Once upon a time there was this website called Yahoo! Auctions Japan, where items of much merriment and joy could be bought and sold amongst mortal men.
On this website there happened to be a DR30 Skyline ducktail spoiler for sale, of the kind made by a company known as JENESIS.
Dhoooo
And Ed saw this spoiler, and deemed it worthy of purchasing, because impulse buying is what he does best.
from the day I bought my latest AW11 MR2 I’ve been slightly annoyed by its lack of interior t-top shades, which makes driving in direct sunlight a bit of a drain at times (the sunvisors are of limited use).
63301A and 63302A, is it really too much to ask for?
So ever the completist/OCDist (depending on who you talk to) I set about tracking down a decent pair of the blasted things. Now most AW11 owners will tell you the t-top shades along with the facelift front lip valance are the two most incredibly difficult items to obtain replacements of. Turns out they were only partially right, as within a day I had tracked down a brand new front lip valance (ex Toyota Japan, no less; those people I see whinging on MR2 forums ought to do their homework better!) but the shades proved to be far more elusive, and what I hadn’t prepared myself for was the pricing: a whopping $925 per side provided Toyota still had new old stock lying around… screw that idea.
Using my own blog to sell random things I’ve acquired and need to get rid of to pave the way for the C110 getting back onto the road, better than ever;
1989 Nissan Terrano Turbo RZ
C110 Hardtop Blue Interior
and much, much (more…)
Being it was an absolutely magical weekend, I spent a good few hours of that on the cars. On Saturday I decided I would give the interior of the Terrano a good clean up. Didn’t take any pictures of that obviously because it’s boring as hell. Still got more to do on the inside as I got roped into doing other things being the day was so good. Sunday rolled around and just as I had hoped it was as good as the Saturday if not a little better, somehow. So I decided it would be a good time to roll the C110 out of the garage and have a good hack around to see just how bad the rest of it is (having already seen the front of the sills aren’t all bad). I know the roof and the rear of the car is the worst affected, primarily due to the fact that the previous owner claims there was a vinyl roof that he removed. It would have been a lot better had he remedied the situation properly when he removed said roof, though I fear it was done with only half of an arse and subsequently I am left to deal with bodge fixes in many places. ANYWAY! Onto the pictures…
Showing the RHS but the LHS was very, similar.
I grabed the ol’ wirebrush attachment, thwacked it into the drill and went about my work of cleaning up sections with surface rust to see what was underlying. Then, before too long I decided that I’d just take it back to steel. I got distracted by the indents in the bog and decided to grind back enough of it so that I could fit my badges for shits and giggles, thusly; (more…)
Following on from the OS Giken FJ24 post from the other day I did a bit more snooping around on YAJ to see if there was any other FJ20-related stuff worth buying.
And man, was there ever!
These items cost money.
