Rev Heads beast * ITB progress*

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ok an actual update picked up some things from the wreckers today.
Ever since owning th car 2 things in the interior have pissed me off 1.grey interior 2. wind up windows.
Since then i have constanly been on the look out for descent black dash and door trims (reast will be painted as everything else seems to be faded and the black wearing off). Well today was the day the search was ended





The door trims and A pillars are the defenition of great condition. Havent even given a thorough clean yet and look great. The dash is in great condition not a mark or crack in sight. As you can see there is some slight bubble action happening in front of the passenger side but as you all know. Thats about as good as your gonna get lol.
Will will be a bit of dicking around with door trims retrimming and fitted my speacker pods onto the new ones. Im not in a hurry to fit that dash. pulling that 1 on my own, limited tools not enough room to open the doors properly and car up high on jack stands surrounded by mud was no freaking picnic and i did it properly (i.e no cuttin the loom and snapping of bits) and i wanted practice for when i swap them over.

 

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they are brilliant. Couldnt realistically afford them but i couldnt risk letting someone else take and or damage them :mrgreen:

Yesterday i pulled the electric window mechanisms out from the car i got the door trims from. Which was fine (thankfully i remember something from my attempted apprenticeship lol) until i was told the price $55 EACH! almost told them to get fucked but you dont often find ones with electrics at the wreckers so meh what can ya do? plus i pinch stuff from there all the time so it prob evens out .

and ST162coupe blue interior is nothing, my other celi has the poo brown interior.....nuff said. Wheel bearings are easy, pitty your in the wrong state lol, did mine really feel that different to yours? even with my completely fooked suspension?

 

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thanks heaps man. I have had lots of people ask where i got it from and how much i paid etc. There face is always pricless when i say it owes me about $40 and once i say i made it the general response is wanna make me one lol. It was good to have something i worked my ass off on come out so well and recieve compliments on its quality. Plus i think its sexy as hell haha

 

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thanks mate, if i have time to i might have another fiddle with it all this weekend. As il be ripping out all the interior from the spare celi to start painting it all black and through a random meeting of someone who has just joined my car club. looks like a may be doing a trade of, my panel skills on his ra40 for his interior trimming skills for some vinyl work
Ive been to busy helping dad on the race cars lately to pay any attention to mine . by the looks of it more time will be taken up with the laser soon enough aswell as engine mounts need alot of attention and so do the carbies.
how ever rest assured before the end of the year theres going to be some big big! updates so stay tuned hehe itl be wurth it

 

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the plan is that im using the black door cards and dash. then pulling all of the brown interior out and painting the plastics black for one black interior and the psare car will recieve my complete grey interior and the brown dash and door cards il probably just throw.
With the black interior the carpet inserts on the doors will be wrapped in light grey vinyl and the red bits on the steering wheel to match. I may paint a couple of small bits on the dash light grey but am hesitant as it can look a little to ricey if not done right.

 

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the panels were all sprayed black from factory so they are all chipped and rubbing anyway. I know the perrels of painting plastic, i also know what not to do. paint always comes down to 1 thing prep work. People seem to just ignore that fact and paint away with out using things such as prepsol, plastic primers, propper sanding grits, adhesion premoters etc. I may of been a panel beater not a painter but i still learnt the tricks of the trade

 

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i'll teach you once i figure it out

 

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Well i literally just bought these


Single piston 185 front brakes from our aus delivered Group A's. Very similar to the 6th gen but use thinner disks (i think) and are a direct bolt up.
Supposedly in great running order. Will pull them apart and decide whether they need a kit put through em but i doubt it. Unless theres alot of meat left on the discs il probs sell em off and go for some slotted ones. will organise some braided lines to (been meaning to do for way to long lol)