Preparing Radio/Climate Bezel

[KajunBndit]

My apologies for not posting in this thread for the last couple of days. I haven't been feeling well, I had a Dr.'s appointment on the 30th of this month, but I called yesterday if I could get a earlier appointment with the cardiologist. My appointment is for tomorrow morning @ 9:30 a.m. I hope it is not anything but I just wanted to get checked out earlier. The weather here was great now getting bad. We have rain forecast this evening and tomorrow with possible serious thunder storm. I don't think the wife wants to drive in that tomorrow so I maybe going alone. As soon as I am feeling better, I will get with the radio bezel and the console. I am real excited to be this close to being finish. I have 4, 6 inch lightstrip that I want to add to it to aim @ the floor boards, front and rear. Once I figure that out and after primed, then paint YE Haaaaa!

 

[KajunBndit]

Well Friday I will be admitted to the hospital for a Cardiac Cath Possible Intervention. It should be a one day procedure if everything goes as plan. I might not be in the forum for a few days, I have a list of things not to do after the procedure. LOLOLOL. But when I get back up to par, I will post and have pictures of what I am doing. Please pray for me and my family. Thank you all and God bless.

 

[koda2000]

Best of luck with your procedure on Friday.

 

[01STrunner]

Good luck to you on Friday!

 

[KajunBndit]

Thank you soda and STRunner!

 

[KajunBndit]

Update: I had my procedure done Nov 20 @ 6 a.m. I had another stent implant and I was able to come home late afternoon. It maybe to early to tell but I have to admit, I do feel little better now, I don't feel near as dizzy as I use to and my legs don't feel like it's attached to heavy weights. I will be going to church in the morning to get out and get some frest air and if possible, Monday I will try to paint/prime some of the console pieces, it suppose to be cooler and drier. I will take pictures of the process as I move forward with this/my, project.
Right now I am reading post passing my time, I love reading these posts, so inspiring. I hope I live long enough to do some of them .Thank you and God Bless!

 

[koda2000]

Update: I had my procedure done Nov 20 @ 6 a.m. I had another stent implant and I was able to come home late afternoon. It maybe to early to tell but I have to admit, I do feel little better now, I don't feel near as dizzy as I use to and my legs don't feel like it's attached to heavy weights. I will be going to church in the morning to get out and get some frest air and if possible, Monday I will try to paint/prime some of the console pieces, it suppose to be cooler and drier. I will take pictures of the process as I move forward with this/my, project.
Right now I am reading post passing my time, I love reading these posts, so inspiring. I hope I live long enough to do some of them .Thank you and God Bless!

I'm glad to hear you're feeling better.

 

[KajunBndit]

Thank you koda!

 

[KajunBndit]

I am painting the prime paint this morning, I don't know how much I will be able to do. It look like rain is coming to South Louisiana. I have taken some pictures and hope to finish before the rain starts. I will be posting pictures this evening.

 

[KajunBndit]

Ok, I was able to get some priming done even with the light rain we had gotten. Everything is dried, some of the pieces I have little runs so I need to sand them down a bit and do little touch up. I will start painting, I hope this weekend, I kind of started on the wiring of my fog lamps and driving lamps so I can kill 3 birds with one stone. LoLoL. More to come. I promise and my apologies for taking so long to get this done.

 

[KajunBndit]

Alrighty then, I have started to paint my radio bezel granite grey, color looks great, and clean. Here are some of the pictures I am posting. I need to do another post to do other pictures. :thumbs:

 

[KajunBndit]

These are the second batch of pictures from today. I also started to spray clear coat on the bezel, it is really turning out better than what I thought I could do with it. LMAORAOTF!

 

[koda2000]

Looks good. Clear is very easy to run. Go easy with it.

 

[KajunBndit]

You are right about that, once I had let it dry for a couple of hours, it was really hard to notice the run. It came out a lot better that what I thought it would have. If my daughter and grand daughter doesn't show up tomorrow, I will install the fog lights and do the wiring on the switches. What I don't really know is what color is the illuminating wire. Would you know? I have a 2004 XLT Sport Trax.

 

[01STrunner]

Glad to see the bezel came out well!

Do you have the auto headlights? I can email you a PDF with the wiring diagram.

 

[KajunBndit]

No sir, no auto headlights.

 

[KajunBndit]

Ok So I really hate to ask a dumb question but here it goes..... Where should I go through the firewall with the wires? I really don't want to drill any holes but I do want to look factory. Any suggestions will be appreciated! I do plan have my fog lights mounted and working today, as I run the wires for the fog lights I will be running the driving lights as well. I will mount the driving lights as soon as I can get someone to cut the holes in the lower bumper fascia.

 

[01STrunner]

I went through right at the driver footwell, I believe it was the cable and boot for the transmission cable. There's a couple different things down there that you could run through. Just make sure there's a grommet to keep the wires from getting cut as I'm sure you know.

 

[KajunBndit]

Thank you STRunner!
I've looked around the brake master cylinder and around that area, but I haven't looked under the truck yet. I didn't do anything today because I wasn't feeling well after I fell in a Dollar General Store, so embarrassing, LoLoLoL. But I do plan on starting tomorrow morning if I get to feeling ok. I really can't wait to get the factory switches wired up, I have been reading some post and I feel confident that I can and will get the switches to work. Like I had said in the previous post, I do plan to run both wiring for the fog lamps and driving lamps @ the same time. And thank you for the wiring diagram.

 

[JimInRadfordVA]

Thank you STRunner!
I've looked around the brake master cylinder and around that area, but I haven't looked under the truck yet. I didn't do anything today because I wasn't feeling well after I fell in a Dollar General Store, so embarrassing, LoLoLoL. But I do plan on starting tomorrow morning if I get to feeling ok. I really can't wait to get the factory switches wired up, I have been reading some post and I feel confident that I can and will get the switches to work. Like I had said in the previous post, I do plan to run both wiring for the fog lamps and driving lamps @ the same time. And thank you for the wiring diagram.

Speaking from experience, I can tell you that the most important thing you can do is NOT FALL. At our age, it's very easy to break a wrist or some ribs or a skull. Whether it was dizzyness, a mis-step or general weakness, you have to be ultra-aware of your gait, stance and surroundings all the time.

After all, what would I do without your DIY posts?