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post Jul 8, 2012 - 4:07 PM
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My names Ed, and I live in Barcelona, Spain. I am from the Republic of Ireland. I've been living here for 13 years. In that time I've had a number of cars.

First one I got a year after arrival was a '93 Prelude 2.2 vtec. After that I got a '00 BMW 318ci. I sold that to get back into university.
So now I've got this 1996 GT. Its covered in dents and scrapes. Pretty tired looking. I want to make it look like new, improve it where I can and try to keep it as standard as possible. I'll be painting it black, and keeping the wheels as they are, just tarting them up a bit.
All of this depends on my finances of course, so it'll be a slow process. Patience will be required. Lots of patience.



















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post Jan 30, 2015 - 6:32 PM
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QUOTE (Noahwhite2014 @ Jan 28, 2015 - 2:57 AM) *
To make the center of your steering wheel less shiny, hit it with dishwashing soap and water in a spray bottle about 5 times and dry with a paper towel between each wash, it'll dry it out the leather a lot (if it is leather... I'm not too sure, but its worked on other leather products I've done before. I did it to dull out leather of different ages and wear, and then you condition afterward at one time so the finish color, texture, and sheen is all the same biggrin.gif If the center isn't leather, I'm not sure if it'll work kindasad.gif

No it's plastic, thanks anyway. I'm not sure if they cover those things with leather. I may try sanding the airbag with some micro fine sand paper sponge stuff, I think it's like a 1200 grade or so. That should make the plastic more matt. I'll test it on the old wheel as that's going in the bin anyway.

QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Jan 28, 2015 - 10:39 AM) *
The tweeters can be spliced into your door speakers.


Hurrah!! This is great news!!! Thanks for that! Do you connect them directly into the + and - of the door speaker right? This will be very easy to do. I will be changing the speakers too at some stage. I discovered that one has been replaced already. Some time ago by the look of it too (its cheap looking and filthy).



Some more stuff arrived by post today. A nice chromed keyring and some carpet logos. The logos seem to be an aluminium alloy, so and quite soft and prone to scratches, so I dunno how long they'll last. I guess a careful sanding with make them look new again when they become old and tarnished. I don't have any carpets yet, so that's a future problem. My girlfriend refused to drive the car with the old ones in, so I had to remove them.


So today the news is that I fitted the 7th gen wheel.


I had a few problems installing it, amateurish stuff really. Couldn't get one of the airbag screws out of the old wheel. One came out fine with a flat screwdriver, the other bent the head of the screw driver. So I "borrowed" some heads from work. Those odd star shaped ones. Yeh, the medium sized one fitted and with a bit of elbow grease that stubborn screw came out. Then the airbag still didn't want to come off, until I completely removed the screws from the wheel.

The wheel came off easily using a tire iron and then a wheel puller I got from Ebay. I knew the size was a metric 19 or something (and there was no way a spanner could get the angle to get purchase on the nut) so I got a tire iron and it fitted the wheel nut. JOY! Off came the nut. The puller I had got was good too, it got tight and then just went "glock" and the wheel popped off. Nice.

The colour of the wires on the new airbag and the column matched (yellow and blue) so I soldered in the new connector to the old column wires and insulated the wires carefully. I then hooked up the horn connector too.
Once the battery was re-connected there was no explosion (I started the engine too) or SRS light (fortunately).



The photos are a bit crap to be honest, 'cos my car is underground and they don't believe in electricity there. So I tried different ways of lighting to get some photos. I'll try and get some in daylight, 'cos who doesn't enjoy a good photo right? The cars a mess inside I know, I'll be doing a bit of a tidy tomorrow as I still have to install the 2DIN. I have already made some brackets, just gotta make them fit right.



