This might not make you feel better but it's standard in Canada too. Now that's messed up. You should have referred the techs to the forum.


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Ambient LED
 

Does yesterday count?? I guess with the Christmas season I am all about LIGHTS right now. In addition to the rear fog lamp debacle with the dealer in my earlier post, yesterday I decided to try the DIY replacement of the little ambient light LED shown at http://www.the370z.com/519440-post30.

I replaced the factory orange LED with a super bright blue one. The new LED is much brighter, so you can actually see the illumination of the shifter area even along lighted streets (the weak factory LED basically did nothing unless you were on a very dark road). The blue illumination of the orange factory control panel lighting adds a very cool effect in my opinion, and makes the factory panel lighting really "pop." I purchased the LED from SuperbrightLEDs.com. It requires 3mm LED (I tried a 5mm for more light but it would not fit.) I also replaced the resistor value to 470 ohm.

The DIY went pretty much like explained above on the DIY post by DIGItonium. Only difference is that his did not have a Bluetooth speaker, which made the process a bit more difficult for me as the speaker harness prevents you from pulling the black assembly down much from the headliner and leaving not much room to work, and I have to say getting the little LED circuit housing apart requires about three hands, but perserverance pays off.

See the Pic below. The illumination of the shifter and head area is from the blue ambient light LED. Please ignore the blue illumination in the footwells...well, you did not see that! (Oh, I can hear it coming!)

damn dude that catback looks so beautiful :drool:

Looked at it in the garage, thought about driving it to work, decided to ride in with the wife instead. It was a good choice.

I will drive it to the store tonight. The thirty mile trip around the block to get to the store that is a mile and a half away.

:driving:

seriously my train of thought... i could go this way... or the long way... hmmm.. VROOOM!:driving:

Today, prepared more for the forthcoming audio install and the new laser Jammers:
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Looked at the Z in the garage.

What a touching thought.....:confused:

-Clifford

Installed Z1 tubes. Done with intake work for, well, forever probably. Looking fwd to the morning commute tomorrow.

I motored to grab a 'Bucks coffee. Ed, you're about to have a fricken Z with fricken laser jammers. Cool, and very illegal in my area. Are they frowned upon in the Great White North?

They are legal in Alberta, BC and Sask. (I'm sure they are ok in the territories and Nunavut too, but no one really lives there)


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Holy sh/t,that's one gutted z! Look forward to seeing the end result.

Good laughs right here! Enjoy your fricken lasers. :icon17:

i do not think they are legal in toronto... i remember reading of a gumball rally coming through town and they were being 'spirited' and got caught. they found one with a radar detector and confiscated them.

here's a proper list for the canadia

Are radar detectors legal in Canada?

•Radar Detectors are legal in British Columbia (BC)
•Radar Detectors are legal in Alberta
•Radar Detectors are legal in Saskatchewan•Radar Detectors are illegal in Manitoba
•Radar Detectors are illegal in Ontario
•Radar Detectors are illegal in Quebec
•Radar Detectors are illegal in New Brunswick
•Radar Detectors are illegal in Newfoundland
•Radar Detectors are illegal in Nova Scotia
•Radar Detectors are illegal in Prince Edward Island
•Radar Detectors are illegal in Yukon Territory
•Radar Detectors are illegal in Northwest Territory