The Type R-related stuff first:

Good wallpaper pic (fixed version - photochopped out the box):



1280x960 version is here --> http://itr-nc.com/pat/rathome_1.jpg


Installed these today:



Before and after:




Also went from this:



to this:




And finally, the random stuff. Close cousins BOXY and NOT BOXY:




That's about it. Long, restful weekend


[edit] Fuggin' typos [/edit


[Modified by itr009, 6:31 PM 4/7/2002]


[Modified by itr009, 6:58 PM 4/7/2002]

 

The first one would've been good if you didn't have that big box next to the car.


[Modified by Paul Walker, 3:31 PM 4/7/2002]

 

Man, that would be a absolutely great photo if there wasn't a pile of cardboard boxes sitting there... Didn't you see those when taking the pic?

 

I ordered those like a year ago, and only received one of them, supposedly the other has been on backorder forever.

When did you get them?

 

Yeah, I knew they were there. Just snapped a quick pic on hi-res while I was at my folks' for Easter. They were getting the deck rebuilt, so there were boxes and crap everywhere.

Side note - those boxes were from all the tools the contractor had to buy after his crew's tools were stolen from in front of our house

Someone photochop the boxes out!!


[edit] Sack - Ordered them from the local Acura shack a week or two ago... No problems getting them at all [/edit]


[Modified by itr009, 6:35 PM 4/7/2002]

 

how much did those RS door bezels set you back?

 

'bout 15 bone - they list for $7 and change each. Got free overnight shipping because the parts dude F-ed up my order at first.

 

Why dont' you want your "lock/unlock" switch?

 

damn near-seamless you master you


[Modified by One2hot, 4:04 PM 4/7/2002]

 

Gots to do all we can to keep the thievies out of our cars



ROLF! If you only knew


Pat, who learned a lot about Photoshop today

 

Those bezels look nice...
What did you do with the switch? Did you just take it off and leave the wires in the door?

 

Funny cause the only thing we learned in computer graphics class was photo editing, here ya go



edit: damn i didn't see you already did it! poo! mine is better! j/k


[Modified by StinkyTofu, 4:12 PM 4/7/2002]

 

Unplugged it and taped the plug to the inside of the door to keep it from rattling.

 

Nice. I like the RS bezels.

One of my friends took a different approach. He wired a relay into the door lock circuit that only allows it to receive power when the ignition is on ACC or ON, thus adding a measure of security without the loss of the switch.

 

ok a few questions about the non-powered door locks. do they still work with keyless entry?? what do they go for?

 

Nice touch! Doesn't give you the visual deterrent though

Willard is going to find me a sunroof switch to wire for the locks. Several ITR-NC f00s have taken that approach. Convenience without the security risk

Nighthawk - RS bezels do not affect the operation of the power locks themselves, they merely remove the silver "lock/unlock" tab. As mentioned earlier in the thread, they're about $15/pair from Acura.

 

Hooray, I just found my next mod for my car.




[Modified by 2001 Integra GSR, 4:33 PM 4/7/2002]

 

MK Ultra do you want to talk more about this???? It sounds like a good idea if I understand what you are doing... Are you trying to use a sunroof switch as a power switch to the door locks or something?

 

Sunroof switch wired to the pass. door PLD wires = PLD switch that can't be used for breaking in to da kaa.

The brain for the PLD system is inside the drivers door. The wiring from the pass. door goes to the drivers door... splice the sunroof switch in just right... and "BAM" you have PLD control without using the switches in the door.

Will
-who likes "BOXY"

 

I didn't do it myself, it was a friend of mine, so I don't know exactly how he did it.

What I know is that he installed some kind of relay in the circuit in the doors, close to the power lock switches. The relays only allow power to the switches when the ignition is on, just like the sunroof switch only works when the ignition is on. You use the switches just like normal, they just won't work when the car is turned off. Since the power is only cut off to the switches in the doors, the power locks themselves will still work with a keyless entry/alarm. Only the switches are affected, and only when the car is turned off.

According to him it was rediculously easy to do and I think it cost him something like $2.00 to do. I don't really understand wiring and such though, so most of his explainations went in one ear and out the other. Still, anyone here with basic knowledge of wiring/electronics should be able to figure it out from the idea itself.

 

Up for the morning/work week crowd.

 

those rs handles look sweet... will my doors still autounlock when i unarm? if i leave the plugs out?

 

Looking good, Patrick

 

Everything will function the same. The driver's side door lock can unlock/lock all doors as can the keyhole for the hatch.

 

so where exactly can i get some of those RS handles and whats a good price to pay for them.. i just called acura.. they said 35 a piece.. i think they gave me the wrong item?