Re-coloring the Kona

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o2designs
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I wanna be like Pappy fogs...
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"Euro" Tails with the updated bulbs
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Even the interior is getting overhauled. I took out my SVT dash bezel(flatblack), and put in my dad's old bezel out of his ZTS(aluminum). I sprayed the AC/Defrost buttons, reinstalled the LEDs with white ones. Since I'm hoping this is the last time I have to dig into the dash, I took out my DVD player, and put in my good' ole Pioneer. I will need to rip the dash apart again to install Stillz's SVT heater controls. Even the gauges and headlight switch will be swapped to white LEDs. I finally got around to changing the odometer as well to LEDs and that is now white. :twisted:
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I like how the Pioneer has green and white lights. It pulls all the colors of the dash together, including those ass-ugly green heater knobs. LOL
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Looks sweet. Do you have your black bezel? That is the one part I still need to replace in merrilys car, that they chewed up when they jacked the deck. I'll take it from ya if so.

Love the look. Did you paint your fogs? If so, what did you use, I like how yours turned out. This car is turning out to be a badass DIY car!
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Yes, I do still have the bezel. But I was hoping to keep it for Chromie, since I don't like the one she has.

I have my first bezel out of Chromie, thats painted TwilightBlue. You could lightly sand it and paint it black, or color paint it to Merrily's car.
Or if you want, you can wait til I get Chromie back, and I'm gonna pull that bezel out. It started out as a SVT bezel, but was scratched, so I color sanded it smooth. Its got kind of a satin scheen to it, instead of flat.

Yes, the fogs were sprayed. Since the one fog light was broke, I pulled it off, and replaced it with one of my old ones from Chromie's OEM bumper. While I had it sitting here, I sprayed the busted one to see how it looks. I liked it, so I sprayed the replacement. Went to pull the other side off, that one also broke in teh same place, so I had to pull the other spare fog light out. So now I got both bulbs replaced, and new fog lenses, when I went to change the color of the headlight switches LEDs, I busted that, so I had ghetto fab a non-fog switch in. So I can't even use the fogs untill I get a new switch. LOL This switch sucks too, you have to turn it counterclockwise for the lights to turn on...LOL
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Looks like it has 2 lips, or am I crazy? I like how the yellow fogs look and the white led's are nice! Glad you got rid of the ugly green
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Sucka612 wrote: Looks like it has 2 lips, or am I crazy? I like how the yellow fogs look and the white led's are nice! Glad you got rid of the ugly green


The bottom lip is a SVT lip. The "top" one is part of the stock bumper. In 00', some of the cars came with a roughgard type finesh on the bottom of teh bumpers. You can see the same crap on teh rear bumper as well. All that black on the bottom gives it a cool "hi-boy" look...LOL
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Yo Nils, if you want that black one, we could prob work that out. Roov needs it more then I do...
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Kyle it honestly doesn't matter.

I'll let you know in two weeks. I'm going down to Al's to get some parts for my car, so I should be able to find one there. No worries ;)
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how hard is it to wire up the LED's?

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For me? Since I've done about 3 sets, pretty easy.
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What I ment was, whats all involved?

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For the HVAC bezel, you need to dremel out the shitty green film inside it from behind. Then you take the bulb holders from behind the HVAC, and pull them apart and solder in LEDs. Then you can just pull the bulb holder off and on, very easily. That takes care of the HVAC. The ac buttons, have SMLEDs, you need to unsolder those tiny things off, and resolder new ones on. If you don't reuse SMLEDs, then you need to dremel out the back of the buttons to accomadate the LEDs since they are much bigger then the SMLEDs. The headlight switch is pretty straight forward, unsolder the old green LEDs out, and resolder the new ones in. If you've never done it before, it can be a real pain in the ass.
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