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2nd row seats were rocking a bit after fully rebuilt and I noticed it was the rubber pads fault. Took a Saturday arvo going in and out "anything rubber" stores and found this one to be promising (ended up finding a good rubber strip for the wheel flares and a good strong air hose to be used in place of the old vacuum hoses). The new pad is quite taller than the old one, but it completely took away the rocking.
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Finally got to make the front fender anchor link, that anchors the fender to the front panel. Before that, fenders would shake like crazy, specially when idling cold. I have used the corner lights to find the appropriate length of the link by holding the light in place and pulling the fender out until there was no gap between the parts. It is rock solid now.
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Door switches were pretty muddy and crunchy, with dried and cracked boots.
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Found new boots on AliExpress and decided to give it a crack.
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In place. To be honest, the front door ones came out perfect. The rear door ones are still very crunchy, one not working at all and the other with a high resistance, so it interferes with the light intensity. These rear ones (the brown ones) do not seem to be glued, I may try to get them open for better cleaning and getting rid of contact corrosion. I haven't checked yet, but they may be the same type for every Nissan car, so a replacement is not out of question.
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This is a common problem with rubber bands, you need to control itQuote:
Originally Posted by BrazilianY60
Where the switches all knackered? did you just buy the rubbers or plug and play switches? can you give me a link to the switches please. My GQ ones look fair ordinary.... not sure why? im known to be gentle on my gear!Quote:
Originally Posted by BrazilianY60
Second time post Daz. PAP have them, the front are different switches to the rear and the rubbers come with the switches, or at least they did when I bought mine.
In my case I just bought the rubber covers from choina. I bought them before actually doing any work to the switches assuming they would be ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
Hi.
Anyone still has/run the 3rd row seat could help me with a doubt? Does the seat pin that goes into the pivot hinge has a rubber or plastic bushing?
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Also, does the pin goes into the hole (which is bigger, a bushing would be needed IMO) or does it go into the half moon/smile cut of the hinge. There is no internal pin running on this "smile cut" so I wonder if that is where the seat pin should travel.
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after more than a hour of reading your thread, i think i finished reading 5 pages of it all in once, tried to finish reading all of them but maybe later, i got tired just by reading all that man, how it could feel doing all that, you should have loved this job of restoring this beast,my 2008 TB45 needs some most of these works, i already spend some money, the biggest amount was on the LPG kit, since it's too expensive to use gasoline, that was first thing i did, i'm think about selling it or maybe fixing it, since i use it as a work car, and it paralyzes me at times, i need a very responsive car for work, a new one, but i love the Patrols and that's what i could sell at that time, biggest things it needs now are the paint job and the tires which are expensive, and then suspension, rust removing and exhaust system which is fixed wrong, not patrol parts and it's load, also the engine was fixed but kinda poorly, only the piston rings and bearings even, it has a rough sound in cold idles and loses oil even though i use 20w50 which is thickest for gasoline engines... after all that i'm in deep thinking weather to fix all that or sell it, buy a better Patrol who knows when since i need an economic work car now, but these posts are refreshing for me, idk if the Patrol will worth all that efforts and money since i will sell that one day anyways!
Well, one have to give himself the proper time for some of the disassemble memories to come back... Found this pin/bushing the other day and it was born for the job.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrazilianY60
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Upholstery job is completed for a while already, just forgot to post pictures of the job being done, so here are some.
Two sets of seats were used to make one, using the best parts of each. New foam patches were applied to the old tired foam to make it more firm and more volume. The upholsterer (and me) got carried away with the car, made some cool drawings of what he had in mind for the stitches of the seats and I liked it. When the first covers started to be ready I confess I was kind of in doubt about the looks, but at the end, I have fully embraced it.
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Rear row roof A/C duct was covered just like the roof.
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Rear seatbelts were completely replaced and front ones had the belt and all the latches replaced, keeping only the retraction mechanism.
I took to a seatbelt shop a sample of the material that was going to be used in the interior, to look for a belt color that would look nice. They had this gray, very close to the original color, and this blue, too light compared with the leather, carpet, etc. I didn't like any of the options and went on a search. Took a sample of the light blue with me to compare with anything I find.
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Found this one on an airplane parts shop, according to the guy it was used on a Cessna plane. Color was an absolute perfect match, but this 20cm piece was all they had left. I took the part number, color code, etc. to search on the web but it was very hard to get online. I found a USA supplier, but wouldn't sell cuts, only X many full rolls. Not viable unfortunately.
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After a long search I found an online supplier with a Navy Blue option that was a close enough color, and would sell me a single roll for a reasonable price, so I took it. The roll was enough to make all 5 belts for the 1st two rows and have something left that I can use to make a seatbelt for the 3rd row seat later. When I had the belts made, the 3rd row seat was not ready from the upholster. But the guy said the material left should be enough.
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This is the best picture that I have to compare the belt color with everything else. The belt color is very close but it shines a lot, it usually seems a lighter color on pictures. You can see the new latches here.
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The paint scheme I went for calls for bumper, mirror covers and front grill to be all the same dark gray color, but its hard having to part ways with the chrome. Fortunately, the donor car had both covers, so I decided to paint the donor ones and keep my chrome ones in case I regret.
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One of the plastic tabs of the right side cover (Aussy driver) was broken and when going through my screws bucket, looking for one similar to the others, I found this used, already pressed, kind of nutsert, curiously with threads both in and out of it. I have no idea where this came from but it happened to have the exact same inside tread as the plastic tabs on the cover.
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So I glued it in place :-D
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I am very satisfied with the end result.
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Just a cool random picture of the sewing machine.
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Looking good, glad when a plan comes together. Are the seats leather or vinyl? Interested to see if they sweat in the heat or are you planning to cover that fancy stitching with covers?
Genuine leather. We had to skin one of those Avatar movie dudes, but fortunately they are big chaps, only one was enough.
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No plan for covers nor window tinting. I believe this interior has to be left for appreciation. That said, I am a person that sits and knees on the floor all the time, to fix things, play with the dogs, etc. so usually my pants are dirty, so I left a bathroom towel on the driver's seat bottom cushion. The GU cream color driver seat is already very dirty and needing a wash.