**UPDATED** 1991 Rev 1 (Beastly V6 1MZ-FE VVTI) **UPDATED**

[riot68]

Only just caught back up with this. My you have been busy, last I read you were wanting to sell it. Looking good anyway, will wait with excitement to see the outcome...

[blue2]

Karl I would re-trim the whole dashboard, I saw a pic of one a while ago looked really good, totally modernised the interior though I have no idea of cost etc.

[KarlBristol]

I certainly have been very busy since you typed up on here last. Well rather should I say Peter and I have been busy as I can't take any credit for the engine work that he is doing

I was never 100% about the whole selling thing - it was more a last ditch attempt to convince myself that I didn't need an engine swap (I wouldn't be able to if I didn't own the car! lol).

I have now grown too attached to this car and spent far too much time effort and money on it. Therefore I will keep this car as a weekend toy forever. I am undecided where to end on the modifications with this car - I'm sure there is plenty more stuff that I can buy for it that I don't know about yet, lol.

Everyone else seems to be going for a full Alcantara re-trims at the moment. I don't like being like everyone else, lol. I will trial a half re-trim and if it suits it then brilliant, and if not then I can re-assess it from there


Peter has been slaving away on the Lexus, stripping it all apart and trying to sort out all of the wiring so that he knows what goes where for when he wires it into EOR



Makes my head spin just looking at it; god knows how Peter manages!

[Magic Beans]

I certainly have been very busy since you typed up on here last. Well rather should I say Peter and I have been busy as I can't take any credit for the engine work that he is doing

I was never 100% about the whole selling thing - it was more a last ditch attempt to convince myself that I didn't need an engine swap (I wouldn't be able to if I didn't own the car! lol).

I have now grown too attached to this car and spent far too much time effort and money on it. Therefore I will keep this car as a weekend toy forever. I am undecided where to end on the modifications with this car - I'm sure there is plenty more stuff that I can buy for it that I don't know about yet, lol.

Everyone else seems to be going for a full Alcantara re-trims at the moment. I don't like being like everyone else, lol. I will trial a half re-trim and if it suits it then brilliant, and if not then I can re-assess it from there


Peter has been slaving away on the Lexus, stripping it all apart and trying to sort out all of the wiring so that he knows what goes where for when he wires it into EOR

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Makes my head spin just looking at it; god knows how Peter manages!

Re-trim bits yourself. If you don't like it then nothing lost. Im doing mine myself in dribs and drabs, as/when I feel like it really.

[mattymr2]

Just stumbled on this thread and has taken about two hours to read all 23 pages! Great work and I look forward to seeing the engine finished

[riot68]

I don't think Karl does drib and drabs! haha, cool to see you are keeping it and improving it further after all you've done anyway, good luck, will hopefully get to see it some day soon...

[KarlBristol]

Just stumbled on this thread and has taken about two hours to read all 23 pages! Great work and I look forward to seeing the engine finished

That's quite an achievement in itself to get through the entire thread at once! Lol. Thanks for the kind comments.

I endeavour to take her to as many car shows as possible next year and have some decent driving fun out if her (if I can afford the petrol costs that is! Lol)

I have today also purchased a Goodridge braided clutch hose which will be fitted with everything else. Hopefully this should future proof it a bit, and also give a better pedal feel. It just makes sense with a new clutch going in there

More photos and progress to come in the near future...

[jack-p]

Hows this coming along Karl? You've been a little shy lately.

[KarlBristol]

To be honest there's not been loads of progress in the past few weeks. Peter picked up an injury and so it's been more of a stockpiling of items and future planning of late. He is healing well though so work will commence again very soon.

The loom is fully removed in the Lexus and the aim is to have the Lexus engine removed by the end of this week... Fingers crossed. Then the real work begins!!

[jack-p]

Fair enough, hopefully you get it as a Christmas present. Doubt you'll be taking it out much until summer anyway though!

[nakamura]

What an incredible thread!

[KarlBristol]

Tiny update...

Peter is still slaving away on the car. Hopefully there will be some photos soon that I can post up.

The new section of interior lighting is almost finished and photos will be being posted soon (I can't wait )

Oh and I picked this up today to go with the alcantara door cards, gaiters, etc... I'm very pleased with my little stockpile of parts, and how it is going to look when I get it all back

[jack-p]

Looks tidy Karl, it's going to be a whole new car when it returns

[Magic Beans]

So today I dropped off and installed a little something I've been working on for Karl, in the form of a modded heater unit. This one is the first one of a potential production run I might be making in the near future.

The mods are based on some of the ideas I implemented in the prototype I made, which resides in my car and looks crap in comparison to this new unit It uses a completely different backlight design, which now gives a perfectly even light spread across the entire area and saves a significant amount of fabrication time. In addition it also means a big increase in the choice of colour combinations which can be created

A few pics for the photo whore himself





Fitted





I've intentionally not taken a night photo of it, as I want you to see it first in the flesh. You're the first one to have one of these and I think you'll be pretty pleased with what you see when you pick the car up. Here's a daytime shot though, as a teaser



Very much looking forward to hearing what you think when you see it later in the month

[KarlBristol]

Ive said it once, I will say it a million times. You sir are a legend!! Thank you.

I know these are very labour intensive to make so thank you for all your time and hard work in creating this for me. It looks cracking!!

Roll on pick up time so that I can see it at night!
I think that this, and all of my previous led conversions (eg speedo, ignition ring, door card lights, courtesy light, etc...) will complement eachothr perfectly.

I guess the interior is pretty much done now apart from an alcantara retrim. Im still tempted to do a whole retrim myself. My only concern is the dash

[Magic Beans]

Enjoy

I know what you mean about the dash, I'm putting it off as long as possible. Especially as the white pieces in the doors etc mark so damn easily

[aj.extreme]

Karl i'm just in the process of a full retrim myself



Should take me a few weeks but i'll let you know how i get on and what results can be had from a DIY job, will update my progress in my thread in the members profiles area.

For now though removing the dash was a doddle 20mins

Not sure about putting it back in though

PS looking forward to seeing your car next year sometime, hopefully i'll be done by then too!

[alan_uk]

So today I dropped off and installed a little something I've been working on for Karl, in the form of a modded heater unit. This one is the first one of a potential production run I might be making in the near future.

The mods are based on some of the ideas I implemented in the prototype I made, which resides in my car and looks crap in comparison to this new unit It uses a completely different backlight design, which now gives a perfectly even light spread across the entire area and saves a significant amount of fabrication time. In addition it also means a big increase in the choice of colour combinations which can be created

A few pics for the photo whore himself

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Fitted

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I've intentionally not taken a night photo of it, as I want you to see it first in the flesh. You're the first one to have one of these and I think you'll be pretty pleased with what you see when you pick the car up. Here's a daytime shot though, as a teaser

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Very much looking forward to hearing what you think when you see it later in the month

i would still really much like 1 of these once my car gets over its winter blues and stops breaking resulting in all my money goin on fixing the dan thing lol

looks great

[kayjay0_7]

I'ts been a while, any updates on the build

[KarlBristol]

I'ts been a while, any updates on the build

Peters been a bit delayed with other things recently, so this hasnt really taken off yet. But its sat up there ready

Ive been assured that the engine work will start from today and photos shouldnt be far behind