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Old 03-06-2004, 03:14 PM
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Default My weekend DIY projects....resized pics!

Finally got around to finishing these projects. I'm really happy with how they turned out. Take a look and tell me what you think. :D

My painted headlights got some Prelude city light sockets...





My doorpanel inserts and armrest go re-covered in a black fabric from the craft store:





And yes...I know I need to remove the nasty paint on the door handle surrounds

As a frame of reference..this is my car:


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Old 03-06-2004, 03:17 PM
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nice work...but i think you need to resize the pics...how did u tighten the fabric on the door panels???, a friend of mines has their fabric on the door panels kind of bubbling up a bit
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looks pretty clean
Old 03-06-2004, 03:23 PM
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I used 3M 55 Spray adhesive. Works great! Just spray it on lay the fabric over and start pulling and smoothing. It helps when you use fabric with a little stretchiness to it.
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panels look good, im looking to do the same thing to mine, what kind of fabric did you use? and do you know what material the itr has?
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Both look very nice, good job
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good work :D
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Nice work. car is looking nice
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looks real good. door handles look fine.
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Did you paint the trim around your door handle? Looks good.
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real nice
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looks nice. did you have to drill/cut a hole for the city light?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGlovr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">real nice
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looks nice bro, good job!
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by htcsi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you have to drill/cut a hole for the city light?</TD></TR></TABLE>

This is what I want to know!!
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Thanks for the positive comments everybody. Yes, I had to drill a hole in each light forthem to fit. There is an indentation already there that shows you wher and how big to drill, but then you also have to drill through the reflector, just big enough for a 194 bulb to peek through. I ended up doing mine a little too large.

Yes, I did paint the door handle surrounds...a long time ago, and now they're chipped to hell. I need to strip them and re-paint.
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Great Job. Do you have any pictures of the lights on in the evening?
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Here you go man...
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Nice, I like your interior Job.
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Thanks for sharing, nice idea on the headlamps man! Looks excellent!
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on ur diy project
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yea another good adhesive is Stinger's spray adhesive, it sprays like spidwer webs almost, we used it at our shop (CarToys, Annap., MD)
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Thanks for the props! Glad I could share.
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Damn cool stuff. Looks like I'll be adding some city lights when I re-open my headlights to redo them. Great stuff man!
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I like the doors! looks pretty nice and flows fairly well! what kind of material did you use?


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