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By ejohnsizzle
- Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:20 am #52341 Hey there, this is my first post in these forums so i guess hi. First i should say- your ej1 coupe is an exemplar to us all.
Now, I know it's been ages since you did your led guages, but i was just wondering how hard it is to complete that conversion. AND my biggest question- does the dash dimmer still work once you have the leds installed? I have a bit of a black/ blue theme going in my EJ1 and i want to put in blue leds, but i know blue can be one of the brightest and most distracting colors at night. I want to make sure i can turn the things down to a reasonable level if they turn out to be too bright. Any help is appreciated... thanks!!
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By LowTEC-Derbo
- Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:22 am #52343 check page 5 for the bulb info, but it did work with the stock dimmer.


I would probably suggest installing a potentiometer in between to get it further dimmer.
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By LowTEC-Derbo
- Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:17 am #57570 just took apart my tranny...


yea. when i spin the input shaft, it makes a nice crackling noise :)



when i drained the fluid, i had a magnetic drain bolt and it had TONS of metal. :(
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By stefan
- Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:19 am #57587 OBX lsd gone bad?
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By Grat
- Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:48 pm #57612 for some reason i thought the obx was already in there lol.....your gonna love it once u get it all done :P
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By LowTEC-Derbo
- Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:19 pm #57627 yea.. i had to lag due to finals :(


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and this is how she sits while it wants for a new of rolling.

This is also whats going inside. :)

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This will be interesting.
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By Vti93T
- Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:21 am #57632 lucky!! I want LSD you bum! lol :D car is looking good though
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By Bouli
- Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:24 am #57654 tranny's are always bitchy :D
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By stefan
- Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:36 am #57709 Your car sucks btw.



It looks better then mine and it's faster too!
A/hole :D :D
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By LowTEC-Derbo
- Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:28 pm #58790 still waiting on my clutch disc from ACT.. :sigh: Ordered it two weeks ago and apparently it had to be special ordered. SHOULD be here on thursday at the latest then friday its getting installed. :]



the tranny is back at my house and i can't get the worn out c clip oem shorter axle into the transmission.. but the newer one that I got from Napa seems to be able to slide right in.. I might need new axles.
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By stefan
- Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:37 am #58800 Can't you just change the C-clips then?

If you're going for new axles, go with Driveshaftshop ones (Hasport axles are made by DSS btw).

Did you work on the OBX already?
I suppose you know it's recomended to replace the cheap and f/u parts they use (bolts and washers) and smoothen all of the sharp edges inside the housing :)
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By LowTEC-Derbo
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:44 am #59720 I got the tranny in with my old act clutch (20-30k miles on it) since my 6puck was no where to be found and the company was giving me the runaround. I decided to just get a refund and slap the tranny back in.

I am seriously deciding whether or not to keep the car. I might get a BMW. haha
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By Bouli
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:58 am #59721 a bmw ?

If you take a E36 M3 dakar yellow bmw.... then you'll be my hero :thumb:
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