have been looking at the brakes and wanting to paint for some time. Didn't want them to be focus though or standout, going for subtle, decided to paint them Satin black. Got some Heat proof brake caliper paint from Repco and masked off, yep I went lazy and just masked rather than removing calipers, but worked out pretty well.
Cleaned the calipers with de greaser / brake cleaner and scrubbed. Masking fairly successful few coats and she's looking allot better.
Please ignore the dirt wheels its snow season
Next on the to do list was the rear speakers and sound deadening the doors. Grabbed some Dyna matt door kit and some cheap focal speakers, I just wanted some rear fill not expecting much.
Gave the doors a good clean in prep
Made some ghetto speaker brackets outs of MDF and painted with Plasti dip to help protect wood.
The doors now have that satisfying thump noise on close just like the fronts and car "seems" bit quieter inside.
The rears really didn't add a huge amount (wasn't expecting much) the Idoing headunit has a great DSP so worked on delays and crossovers to get rid of highs and just add to the bass.
As
Supafly_NZ pointed out recently
on his thread (here) the map light and other interior lights are blue for the GTS and red for the STI.
Now i cant unsee so ordered some gear from AliExpress got some 12v 3mm LEDs and the cubby light
The "map" light (don't know its real name the one in the eyesight module) projects blue light onto cup holders in centre console. Easy to remove just pop plastic around the lane departure buttons off and there are two screws, rest is all pop clips. Be careful removing and do not touch the eyesight cameras.
There is a small circuit board that holds the led, I just cut the wires and test polarity to the unit, Yellow is + and Purple is -
I then drilled a 3mm hold in the board where the blue led was and jammed new led in its place with a bit of glue not the nicest solution but hey..
seems to work pretty well and give same amount of light as the blue.
