Automotive
Toyota Door Sills
Glove box compartment lighting
One thing I always missing from my car, was opening the glove box compartment in a dark night, and be able find what you are actually looking for (rather to the traditional blind trial & error method) 😛 All it took to fulfill my dream (duh), was four 10mm LEDs (supposed to output 12-15 lumens), […]
LEDs Rooflight
At some point I decided to replace the traditional roof light bulb with several LEDs. No apparent reason, I was just feeling creative 🙂 I used 5x 5mm white LEDs on a plastic ring with an appropriate resistor. The resulting light intensity was a bit improved but nothing special. I believe that in the near […]
CarPC project
LED Taillights (Ver.2.0)
After spending some time of using the original version of my taillights, I found the energy, patience and time to make some improvements. What was the main priority, was to replace the top part of the taillight, the 2-stage driving lights/brake light, which wasn’t as great as I was originally planning. I started making plans […]
LED Taillights (Ver.1.0)
One of my longest lasting car projects, I believe is this one. I decided to make my Glanza more… modern looking. So I purchased off eBay plenty of high power 5mm red and orange LEDs, and started experimenting on a new taillights look. After taking my taillights apart, I discovered that each taillight is separated […]
Whiteline Anti-lift Caster Kit
In a quest of buying a new toy for my car, I came across an Australian company’s (Whiteline) product list for Starlets/Glanzas. In their products I found a very interesting item. A set of bushes the company named them “Anti-lift kit”. According to the provided information, these bushes dramatically improve the handling of Starlets, by […]
Zep Racing Adjustable Lateral Rod
KYB Excel-G shocks & RS*R sport springs
Due to the additional 70-80Kg or so audio system, carried at my car’s boot, my stock suspension started acting weird through time. In 2005, my MOT results indicated that the rear shock absorbers, received around 50% rating. Despite that, my car passed MOT without problems in 2007 too. But I knew it was time to […]