LED replacement...

OK I mentioned it before but here are 2 pics of my fog light switch. I soldered in a resistor to reduce the current enough for the LED. This is a standard, run-of-the-mill, dime a dozen red LED; not one of those "HYPER" Leds you can get from eBay. This little sucker is bright enough and it is almost too bright - even with the dash light dimmer turned all the way down it's pretty bright, I might need a larger limiting resister - but for now it works and its fine.

Notice that little brown rectangle? - it's the original (now burned out) bulb. Once I determined the polarity of the leads I soldered my connections and oriented the LED to fit inside the switch housing. VIOLA! an LED powered switch that will last nearly forever... plus its red not a washed out amber.

If you wish to copy my idea you have to send me $10 for the useage rights. :)

Got something done...

OK - More tradegy, another inlaw has passed away only days since the last death in the family - this one completely unexpected.

spent a lot of my day off over at our new home. Measuring, planning, figuring out what has to be done before we move in. - Lots of work and only 30days to get it done - looks like the Mirage has to take a back-seat for a while.

Saturday I got off of work a little early and went home, father-in-law was mowing the grass, after relaxing for a few hours I went out to "just do something" to Misty... Found a busted rear passenger window... Doesn't that just suck. Riding mower kicked up a rock and chucked it through the window. Oh well - He already told me he would pay for it so I'm not really worried but that pretty much killed my mood for the rest of the day.

Today - As the title implies, I did get something done. I started off trying to clean up a hole I drilled through the firewall (originally for the NOS line) and fit a wire grommet into it for the alarm and some extra wiring... but the multiple layers of steel proved more than I could deal with... gave up on that - put some Dynomatt Xtreme over the hole and moved on. I decided to put the "sun-visor" tint strip across the windshield. This time a little smaller and a little lighter than before - keeping everything cop-compliant ( completely legal ;) ) And - this went well... I didn't have a chance to snap any pics before it got dark out but I'll get them tomorrow. And hopefully I'll have a chance to call the glass people as well... The duck-tape is oh-so-stylin let me tell you.

:)

Finally something more.

OK - A lot has happened recently. Quick run-down.

Got the broken bolt out of the dash, reinstalled all the painted pieces and the dash panels. Added some carbon fiber wrap on the mirror trim, around the fog light switch, and the dimmer switch/cruise control switch panel. (no pics of that yet)

Also replaced the burned out indicator bulb in the fog light switch with an LED.

Changed out the reverse strobe lights... instead of one strobe bulb of the dual unit in each of the taillights, I found another identical strobe unit on the discontinued shelf (for less than $6) and drilled another hole in the tail lights so now their are 2 dual strobe units in the car - one for each tail light, 2 stobes in each housing. Both turned up to the fasted flash rate.

Replaced the oem style wiper blades with a newer "I beam" style with a teflon blade. Nice look.

I ordered the roof yolks (support brackets that keep the sheet metal of the roof stable) after arguing with the people from the dealership about not needing "freight" to ship two pieces... They arrived.

Family member passed away. She was very old and everyone knew it was coming so it was not a great shock but it was still a lot to deal with.

Clutch went out and had to tow the car home.
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Got a new Clutch Master Cylinder and Slave Cylinder... needed to get a new clutch line and ordered one from Road///Race Engineering (GREAT COMPANY). Couldn't get a new one made at the local race shop for less than the $20 that Road///Race charges -Great Deal!

Got some more pics of the LED in the switch but they are still in the camera...
Got some other things that need to be "buttoned up":
(My new TOP TEN)
1. Install the Visor tint strip.
2. Put the matching piece of CF on the passenger door.
3. Solder and wrap the connections on the second strobe light unit.
4. install some RTV silicone on the CPS Housing. (its leaking oil)
5. Add the wiring for the LED Roof lights.
6. ***Isntall the new Roof Yolks***
7. Finish the rust removal and painting of some of the dash brackets (that can't be removed easily)
8. Install the window roll up modual on a metal bracket up under the dash on the hump.
9. Run the wiring for the windshield LEDs and the Alarm Siren.
10. Order the door handles, trim, and a new Brake Master Cylinder Cap from Mitsubishiparts.com