Does anyone do customized illuminated kick plates?
 

I've seen DIY threads but I'm not much of an electrician. Does anyone offer a mod service? I did a few searches but didn't find anything.

I'll text 370ZilverZ for you (he's no longer active on the forum)

I want red ones. I could buy them and have them shipped directly to him if that helps. Not crazy about the orange.

+1 for me on this as well..

They're easy as hell to install. But I looked at that DIY thread and that's probably not something I could do without screwing up.

Digitonium used to do them, and he's still here on the forum, but I can't convince him to start making them again. :icon17:

I also want a set with Red leds vs the crappy orange.

May I ask what people are willing to pay for the color change?

A set of plates is roughly 150, I can't imagine it being ridiculous

Me personally? My girlfriend dented the sh*t out of my passenger side one with her "hooker boots" and I am going to replace them anyway.

Since I'm going to replace them, might as well get the color I want.

I'm actually planning on doing this soon, I would think ~$50 plus shipping would be reasonable. Maybe $60 total? Anybody else wanna chime in?


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I agree.. maybe $200/210 total for piece and labor before shipment..

I was just going to buy them and ship them to whomever is doing the mod. Any idea who that is or will be?

Well if you're not in a super big hurry, and digitonium doesn't respond soon, you can send them to me. I know HOW to do it, I just want to do my own first so I have the EXPERIENCE doing it, and you guys will be able to see my finished product.


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Its probably a pain in the azz to switch colors, thats why its hard finding people to do it.

I hope she looked good while denting them at least :icon17:

:roflpuke2:

:iagree: :worthless:


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dude, you guys are a mess..:p

Yeah it was difficult conversation to have "so uh, could you not step on the part of my car made for stepping on while you're wearing those"

I have a problem with mine slamming the car and truck doors. They are not easy to train. haha

Dont you just hate that sh1t, its like, dude..it doesnt take much force to close the door, you dont have to slam it.. wtf.

I think she figures it makes up for her small size? I dunno. I can say this stuff because there is no way she will come on this site :happydance:

:bowrofl::bowrofl:

You know what i do is, i usually lean over to the passenger side, and catch the door so it cant slam up against the car..:tup:

That kinda sh1t annoys the hell outta me though.

Not willing to pay for a color change but a custom logo/cutout definitely.

Like what?

I'm going to chime in. I modded one set for a member here, and he loved it. Labor-wise, it was a pain!

The aluminum pieces are terrible. The clear coat is fragile and easily develops spider web cracks. The plate is as fragile as tin foil. It is easy to blemish and difficult to straighten out once bent. It is affixed to the kick plate with automotive grade double sided tape. So one either needs to heat things up or use a flat butter knife to separate the pieces without flexing the aluminum parts so much.

The LED portion is plexiglass, and it is sealed with RTV. The LEDs are surface mount - possibly 0805 size.

The painful part of this mod is separating the aluminum piece and scrubbing off the old double sided tape and silicone.

Yeah so I'll buy a 2nd pair if someone wants to change them to red for me. I'll even give you a prepaid UPS shipping label to send them back to me.

I PM'd you guys

Haha or you could do what i do and open and close the door for her. Save yourself the pain of slamming doors.....and if you do it in front of a crowd you look like a badass sir. Haha plus bitches love that ****. Hahahaha

Order on its way to your guy. For people who are wondering, there's no guarantee you'll end up with 'unmarked' kick plates. I'm doing this because I need to replace them anyway.

He's offering a REALLY cheap price to do it but you pay shipping and materials. PM for more details.

I'll wait to see the finished product, but I'm interested.

You're all welcome damn you all!!! :tup:

Lol

I told you he's a good guy!!!

I'll take pictures when I receive them. I placed an order with the Z store and had them shipped directly to the guy.

dude, you are sooo right, excellent answer!:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

I hope they turn out flawless.

Question... Is it possible to have a custom logo cut in instead of the Z logo? I would slap my grandmother if I could get the Ohio State block O with a red light.

We did a set on some Maxima's a few months ago... I don't see why you can't be in the next group deal... http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/15/ugysada6.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/15/8ydy9ege.jpg

As long as your door sill pops out like ours does... Here is the link you can PM deadbolt and ask...

http://my7thgen.org/f220/official-illuminated-door-sills-04-12-gd-update-1-4-13-a-1132/

I would think you could find some base kick plates, without the aluminum design, they come straight black (i know this because I have a set) cut the Z completely out, then work from there, it would take some heavy modification skills.. I would think it could be done though.

just for a rough price point, my red IKPs are from back when Cjanik did them in 2010. i think price point-wise it was around $200, but he gave up b/c it was a royal pain in the arse to do without damaging the plates.

it actually might be in best interests to do a custom cutout! so you can just pry it open and not worry about anything because you'll be replacing with a new piece anyway.

old reference thread FWIW: http://www.the370z.com/parts-sale-pr...ates-sale.html

Ok mine are done and on their way to me. Each side has 6 PLCC 2 LEDs in them which is apparently twice the stock size so they should be bright as hell.

The guy also said he forgot what a huge PITA they were and mine would likely be the last set he does.