KELMO Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday, but I haven't forgotten your belt moldings. Still waiting to get my doors on the car first, but soon. Ummm, I think I have a box of belt mouldings that I thought came from you but maybe I got them through Datrod or possibly Tanker via Ebay. Either way, I am going to look at a 4 door on Friday so I am still up for a set. Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. 1 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 This is done, and I'm drinking heavily this evening. :thumbup: I still have to open a hole for the dome light, but I'm still drinking a lot this evening.. 3 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 Wow.. you made it work! And it looks amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment
S30Jay Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 Looks awesome Duncan. It's too bad you live so far away, my Z could use a new headliner. 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 my Z could use a new headliner. Those are a piece of cake. They don't even have bows... :rofl: 1 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 i might have to fly you up here when i get around to doing interior on little miss. looks damn good dude 1 Quote Link to comment
S30Jay Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Those are a piece of cake. They don't even have bows... :rofl: Fair enough, haha. Duncan's attention to detail would still produce better results I'm sure though. Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 This is done, and I'm drinking heavily this evening. :thumbup: I still have to open a hole for the dome light, but I'm still drinking a lot this evening.. Mark are you going to put the dome light back in. And what are you doing with the rear plastic cover for the hatch hinges? Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Thanks for all the kind words. THAT was very frustrating, and the one of most difficult things I've done on this car. Since the bows were moved, some of the seams ended up where they shouldn't quite be, so there is a very small level of not-so-great areas, but the few people that have seen it in the shop say I'm picking nits. So I'm saying close enough. Mark are you going to put the dome light back in. And what are you doing with the rear plastic cover for the hatch hinges? Yes, the dome light is going back in. I'm just taking a workday or two away from headliner work. The rear cover is also going back in after a fresh coat of paint. It got fairly funky up in my garage over the last couple of years. If the vintage white color on it looks familiar, it was the same paint I used on the Sunny. I have also made a couple of trim pieces for the interior that will be slightly different from what the factory did. There was an appointment or two they did from the factory that I didn't particularly care for, so I'm making some subtle changes. Nothing crazy, though.. 1 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Continuing on with dash parts. Never tried polishing ABS plastic before. Wasn't sure it would work.. Thank God the PO didn't spray paint these gray, too.. 2 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 I can't locate my rear view mirror that mounts above the windshield, and I also can't find my glovebox latch. :( 1 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 I think someone just posted up that Maxima rear views work 1 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Yep, the Keeper recommended the Pathfinder mirror. After two days or tearing into every box and bag of parts I have for the wagon, I just went out to grab a tape measure, and there was the glove box lock in my toolbox. The upside is I found some other small piddly stuff I hadn't seen in a while, and that was a bit of a relief. I think someone just posted up that Maxima rear views work 2 Quote Link to comment
KELMO Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Try this trick: If you are looking for a part that you know that you have and having no luck, start looking for something completely different.......the part you were originally looking for will pop up in about 5 to 10 minutes. Happens to me all the time. Then I forget what the second thing was I was looking for. 2 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Kelly, I hear ya on that one. My version of that is to do an exhaustive search first, locate and buy a new part. As soon as the part is delivered, the old one will be found. I located the mirror yesterday. Like everything else in the car, it was spray painted gray with WAY too much paint. The glass on it is in very bad shape, and it just looked like crap. I did some searching on Ratsun and talked to The Keeper (Thanks again, James) and will be hitting the wreckers for a Pathfinder or Maxima mirror that will apparently bolt right on. I need to walk a bit (per my cardiologist) and we have a few multi-acre yards here. It's enjoyable to me to walk the yards and call it exercise. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Got the windshield in yesterday. The project has now shifted to parts refurb and install. Nice to be shifting gears a little bit and working more at home in my garage. 4 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Painted this today Fixing the paint tomorrow... whoops... 2 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 first picture i was thinking mortal combat and second picture 2 Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Excellent and hard work! Makes me glad mine came already painted! 2 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 and second picture Yeah, shit happens :) 2 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Yeah, shit happens :) doing better than me Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 doing better than me That's somewhat debatable.. :frantics: One more time, but with feeling.. 4 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 looks good from here Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted March 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 I mentioned earlier I was going to do something with the B pillar on my wagon. I *think* the factory covered the upper part of the pillar with the headliner material. I honestly have only looked at that detail on one wagon, and this is what was done. Seeing that there was no panel or anything else covering mine, I went ahead and made an aluminum strip for the top of the pillar, and I upholstered the upper and lower pieces with the same pebble grain stuff I used on the kick panels. I'm hoping they look nice on the wagon.. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 My wagon was upholstered with headliner on the b pillars, for what it's worth. I like what you've done. I've been contemplating other options and I'm interested in yours. What do you plan to attach them with? Quote Link to comment
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