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View Poll Results: Do you want a Blue indicator light Logicon
Yes, sign me up. $100 for a rebuilt Logicon with blue lights is cool
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12.66%
Nope, $100 is too much, but I might be intrested if it was cheaper
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34.18%
Nope, I just don't want it.
16
20.25%
I want other colors instead.
8
10.13%
I might want one a couple of months from now when I get some money
11
13.92%
I want my existing Logicon rebuilt with blue lights for $80
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8.86%
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Blue indicator lights in Logicon... Updated with pics

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Old 01-06-04 | 09:09 PM
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yup he lives right in my town so i can just drive over there muahaha
Old 01-06-04 | 09:12 PM
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I want an orange logicon with an orange clock. I'd drop around $80-$90 for that.

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Old 01-06-04 | 10:04 PM
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Originally posted by 1987RX7guy
That is the rarest group and I didn't think I should even mention it. Mark's best bet is to put a couple on ebay and see if they catch. The forum is not a good indicator of what will and will not fly on the FC market. Talk to all of the people that sell stuff for us here. Most if not all have a similar or the same attitude towards the FC crowd. They are too cheap for anything to be possibly made for a profit. Short of aftermarket S5 tails and body parts' replicas there isn't ever going to be a good product selection out there. With time things will be discontinued by the bigger companies. Then the cheap guys of the FC crowd will all be screwed.


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I would guestimate the "group 4" people are maybe 5% of the people in here. Maybe less.
As I said dude, Minority!
Old 01-06-04 | 10:22 PM
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You have a great idea, but mine works fine. the blue LEDs in the picture look a little too bright though, it may just be the picture though.
Old 01-06-04 | 11:31 PM
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I think it would be cool to have the bars be replaced with dials like the FD ones. Way to much work though.
Old 01-06-04 | 11:46 PM
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its deffinatley worth putting one or two on ebay, i would imagine that people who have changed their main cluster lights to blue would jump at the chance. if you could include all of the bulbs and instructions nesecary to change the illumination of the indicators, cruise control etc to blue aswell then you could maybe sell it as a package/kit... just a thought.
Old 01-07-04 | 12:32 AM
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I wanted the white face logicon but not in white....The icons were so much better looking on the white ones because the icons were a nice blue and a sharp red.
Old 01-07-04 | 01:50 AM
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Originally posted by n4ji
You have a great idea, but mine works fine. the blue LEDs in the picture look a little too bright though, it may just be the picture though.
Actually that was my first prototype and yes the blue indicators were too bright for night driving. After driving around tonight I decided that they need to be closer to the stock brightness, and have adjusted them down slightly while the parking lights are on.
Old 01-07-04 | 01:56 AM
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I am pretty interested in the blue indicators since it will match my blitz bl boost gauge pretty well. My icons dont light up anymore.

Old 01-07-04 | 08:24 AM
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Any word on price/availability? Or are you still deciding whether or not to do it?
Old 01-07-04 | 08:40 AM
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i am definitely interested, as a matter of fact i will have to get one from you on the first of next month!!!!

(damn 1st and 15th paydays, gotta love the military )


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Old 01-07-04 | 09:31 AM
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No interest here. Adding blue lights to an orange and black interior just looks ugly to me.

For me to be interested in this project, I would want everything to match...
Black gauges with blue lighting. (Remove all orange)
Black Logicon with blue lighting and blue icons.
Black switches with blue lighting and icons...etc etc etc.

I'd spend the money if everything matched. Otherwise it's just rice (IE: Poor taste) to me. My .02 cents.
Old 01-07-04 | 09:52 AM
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Nice idea with the blue LEDs. I'd like to see a picture of a logicon with those UV leds you were talking about.

Personally, I wouldn't buy one, but not because I'm not interested, it's just that kind of thing I would do for myself, but as you said:

Originally posted by Icemark

#2 soldering skills. Many people that have no problems rebuilding a motor don't want to or don't have the ability to re-solder and replace Surface mount parts as well as standard soldered on parts. It takes a delicate touch to pull a SMD transister off the board and solder a new one in without letting the genie out of the new transistor or burning the board. So then you have people that say, "hey you sold me this kit, but my [insert part here] still does not work".

I would say, offer it as an option when buying a rebuilt or new logicon and see how that goes. If the sell well, stock them. otherwise, leave it as a "special order" thing.
Old 01-07-04 | 11:16 AM
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Originally posted by lnbrown5981
i am definitely interested, as a matter of fact i will have to get one from you on the first of next month!!!!

(damn 1st and 15th paydays, gotta love the military )


lamar
Yeah, it sounds like there is enough interest between here and TeamFC3S to build a small first batch and see how they sell.

In worst case if they don't sell, I'll dump them on eBay again and curse my stupid optimism.

I am going to start long term testing this week (I do warranty everything I build, so they have to last) if everything goes okay then I'll have them ready around early February (that will give me about 5000 hours of testing, before I ship anything to anyone).

I'll go ahead email or PM anyone that wants one when they are ready if you PM or email me with your request to know when they are available.
Old 01-07-04 | 11:38 AM
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Icemark do you have a electrical diagram of the logicon
Old 01-07-04 | 11:48 AM
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Originally posted by ERAUMAZDA
Icemark do you have a electrical diagram of the logicon
On the side of the logicon, there is a number printed like FC01 or FB04, which one do you need?
Old 01-07-04 | 12:15 PM
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hmmmm. I don't know it...it is installed in the car still


remember I was converting the s4 logicon into a 626 logicon.
Old 01-07-04 | 01:20 PM
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hmmmm. I don't know it...it is installed in the car still


remember I was converting the s4 logicon into a 626 logicon.
There are about a half dozen different board schematics for the FC logicons (almost one for each year they were built). Some have mosfets, some have multiple transisters... the board layout jumps around a lot.
Old 01-07-04 | 02:17 PM
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My car is a 88 convertible...does that help
Old 01-07-04 | 06:20 PM
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i pmed you about black light ones cause my entire entirior is black so i think that would look real nice
but if so could you show me so all the lights in the car alre black light
Thanks
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Old 01-07-04 | 06:36 PM
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Originally posted by TwEaK
i pmed you about black light ones cause my entire entirior is black so i think that would look real nice
but if so could you show me so all the lights in the car alre black light
Thanks
TwEaK
black lights shine purple...
Old 01-07-04 | 06:41 PM
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Originally posted by Zer0 Cylinder
black lights shine purple...
yeah, obviously nothing is going to 'shine' black.

I have plenty of black lighting on my all-black s5. Looks very good. (If someone in light colors sits in my car, it's like watching a glow in the dark show...)
Old 01-07-04 | 07:10 PM
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that would be funny selling "black light" ones that just had the bulbs smashed out on all of them, lol
Old 01-07-04 | 07:43 PM
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Originally posted by Ocelot
that would be funny selling "black light" ones that just had the bulbs smashed out on all of them, lol
Old 01-07-04 | 07:50 PM
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do mine with blue lights free and ill be glad to test its durability.... =]



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