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This thing is almost embarassing to update given I've had it so long now... but honestly living two hours from home I barely ever make it home and always seem to find more pressing matters to take care of when home for that limited amount of time. Lame, I know. Also, a great investment, I know. Hahaha ok where here I go.... and sorry for the mass of ****ty pics from my phone.
OK well I got the old harness out, and man was that thing a bitch to get out. Once I finally found all the plugs and connections to undo under the driver's side dash I was able to pull the harness through the firewall. But as you can see in the pics, the harness is too big to fit through the area as is. So what I had to do was remove the wiper assembly and undo the brake lines to give myself a little wiggle room.
From there we were able to pull the rest of the harness out and attempt to put the new one in. I also had to remove the heater core so that the tubes would go through the firewall to give me enough room to squeeze by.
Step 1) The harness had many exposed wires and I didn't want to risk cutting them on the metal or having something happen, so I used eletrical tape to cover up any wires no encompassed by the harness shroud. Tedious, but well worth it for the peace of mind.
Step 2) To avoid having different sections have copious amounts of stress when pulling through, I taped a lot of the connections together to compress them to pull through the firewall or snake through tight areas.... Again... very worth it.
Time for some pics:

I'm fitting a huge harness.... through... there?!?!?!

Yeah you got it, through that tiny ass gap..... not happening without some thinking



Classy, I know, but it worked!

Ok so to keep going.
Once the lines and heater core were outta the way, the new harness went in after about 40000000 curse words, 200 busted knuckles/cut hands... and a decent amount of beer. But here's what it looked like on the inside:





Notice the bucket and carpet holding up the steering wheel: I had to undo the entire long tube running on the inside of the car to fit everything in and remove the heater core. The steering column had to be completely undone basically and instead of just hanging there.... we used that bucket and carpet. Haha



I'm pretty sure the term is "FML- F**K my life* when I see how much ish is going on within my car. And this being my first project anything like this.

ok now for the progress:
Got the tube bolted back down, wiring harness in, brake lines reconnected, and wiring under the dash finished. Here's some of the progress pics from today, but I got tired and forgot to keep taking pics:
The main part of the interior dash installed:

The passenger side air bag hooked up and bolted down



What stopped my progress for the day? Sadly just the left side of this pic

I dont have the bracket to hold the radio in and finish up the center console.
From there it is literally 30 minutes to finish the interior. Which will happen next weekend providing I can get the parts here in time. Also, my interior and dash are BLACK... So I ordered the center console piece and got this one:

At a glance it looks fine right? well in the car it is definitely a new model piece that has a bit of grey/silver in it and looks very tacky. So I'm trying to order a new center console piece this week as well.

I know it might not be a lot to some of you guys. And others will say it is taking too long. But I bought the car in no hurry to finish it and learn a lot. Needless to say, I've learned a sh!tton and I'm very happy I did it. It will be done relatively soon then it gets painted and inspected. I'll try to update more frequently now that I have a bit of free time on weekends to make the 130 mile journey just to get it done.
The new lights Bi-xenon


And the parts in their area, waiting to go in!

NOICE! Great progession.....keep it slow and steady, don't want a half-ass 350Z.

You are really crazy (in the best meaning of that word). I would never put that together again... lol. Fingers crossed with everything Dustin.

good job on keeping up the determination to finish

holy crap..this thread and dustin must both be zombies...BACK FROM THE DEAD! ..lol Looks good dude. Can't wait to see this thing finaly done.

wow coming along great...keep up the awesome work!!!!!!!!

dude looks awesome, i cant wait to see that thing on the road some man. hit me up

You have got to be one of the most patient people alive...

inspirational.

I think we should lock DB and Dan up in their garages until they finish both their projects. I hate waiting

but really i'm glad to see you're working on it

At least you're making some progress Dustin. FYI, I'm close to quitting that second job of mine, and once I have, I'll have a LOT more free time to come hlep you wrench on it if you want.

yeah true that, like I originally said... No time tables at all so it's really beneficial... just a good thing I'm not workin on someone elses dollar! haha


I know I'm crazy



haha thanks ho

yep, i literally died and came back I can't wait to see it done either..... now that i have some free weekends i have given up college bar life *even though i just turned 21* to work on this thing


Thanks



for sure man, just get a celica on the road and stop messin with the Tc! hahaha jk... kinda

actually im a VERY impatient person.... this has taught me a lot to say the least


hahaha idk about that.... but i still am waitin on the e153 and 3s you said you would give me


haha thanks hun... and waiting is supposed to heighten the experience or something? IDK but I hate waiting too!


yeah for sure.... just gimme a call! and i wanna see new celica pics with the toys in it sooooooon

No way Dustin You still have this Rolling shell?

Good work man, keep it up And welcome to my boat - you will know now how much it takes to mess with the interior

idk, im likin the tC, i am pretty certain, unless i need money bad, im keepin the celi as a project, and its gonna be one hell of a project!

Shut up man! You know how busy I am! But yeah, I have a whole new understanding and appreciation for this type of work. I just talked to the guy that runs a body shop out of one of our storage building/warehouses... and He says if I wanna learn how to paint and do other kinds of body work this summer he will teach me and put me on the clock. So hopefully I"ll learn more!


Yeah the Tc is a great car, my best friend has one and I really like it. Keep the celi and drop a 3s

Co-signed with Tina on this one. lol

So I came home again this weekend and here's what I got so far:
A few things from the burnt Z



More of the dash is in! Starting at the pasenger side.

Ok, so you can see the majority of the center console. What I ended up doing since the other center console upper piece was a different shade was I took out the center console upper piece from the burnt Z and spent about an hour and a half cleaning all the smoke off and seeing if it was salvageable. I also took the two main brackets on the cd player from the red Z and put it on the cd player going into the gray Z. Obviously I also had to replace to top set of triple gauges because.... well.... the old ones were melted
Then I went to put the new cd player in. But what you cant see behind it was that when they stole the stuff out of it they jacked up the harness that plugged into the back of the cd player. They took two of the connectors that go in the back. So what I ended up doing was taking the harness from the burnt Z and de-pinning the connectors to put into the gray Z. HUGE PAIN IN THE A$$!.
The driver's side... coming together!

The rest of the center console.