Did anyone else who bought the '300ZX' inserts from Smithy have a go at fitting them anywhere? I did mine today, quite happy with them, obviously no where near as good as the proper ones, but still look good, no pics of them lit up yet as I need a couple of inverters, any body got a couple?

 

Here ya go...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You could get TwinTurboRich to make some 300ZX steel plates or whatever you want really and then just drop these in your cut out on the sill, then back light them, you could probably just use cheap smd 12v flexible strips as I think there will be room.

 

He has been itching to do something on the sills for a while now :biggrin:

Yeah you could, the beauty about these tho is they have a step on the edges, so they can't pop through the hole. There is about 3mm of a gap underneath to play with once you have shaved off the strengthening ribs.

looks good mate fancy doing a how to with piccies for us dimwits :)

Yeah you could, the beauty about these tho is they have a step on the edges, so they can't pop through the hole. There is about 3mm of a gap underneath to play with once you have shaved off the strengthening ribs.

 

Yes I know about the step as I was lucky enough to get some from Smithy!!!

 

The steel plate could easily be dropped in very flush and snug with some careful cutting and some glue on the underside, another option and will be somewhat tidier would be, to just have the plate slightly larger than the cut out and then just plonk it proud on top, allowing slightly more room on the underside for lighting up as well :thumbup1:

 

Providing the door will still close after adding the extra 3mm on the sill height that is, sure it will or just take a grinder to the underside of your door :ohmy:

 

Shouldn't be giving these ideas to the Cardiff boy :tongue_smilie:

I wish I had taken some during the process, but basically, you have to decide where you want them on the kick plate (the proper ones have the logo nearer the front of the car, but I wanted mine nearer the back), and on the underneath of the sill there are 4 ribs running the length, I shaved these off where I wanted my logo using a very sharp chisel to give me a flat surface.

 

I then marked the middle of the logo, there is already a piece of plastic moulding bang in the middle of the two screw holes on the kick plate, positioned the logo, then scribed around it, then cut out using a dremmel a good couple of mm's too small, then carefully filed away until it was a perfect fit, ensuring I kept everything square.

 

As the logos have a lip on them to stop them popping through, I made it a perfect fit so it fits flush, I then fibre glass resinned the edges of the logo, which hold it and keeps it water tight. Also, along the top of the kick plate, that also has ribs running along it, the furthest one back I shaved off as there was only half of it left anyways (see pics). That's about it really, I just got stuck in, with the frame of mind 'If I balls it up, I'll get another one for a few quid from a breaker', but, I didn't... Pretty straight forward really, just takes patience and a good eye really...

 

After they were done, the logos have double sided tape on the back, I stuck the EL panels to them (after trimming them), and gaffer taped to the edges to prevent water getting in... I removed the interior light (pop off the clear cover, then one phillips screw), spliced into the plug for the interior light unit, the plug has three wires, it's the outside 2 that are the switched power, so they only come on when either door is opened, and go off when closed, regardless of whether the interior light is switched on or not, and iirc, the green wire is the negative... I ran the wire through the centre of the targas to where the map lights are, remove the passenger sun visor, then under the roof lining to the A pillar, removed the end cap thingy from the end of the A pillar (one phillips screw), popped off the A pillar trim, tucked the wire behind the targa drain tube and dropped it behind the dash, which is where the inverter is... HTH....

Edited February 3, 201213 yr by Tudor...

Yes I know about the step as I was lucky enough to get some from Smithy!!!

 

The steel plate could easily be dropped in very flush and snug with some careful cutting and some glue on the underside, another option and will be somewhat tidier would be, to just have the plate slightly larger than the cut out and then just plonk it proud on top, allowing slightly more room on the underside for lighting up as well :thumbup1:

 

Providing the door will still close after adding the extra 3mm on the sill height that is, sure it will or just take a grinder to the underside of your door :ohmy:

 

Shouldn't be giving these ideas to the Cardiff boy :tongue_smilie:

 

Haha... If you got them made from say 1mm steel, that would look pretty good, and yeah, plenty of room underneath then too, as with the smithy ones, once you get the step a cosy fit, it is a perfectly flush fit underneath, but luckily an EL strip is only really thin, so it doesn't really matter.

what size of EL pannel did u use ..

Not sure mate, they came with, but I'll measure the inserts when I'm there later on...

Indiglow is 130mm x 30mm

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=1582799&postcount=23

 

Just to add the fixing points for the sills i done was to run the cable through the already loose carpet to the rear, remove a rear quarter panel and wire in there, there is a wee box there that controls the door pin switch and the inverter is hidden away nicely behind the panel, quite quick to do too :-)

 

smithy

Indiglow is 130mm x 30mm

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=1582799&postcount=23

 

Just to add the fixing points for the sills i done was to run the cable through the already loose carpet to the rear, remove a rear quarter panel and wire in there, there is a wee box there that controls the door pin switch and the inverter is hidden away nicely behind the panel, quite quick to do too :-)

 

smithy

 

Aaah, good thinking batman, I could hear the relay click back there, but just did it the old fashioned way :)

cheers guys ...nice one

Shame, I'm crap with stuff like this and I will mess my interior ='{

 

Can someoe give me a prce to make a ully working set of red if I give them my sills??

Shame, I'm crap with stuff like this and I will mess my interior ='{

 

Can someoe give me a prce to make a ully working set of red if I give them my sills??

Shame, I'm crap with stuff like this and I will mess my interior ='{

 

Can someoe give me a prce to make a ully working set of red if I give them my sills??

 

What He said!! lol...I'd be interested in the same!

i'm just doing some now ...

but i'm having my ones carbon Dipped

 

about £30 for the parts needed

the only real problem i see is when making the hole

it doesnt look very tidy around the edge so could do with being sprayed up

black ...

 

just waiting on chris to come back with what i have asked him

i'm just doing some now ...

but i'm having my ones carbon Dipped

 

about £30 for the parts needed

the only real problem i see is when making the hole

it doesnt look very tidy around the edge so could do with being sprayed up

black ...

 

just waiting on chris to come back with what i have asked him

 

 

What is the straight up part list then? :)

found this one to be cheaper and this is for Red

5x6" pannel with 4 Connectors this means u can make 4 Light up projects

inc converter that will Run 4 pannels as well

£12.99

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/elwireseller_uk/m.html?_nkw=el+panel&_sacat=0&_odkw=el+light&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313

 

then all you need is the Outer Part of Chris Vinyl stickers Lay them on the tape and then u can put it behind some Plastic or Clear plasti card

and then bond it all in

Edited February 7, 201213 yr by MarkDerby

found this one to be cheaper and this is for Red

5x6" pannel with 4 Connectors this means u can make 4 Light up projects

inc converter that will Run 4 pannels as well

£12.99

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/elwireseller_uk/m.html?_nkw=el+panel&_sacat=0&_odkw=el+light&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313

 

then all you need is the Outer Part of Chris Vinyl stickers Lay them on the tape and then u can put it behind some Plastic or Clear plasti card

and then bond it all in

 

Nice one. I did a search on works catalog yesterday and none of it is in stock. Really annoyed me because was something like £3 a sheet!