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Around 6 weeks ago, I made these:

Being home from work sick, after having my tonsils taken out, I have been very bored lately with plenty of thinking and doing time...

So I've decided to get busy with with even more modifications in the stag:

  • Blue LED conversion for ALL dash lights. This included speedo cluster, climate control module, triple dash gauges, cigarette lighter socket and ignition barrel lights.
  • Blue CCFL Tubes that highlight the footwells in the front of the car.
  • Stealthy Hi/Lo boost switch for my Profec B Spec II, using the Wiper De-Icer switch in the dash.
  • Red LEDs mounted in the "eyes" of the skulls on all door trims - Coming Soon.
  • Blue CCFL Tubes in the door pockets of the front doors - Coming Soon.
  • White LED interior lights. - Coming Soon.
  • Re trimming the Gearshift and Handbrake boots with chrome leather - Coming Soon.
    Photos Coming Soon. Watch this space
    Comments, Suggestions and Ideas?

    Nigel.



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Prepares spew bag........

Are you sure you want to do this to your 260 nigel?

Haha! Maybe chrome isn't the way to go then... I'm going shopping for material today, so I will see what I find.

I think many of you will be pleasantly surprised with the overall outcome!

To each their own, I say. People still think it's weird that I installed a Minidisc head deck in my car.

EDIT: The LEDs sound good.

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To each their own, I say. People still think it's weird that I installed a Minidisc head deck in my car.

EDIT: The LEDs sound good.

Are you serious????? Minidisc????? i promptly got rid of my minidisc head unit that came with my car, minidisc is the biggest flop of recording technology!

ipod/mp3/hard drive all the way! - no cds, no scratches, so much easier than filing thru a whole case of cd's/minidisc's!

and you know why? because they are crap, its basically the same as cd's

hence why mp3 players and ipods are much more popular, because you dont have to carry around a whole catalogue of cds or mini discs!

i'll admit some of the mini disc recorders were good for a band practice and stuff like that but yeh, i can easily see why the mp3 player took over

True, but the cost of hard disk drives and flash memory was way too high when MD first came out. Solid State Drives are new, expensive technology at the moment, but as the price drops due to economies of scale, they will take over from HDDs, too.

hrmm i dunno, i think most people wold have trouble filling an 80 or 120 GB ipod/hd with music.... i have an 8gb ipod and it does a fine job of holding over 1300 songs, half of which i probably dont listen to lol

and you know why? because they are crap, its basically the same as cd's

hence why mp3 players and ipods are much more popular, because you dont have to carry around a whole catalogue of cds or mini discs!

i'll admit some of the mini disc recorders were good for a band practice and stuff like that but yeh, i can easily see why the mp3 player took over

mp3 should be outlawed.

Crap compression = HUGE loss in music quality.

I have an 80GB iPod which has 4GB left on it.

Lossless all the way baby! (ideally ripped from Vinyl)

i must say my stagea has the factory MD player, and i have an album on CD, and a mate gave me a MD he has which is the same album, and the difference in sound quality is HUGE. The MD is so crisp and clear compared to CD....just my opinion....and i know alot of people who still have and use MD and all agree it is a good system but as Nick said, it just wasnt marketed here properly....

.flac is a good compression for music files. I have quite a lot of music done in this format and the sound quality is acceptable.

back on topic?

neons are in the car now, and I've hooked them up to the loom behind the ignition barrel illumination, so they turn off once the car is started.

photos coming soon.

I think the red LED's in the skulls MIGHT get on your tits after a while.

its going to take a bit of research to find the right sized led's and the right brightness.

or you could make it like a chaser circuit where only one set of eyes comes on at any given time

or come on randomly?

I think the red LED's in the skulls MIGHT get on your tits after a while.

its going to take a bit of research to find the right sized led's and the right brightness.

or you could make it like a chaser circuit where only one set of eyes comes on at any given time

or come on randomly?

i've chosen really dim red 3mm leds for that exact reason. :)

have also thought about the chaser circuit :)

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