New guy here

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New guy here

October 19, 2012, 09:51:48 PM

Hey folks!
Just registered on this forum and wanted to say hi. A few of you may know me from the NATO forum or TF, but for those who don't, I have an '86 TC which I bought for a whopping $600 back in '99. Mildly modified over the years (see sig). Now I am mainly focusing on "updating" the interior lighting as time allows. I guess that's about it for now. I gotta peruse the board a bit and see what I've been missing. :D

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Reply #1 – October 19, 2012, 10:02:21 PM

Hello and welcome! :D

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Reply #2 – October 19, 2012, 10:04:59 PM

Welcome Brian, there is alot more info here than NATO. I personally would rather be here :D

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Reply #3 – October 19, 2012, 10:06:31 PM

Welcome....

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Reply #4 – October 19, 2012, 11:43:52 PM

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Reply #5 – October 20, 2012, 12:25:36 AM

Welcome :).

I like how the center console controls look backlighted. It looks pretty awesome.

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Reply #6 – October 20, 2012, 03:08:35 AM

Welcome very nice car and the console switch plate rocks! Tell us your secrets! haha

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Reply #7 – October 20, 2012, 10:30:46 AM

Welcome!
Nice car! I think you enjoy yourself here.

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Reply #8 – October 20, 2012, 07:46:25 PM

Quote from: FirstBird;400810

Welcome very nice car and the console switch plate rocks! Tell us your secrets! haha

Thanks! I can make it look good in pictures at least!

I have no secrets! I share everything I come up with with the community. I actually did a whole writeup on how I did the console switch plate HERE

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Reply #9 – October 20, 2012, 07:54:14 PM

Brian, can you make more of those switch plates to sell here? I am interested in one if you do and I know alot of others would be too.

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Reply #10 – October 20, 2012, 08:26:05 PM

I'm still undecided if I'm going to sell any. I was planning on waiting a little while to see how the whole shebang holds up to DD use. I don't know if or how much of that link you read though, but if I do sell the plates, it'll be only the plastic part I have to make at work. This is mainly due to the fact that I have very little free time -- especially now that I am working on next year's NATO calendar. I also don't want to be held liable if someone's car catches fire after doing this. I don't know how that would ever happen, but who knows. So that's where I'm at now. I'll probably start making the plates available at some point. It's been almost a month with no issues and I really don't foresee having any. If/when I do decide to sell them, I'll certainly put a post up here about it if there's interest.

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Reply #11 – October 20, 2012, 08:48:03 PM

Quote from: BLeavitt23;400837

I'm still undecided if I'm going to sell any. I was planning on waiting a little while to see how the whole shebang holds up to DD use. I don't know if or how much of that link you read though, but if I do sell the plates, it'll be only the plastic part I have to make at work. This is mainly due to the fact that I have very little free time -- especially now that I am working on next year's NATO calendar. I also don't want to be held liable if someone's car catches fire after doing this. I don't know how that would ever happen, but who knows. So that's where I'm at now. I'll probably start making the plates available at some point. It's been almost a month with no issues and I really don't foresee having any. If/when I do decide to sell them, I'll certainly put a post up here about it if there's interest.

I read through the whole thing a week or so ago, also commented on NATO (1988turbo) about these. would you be willing to sell these as a do-it-yourself kit with the back lights and inverter? just a thought Thanks

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Reply #12 – October 20, 2012, 09:15:26 PM

Hmmm... never thought of that. It would be difficult though. Either I would have to order a bunch of EL panels in different colors (which I don't have the spare cash to do), or the wait time to get one panel "kit" would be 1-2 months for everyone who wanted one. So I'm not sure if it would be a real viable option since, for the most part, people are rather impatient... and I have a terrible memory.

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Reply #13 – October 20, 2012, 09:20:04 PM

Welcome! I saw your lighted panel on NATO, very cool! Also, we like pics here. Image tags are fine, warnings with pic heavy threads are appreciated though.

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Reply #14 – October 20, 2012, 10:45:59 PM

Welcome!!