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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 9:35 pm
by El_Freddo
That's what I've done with all my dash swaps - wound the clock to the current reading on the dash being replaced.

I used and air gun to whiz through the k's ;)

Cheers

Bennie

Side Stepped ...

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 1:20 am
by Bantum
Yep will wind 'em back when I get round to it ... :)

In the mean time, got round to cleaning up the Running Boards ...

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And test fitting :

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Seems to fit Ok, just need to straighten them a bit, find some new mounting hardware & install them ... :twisted:

Cheers, Bantum ...

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:45 am
by Tigger
They look great!! :)

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 1:12 pm
by El_Freddo
Yeah mate those running boards look awesome!

I was going to go for a set on a 45* angle but never got around to doing it...

Cheers

Bennie

Sewn Up ...

Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 4:59 am
by Bantum
Will be a while before I get round to installing the dash / running boards ( as I still have to do the rust preventative thing ) - So have been looking at what else I can do in the meantime ... :/

Tried out my sewing skills :

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Back side :

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Will see how it turns out ... ;)

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Ciao, Bantum ...

EL Wires ...

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:39 am
by Bantum
Well I got some more bits to go with interior ...

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And goes somewhere here ...

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Test fitting ...

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Should look ok ...

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Note : item can be found here : EL = Electroluminescent Wire

Keep on trucking, Bantum ...

Fender Washers ...

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:23 am
by Bantum
Also got some bling to add somewhere :

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Not sure where they go yet ... :shock:

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PWJDM - seems to be a weird code for something ?

Ciao, Bantum ...

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:50 am
by Proton mouse
I like those 'bling' washers! Not sure about the "for off road use only" warning?? You'll be in big trouble if you drive on the road with them!! haha

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:30 am
by Bantum
Yes only saw that after I'd opened it, so can't really do much about that now ... :(

I'll not be using it for holding much weight, as I think they are covering themselves from claims if something goes pare shaped ... ;)

Ciao, Bantum ...

Full Scale ...

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:13 am
by Bantum
Got the drawing I had done earlier printed out @ 1:1 ...

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Checked to see how good it measured up :

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& laid out some vinyl to make sure it all fits :

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Found a few errors that will need tweaking when I get round to it ... :/

Hope to do some more over the Christmas break ...

Ciao, Bantum ...

Telltale ...

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:28 am
by Bantum
Also got round to getting this laser cut :

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Fitted the LEDs to go with it :

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& found some green plastic :

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Have to get round to painting the Tell-tale back in Black now ... :rolleyes:

Ciao, Bantum ...

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 4:11 pm
by El_Freddo
Top work mate!

Laser cutting - I wouldn't even know where to start looking for that service!

I'm keen to see how these door cards turn out ;)

Cheers

Bennie

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:53 pm
by Silverbullet
Bantum wrote:Also got round to getting this laser cut :

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Well that's one way to get a low range light! Very nice work, going above and beyond :cool:

BUT! there's an error! The factory low range light says "Lo" not "Low" !!!
Actually yours looks better, with the wheel diagrams as well.

And those door cards, I can tell those are going to be seriously nice :o Would you mind terribly if I copied them for my wagon? :oops: I'll pay royalties honest!!

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:01 pm
by Bantum
Yeah, my thoughts were when I did the first draft ( which was same as the original ) that it didn't 'look right' + something was missing, so ended up making it slightly different with few tweaks that I wanted & made it look as if it came from factory ... :cool:

P.S - Added a few extra details to the headlight as well ( just in case you missed it ) ... ;)

Painted the back in black :

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& Peeled the cover to reveal :

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I'll have to see how it turns out & post some more pictures when I get round to installing it ... :)

Cheers, Bantum ...

Covered ...

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 6:37 am
by Bantum
Over the Christmas period I finally got round to start fixing the Steering Wheel Cover :

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All have to do now is to finish hand stitching it ... :/
( read 'it takes forever' )

Cheers, Bantum ...

Score ...

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:11 am
by Bantum
Found some spare doors :

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Innards look ok :

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All I have to do now is clean them up & swap them over ... :)

( read it may take a while )

Cheers, Bantum ...

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:13 pm
by Proton mouse
Excellent score, GLF5 power window doors none the less!!

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 4:28 pm
by El_Freddo
I love this:

First recent post: "hand stitching takes forever"
Most recent post straight after the first recent post: "found some spare doors".

So I guess the hand stitching of the steering wheel is done then??

Cheers

Bennie

Winning ...

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 6:12 am
by Bantum
Ha - Nah Bennie, I still need to do the fitting to the actual wheel ( there's been a hold up on the rubber underlay which needs fixing ) which might take a while ... :/

P.S. - added a few more shots of the process though ... :)

Yeah the doors were a total 'wow' find moment ... (I wasn't even looking for them ) So yeah as soon as I saw 'em, said 'yep I'll have those' ... :win:

Will post some more updates when I get round to it ... ;)

Cheers, bantum ...

Sidetracked ...

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:20 am
by Bantum
Sorry to report - Its been very slow in the 'working on this' department - As I've been sidetracked by health issues ( compressed disc L5 ) & will attempt to do some updates when I can ... :(

Have done some work on the gearbox - will post some updates on that later.

Also just went back through the thread & updated as many of the links as I could ... FU PB ... :/

Ciao, Bantum ...