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 Oct 16, 2005 - 11:36 PM
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Over the weekend, I began doing bodywork on my Celica. I've got a few questions though.
1. How do I remove the two rear side windows? 2. Are the door handles difficult to remove? How do they come out? 3. My sideskirts have large areas right behind the doors that need to be filled, pictured below. What's a good plan of attack to fill these areas?
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Oct 16, 2005 - 11:41 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 14, '05 From Spring, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
1. I had mine replaced by apple glass. I saw them take off the back panel where the speaker was and unscrew something. Apprently after that it just pops out.
3. Mold it! Wanna make it look clean, mold it in. That will take the gap and the affect that there was ever a gap. |
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Oct 16, 2005 - 11:43 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
I'll have to pull off the panel and see what it looks like back there.
Oh, I forgot to add that I can't mold anything. I need to be able to take off my fenders and front and rear bumpers to access relocated stuff should stuff go wrong. -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Oct 16, 2005 - 11:55 PM
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whats skirts are those ?
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Oct 17, 2005 - 12:00 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 14, '05 From Spring, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Z-Max I think
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Oct 17, 2005 - 12:01 AM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
QUOTE(defgeph @ Oct 16, 2005 - 9:55 PM) whats skirts are those ? [right][snapback]345448[/snapback][/right] They're the Way-Glide replicas.
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Oct 17, 2005 - 12:06 AM
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Moderator Joined Apr 17, '03 From Rockland NY Currently Offline Reputation: 15 (100%) |
cool man looking great.
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Oct 17, 2005 - 10:32 AM
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OooooOOOOoooh!
Looks great! --------------------  2003 Nissan Murano SE |
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Oct 17, 2005 - 10:34 AM
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Looking good Coomer
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Oct 17, 2005 - 10:39 AM
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Lucky bastard... Look at that huge garage!
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Oct 17, 2005 - 11:37 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 19, '04 From Scottsdale, Az Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
I would cut a square section off the top, move the cut piece over to take the gap, then glass a small piece of clothover the top to hold the shape. Once that dries, glass the rear with mat to fill in the gap then body work. You can then sand off that piece of glass. Since the rest of the skirt fits, You dont have to slice it fully. Just the top.
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Oct 17, 2005 - 11:54 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 18, '05 From Calgary Currently Offline Reputation: 20 (100%) |
are all z-glyde skirts like that? i sure hope not, i'm still waiting for my copies to come in..
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Oct 17, 2005 - 7:20 PM
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QUOTE(Coomer @ Oct 17, 2005 - 5:01 AM) QUOTE(defgeph @ Oct 16, 2005 - 9:55 PM) whats skirts are those ? [right][snapback]345448[/snapback][/right] They're the Way-Glide replicas. [right][snapback]345454[/snapback][/right] WOW....Coom..that is looking so hott...like wow --------------------  Now SR powered |
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Oct 17, 2005 - 11:40 PM
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Looking Good!! Keep Us Updated!!!
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Oct 18, 2005 - 1:07 AM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Thanks for the comments and help guys. I fiberglassed a bit near the sideskirts today, show below.
Does anyone know how to remove the rear side windows or door handles?
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Oct 18, 2005 - 1:14 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Davenport Iowa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Looking good man!
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Oct 18, 2005 - 1:24 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
to remove door handles like, you need to un-hook two metal rods that pull the lock/unlock mechnizim, and the other rod that opens the actual door.
After that, there are two bolts ( i think 12mm) on the left and right side of the handle. With the bolts removed, the handle should just push out with some manuvering. not sure about the side glass, maybe you need to use piano wire? i dont know never done it before.. btw, how much did the side skirts cost? How do they compare to OEM ones? |
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Oct 18, 2005 - 1:35 AM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
QUOTE(Hanyo @ Oct 17, 2005 - 11:24 PM) to remove door handles like, you need to un-hook two metal rods that pull the lock/unlock mechnizim, and the other rod that opens the actual door. After that, there are two bolts ( i think 12mm) on the left and right side of the handle. With the bolts removed, the handle should just push out with some manuvering. not sure about the side glass, maybe you need to use piano wire? i dont know never done it before.. btw, how much did the side skirts cost? How do they compare to OEM ones? [right][snapback]345872[/snapback][/right] Cool...thanks for the info. The sides and rear extensions costed me $300 I think. They fit like crap compared to OEM sides, and they're fiberglass and not polyurethane. But they're lower and much more aggressive, and flow well with the extensions. -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Oct 19, 2005 - 9:51 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 23, '04 From Meridian, MS Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
the info on the door handles is right, as far as the rear side glass, it is sealed to the car, and the only way i have found to remove it is to break it, it is also sealed to the molding that goes around it, i was trying to just take off the molding and i was going to try to buffer the glass clear again, but it ended up craking and i have no choice but to replace them now, i am going to try and put plexi glass in first though because it is much much cheaper, so we will see how it turns out
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Oct 19, 2005 - 6:26 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From ny to philly Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
looks good coomer. re: removing the rear windows, there was a recent topic on it
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...9493&hl=windows
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