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Old Jul 9, 2004 | 02:11 PM
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silly interior mods

that I may or may not keep....
bored today so I:
1. did a variation on the key ring lighting....colored the back of the clear ring so it shines very blue at night and also looks blue when the sun shines on it as here....using stock bulb with the "condom" removed.


2. always thought our steering wheel hub looks cheapo so I experimented with some...um...highlighting...not sure if I like it, though it looks better in person than in the pics...



flame away! I made sure that I can un-do both of these things if I decide they looks bad....
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 02:27 PM
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key mod cool... steering wheel... uh uhm...

To each his own right?
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 02:29 PM
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remove the stuff on the steering wheel. a brushed aluminum affect would be cool but not that.
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 02:34 PM
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yeah actually it does have kind of a brushed aluminum effect....it really looks alot different in person..........but not so sure I like it anyhow
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 02:38 PM
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paint the logo on the middle of the steering wheel like this
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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i wonder if we could put the chrome nissan logo on the steering wheel
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 03:16 PM
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irish, shouldn't you be working on how to ground the tranny??

i think the key thing looks kewl..the high-lighted hamburger,,gets thumbs down
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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i wonder if we could put the chrome nissan logo on the steering wheel
only if you want it taking your face out when your airbag goes off
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 03:25 PM
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My steering wheel has the chrome Nissan logo on it.
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 03:29 PM
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thing is, I don't have chrome anywhere else on the inside of the car, so I was going for more of a flat silver look to match the SE gauges.....

you 5.5th genners, always gotta rub stuff in our faces
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by irish44j
you 5.5th genners, always gotta rub stuff in our faces
Sorry, just had to do it. Oh yea, my car also came with the Chrome sill plates stock.
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 05:04 PM
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The key ring is good but the steering thing would look definately better on a frost interior than a tan one.
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 05:12 PM
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see that's the funny thing - the steering wheel stuff ISN'T white/frost colored - it just looks that way because of the glare. It's actually an aluminum/silver color

but...I'm not really feeling it - trying to think of something better to do with the steering wheel, I hate the way the center part looks stock...
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 05:21 PM
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Love the key ring, and I agree with you irish, I hate the look of the stock steering wheel. I wish we could get the look of the 5.5 gen on that one.
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 05:32 PM
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here's some shots I just took at night with the flash...the blue matches my radio controls nicely....it lights up all the way around, just hard to see from the angle I took it from. Also yhu can see the steering wheel color (silver) better here than in the original shots..


Old Jul 9, 2004 | 06:49 PM
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Paint the semicircles and the Nissan a different color.
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 07:05 PM
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that's an idea....what color? black?
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 07:31 PM
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Irish, i actually took a nissan chrome logo and stuck it on there. It looks good, it appears to be stock, since our steering wheels are indented in those areas it stuck real nice. When i get my digital camera back ill take some pics and show you. I also put the chrome logo on the front of our grills right beneath the clock, that looks real sick.


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Old Jul 9, 2004 | 08:13 PM
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I say paint those pieces I mentioned black.
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 08:31 PM
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Irish, i actually took a nissan chrome logo and stuck it on there. It looks good, it appears to be stock, since our steering wheels are indented in those areas it stuck real nice. When i get my digital camera back ill take some pics and show you. I also put the chrome logo on the front of our grills right beneath the clock, that looks real sick.


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Where did you get the chrome logo from?? I have seen it on somebody's cardomain (don't remember whose) and it looked sweet.

Yeah, Irish, I was going to say the same. Paint the semicircles and letters black. The blue lighting looks perfect ah I wish I knew how to change my radio control light too
Old Jul 9, 2004 | 08:51 PM
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on trying the black lettering/circles. Right now, I'm not feeling it.
Old Jul 10, 2004 | 04:52 AM
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lol......used white-out on the steering wheel? j/k
Old Jul 10, 2004 | 06:30 PM
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ugh...it's not WHITE it's freakin' silver, yeesh! but anyways....maybe I'll mess around tomorrow see if I can get a better look...I think it looks fine in person but could be better.....

as to blue radio.climate control lighting madamoiselle....check out my cardomain site I think there's a how-to, or at least part of one......kind of a pain in the *** to do, but worth it IMO...
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