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I called into the auto trimmers and dropped off my door skins. The original interior is in really poor condition and it's blue anyhow so it all has to go. I've had a lot of trouble finding fabric to match the original vinyl but I think the pattern I've chosen should look pretty good once the whole car is trimmed.
These are the fabrics I've chosen.
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30 minutes ago, GH05T said:
love this detail work
Thanks man.
Next up was the bright work, it's all stainless and a lot of it was either covered in paint, scratched or dented. I had a few sets so I picked the best and sent it away for polishing at Vinny's.
Eventually everything came back fully repaired and looking amazing.
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This is the final result. Sure it's not a factory finish but I actually like it better, it's a little more modern without standing out too much.
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The pillar covers in C110's seems to deteriorate really badly from UV exposure. I have two problems, my interior is blue, and most of my pillar trims are warped and cracked beyond repair. I sourced a passenger side c-pillar trim from Japan and a forum member was kind enough to donate a snapped drivers side a-pillar trim.
Troy has some plastic welding tools he uses to repair motorbike fairings which are perfect for this job. A soldering iron is used to join/melt to two pieces together and create a channel to fill with new material.
The channels are loaded with plastic which is heated by a heat gun, it's almost like soldering!
The end result is extremely strong, so strong in fact that you can actually flex the entire piece without breaking the join, it would probably snap elsewhere first.
Next I sanded back the piece and drilled out the fastening hole.
I bogged up the pillar cover, sanded it back and then sanded the entire piece ready for high fill.
I hit all the pieces with a soft pad ready for high filling, rubbing back and painting.
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I dug out this gem. I picked it up from Japan a few years ago as new old stock. It suffered some minor damage in storage, a couple of scuffs on the paint work. We tried using some thinners to clean off the paint scuffs and the original paint wiped straight off. It turns out the original paint is acrylic so its a bit of a blessing in disguise, I'd much rather repaint the whole piece in 2 pack and match the over fenders and grill. The thing I'm most pleased about is that having this part will allow us to colour match to factory spec.
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Masking them was a pretty fiddly task as there are many small faces and lots of angles.
Once the parts were fully masked off Troy hit them with some 3M adhesion promoter to help the paint stick to the chrome surface and then a 2 part black with flat clear. Then I had to use some thinners and cotton tips to remove paint off the top of the fins.
So finally these parts are complete, they now look brand new again, much nicer than the way they started out.
Now all I need is some replacement centre caps.
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After getting my tail light rings back from chroming the next parts to do were the fuel cap and breather.
I pulled apart the fuel cap completely so I could send the cover alone. The pin in held in place with a small cir-clip, once removed it just slides out with the spring etc. I'm going to look at fixing the lock up also, it's pretty sloppy. Not sure what the options are here at the moment.
Just got the parts back today and they look great.
Next I need to mask them off then respray the parts that should be black. No doubt this will be a fiddly job because the top of the fins need to be chrome. I'll have to wipe the paint of by hand with a cotton tip and some thinners after it's sprayed. I'd LOVE to know how this was done from factory?
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The GTR tail lights I brought out from Japan were in reasonably good condition but the ring surrounds had been knocked about and the chrome was stained and damaged. I considered buying some replica rings but I'm keen to use as many genuine parts as possible so I looked into having them stripped and re-chrome plated.
I also wanted to have the rear bumper indicator housings cleaned up too. A common problem with these die-cast housings is that the bolts used to hold them rust. Because the housings are under so much stress, the rust seems to make the plastic swell and crack and eventually the mounts snap off.
I removed most of the existing chrome plating then sent them away for chrome plating. I received the parts back this week after about 2 months of waiting but it was certainly worth it! The finish on them is perfect.
The mounts for the reflector housings are all fixed!
I also went to work on the reflectors when the housings were away. They were pretty dull and scratched so I hit them with some Novus plastic polish. I highly recommend this stuff, it worked really well! Here's a before and after shot of the completed units.
Now all that is left to do is mask and spray the tail lights rings.
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Fender mirrors are expensive! I picked up a separate left and right hand side mirror from Yahoo Japan. The finish of the mirrors didn't match but this wasn't really a concern as I planned to rub them back and respray them anyhow. One was NOS and the other was used.
You can see how different they were in these pictures and the damage is apparent close up. I rubbed them back to remove any imperfections and them masked them up for respraying.
