Project '95 Restoration

[eacyde]

Made some more progress.
Installed the steering column, gauge cluster (with 40K less KM:angelnot and EATC.

So far, so good. The car started up with no issues.

Still trying to figure out the random plug. Maybe its nothing.

 

[eacyde]

Let there be carpet!!

 

[SHOdded]

Starting to look like a car again

 

[eacyde]

Hopefully I can get it all buttoned up and driving this week.

 

[eacyde]

Is there a way to straighten the bars on the vents? For some reason, the buckets and the vents were warped. I used the buckets from my Mocha trim piece and installed the black vents into it. These are the middle vents if it matters.

See pictures of warpage

 

[eacyde]

Made some more progress. Installed Power Wire and RCA cables where the factory wire goes and installed the front seats.

 

[intimdatr]

Looking good man!!

 

[jelloslug]

I have felt the dash removal pain before:

 

[eacyde]

I have spent a few hours here and there buttoning up the car. I had a small issue where the automatic headlights were not working. I had a mystery connector behind the auto dim module that didn't have a home. I didn't feel like climbing under the dash so I called it a day. The next day I poked around the harness and found the other end, plugged it in and the auto headlights worked.

I ran into a small issue with the upper B Pillar trim. The Black interior came from a 93, my car is a 95. Who knew the upper seat belt location is different? I had to paint my mocha units.

I also had to paint my Mocha lower section of the center console. the previous owner of the black interior hacked in some speakers.

Before pic of console (After in a few days. I ran out of paint)

 

[eacyde]

I started to paint my grey upper ATX console and the paint is bubbling is some places.
It seems that the grey interior pieces have a rubber coating.

I think I may have to sand it down to fix the issue.

 

[intimdatr]

Would sand blasting be to aggressive? Maybe a little bit less time consuming.

 

[eacyde]

Would sand blasting be to aggressive? Maybe a little bit less time consuming.

I thought about that but my blast cabinet is too strong.

I scraped the offending area, then sanded, then cleaned, the dusted the paint on, so far it seems to be working.

Lower Console Painted Black

Upper ATX Console so far

 

[kevinspann]

All of the console tops have a rubber coating. I've stripped it off using brake fluid before...

 

[eacyde]

All of the console tops have a rubber coating. I've stripped it off using brake fluid before...

Thanks for the tip. I was making good progress, then it bubbled up again.

 

[NCSHOracer]

I took a mixture of pine sol and old english in a warm water tank to strip the coating, it didn't strip it as much as soften it enough to be removed by a toothbrush. But the end result turned out good for painting.

 

[eacyde]

Spent some quality time with my fog lights today. Any tips on removing the lenses to restore the inside?


What I am working with

After 220 grit

After 800 grit on the Left

After 1000 grit on the Left

After 2000 grit on the Left

After 3000 grit on the Left

Polished up

DONE

 

[Banshee]

Lookin good

 

[eacyde]

I finally got my ATX console all painted and installed. I feel like I have an extra cup holder.

 

[Banshee]

I like that

 

[SHOdded]

Looks good! Getting that console ready was a bit of a headache!