 2009 - 07:23 AM

View PostTaskMule, on 23 October 2009 - 12:52 PM, said:

That sounds like my ex wife... :o


haha, after I posted that I was just waiting for someone to come and comment on that :lol:

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Posted 26 October 2009 - 04:22 PM

View PostNChoy, on 23 October 2009 - 05:36 AM, said:

I think it's just the camera... in person it looks red. Maybe it could stand to be a tad bit "redder", but it certainly isn't pink!
Actually, it is probably more purple than pink given there is a light blue tint to make the stock lights look green.
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Posted 27 October 2009 - 06:31 AM

View PostNEU, on 23 October 2009 - 05:31 PM, said:

Hey Nick looks good, glad it turn out. Did you paint the info panel and switch bulb with the stained glass paint? Or did you use the Sharpie?

Also to everyone saying it looks pink remember a camera is not your eye... Posted Image

My wife found a bottle of stained glass paint (thanks for that info). But I had to put several coats to make it red. Actually, the LCD screens may look a bit pink (more like light red) because they need a few more coats. I think I should just install LEDs in there too...

The switches themselves are pretty red... I think they just look pink with the camera. The red LEDs installed in the gauges are an intense color of red... almost annoyingly so.

Yes, the dimmer switch works just fine... even with the LEDs... but the dimming rate seems a bit different between the regular bulbs and the LEDs. Strange.
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