srbryan N15 Pulsar VZR DP1
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Tell me about it, It will be coming off when the car gets polished. I already have a new one on order from Nissan but there's a wait of 3 weeks.
@charley: Running issue I think is nearly sorted just waiting to get a lend of a part just to confirm and I will update when this hopefully sorts it.
As for the sticker I'll keep the geuine vzr one when i get it just to stand out lol. alot of green 1.4s around here.
Did a few small job yesterday that alot would probably think are stupid or pointless but they bother me
The old battery clamp was horrible looking, rusty and all bent and warped so i decided to make my own with a old piece of flat bar that was lying around.
Also had to make a new tie down rod out of threaded bar cause one of the old ones was a tad bit short with the new clamp.
Threaded bar cut down and hammerite the 2 bars to be used.
Also removed the factory strut brace and removed the paint off it but don't know if i should polish it or re-paint it?
And my job for later on today is to fix the bracket that holds the expansion bottle in place
As for the sticker I'll keep the geuine vzr one when i get it just to stand out lol. alot of green 1.4s around here.
Did a few small job yesterday that alot would probably think are stupid or pointless but they bother me
The old battery clamp was horrible looking, rusty and all bent and warped so i decided to make my own with a old piece of flat bar that was lying around.
Also had to make a new tie down rod out of threaded bar cause one of the old ones was a tad bit short with the new clamp.
Threaded bar cut down and hammerite the 2 bars to be used.
Also removed the factory strut brace and removed the paint off it but don't know if i should polish it or re-paint it?
And my job for later on today is to fix the bracket that holds the expansion bottle in place
You are probably right but i keep getting tempted to paint it a mad colour hahaI would paint it or plasti-dip it back to black...only to match the intake and hosing etc, but it's your choice
Carried on with my jobs this afternoon, finished off the expansion bottle holder, I basically melted the broken bit back on and added a little metal bracket for extra strenghth.
Then decided to tidy up the wiring that runs along the valve cover before i put the bottle back in
and i got carried away.
Decided i wanted to seperate the alternator wiring from the rest of the wiring, remove the aircon wiring and run the rest of the loom round the back of the p/s resevoir so started stripping it back.
Now my question is the power steering pipes above, Are they needed atal or can i remove them and loop the pipes together? Do they really need a cooler for the fluid?
Then decided to tidy up the wiring that runs along the valve cover before i put the bottle back in
and i got carried away.Decided i wanted to seperate the alternator wiring from the rest of the wiring, remove the aircon wiring and run the rest of the loom round the back of the p/s resevoir so started stripping it back.
Now my question is the power steering pipes above, Are they needed atal or can i remove them and loop the pipes together? Do they really need a cooler for the fluid?
Also decided to strip the whole front off the car so that i could
A: clean up and protect the under arches before i put on the liners.
B: change the door hinges
C: maybe mount the relay box inside the wing to de-cluter that side of the bay.
Took off the skirts and tbh after hearing some horror stories i thought i might find rust or holes in the sill but thank fuck it was perfect on both sides so i'm delighted
And i found what must have been a few kg worth of muck stuck on the inside of both skirts.
Next off was bumper, headlights and bumper support and both wings and was pleased again to see that it is very clean except for a bit of surface rust.
Started on one side with the wire brush on the drill and it was cleaning up lovely.
Also removed the aerial on the roof as i hardly listen to FM anyway. I plan on trying to make a blank like the one @'Paris' made in his thread.
And this is how i left it for the evening.
Gonna go at it again Tuesday evening hopefully.
I'll get the front up in the air and drop the front suspension so i can clean around the arches properly.
What should iI use to protect them? i want something easy to use but strong and long lasting cause i don't want to do it again?
A: clean up and protect the under arches before i put on the liners.
B: change the door hinges
C: maybe mount the relay box inside the wing to de-cluter that side of the bay.
Took off the skirts and tbh after hearing some horror stories i thought i might find rust or holes in the sill but thank fuck it was perfect on both sides so i'm delighted
And i found what must have been a few kg worth of muck stuck on the inside of both skirts.
Next off was bumper, headlights and bumper support and both wings and was pleased again to see that it is very clean except for a bit of surface rust.
Started on one side with the wire brush on the drill and it was cleaning up lovely.
Also removed the aerial on the roof as i hardly listen to FM anyway. I plan on trying to make a blank like the one @'Paris' made in his thread.
And this is how i left it for the evening.
Gonna go at it again Tuesday evening hopefully.
I'll get the front up in the air and drop the front suspension so i can clean around the arches properly.
What should iI use to protect them? i want something easy to use but strong and long lasting cause i don't want to do it again?
Thanks dudes i'll try and see if i can get some for good money.
Carried on this eve whilst i had a few hours spare. Started off by removing the power steering cooling pipes, was handy enought just got a little bit messy.
Then removed the p/s bottle to freshen it up aswell.
and while i'm going to be cleaning down the whole front end carried on with taking off and wire brushing everything i can.
Took off the bonnet catch and started cleaning, painting the catch and springs.
Carried on this eve whilst i had a few hours spare. Started off by removing the power steering cooling pipes, was handy enought just got a little bit messy.
Then removed the p/s bottle to freshen it up aswell.
and while i'm going to be cleaning down the whole front end carried on with taking off and wire brushing everything i can.
Took off the bonnet catch and started cleaning, painting the catch and springs.
Me left at home alone is always a bad idea for my mrs
Manged to get a set of phase 2 fogs and covers but they were in worse shape than what i thought they were going to be, one of the fogs had leaked water at some stage before so was full of sand and the reflector had rusted to looked fairly poor to be fair and on both fogs some of the clips and holders were missing or broken and glued back on.
Since i had near mint phase 1 fogs decided to swap the glass on them.
This is the second one, was in good condition just broken clips.
Into the oven they go.
120 degrees and 10 mins later
Finally found a good use for the dish brush
and back in again just to soften the glue.
And one done
Manged to get a set of phase 2 fogs and covers but they were in worse shape than what i thought they were going to be, one of the fogs had leaked water at some stage before so was full of sand and the reflector had rusted to looked fairly poor to be fair and on both fogs some of the clips and holders were missing or broken and glued back on.
Since i had near mint phase 1 fogs decided to swap the glass on them.
This is the second one, was in good condition just broken clips.
Into the oven they go.
120 degrees and 10 mins later
Finally found a good use for the dish brush
and back in again just to soften the glue.
And one done
Made a short burst this eve at it.
Came home and found a package from postie so delighted.
Started assembling the bonnet catch back together again, nearly couldn't remember where the springs went
an also started putting the wiring back together again, had a few lenghts of conduit laying about that was smaller diameter than the oem.
and put the p/s bottle back in with the modified pipework, not a great pic but you can also see the new route for the wiring.
Got the front in the air ready for undersealing tomorrow and front rad support and bonnet catch back on.
Hoping to get loads done tomorrow.
Came home and found a package from postie so delighted.
Started assembling the bonnet catch back together again, nearly couldn't remember where the springs went
an also started putting the wiring back together again, had a few lenghts of conduit laying about that was smaller diameter than the oem.
and put the p/s bottle back in with the modified pipework, not a great pic but you can also see the new route for the wiring.
Got the front in the air ready for undersealing tomorrow and front rad support and bonnet catch back on.
Hoping to get loads done tomorrow.
