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yea it looks like poop. and its a magnet so it comes off real easy
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Keep it I might get one for my car
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Me too. 
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do so 
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my tips look good thou
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yup, looks more agressive too
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like 2 massive fecking cannons shooting out the back
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Steering wheel and shift knob restoration
fyi, the airbag and rest of the wheel are NOT supposed to match.
fyi, the airbag and rest of the wheel are NOT supposed to match.
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Nice 
man your going to be riding around in style when done.
man your going to be riding around in style when done.
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Nice job on the leather resto Z!
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so todays project was replacing the drivers window regulator plus some more (youll see)
popped the door panel off and removed the regulator
new regulator
and quickly found out my front door speakers are blown.
so, ran to the store and got some new ones (standard 6 1/2s, so really most will fit ,so lonf as the specs are similar)
just some $40 kenwood ones.
put it all back together. honestly, these little speakers sound really good! obviously the comparison isnt really fair cuz the old ones were blown but i am quite happy
popped the door panel off and removed the regulator
new regulator
and quickly found out my front door speakers are blown.so, ran to the store and got some new ones (standard 6 1/2s, so really most will fit ,so lonf as the specs are similar)
just some $40 kenwood ones.
put it all back together. honestly, these little speakers sound really good! obviously the comparison isnt really fair cuz the old ones were blown but i am quite happy
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Oh yeah I was gonna ask u yesterday if u we’re gonna do a sound system (like masssive sub n all). Also I bet an interior led trim would be awesome… like where you can control the colors on ur phone or something like that.
Did u check the rest?
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Just like a suddle one
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probably not. currently the sound system is pretty decent (it is lexus' "premium sound"). if i were to do anything more it would be rear door speakers and the front tweeters but , i wont be doing that because to change the tweeters you have to take out the entire dashboard. so just gunna leave it alone. and believe it or not, the single 8 inch sub in the car is pretty nuts. i don't know if the rear door speakers are blown, probably not (i have never heard of someone blowing the rears, as they don't really do too much anyway). but ill probably check em some day soon. as for the led thing , maybe just a little bit, like how this guy did it, and probably in green like how he did it (the rest of the lights in the car are green) . very similar to the mercedes S class/ Bmw 5/7 series . i want it to match the period of this car and match the styling.
that first pic you posted is badass though. that's the bmw 8 series with the Bang & Olufsen sound system and ambient lights. total dream car
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okay so i have overlooked something 
in my haste i failed to realize that the speakers i bought are 4 ohm (like what a NORMAL FECKING CAR USES) , when i actually need 8 ohm speakers . EDIT:just going to rebuild the stockers. as they still work and sound decent. found a kit for 20 bucks and gunna give it a try
in my haste i failed to realize that the speakers i bought are 4 ohm (like what a NORMAL FECKING CAR USES) , when i actually need 8 ohm speakers . EDIT:just going to rebuild the stockers. as they still work and sound decent. found a kit for 20 bucks and gunna give it a try
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Rebuilt the fancy "Mark Levinson" speakers today with a rebuild kit i bought online.
first soldered new wires on it (somebody cut them for whatever reason)
then put the new foam surrounds on them.
look pretty solid now. got to wait 24hrs for the glue to dry, then install them in the car and test them . these speakers seem like they would be good. decent sized magnet, pretty much zero play in the voice coils. they were a 2000 option back in the day. so we will see. im also going to try to work out an aux cable in the car. currently im utilizing a bluetooth transmitter to play my music and the sound quality is kinda fuzzy . so i think that will fix the fuzzyness
first soldered new wires on it (somebody cut them for whatever reason)
then put the new foam surrounds on them.look pretty solid now. got to wait 24hrs for the glue to dry, then install them in the car and test them . these speakers seem like they would be good. decent sized magnet, pretty much zero play in the voice coils. they were a 2000 option back in the day. so we will see. im also going to try to work out an aux cable in the car. currently im utilizing a bluetooth transmitter to play my music and the sound quality is kinda fuzzy . so i think that will fix the fuzzyness
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so ive done some work on the lexie this weekend. still working on the aux cable cuz the guys video sucks balls. but anyways.
first off i put the stock speakers back in (no pics) , and they sound waaaay better then the aftermarket ones, and night and day compared to when they were blown (before the voices in music would be muffled and sound like ass) . so happy with that. then, i have had a pretty nasty rattle in the sub for the longest time, so i took it out
the found that it was only held on with 2 bolts out of 4 for whatever reason
heres compared to a stock bmw sub
then, i did the interior lighting 
first off i put the stock speakers back in (no pics) , and they sound waaaay better then the aftermarket ones, and night and day compared to when they were blown (before the voices in music would be muffled and sound like ass) . so happy with that. then, i have had a pretty nasty rattle in the sub for the longest time, so i took it out
the found that it was only held on with 2 bolts out of 4 for whatever reason
heres compared to a stock bmw sub
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This looks pretty cool
Or this to be simpler