Stuff I did tonight!

Discussion in 'Technical' started by -Neshy-, Aug 24, 2005.

  1. -Neshy-

    -Neshy- New Member

    Shift Boot:
    Time taken - 2 hours
    Materials - piece of black leather from tannery ($8.80) and mum's sewing machine yeh yeh!

    I had to have 2 goes at this because I stuffed the first one up (luckily I had enough leather left for a second one). Anyway, pretty happy with the result! :D

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    Yep that's a Z i tried to sew on there...

    Headlights Clean and Paint
    Time taken - a while!
    Materials - Hair dryer, silicone sealant, some tools and band aids for the cut fingers :)

    A hair dryer works pretty well do to this. What I did was, slowly pried a bit open with a small flathead screw driver and kept heating all the edges until the whole thing came off.

    The only problem was with the first headlight where I applied too much pressure before heating and the glass got damaged (hence the cut) it was only around the edges so it didn't really do much.

    I painted the assembly black to suit the body colour which worked pretty well! Here's some pics anyway...

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    Question
    I found these connectors when I was doing the shift boot, any ideas what they do??

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  2. MickJ

    MickJ Member

    Nice job on the headlights :cool:
     
  3. dr_zx

    dr_zx New Member

    warning about headlights...

    when i was cleaning my headlights i had the same problem as yours where it got a little crack on the side that didn't look like it was a big deal... i covered it and put it all back together...

    after 2-3 weeks a mate of mine put his fat ass on it and heard this crack noise and when he got up there was a HUGE crack on it... so do be carefull with it... i'd start looking for another one if i was you coz it does seem like they lose a fair ammount of their strength with even the smallest crack.
     
  4. -Neshy-

    -Neshy- New Member

    Ah no!

    Hopefully it doesn't happen :wacko:

    Thanks for the warning though man. I'll make sure no big asses sit on it...

    I wonder how much a new one will cost tho. But yeah I'll wait and see.
     
  5. woody_z32

    woody_z32 New Member

    Ah don't worry Nesh >>

    Next time we go cruising i'll attract all the chicks with my TT and that'll keep those asses off your car LOL :p
     
  6. MexiCandu

    MexiCandu Grumpy of the Grampians

    I think those plugs have something to do with the 'power/hold'

    and gear change/overdrive switches in an auto. Perhaps your car started of its life as an auto and has had the conversion done. Or maybe they are present in all the wiring looms whether they are used or not.

    Cliff
     
  7. -Neshy-

    -Neshy- New Member

    LOL!! :LOL:
     
  8. Fleet

    Fleet Speed Racer

    good work Nesh :thumbsup:
     
  9. Chino

    Chino New Member

    well done :thumbsup:
     
  10. BlaZeit

    BlaZeit New Member

    Nice work Neshy
     
  11. black baz

    black baz black 'n blue Bazemy

    chino .. see what you have started ...???!!!!! .. now we will all be forced

    to get stuck into working on our zeds a la yourself any neshy ..!!!! and good stuff neshy .. but how the hell did you learn to use your mum's sewing machine ..??!! that is a achievement ..!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::zlove:
     
  12. scottZ

    scottZ Manwhore

    I did my interior consol and elec. wind. surrounds etc

    in silver, and soon blue interior trim kit. Also did some other stuff, constantly striving for a perfecter car lol.
     
  13. Chino

    Chino New Member

    Re: chino .. see what you have started ...???!!!!! .. now we will all be forced

    hehe, just wait in about 6 months time. public transport for half a year. i have a big DIY planned involving the engine out... :thumbsup::thumbsup:

    edit: and lots of beer :LOL:
     

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