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Making Grille Badges

Discussion in 'Parts for Sale' started by aaron, Dec 7, 2011.

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  1. 88miles

    88miles Well-Known Member

    Try to pm Stig to see if he would be kind enough to give you the dimensions for the GT-FOUR
    badge. That badge being reproduced would be great for the alltrac community. Lots of guys on
    alltrac.net and here would probably buy it.
     
    88miles, Dec 8, 2011
    #21
  2. jwagner162

    jwagner162 Well-Known Member Donated!

    id be happy to get the measurements for the toyota emblem. maybe we could get custom (1 off) ones with our choice of wording? $40 bucks would be right on for something like that.
     
    jwagner162, Dec 8, 2011
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  3. 89celicagt

    89celicagt Well-Known Member Staff Member Super Moderator Donated!

    I think the twincam 16 would sell also, but technically you'd have to make 2 different versions since how it's mounted differs between pre and facelift grilles :roll

    I made a pre fit a facelift, but it was kind of tedious :eek:ops
     
    89celicagt, Dec 8, 2011
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  4. aaron

    aaron Well-Known Member

    This was the original idea that I had, but I noticed lots of people were after OEM badges too.
    I could fairly easily add any wording that would fit to the badge.

    I just need measurements and I can basically model any of them.

    Aaron.
     
    aaron, Dec 8, 2011
    #24
  5. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    will come to measuring next week, quite busy at the moment sorry.
     
    lone wolf, Dec 9, 2011
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  6. aaron

    aaron Well-Known Member

    That's alright I'll be pretty busy this weekend building an econometer and custom T-VIS controller to put in the gauge cluster of my sleeka :D
    I could assemble a bunch of them aswell if anyones interested.

    Aaron.
     
    aaron, Dec 9, 2011
    #26
  7. Spiderman

    Spiderman Well-Known Member

    Great Idea and I'm very interested and can't wait to see the how you do it....... A tacho is handy but a vacuum/econometer guage is more usefull to me....... bring it on :popcorn
     
    Spiderman, Dec 9, 2011
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  8. aaron

    aaron Well-Known Member

    Vacuum gauge! Definitely including that in the final build.
    So far it can show;
    L/100Km
    L/minute
    mL/second
    Liters left in fuel tank (reads the fuel sender gauge, but you have to calibrate it so it's accurate)
    Liters till empty
    Km till empty (approx.)
    Graphical fuel gauge
    T-VIS status
    Set T-VIS activation RPM

    Things like a super accurate tacho would be fairly easy to implement too, since I'm using the injector pulse to measure fuel used.

    Aaron.
     
    aaron, Dec 10, 2011
    #28
  9. jwagner162

    jwagner162 Well-Known Member Donated!

    -sounds cool.

    though i think plug pulse would be highly inaccurate for fuel use.
     
    jwagner162, Dec 14, 2011
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  10. lone wolf

    lone wolf Well-Known Member Donated!

    I have to take me of the list... being unemployed also means less cash to spend :(
     
    lone wolf, Dec 14, 2011
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  11. aaron

    aaron Well-Known Member

    Derp, I meant injector pulse duration. Of course using spark pulse would be a terrible idea lol

    That's alright, I probably won't have them ready for a bit and I won't be turning a profit so no difference to me :thumbsup:

    Aaron.
     
    aaron, Dec 14, 2011
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  12. Spiderman

    Spiderman Well-Known Member

    Hey Aaron, I'm gonna buy a spare gauge cluster so I can keep my original and wait for you to mod one. ............. In the mean time I'm gonna grab a vacuum gauge to hook up somewhere, there as cheap as.

    Could you post a pic of your cluster as it is now.
     
    Spiderman, Dec 15, 2011
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  13. eNtraxGT88

    eNtraxGT88 Well-Known Member Donated!

    hey i was bored, so i decided to try to do a mock up of the GT-Four badge by guestimating how it fits onto the grille + using a "Toyota" badge that i have. see if you can complete the dimensions for the "GT" (left side). i estimated the height of the "GT" from the spacing of the grille, could be 25 or 26mm, and the overall length is just a guess, should be close though. this will only fit the pre-facelift cars, the facelift version would need a 7-10mm slit just above the screw hole.

    Disclaimer: this is assuming that the "Four" part is the same height as the "Toyota" that i used here, which looks about right. This may be nowhere near accurate, but just for the OP to play around with the 3d software to somehow produce something close.

    With the power of 3d software, it may help you to have some sort of dimensions to start off...
    [​IMG]
     
    eNtraxGT88, Dec 15, 2011
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  14. aaron

    aaron Well-Known Member

    My cluster is no different to the stock one right now.
    What I've been doing is designing the wiring and programming the microchip, won't have a usable prototype for a week or so.

    I'll make a new thread when I've got a prototype to see if I can generate enough interest to justify getting custom PCBs made up instead of making them by hand.

    Thanks, I'll see what I can do with that.
    What is the second picture of?

    Aaron.
     
    aaron, Dec 15, 2011
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  15. eNtraxGT88

    eNtraxGT88 Well-Known Member Donated!

    the "Toyota" original badge that sits on fwd 162's. i'm assuming that it's height and behind are the same on the "Four" on the "GT-Four" badge, leaving you to render up the "GT" part
     
    eNtraxGT88, Dec 15, 2011
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  16. aaron

    aaron Well-Known Member

    Oh right, pre-facelift?
    I have a post-facelift so I can make another based on that aswell :thumbsup:

    Aaron.
     
    aaron, Dec 15, 2011
    #36
  17. eNtraxGT88

    eNtraxGT88 Well-Known Member Donated!

    yes prefacelift.
    sweet! combined forces haha
     
    eNtraxGT88, Dec 15, 2011
    #37
  18. Spiderman

    Spiderman Well-Known Member

    Surely Toyota has the original design specs........... them handing them over may be another story :colbert
     
    Spiderman, Dec 15, 2011
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  19. aaron

    aaron Well-Known Member

    Wish it was as easy as just asking them :fingersx

    Aaron.
     
    aaron, Dec 15, 2011
    #39
  20. Spiderman

    Spiderman Well-Known Member

    Who knows........... untill we all try.......... this site is about solutions right :cheers
     
    Spiderman, Dec 15, 2011
    #40
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