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Cycle Pub - Lights and Beer Can't be Wrong

4/27/2014

Met a friend of a friend that just happened to own Boise Cycle Pub and he expressed the need to stand out in the crowded downtown night life.

What we came up with for Phase 1 was White accent lighting under the drink holder area and RGB (color changing Red Green and Blue) LED strips up top.
The white strips are on a simple ON/OFF switch and the RGBs, since they need to be controlled and told what to do/be, are on a wireless fob as well as full access via a smartphone or tablet...pretty cool.

This thing is BRIGHT....and Phase 2 will include audio...so it'll be even better!

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Entertainment Stand - Uber Metalness

4/26/2014

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Life is full of changes.....some good some bad.
Those who know me know how much I dig electronics (obviously).
Well, no matter where I've moved or what has happened with my living situation, my entertainment stand and electronics are ALWAYS the first items to be installed in a new room. Back in November I found myself WITHOUT a stand or anything.....i was literally watching TV as it was propped up on a subwoofer box I had laying around.....NOT GOOD.

So, I started looking around for a more modern stand and couldn't find anything that fit my budget and looked unique.....so I started planning out a design and put my new toy to work....my welder!

I've only welded a few things in the past, and this one would be a fairly larger product that had to hold weight as well as look good. I planned this to hold a BIGGER TV in the future.

The only thing I didn't make on this one was the spider web gussets. Found a supplier in Florida that makes them CHEAP....cheaper than I could make them myself.
Started measuring and cutting then welding....a few of the design elements were modified on the fly, but I pretty much stuck to my plan.

Once everything was welded and ground down to 'pretty damned decent' a few coats of Roll Cage Gloss Paint were applied.

Next was the top....I wanted something unique here too, so I did 3/4" plexiglas...which is FRICKEN expensive and blew my budget out of the water...but hey, if you're gonna do it, do it ridiculously extreme the first time!

I beveled the edges, added my logo in reverse metallic silver and then painted the bottom black.....so it has a Piano Black look, while the entire surface is clear.
I then added some strips of BLUE LEDs to the backside and placed them on a wireless keyfob setup so I can wirelessly turn them on and make the strobe and what not....because.....what's better than having a seizure when you're watching Braveheart!

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Dodge Ram - R2D2 Headlights

4/20/2014

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This was a fun one. Took way to long to complete, but hey....I'm a busy one-man army over here!

Customer brought in his already Star Wars themed Dodge and said he had an idea.....he gave me a headlight and his R2D2 model and said "make this happen!"
That's all I needed to hear!
We started with a good performance platform: 3" FXR Bi-Xenon Projectors matched with Morimoto HID bulbs and ballasts...or and a MOPAR uber relay harness.
From there I did my "Resting Demon' eye mod so it looks Blue when everything is off.
Also added Blue Accent Demon Eye lighting to help with the lens.
For the Lens I did a custom one-off etch of the X-Wing Fighter Jet that Luke Skywalker flew (with Artoo DeToo).
Behind the shroud I placed a COB-Style Blue LED Halo
After that was done, Painting was next. Instead of making these EXACTLY like R2, I wanted to match his truck a little bit...so that's why I didn't do any White paint. I had everything painted his OEM Blue color, then painted over 90% of that with Matte Black. After, of course, I laid down some Rebel Alliance logos and converted the Apollo shroud to look like R2s top/head/thingy.
Customer already purchased some SUPER Bright Triton V3 Switchback Running/Turn LEDs, so that was taken care of.

What else is one this thing.....oh yeah! Something NOONE....I repeat....NOONE (To my knowledge and about 3 hours of research online) has ever created......a Princess Leia Hologram Projector LED. Yup....that's right Star Wars Nerds....if you have an R2 unit, you HAVE to have this.
This thing can actually project a 10'+ Leia image on the wall.
This kids got the first one ever....in his truck!
Come at me Lucas Films! ;)

What a fun build....my first 'themed' build and a great customer to work with.

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Evo X - Projector Headlights

4/1/2014

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Kippy's EvoX has always been on my 'To-Do' list for headlights. I worked on this car a few years ago, doing the Audio, Visual and 'other' electronic updates.
Well, since ISS Utah 2014 was only a few days away, I figured I might as well get this one knocked out so I'd have another vehicle to show off some of the things I can do with headlights to the Utah crowd.

EvoX-R Bi-Xenon Projector Upgrade with Clear Etched Lens
Fake 2nd Projector with Clear Etched Lens and Super Bright LED for DRLs
Dual Demon Eye Accent Lighting
Matte Black Internal Painting

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