spursmaddave Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Seeing as Husky's old Akari Designs forum has gone I though I would post up some pictures of my interior that he modded for me They are my favourite mod to my Zed by some distance Quote
Zugara Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Dont look much different from stock TBH..... Quote
Wasso Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 I was going to say it looks a bit Fiat Punto Only kidding I'm actually jealous Quote
spursmaddave Posted January 28, 2012 Author Posted January 28, 2012 Dont look much different from stock TBH..... You've been out of a Zed too long Standard is VERY orange.... Quote
John tarantula Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 I don't mind the Tango effect to be honest but uf anyone had any idea of the bulb codes and where each one was would like to give this a try Quote
Grantmitchell Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 I don't mind the Tango effect to be honest but uf anyone had any idea of the bulb codes and where each one was would like to give this a try Its not quite as simple as just changing a few bulbs Im afraid, they are all surface mount led's , and its a lot of soldering, swearing and risk of damage to circuit boards before its done. This thread gives some of the details, in addition to the LED's you also probably want the gauge faces that are from Blackcatcustoms Im currently in discussion with Simon at EssentialMini who have been doing this kind of modification to Minis for several years, including the BlackCatCustom gauge faces, about trying this on a Z . Quote
ashyk36 Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 hats off...luks brilliant....but i bet its hard to do:-( Quote
John tarantula Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 I don't mind the Tango effect to be honest but uf anyone had any idea of the bulb codes and where each one was would like to give this a try Its not quite as simple as just changing a few bulbs Im afraid, they are all surface mound led's , and its a lot of soldering, swearing and risk of damage to circuit boards before its done. This thread gives some of the details, in addition to the LED's you also probably want the gauge faces that are from Blackcatcustoms . Blimey didn't know it was THAT involved! Looks good but I'll stick with the tango effect Quote
BulletMagnet Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 And I never got to see a pic of you hitting 100K miles...... YOU PROMISED!!!!! Quote
spursmaddave Posted January 29, 2012 Author Posted January 29, 2012 And I never got to see a pic of you hitting 100K miles...... YOU PROMISED!!!!! And I am always a man of my word, except at weekends when I am a woman of the night.... http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=55760&hilit=Countdown Quote
Mikesding Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 loving these dashboard lights - has anyone else tried this? Not sure if I have the balls to attempt it Quote
spursmaddave Posted April 24, 2012 Author Posted April 24, 2012 It took a very long day trip to Rugby.... Luckily there was a fair bit of manlove involved too :wink: Quote
EH 370z Posted April 24, 2012 Posted April 24, 2012 It took a very long day trip to Rugby.... Luckily there was a fair bit of manlove involved too :wink: I fear to think Quote
spursmaddave Posted April 25, 2012 Author Posted April 25, 2012 It took a very long day trip to Rugby.... Luckily there was a fair bit of manlove involved too :wink: I fear to think There was a thread about it but it got deleted when Husky left I think it was called "3 fishcakes, an Iron Man & some LED's" Happy days Quote
Mutley88 Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 They look spot on mate . Would know a couple more zeds that would look great with a set of custom dials like that. What was the cost of doing it? And you cant beat abit of manlove Quote
spursmaddave Posted April 25, 2012 Author Posted April 25, 2012 They look spot on mate . Would know a couple more zeds that would look great with a set of custom dials like that. What was the cost of doing it? And you cant beat abit of manlove The guy that did it John, charged me £350 which included the dial faces and all LED's etc. I went to his place and it took all day from quite early to quite late That was with me helping where I could i.e. taking apart the interior of my Zed. To be honest John valued his time very cheaply, to get it done somewhere on a professional level I think you would be talking about a fair bit more. To my knowledge he only did his own Zed and mine although I am sure a couple of other members on here have done their own, it is not that big a job if you know what you are doing with a soldering iron but some of the LEDs particularly in places like the heated seat switches are very very small It is by far my favourite MOD to my Zed, it is something you just take for granted but believe me when you get back into a standard one it is a sea of orange it makes the car interior look very dated imo Quote
Mikesding Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 Well its something I would definitely pay for! Don't have the dexterity to DIY it Quote
Husky Posted May 10, 2012 Posted May 10, 2012 this is the site you want: http://eric-white.net/ A long time ago, when it was first being experimented with by us both we chatted a fair bit about it, we both improved a lot since the beginning and he published the site with all the info in a nice guide Quote
MattWorth Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 The link above is dead now - does anyone have a copy of this guide? Quote
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