Edsers 1996 GT Project, Car still in hibernation years later! Options

[Edser]

Just a small update. I took my door cards out of the boot and bought them up to the flat to compare them and swap over any parts.


I had previously noticed that the top rubber strip on the leather door cards was damaged , so I hoped to swap it for the strip that had been originally on my car. You can see how there top strip is missing, looks like it was torn off in the left hand one.


So I prized open all the little tabs and removed each strip.


Then I swapped them, bending all the little tabs closed again. Easy.


While I was doing this I had a look at the switches and noticed that the ones in my new cards looked very worn and faded. My car has more than 230k km and the parts look new in comparison the the newly purchased cards. So I swapped them. Easy too. Ah, if only all the jobs were this easy.

[Edser]

Been doing some work on the car on Monday and Tuesday. I fitted my tinted repeaters. I removed the rear seats and fitted the side panels. Meanwhile, I have been working on the rear leather seats. They are nearly finished, I think I'll give then one more coat just to ensure that the colour is even.







This post has been edited by Edser: Nov 7, 2014 - 10:51 AM

[Edser]

This week I stuck on some TRD badges on the wheels...



and on the back... (sorry, terrible photo!)



Then I fitted the newly re-coloured rear seats...




Duff likes them. No paws on the new seats please!

[CrossCudi]

great job !

very unique in color !!

[cheela]

Seats looks great. let us know how that dye works. very interesting indeed.

[SwissFerdi]

Those seats look seriously good. Very nice work.

[Edser]

Thanks guys! I'll be doing the front seats soon, but it'll be a while before I can test them in real world conditions and see how they withstand wear and tear.
Meanwhile my new badge, a window moulding clip, and a wheel bolt arrived at the dealers. The window clip cost a huge 5.67euros per clip! For a tiny plastic clip! I probably should have got them in a breakers yard. The badge was 25.74 euros, and the wheel bolt was 2.12euros. All including tax. I got a new wheel nut last week it was 6.14euros.

So I stuck it on. Looks great!


This post has been edited by Edser: Nov 11, 2014 - 9:31 AM

[Edser]

A box arrived in the post today.

What is it?

What's in there?



There's stuff inside!

Lots of bubble wrap!

How exciting!

I tear it all open



I practically burst with excitement, this is all too much for me.

It's some
some
some
ooooh Kouki!!! (jumping around the room, nearly falling over)

[njccmd2002]

funny,

congratz, i can imagine you jumping...

[Edser]

So I fitted the lights. Here's half the job done.


Only problem is there's no rear fog light. I'll need that for the ITV, the Spanish car test. I may take them off for the test until I can get the fog problem solved. There's supposed to be a 10cm gap between brake light and fog light so I may replace one of the reverse lights with a red fog and disconnect the brake light closest, or maybe add a stand alone fog light low on the rear bumper. I'll have to ask around and find out what is best.

[Edser]

This is after one coat of Leatherique.





The dog always stands there and watches me when I take photos. It's like as if he has nothing better to do.

After 3/4 coats the colour looks a lot more uniform.



This is where there was a hole in the side bolster and the leather was very badly worn.


This post has been edited by Edser: Nov 21, 2014 - 11:22 AM

[Edser]

My USDM double DIN console arrived today straight in from the US via the UK. Guess it took the touristic route.
Looks great. Just need some electronics to fill that gap.

[JDUB]

seats look fantastic!

[enderswift]

Great work, those seats look oem!

[Edser]

Thanks guys!

More stuff arrived today.

I got this double DIN from China. I hope it doesn't break immediately. It has a reversing camera included. nice.

I also got these SSIII splitters and power mirrors from Hong Kong from New Stars.


The other day I got to work on repairing the tab on one of the rear splitters. I haven't read up on how people repair these things, but I think that a flexible ABS repair product like Ceys would do it. I drilled some deep holes in the end of the damaged area and screwed in some screws. The idea is that the screws will hold the end of the tab on.


The stuff is easy to use, its two components mixed together in your hands and then can be applied to the damaged area, covering the screws.

Later when it hardens it can be sanded into shape.



I attacked it with my Dremel and a sanding bit, and finished the sanding by hand. The result is quite flexible, though I'm not sure how strong it is as I didn't want to pull at it. I'll paint it and it should look ok.

[Edser]

Some pressies arrived today... Guess which one is for the car?

Meanwhile I painted the SSIII splitters in work. Here's a pic of them painted black but without the clear topcoat.

I also took some car pics

[Edser]

Here's a pic of the fronts all nicely painted. They really attract fingerprints

[Edser]

I put on my rear JDM splitters, I hope to put the fronts on this weekend.

[4-eyed-freek]

Car looks great! Good progress so far!

[Edser]

Car looks great! Good progress so far!

Thanks, it's been fun!



This week I have mostly been working on my Batman logo and my front SSIII splitters.

First up, the Batman logo:



I drew this on the computer and cut it out of a piece of Solarcheck window film. I used the CO2 laser cutter in work.



These are the application tools I used. I didn't have a plastic spatula easy to hand so I used this soft flexible ruler. I cleaned the glass.



I first positioned the Solarcheck using some tape, and then removed the plastic backing and liberally wet the Solarcheck and glass with some soapy water. (It looks like the logo is upside down because the boot was open).

Then I rubbed the Solarcheck with the ruler and removed all the water. The glass was a bit curved, so I had to cut the logo to make it fit as I had no way of plugging in a hairdryer in the street. There was a bit of wind that day which didn't help either.




The logo is nice and transparent, but reflects the sun nicely. It can only be seen from certain angles.




So then I put on the front SSIII splitters. They fit in nicely, I think they look great. This is a pic showing the GT splitters on the ground.



There was much better light in this supermarket.




This post has been edited by Edser: Feb 11, 2015 - 4:09 PM