joa_taste Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 theyre from speedhut the bigger ones are 41/2" and the smaller ones are 25/8". ill toss up some pictures of the finished product. Ended up painting the mounts i made in black instead of leaving them silver like in the pictures. Nice! These are the ones im looking at. Definitely post some of the finished product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposed Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 a bit of a mile stone for myself, finally finished the dash...or at least 90% of it. Still missing the glove box panel and final assembly. A long weekend is coming up hoping to get the gauges and dash installed in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joa_taste Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Dude that looks sweet, interesting way to go about this over doing bondo. How long did this take you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposed Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Thanks, ended up taking about 15 hours for the stitching and then a bit more time to actually put it on, haven't finished the glove box either. I didn't go the bondo route however I did fix the cracks prior to covering them up was worried I'd be able to see the cracks through the material once it was stretched out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlejester Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Very well done sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calZ Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Can we get more info on the dash cover itself? Did the whole thing from scratch I'm assuming? How did you make the pattern and how much stretching did it require? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposed Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 @Calz the cover is all from scratch. An upholsetry buddy gave me a hand with the stitching. The pattern was just a picture in my head, sketched it out and then figured it was something id like to see happen. As far as the material goes it didn't stretch much at all we had to do a lot of "invisible seams". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeko Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softopz Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Nicest dash I have seen very nice . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposed Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 thanks! very glad i went a different route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposed Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 I think I've finally finished the dash. Happy with the final product for now. Placed an order on some goodies last week and my air dam and turn signals came in. Found some time this weekend and got them mounted up, just waiting on the rest of the order now. Is it normal to have a big empty space between my air dam and the chrome bumper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno750 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Yeah that Gap is normal. Skillard sells a different grill that fills in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverdone Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 http://skillard.com/products/datsun-240z-front-grill#productTabs Bah! You just beat me to it. This will fix that issue if it's bothing you too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposed Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 awesome thanks guys for the speedy response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposed Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) haven't posted in awhile, works been a bit to busy. Found my passenger outer tie rod needed some replacing so I snagged myself some t3 goodies. Will update this a bit more tonight with some more progress pictures. Edited July 3, 2017 by Exposed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joa_taste Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 haven't posted in awhile, works been a bit to busy. Found my passenger outer tie rod needed some replacing so I snagged myself some t3 goodies. Will update this a bit more tonight with some more progress pictures. Very Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposed Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 Been slowing fixing up the interior of the car. Grabbed myself a pair of skillard door cards and they fit great, I didn't end up using the supplied nuts just put some aluminum rivnuts instead which seem to be holding up fairly well. I finally got around to laying some carpet which was purchased from MSA and it seems to be good quality and I redid the headliner in some vinyl. On another note anyone know the color code for the 1jz valve covers? Cannot seem to find anything online and I cant use my valve covers to paint match because I redid them in black... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposed Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) Started removing my twins this past weekend, word of advice for anyone looking at removing them. Take both stock turbos off at the same time. I found the best way to do it was by removing the nuts circled in blue, once you have those nuts off remove the stock turbos and you can remove the nuts circled in red. (4th blue circle nearest to the rad should be red not blue) Underneath the car nearest to the front of car Underneath the car nearest to firewall just to double check, the hose circled in the picture below can be blocked off. and where do people normally run the hose from the water pump (second picture)? Edited November 16, 2017 by Exposed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeko Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 On 11/16/2017 at 10:45 AM, Exposed said: Started removing my twins this past weekend, word of advice for anyone looking at removing them. Take both stock turbos off at the same time. I found the best way to do it was by removing the nuts circled in blue, once you have those nuts off remove the stock turbos and you can remove the nuts circled in red. (4th blue circle nearest to the rad should be red not blue) Underneath the car nearest to the front of car Underneath the car nearest to firewall just to double check, the hose circled in the picture below can be blocked off. and where do people normally run the hose from the water pump (second picture)? I did the same thing u did. In the process of getting it welded shut! Good job on headliner. I am scared of doing it myself...lol Is it pretty easy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exposed Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 Very easy, I've seen them done two ways but not sure if either way is the "proper way". I just laid some thick Dynamat and used adhesive to get the vinyl to stick then stuck it to the roof. this little guy came in the other day. Just waiting on a couple fitting and gaskets from driftmotion now then will start to assemble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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