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have been putting car back together.........
  having great "fun" [not] finding a matching alloy wheel - all i can seem to find are the Ghia wheels.......... 
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Mad2 wrote: have been putting car back together......... having great "fun" [not] finding a matching alloy wheel - all i can seem to find are the Ghia wheels.......... welll ..... have found 1  now to swap tyres around so odd wheel becomes spare, with 'new' replacing it. 
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Mad2 wrote: Mad2 wrote: have been putting car back together......... having great "fun" [not] finding a matching alloy wheel - all i can seem to find are the Ghia wheels.......... welll ..... have found 1 now to swap tyres around so odd wheel becomes spare, with 'new' replacing it. plus make an adapter to fit alloy wheel to spare wheel holder.........
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ok. update on the M7 . . . . .....
headlining as per AU style with added lights behind sunvisors, added footwell lights & rear console light. have fitted the alloy wheel i found on Fb. also fitted a territory snorkel bought some spare parts for the smartbar. rear seat drivers side was replaced with another & also has the factory centre armrest [now to find a AU fairmont rear seat..... ] with a better looking seatbelt. has had some cheap kmart seat covers fitted & will later fit some better ones. cargo area was returned back to original for rwc & a AU cargo blind was scourced & fitted before the rwc. soon i hope to have an almost complete BA/BF cargo blind fitted  car has passed with only four small hiccups & is now waiting fore rego on monday  mechanic was impressed with how clean the car was ........... didn't mention how many times i cleaned the interior common mundy!! |
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current look re rwc
   original look when bought - if you look closely at the passenger airbag & just above the centre air vents [left & right] you will see some 'marks' which were from the [i presume?] car yard clean it recieved [they stood out alot more in real life]. these marks can now no longer be seen [YAY!].  one thing that wasn't noticed by anyone  was i changed the original drivers side taillight with another undamaged unit i had. i didn't notice when i originally swapped it ... but when i changed the indicator globe i noticed a problem     .... the taillight would NOT fit into it's two fixed mounting points [the metal locator on the bottom right & the plastic locator on mid left] which had me stumped .. original would fit with no problems & new would not. . _ turns out the car had been hit sometime in it's life & when who ever it was fixed it, the rear of the quarter finished approx 5mm further out . taillight has been heated & is currently being held down by two ocker straps [for a cupla days] to see if it will hold the 'new' shape  so over all .. all good
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does anyone have a modified dash OR has anyone modified their dash for the two sets of switches either side of the steering column? [refer pic below]
 that is my current one, but i don't like how the switch on the left sits [and NO it's how i bought it]. this is the 'new' one waiting to be done.  anyone with any helpfull advice?? Thanks |
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Mad2 wrote: does anyone have a modified dash OR has anyone modified their dash for the two sets of switches either side of the steering column? [refer pic below] that is my current one, but i don't like how the switch on the left sits [and NO it's how i bought it]. this is the 'new' one waiting to be done. anyone with any helpfull advice?? Thanks Hey Mad,no haven't done but you could make the recess with MDF and apoxy it in on the back-just won't be covered with vynal but switch should cover it nice anyway.
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johnnyeHCF wrote: Hey Mad,no haven't done but you could make the recess with MDF and apoxy it in on the back-just won't be covered with vynal but switch should cover it nice anyway. not trying ta pick on ya johhnyHCF ... BUT, don't need the mdf as there is a backing there [dash base]. the left switch currently covers the 'hole' that was cut into the dash. there is maybe 5mm vinyl overlap behind the switch, however i want it to look like the righthand switch. so NO MDF at ALL 
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what differances are there when comparing a standard cluster with a XR cluster ?? [talking about the not so obvious]
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car is now on road & running well
went with missus to melbum whilst it was piiissing down with rain .... was hard to hear the radio/talk to each other then . driving mine here whilst it was piiising down ..... only heard it on the windscreen! Ps. only problem outstanding is the fuel filter as reving it past 3 grand it chokes, but on lpg it's reving to 5500. |
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bought another cargo blind :merry which had the smaller vinyl filler ... arrived damaged by courier
as arrived  got some money back from it & will try & use it for spare parts  the small vinyl piece has been fitted to to the first blind  also had a look at a local wreckers that had a wagooon in the same colour turn up.....   same everything [even reese type towbar] ... less the lpg & keyed lock in tailgate shall try & grab some parts off of it
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Mad2 wrote: ok. currently trying to pull shifter 'knob' off ...............  not sure on how to pull it apart without breaking something else and as you can see the vinyl piece around knob has come off .....   so does anyone have any idea on how i can get it ALL apart witthout destroying it 
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ohhh .. and i have been told by supplier that the smartbar IS actually off a AU . . . . .
will compare how it fits on the two spare wagons - AU/BF
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Mad2 wrote: ohhh .. and i have been told by supplier that the smartbar IS actually off a AU . . . . . will compare how it fits on the two spare wagons - AU/BF ok .... it is from an AU fitted to a later BF with just two bolts holding it there        i can either use it or ..... sell it & wait for a BA SmartBar to use i can either change frontend sheetmetal to AU [which i can do as i prefer the AU XR6/8 headlights] OR fit 'fillers' where needed around the bumper [such as between the bumper & lights/grille etc] Thoughts anyone ? |
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so after driving for awhile & hooking up the car trailer to the wagooon .....
currently thinking of changing rear springs due to spring sag & weight in back of wagooon plus weight of a car trailer..... have my eye on some secondhand FG one ton ute springs.  pro's & cons?? currently the wagooon has the 'standard' 65 ltr usable doughnut lpg tank, how ever i want to upgrade to the larger lpg tanks used on the lpg only wagooons [as per FAWD]. which also means a custom petrol tank [again as per FAWD]. not sure if currently fitted reece towbar will fit with bigger lpg tank?. currenly have a BF lpg wagooon as a parts car yes i know the wagooon will have a 'stiffer' ride to to the springs. |
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