First rule of Project War Weasel: Do not take Project War Weasel seriously.
This is how the project began. I just couldn't justify the price. (At the time,
$140 for a custom image.) They have since come way down in price. I had
a friend do the artwork for me. Then I called Joe at Mr. Kustom and placed an order.
A few weeks are needed for custom orders. So, a few weeks later, this arrived.
The packaging is very nice. Hate to recycle such nice cardboard. Inside the box was a set of projectors, a hole saw, an awful lot of wire, and two sets of instructions. The instructions are so generic, they are useless. They read something like, "Open box. Drill hole. Wire it up." This is not a problem. The projectors are not difficult to figure out.
Using
instructions written by Hoisumguo and paying attention to MachEvan's update at the bottom of the page, I was able to remove the passenger side door card. It took me a while the first time. The second was cake.
With the door card removed, I used the provided hole saw to… well… make a hole.
Note that the placement I chose did not leave enough room for the projector to fit without further modification. There's a big honkin' chunk of styrofoam in the way.
A 1" paddle bit fixed that. The bit is wider than the hole saw. So, I fed the dull end of the bit shaft through the hole. I had to force the teeth through the foam. (Which was easy.)
Then I hooked up my drill and plowed out a hole in the foam. You could probably cut the foam away with a kitchen knife, but I like to keep things as tidy as possible. I made the hole bigger than the projector because it needed room for the cord, and to leave some wiggle room. The hole in the plastic is cut at an angle. Trying to match that perfectly would be tough.
There's a set screw on a collar around the projector. Once that has been loosened, you can unscrew the collar. Slide the projector into the hole and reposition the collar.
Don't tighten it immediately. You won't know if your image is positioned the way you want until it's hooked up to power.
I wired the puddle lights into the OEM curtesy lights. Cut. Splice. Cover. Easy peasy.
With the wiring all set, I used the top edge of the door card to "hook" it into position at the base of the window. I connected the battery to confirm the function of the lights. Then I adjusted them for position and tightened up the collar and set screw. Then it was just a matter of reinstalling the door card.
And here we go...
