anyway, set-up an appointment for my 5000 mile service (oil change) @ 6500 miles. First oil change in almost a year. also, i put in for the vsa recall notice which i received yesterday.

 

yeah i think i'll pick up some of that. my little bottle of goo gone is almost out!

 

These guys tried smoke plasti-dip and went to black with gloss coating for taillights Plasti Dip Taillight Tinting

How many coats did you apply?

 

The smoke isnt for lights. Its for making chrome look like brushed metal. You spray it and it looks silver.

 

i applied a 3 light coats and 2 heavy coats! lol! i know i was loving the bright red too much!

 

DYC has a video on using smoke for taillights along with the chrome I guess to suggest other uses. The smoke just does not look good on taillights. Black and gloss does. What about red tint?


Red Smoke Tint Film

 

Looked much better clear, looks cartoony and out of place.

Just use vinyl or VHT. It was a good experiment.

 

How come you didn't just get the axis tails in red?

 

None in stock at the time

 

Had 10,000 mile service, rotated tires, cleaned and washed car with a nice coat of wax.

 

I was excited to do this, nothing too exciting for you guys tho I'm sure

Got my K&N Intake installed:



Installed the OEM center console:







And last week I put on the window visors:

 

How are you liking the center console so far, I have been thinking about doing it as well.

Visors look good on your car!

 

well here's a night time of my dip from earlier.



highly visible at night, but yeah it's way too red. a deep cherry red would probably look better. i think i'm gonna go ahead and peel it.

 

Well, this would technically be "yesterday" as it's just past midnight now.

Got home after work, pulled off the door panel, yanked the old actuator, put in new, then replaced the door panel.

All quiet again.

Backstory: last week, my door lock actuator started to fail. at first it was a LOUD clank when locking. immediately after posting a thread about it, it changed to a grinding noise. I think the actuator uses a worm gear. And I'd guess the gear teeth got messed up. Ordered a part from Bernardi, arrived on Tuesday, but put off the repair job as it was late after work. Well, after work "today" was late too, but enough was enough. That grind is rather startling.

edit: some one needs to learn to crop/resize pictures... there comes a point where big is too f-ing big. and at nearly THREE times the width 1920 pixels would be it.

 

Not me is it? =p

 

Center console looks great.

 

Thanks. And I like it. It's a lot more comfy for your arm but it makes pulling the ebrake a little more awkward. Shifting seemed a little weird at first because of the new angle but I got used to it. I love that it extends out. You can rest your arm and shift perfectly.

Takes up two of the cup holders, everything's bolted and secure, doesn't just sit there. and was incredibly easy to install. Took maybe 30 minutes.

I'd definitely recommend it. Bought it for $175 on amazon.

 

got an oil change at the dealer and vsa recall done

 

Made my appointment for next week before I drive to Dallas.

 

Hey xxryu what is that reflector/light underneath your bumper? is that a rear fog light?