Si interior “mod”thread

[PNW_FC3]

Painted DIY Red Type R trim! Relatively easy project and love the results!

Just waiting for my Red badges and eventually Type R steering wheel. =)

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[Loccust]

What paint did you use and I am curious how well this will hold up.

 

[Matthyahuw]

What paint did you use and I am curious how well this will hold up.

I've used Rustoleum for plastic many times for things like this...

 

[PNW_FC3]

Got my steering wheel emblem installed to match my DIY Type R red trim! Loving it! Now for the type r steering wheel next!

As for the paint, red plasticdip surprisingly. It turned out quite well actually!

 

[elusiveaura]

Did you have to pull off this trim to paint it? Got info on how to remove the trim if you did?

Painted DIY Red Type R trim! Relatively easy project and love the results!

Just waiting for my Red badges and eventually Type R steering wheel. =)

 

[PNW_FC3]

Did you have to pull off this trim to paint it? Got info on how to remove the trim if you did?

yup, had to remove the trim to paint it. the hardest part was removing the trim from the passenger side AC vent. this requires partially removing the head unit in order to detach the faux carbon fiber piece that is connected to the passenger vent.

 

[Ataricade]

Why do you guys want badges that represent an R when you don’t own an R. When I see something like that I feel bad for the person.

Have pride in what you own don’t pretend it’s something else

 

[PNW_FC3]

Why do you guys want badges that represent an R when you don’t own an R. When I see something like that I feel bad for the person.

Have pride in what you own don’t pretend it’s something else

During my time in the Marine Corps we had a saying that in every group you always had “that one guy”. It seems it’s no different in the civilian world

n/e hoo if anyone has any questions about the DIY red trim, always happy to help

 

[mis3]

Why do you guys want badges that represent an R when you don’t own an R. When I see something like that I feel bad for the person.
Have pride in what you own don’t pretend it’s something else

Once I saw a Smart car with a few AMG stickers. LOL.

 

[dmitri]

...badges that represent an R...

(Don't have or plan any mods like that myself, but) maybe you should look at it like "badges that look better/different", instead of thinking everyone who does that is being delusional/trying to pretend they have Type R...?

Also, what if a CTR owner made some part of their car look like another trim? Think they'd need to stop pretending and have pride in what they own?

 

[PNW_FC3]

(Don't have or plan any mods like that myself, but) maybe you should look at it like "badges that look better/different", instead of thinking everyone who does that is being delusional/trying to pretend they have Type R...?

Also, what if a CTR owner made some part of their car look like another trim? Think they'd need to stop pretending and have pride in what they own?

My thoughts exactly

 

[Matthyahuw]

I'm waiting for someone to put this on their car.

Either way, people like customizing...that's life.

I took off my Si badge and put the JDM red (prob fake) badges on it. It's some flair and sleek all at the same time

 

[TheKevinlyFather]

I bought these off of Amazon. They are thin, but very bright. I am running mine through a quality led dimmer to get the brightness just right.
I tried using a red pen on the factory bulbs, as well as using red clear plastic as a diffuser...nothing I tried gave off a true red. The oem lights are pretty dim as well, so with a diffuser you could barely see the light.

There isn't much you can do with the factory white bulbs without some hacking and soldering, so I plan on just sticking the oznium led to the bottom of the factory bulb housings. The end of the oznium led is on a paper thin ribbon cable, so very easy to pass under the factory snap in light housing. You could probably just splice to the oem wires. At 12 volts the ozniums are extremely bright. Only downside is they do have a small resistor 4" from the bulb that gets pretty hot at 12 volts...something to be aware of... I never metered them, but the factory led is probably running much less voltage.

Follow the oem console illumination install sheets for access to the leds. One led is in front and below the shifter trim, the other is like you said-behind the climate control bezel. Not too difficult to get to.

Hooked up to 12 volts:

You ever end up installing these? If so, any issues? I still have this on my radar of things I'd like to update pretty soon. Luckily, it's been light out a lot longer due to summer and I haven't had to drive at night. So, it hasn't been anything I notice. I know it will annoy the crap out of me in winter, though .

 

[Vmac]

Sorry to revive this thread... even though there are similar ones in the General and Interior sections, this one resonated the most with me. Thanks for all the ideas and references.

 

[86salmon]

Sorry to revive this thread... even though there are similar ones in the General and Interior sections, this one resonated the most with me. Thanks for all the ideas and references.

This is a good thread

Maybe it'll get new SI owners to get grafixpressions to bring back the gel SI decal

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