My friend Troy sprayed them. While I was moving them to bake I managed to bump a door frame and gouge the fresh paint but Troy with his expertise was able to fill the gouge then once baked, rub the overfill back and then buffed them to perfection.
I had the metal parts electroplated and cleaned up the plastic and rubber.
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The sealed beam lamps are not the brightest of lights so in keeping with the Japanese theme I picked up a set of Koito semi-sealed head lights. These use a standard H4 and H1 halogen light which means I can fit any bulb for optimum brightness! Here's the new compared to old and the finished light.
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I started on the headlights next.
I stripped whole assemblies down and removed the nylon grommets by shaving some material from the back of the plugs with a dremel. I took off just enough material so I could push the plugs through with some force. I then hit the rust with a wire wheel and sent the assemblies off for gold zinc plating. The springs and clips were acid bathed and coated in blue zinc. I managed to source some head lamp retaining brackets from a local NOS dealer. The parts came back looking like new!
I re-fitted the plugs and used epoxy to fasten them. They are used to adjust the lamps so it's pretty important that they stay in place.
I reassembled the housings and polished up the lamps. They came up looking fantastic, especially next to an old set!
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I had the small stainless rings polished and the reflective housings plated in the same coating they use in modern head lights. This should provide some serious light! The actual housings had some damaged and missing threads so I ended up using another set I had. I cleaned these up as best possible.
I also cleaned up the bulb holders that screw into the back of the lenses.
I pulled a nicer set of backings off a 3rd set of lights and started to reassemble the tail light assemblies. I bought all new stainless screws and used mastic to reseal the lenses after cleaning the seals as best possible. Mastic is horrible, horrible stuff to work with, it's so messy. If you don't get it right the first time or used to much, you'll spend a while cleaning up.
was missing a cover from the back which I managed to source here in Australia
The other cover was really dirty and scuffed so I hit it with some wet/dry and the polished it. It came up like new in the end. I then finished reassembling the housings and swapped over the JDM loom.
Over all I'm very happy with the way these turned out.
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My first task was the tail lights. I picked these up from Yahoo Japan. They were complete with genuine GTR surrounds but they had seen some hard times. The lenses were very faded and the chrome on the rings was chipped and marked. I disassembled the tailed lights and removed the lenses and stainless steel rings. I also removed the reflectors inside which had started to corrode. The seals on the lenses were deteriorated and had let water into the housings. One of the lenses had taken a hit and was cracked inside. The lens had to be repaired and we had to sand back the larger red lens to remove a chip from the hit.
With the help of my good friend Troy I cleaned and prepared the lenses then a layer of clear was applied, the end result is pretty nice.
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Since 2008 I've been collecting a lot of parts locally and from Japan and I've now got pretty much everything I need including JDM tail lights, badges, mirrors, centre console, dash and other interior parts. My plan is a full rebuild from the ground up, a GTR replica in white. This is virtually identical to what I'm aiming for, Hayashi wheels and all, apart from that S20 under the bonnet.
I started stripping the car down recently and as I remove a piece, I'm restoring it, bubble wrapping it and then shelving it. As time and space is a problem for me this is the easiest way. Once I'm left with a shell it's off to the body shop.
I started by stripping out the carpet to get a closer look at the floor pan etc. I will need to redo the whole interior as this coupe has a blue interior to match the factory blue paint job, not a big fan...
Next I removed the front and rear end, I also took of the guards to have a peek, very little rust so far which was a good sign.
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I was with them and had a claim paid out with no worries.
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Mate, I can't remember the last time I actually looked in the Vic section! It's a long walk from The Wasteland.
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LOL holy thread bump....
Who is Jamezilla?
Never heard of her.
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Hi, just wondering if there will be a sausage sizzle?
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This is bloody awesome!!
My 1975 C110 Skyline Restoration
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Alan sourced some 3mm dense rubber to fit behind the vinyl to replicate the original depth around the stitched areas. Without it the panels would have looked too one dimensional and the stitched detail would not be as visible. One problem we found was that the bright work on the top of the passenger door was damaged, it looks etched. I had to track down some replacement door trims to cannibalise for parts.
One mistake I did make was I thought the GTR had a carpet base on the door skin, turns out it does not but hey at least it will stop the scuffs when I'm getting in and out.