If you have any input, or want me to try something, tell me
So I started a long time ago painting the interior pieces, and have had some lighting thoughts, that just made their way to be real



Started today with the door handle LED (someone else's idea, but :)thanks)
Anyone who wants to do it, make sure you test fit! I didnt and got everything back on and realized the hole i drilled was not placed right, so I had to take it all apart and fill in the whole















Now for some of my own idea's (need to finish up tomorrow)
I put in LED's in the "heat vents"
I placed them in strategically where the actual light would not be seen, from where you sit, but it would reflect off the new white paint and glow inside the vent (phone pics do not do it justice)
























My cig lighter is out so its just a hole, as you can see by the first pic, so I put an LED inside, far into the back and the whole area glows, looks pretty cool


Next pic is very hard to see but its where the E-Brake is, on the inside (not the button end) (will try to get a better pic,it lights up most of the E-Brake Handle which you cant see.


All on a new switch (love the placement )


This post has been edited by mgnt232: May 17, 2010 - 8:24 PM

wow exact opposite of my first celica

ha cool, didnt think anyone had ever done the vent lights lol
but thats kinda funny

sorry bro..

i believe theirs a couple people with vent lights on here but yours looks like one of the best with the door handle lights

Looks like good work!!



Hole* not whole..

very nice. I'm sure the pics don't do justice at all.

Thanks everyone!, Just put in 2 more today, Ill post up pics when it gets darker

Hole* lol my bad Cant speel ;P

BUMP
new pics and lights

To paint your interior what did you use paint, sand ext ? I'm looking to do mine in white and black.

I just painted mine with Krylon paint for plastics (it works the best, can find it at walmart). I have never had anything chip, as long as you coat it a few times evenly it will be fine.
Of course I never ever do anything in my car that would cause it to chip, as long as your careful it will be fine
Some people say clear coating it works to keep it in good shape, and I imagine sanding it and priming wouldn't hurt, but its cheapest to just grab a few cans of paint and its all good.

oh and heads up, the passenger side heat vent=BITCH to take off, you need a few screwdrivers and I broke most of the clips, couldn't figure out how to actually take it off, but one clip is still enough to hold it.

i think imma try this lol. Im just gunna buy the ones from the junkyard and paint those and if they turn out good swap them over.

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YES YOU TOOK MY ADVICE FROM YOUR OTHER THREAD. lol sorry had to get that in there.

The Krylon is a prepless paint fyi, sanding and priming isn't needed. Sanding would actually DECREASE the amount of paint that would stick because of all the dust created by sanded vinyl. Plus your interior will loose it's texture.

Personally I think it's too red. I'll have mine done by the end of this summer, but I have some notes here I've got saved on my desktop...

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To date I've got done the gauges, the 12v extenders changed colors, neons in the front footwells (who hasn't done that one lol) the cig lighter changed to aqua, the clock to aqua, and the red keyring. I'll be using a lot of EL Wire this summer...

Good luck to everybody, and post up pics, when you do something like this, would like to see and get ideas ect. My next project is LED's in the headlight... sounds crazzzy but I will post up pics

And I dont know how much money is an issue but I wouldn't buy new pieces, just paint them, and if you dont like it, paint it back to black? Just a thought, hope to see some more interior mods

i like the red/white contrast.

Thanks alot! how do you keep your engine bay so clean!?

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mine?

yeah~! lol

honestly, i've done nothing to it, i may have polished it a few times. but other than that, i've done nothing. haha, then again i havent looked at it in a few months.

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there is a blank on the back of your lights that you can cutout and stick in a connector with a 194 bulb, the preface jdm lights already have it cutout. That is what I did

Just took off all the plastics today. Starting the painting tonight. So all im needing is the Krylon plastic paint ?

BTW how many cans do i need im buying 2 at first.

Little update. I sprayed my dash bezel piece and it bubbled up in 2 places. So I'm going to buy another dash bezel piece and try it again I guess.

Mine did that the first time I did it too! I sanded it down and started again. You have! to clean it really good. Make sure no oils or dirt or anything is on there.
Try it again, Before buying new pieces.
Oh and make sure you follow the cans instructions exactly. I know it sounds stupid, but do extremely light coats and wait 10-15 mins betweeen.
if you have any questions or are unsure about anything. just ask, I made all the mistakes anyone could ever make lol

Post a pic of your door panel. So i can have some reference lol. Im done with the first one i just want to make sure i painted everything the same. ( not doing the same color i decided to go with blue )

Surprisingly I dont have a pic of it. i will get one tomorrow, along with more interior pics, to show what I painted. Did it turn out good?

a couple of parts i over sprayed in like one area and it bubbled up so i scrubbed it off and went again. But after i started going with the flow i sprayed lightly about 8 or 9 coats and it looks pretty good so far im stoked. Im wondering why i didnt do this sooner to be honest its simple and looks so much better.

Ok so how did you get the plastic peice off that is around the stereo and AC Unit. My AC control unit is like blocking me from taking off the plastic so i can finish. I've taken EVERYHThing else off just cant those 2 off.

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Easy. Take off the shifter trim and then I believe there are two screws near the base. The rest is held in by clips. I'm not entirely sure if that's all correct, but just take your time and use logic and it'll come off easily.

the plastic is off. like undone just the AC module thing is in the way of me taking it off.

I really dont want to take off the AC module lol.

This post has been edited by JuMPiiN: May 22, 2010 - 12:01 PM

oh do you mean the big piece? to the very right of this first pic?
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Yeah that piece was the biggest Bi***!
Working from memory, everything around it has to be off like the piece under the steering wheel, and possibly the glovebox.

I do know EXACTLY what your talking about though lol, I went through the same problem, found this thread Coomer made after I dismantled the AC unit lol couldnt tell you how the hell I got it all back in without disconnecting the 2 wires.
The how to-follow just the how to remove

And after that you should be good, I have removed the climate control since then (using the correct way) and its pretty simple

anyhow I took some pics, if you want any more or wanna know how something comes off, just ask (rear panel is a bi*** too btw)

i got the piece underneath the stering wheel. I have EVERYTHING else off lol and i mean everything. i Cant get the peice off that in that first pic off look at your steering wheel in the first pic, and in the picture on the bottem right is the plastic i cant get off.


BTW, how are you door panels so clean with no sun damage i wanna get rid of the sun damage on mine.

This post has been edited by JuMPiiN: May 22, 2010 - 1:47 PM