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It’s amazing how such small details detract from all your hard work! You could probably soak those bolts in paint thinner, but new will look that much better.

notoptoy wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:35 am It’s amazing how such small details detract from all your hard work! You could probably soak those bolts in paint thinner, but new will look that much better.

Yeah the hardware store employees have seen a lot of me lol. If it's not available I've been touching them up like you said, or if they're still bad a little silver or black paint really helps.

https://www.harborfreight.com/6-inch-buffer-94393.html

This baby will pay for itself in no time. It will take the paint off and put a nice shiny finish on those screw heads in about 10 seconds! I did nearly every nut and bolt on my resto and almost all of them came out looking like new. You can bring all your dull stainless trim back to life, as well as putting a nice shine on many of your various brackets and such. With a deft touch you can even use it on your plastic knobs.

Carpet looks good Alex. Not a fan of heel pads. Too slick. I bought some cheap $19 cut pile carpet floor mats at oreillys. Fit good and save the carpet. These mats have nubs on the back to keep them from moving around, but not so big that they damge the carpet.

pebbles wrote: Mon Feb 11, 2019 2:53 am Carpet looks good Alex. Not a fan of heel pads. Too slick. I bought some cheap $19 cut pile carpet floor mats at oreillys. Fit good and save the carpet. These mats have nubs on the back to keep them from moving around, but not so big that they damge the carpet.

I'll give them a try and see how it works out. Didn't even think about that, looks nice though!

Rear sofa looking nice, not sure how to do the front skirt correctly.

I was going to install the seats and new seatbelts, but I found out I only ordered one seat belt and no hardware! Tomorrow I'll fix that.
Flipped the radio around so it's back to how the stock one was. Liked the look better without the faceplate. Everything installed and working here, need some tiny screws for the knobs also. I need to polish the E-brake handle one day.

theunz wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:01 pm https://www.harborfreight.com/6-inch-buffer-94393.html

This baby will pay for itself in no time. It will take the paint off and put a nice shiny finish on those screw heads in about 10 seconds! I did nearly every nut and bolt on my resto and almost all of them came out looking like new. You can bring all your dull stainless trim back to life, as well as putting a nice shine on many of your various brackets and such. With a deft touch you can even use it on your plastic knobs.

If I wasn't moving I would get one. I think I'll bring a few beers to Dave's house and use his for the side trim soon. Maybe I'll get a zinc kit one day also lol. Shiny parts are nice to look at.

Pretty sure that flap is just glued to the bulkhead, and tucks under the carpet. Should be plenty of material at the ramps and hump. Does it reach the floor?
Sofa looks great!

Sure is looking Great!

I need to polish the E-brake handle one day. Quote
My handle is less then perfect as well. Do you have a plan on polishing it? I wonder if sanding it (800,1000, 3000 grit) then buffing would bring it back to it's former glory. I was also looking at removing it and replacing with leather bike grips.
https://www.bonanza.com/listings/Velo-V ... BEQAvD_BwE
The shorter one is the same length as our plastic handle and looks to be the same size tube size. I have these on my beach bike.

Bigtaku wrote: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:12 am I need to polish the E-brake handle one day. Quote
My handle is less then perfect as well. Do you have a plan on polishing it? I wonder if sanding it (800,1000, 3000 grit) then buffing would bring it back to it's former glory. I was also looking at removing it and replacing with leather bike grips.
https://www.bonanza.com/listings/Velo-V ... BEQAvD_BwE
The shorter one is the same length as our plastic handle and looks to be the same size tube size. I have these on my beach bike.

sanding it is the way to go, Dave P did it on his handle a long time a go and it still looks better than new.

Weatherstripping all done. The 3/4" bulb keeps it off the paint nicely.

Mounted up. Trying to see how much I need to lower the rear to match, its hard to tell here.



Jerry lended me a big hand with swapping the Koni's at his place. The ride back was so much better.

When I got back I had some tires waiting

Alex, FYI even though the rubber keeps the top off the paint, the weatherstrip it self will eventually leave wear marks.

Looking good Alex!

theunz wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:52 am Alex, FYI even though the rubber keeps the top off the paint, the weatherstrip it self will eventually leave wear marks.

That makes sense I'll keep an eye on it. The new stuff is really soft, maybe harder older weatherstrip causes it.

2mAn wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:37 pm Looking good Alex!

I agree. Really fun to drive again. I forgot how loud my exhaust is lol. Hopefully can throw a resonator on it soon

theunz wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:52 am Alex, FYI even though the rubber keeps the top off the paint, the weatherstrip it self will eventually leave wear marks.

You could wrap it with clear film.