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DieselDakota · 03-30-2015, 12:57 PM

alright update time.
random picture of my friends GTR with my two beater rotaries.

disassembly
my steering wheel reference picture for reassembly.

more disassembly

deleted the turbo timer that came with the car.

I thought it was cool how it came with this patch cable to install.

got rid of a few of the mystery wires I have in the car. there are still a few more that were going to the rear of the car that I want to figure out what they are for.

Found this cool retro boost guage ziptied away under the dash. any takers lol

gonna paint the gauge surrounds because the stock chrome stuff was looking pretty crappy.

Picked up the wrong color, didn't realize until the second coat lol

The pieces that turned out good look far better than stock but still not perfect as some scratches show through the paint. refer to sandblasting question above as I don't want to pull this stuff to do it again.

My sound damper showed up with a lovely surprise courtesy of UPS.

I also hate how old and crappy this stuff seam, wish I would have ordered some stuff with the sound damper. anything you guys can think of locally that would work as a good replacement?

some pictures of the stock plastic coating coming off.

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that's all for now. I'm also sound damping the car but I expect most of that will be a minor difference, the only huge difference will be in how the door sounds shutting, which I am really looking forward too.

Alright update time, the car is back together. I doubt the sound damper I laid down in the back made a large difference, and there isn't a whole lot of ways to tell as putting the rear interior back in made a huge difference with sound. The sound damper in the door made a huge difference, I don't have a good enough ear to notice the before and after difference driving but their is a huge difference with the door shutting noise.

I siliconed the crash support back to the door (a well known cause of the FD's tin door sound) and lined alot of the panels with sound damper. I went from a high pitched tin like door shutting sound to a manly deep door shutting sound. I haven't done the passenger door yet but I don't think the crash support let go on that side yet as it isn't quite as bad as the drivers door was. I'll try to remember to take some pictures because I really suck at that.

I actually managed to grab very few pictures. here is one of the very few. installing the battery box is a bit of a pain but doable. the carpet is pretty thick so it squeezes it a bit but I still think it looks decently clean.

I switched to side battery terminals because the top ones were breaking on me, I think I posted this already earlier, I was careful when I was tightening them to. I wiggled the cable and was tightening until the clamp was tight on the post, either way this still happened.

I'm going to try to keep this weeks projects short and sweet. my list for this week includes:
1. sound deaden the passenger door.
2. fix my headlight covers. I broke one of the front tabs two weeks ago and built up a bunch of epoxy to strengthen all the tabs, but I built up to far so that they interfere with the bolt so that they don't sit right. basically just pull them off and grind down some epoxy.
3. fix headlight covers part two, I broke off the rear tabs years ago this weekend I'm going to steal my friends and try to fabricate new tabs, I'm getting tired of them bouncing around.
4. miscellaneous missing bolts and tabs. Missing some tabs from the back of one of the side panels from beside the seat want to get some more of those in their. as well I am missing a bolt from one of my mirrors, so one mirror is loose.
5. lastly once my fender roller shows up I'm going to fix up my front fenders and while its on the lift change out tranny and diff fluid for some synthetic amsoil
pic of the front fender

actually took some pictures of the sound deadener install on the passenger door,
the clean slate

first piece, a small one on the crash bar.

The first peice for the outer door metal above the crash bar

not really sure looks like I've installed peices above and below the crash bar

I lied, that was just the before picture, here is the installed

my photography skills are off the scale

Bottom right piece in and the crash bar siliconed back to the door.

starting to use up the smaller scrap peices on the outer door.

03-30-2015, 12:57 PM	#3
DieselDakota The Newbie Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	alright update time. random picture of my friends GTR with my two beater rotaries. disassembly my steering wheel reference picture for reassembly. more disassembly deleted the turbo timer that came with the car. I thought it was cool how it came with this patch cable to install. got rid of a few of the mystery wires I have in the car. there are still a few more that were going to the rear of the car that I want to figure out what they are for. Found this cool retro boost guage ziptied away under the dash. any takers lol gonna paint the gauge surrounds because the stock chrome stuff was looking pretty crappy. Picked up the wrong color, didn't realize until the second coat lol The pieces that turned out good look far better than stock but still not perfect as some scratches show through the paint. refer to sandblasting question above as I don't want to pull this stuff to do it again. My sound damper showed up with a lovely surprise courtesy of UPS. I also hate how old and crappy this stuff seam, wish I would have ordered some stuff with the sound damper. anything you guys can think of locally that would work as a good replacement? some pictures of the stock plastic coating coming off. . that's all for now. I'm also sound damping the car but I expect most of that will be a minor difference, the only huge difference will be in how the door sounds shutting, which I am really looking forward too. Alright update time, the car is back together. I doubt the sound damper I laid down in the back made a large difference, and there isn't a whole lot of ways to tell as putting the rear interior back in made a huge difference with sound. The sound damper in the door made a huge difference, I don't have a good enough ear to notice the before and after difference driving but their is a huge difference with the door shutting noise. I siliconed the crash support back to the door (a well known cause of the FD's tin door sound) and lined alot of the panels with sound damper. I went from a high pitched tin like door shutting sound to a manly deep door shutting sound. I haven't done the passenger door yet but I don't think the crash support let go on that side yet as it isn't quite as bad as the drivers door was. I'll try to remember to take some pictures because I really suck at that. I actually managed to grab very few pictures. here is one of the very few. installing the battery box is a bit of a pain but doable. the carpet is pretty thick so it squeezes it a bit but I still think it looks decently clean. I switched to side battery terminals because the top ones were breaking on me, I think I posted this already earlier, I was careful when I was tightening them to. I wiggled the cable and was tightening until the clamp was tight on the post, either way this still happened. I'm going to try to keep this weeks projects short and sweet. my list for this week includes: 1. sound deaden the passenger door. 2. fix my headlight covers. I broke one of the front tabs two weeks ago and built up a bunch of epoxy to strengthen all the tabs, but I built up to far so that they interfere with the bolt so that they don't sit right. basically just pull them off and grind down some epoxy. 3. fix headlight covers part two, I broke off the rear tabs years ago this weekend I'm going to steal my friends and try to fabricate new tabs, I'm getting tired of them bouncing around. 4. miscellaneous missing bolts and tabs. Missing some tabs from the back of one of the side panels from beside the seat want to get some more of those in their. as well I am missing a bolt from one of my mirrors, so one mirror is loose. 5. lastly once my fender roller shows up I'm going to fix up my front fenders and while its on the lift change out tranny and diff fluid for some synthetic amsoil pic of the front fender actually took some pictures of the sound deadener install on the passenger door, the clean slate first piece, a small one on the crash bar. The first peice for the outer door metal above the crash bar not really sure looks like I've installed peices above and below the crash bar I lied, that was just the before picture, here is the installed my photography skills are off the scale Bottom right piece in and the crash bar siliconed back to the door. starting to use up the smaller scrap peices on the outer door.