Project Lex

[Halon]

Some minor updates. Got my gauge cluster back from Tanin. Looks phenominal. So good I removed the climate control and will be sending that to them as well so they can update it to match.

AEM should be mailed to me today.

Also, bought a new intake manifold setup that should fit way better, and not be such a big frigging plenum since it seems way overkill for my power levels. Should be here in 2-3 weeks, excited about that! Here's a comparison of the one I just took off, to one of the new ones under construction (not actually mine, but similar, mine will have a slightly different angle for the TB flange).

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=15828&stc=1&d=1459777202

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=15829&stc=1&d=1459777419

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=15830&stc=1&d=1459777419

[A//// Guy]

Looks good! What did they do to the gauge cluster though?

[Halon]

The back lighting is all white LED now, compared to 90's style yellowish-greenish-white back lighting. If you look at the odometer, they didn't touch that, so good comparison of seeing the old color to the new color. Just makes it look a lot more modern if you see it in person.

And 2 of the needles were completely burnt out (gas and temp needles), and the tach needle was starting to show signs of dying as well. The cluster is basically pitch black, so you need it to be lit up, even in the day time, to see anything. So those needles being burnt out were kind of annoying. Each of those needles has something like 10 LED's in them, so it's actually pretty expensive to fix. So what they offer is just their "fire tip" option. So instead of paying for 10 LED's in a needle, they just install 1 LED at the tip, so just the tip is lit. So they did that to all the needles with red LED's.

And they let you custom pick whatever color LED you want. I just went with white and red as I thought it was a simple and clean look.

[turbotalon1g]

Man I can't wait to see that new cluster looks great!

[goodhart]

You should get a video of the gauges in action

[Kracka]

Gauges look great!

[Halon]

You should get a video of the gauges in action

Lol, I'd love to, because that would mean the car is running again :)

[goodhart]

with time. You're a lot closer than I am!

[Halon]

Also, my new AEM Infinity PnP with CANBUS gauge arrived yesteday from Vlad. Hopefully get it installed soon, but who knows lol.
http://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clublexus.com-vbulletin/1280x720/80-20160407_165457_51328847f407cbf256017a06717cc61cbe e8c72f.jpg

[tehehodi]

Awesome! Hopefully works out better for you.