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- Edser   Edsers 1996 GT Project   Jul 8, 2012 - 4:07 PM
- - Edser   Here's some photos during the first days work....   Jul 8, 2012 - 5:28 PM
- - enderswift   keep it up dude, we all want to see a celi brought...   Jul 8, 2012 - 7:56 PM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (enderswift @ Jul 8, 2012 - 7...   Jul 9, 2012 - 6:22 AM
- - Edser   Here's some more photos of progress. I took o...   Jul 9, 2012 - 7:19 AM
- - Edser   It's been a difficult few days, my arm feels l...   Jul 11, 2012 - 7:42 AM
- - Edser   Just discovered my university fees have nearly tre...   Jul 30, 2012 - 4:07 PM
- - Edser   I did a bit more work on the wheels this week, sa...   Aug 16, 2012 - 5:15 PM
- - enderswift   good work bud, the car has already come a long wa...   Aug 26, 2012 - 9:59 AM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (enderswift @ Aug 26, 2012 - 9...   Aug 28, 2012 - 3:24 PM
|- - Edser   Another photo of a polished wheel One of the wh...   Aug 28, 2012 - 3:45 PM
- - SwissFerdi   I can make you some money if you're willing to...   Aug 26, 2012 - 10:45 AM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Aug 26, 2012 - 10...   Aug 28, 2012 - 3:29 PM
- - Edser   This weekend I'm going to polish the last two ...   Sep 10, 2012 - 7:46 PM
- - yagamius   Parles Catalŕ. Que hi ha, que bé veure com un Cel...   Sep 11, 2012 - 2:30 AM
- - Edser   Sí que puc parlar una mica, perň jo parlo millor e...   Sep 11, 2012 - 7:09 AM
- - Edser   Here's the wheel inserts all painted. I went f...   Sep 13, 2012 - 1:18 PM
- - Edser   I finished one of the front wheels today. I sanded...   Sep 15, 2012 - 4:34 PM
- - rivs   Looking good man! I'm thinking about paint...   Sep 15, 2012 - 4:42 PM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (rivs @ Sep 15, 2012 - 5:42 PM...   Sep 17, 2012 - 4:47 AM
- - Edser   Here's a better pic of what the completed side...   Sep 17, 2012 - 4:39 AM
- - Edser   Front wheel - before and after!   Sep 17, 2012 - 4:55 AM
- - Anoroc   Looks excellent!   Sep 18, 2012 - 5:39 AM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (Anoroc @ Sep 18, 2012 - 6:39 ...   Sep 29, 2012 - 1:27 PM
- - Edser   I finally got around to working on the front wing....   Sep 29, 2012 - 1:18 PM
- - enderswift   I've seen many, many horribly painted interior...   Oct 6, 2012 - 6:42 PM
- - Edser   Thanks Enders! Yeah, I'm going for a subt...   Oct 9, 2012 - 3:07 AM
- - Ted95   i really like how those wheels came out, i havent ...   Oct 9, 2012 - 7:14 AM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (Ted95 @ Oct 9, 2012 - 7:14 AM...   Oct 10, 2012 - 10:42 AM
- - Edser   So I fitted my center console this weekend. I thin...   Oct 12, 2012 - 5:54 PM
- - Edser   I fear it will be next year before I can paint her...   Oct 14, 2012 - 8:23 PM
- - Edser   Right! I'm heading back to work on the car...   Oct 31, 2012 - 4:05 PM
- - Edser   I painted my Thundercats wheels this weekend. I th...   Nov 6, 2012 - 5:15 PM
- - Edser   Since I have no money at the mo, I thought I'd...   Nov 27, 2012 - 5:52 PM
- - Syaoran   Very good with paint and restoration I see... keep...   Nov 28, 2012 - 3:06 AM
- - Edser   Cheers! After the rears turned out so well, I ...   Dec 1, 2012 - 11:38 AM
- - Edser   I noticed that my reversing light looked sort of d...   Dec 2, 2012 - 10:45 AM
- - Edser   Its been a long cold winter, and I finally got bac...   Mar 16, 2013 - 10:16 AM
- - Edser   It has been two years, and I have finally got arou...   Sep 13, 2014 - 2:28 PM
- - Edser   Yippee! Car has been painted! I just went ...   Oct 2, 2014 - 6:44 PM
- - JoshuaM   A long time coming... but worth it! Hope you g...   Oct 2, 2014 - 10:15 PM
- - Nial   That looks great. I particularly like the work on ...   Oct 3, 2014 - 12:39 AM
- - cheela   looks great! now drive it!!!   Oct 3, 2014 - 9:23 AM
- - Edser   Its great to nearly have it going again, and this ...   Oct 11, 2014 - 10:58 AM
- - Edser   Wow! I think I've struck gold here. I went...   Oct 18, 2014 - 12:02 PM
- - Rusty   Left boot is inner & right is outer. Make sure...   Oct 18, 2014 - 3:56 PM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (Rusty @ Oct 18, 2014 - 4:56 P...   Oct 18, 2014 - 5:04 PM
- - Edser   I started cleaning the leather interior. Its prett...   Oct 21, 2014 - 3:19 AM
- - njccmd2002   that is some custom leather, pricy, but well worth...   Oct 21, 2014 - 3:38 AM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 21, 2014 - 4...   Oct 21, 2014 - 3:43 AM
- - Edser   Some goodies have arrived!!! I picked...   Oct 22, 2014 - 2:55 PM
- - msk59   Nice work. Love the seats   Oct 24, 2014 - 7:59 AM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (msk59 @ Oct 24, 2014 - 8:59 A...   Oct 24, 2014 - 12:48 PM
- - Edser   The last few days I've been cleaning and prepa...   Oct 26, 2014 - 4:16 PM
- - njccmd2002   wow, what an improvement, i am amazed. does that ...   Oct 26, 2014 - 5:21 PM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 26, 2014 - 6...   Oct 27, 2014 - 3:30 AM
- - Edser   Just found a fiver when taking my seats apart. It ...   Oct 27, 2014 - 4:06 PM
- - Edser   This just arrived! Looks really good, very cla...   Oct 28, 2014 - 5:37 AM
- - Edser   This just arrived!!   Oct 28, 2014 - 2:47 PM
- - Edser   Finally the time has come to move the car from its...   Nov 2, 2014 - 10:43 AM
- - Edser   Just a small update. I took my door cards out of t...   Nov 3, 2014 - 3:03 PM
- - Edser   Been doing some work on the car on Monday and Tues...   Nov 6, 2014 - 2:31 PM
- - Edser   This week I stuck on some TRD badges on the wheels...   Nov 9, 2014 - 7:01 PM
- - CrossCudi   great job ! very unique in color !...   Nov 11, 2014 - 1:31 AM
- - cheela   Seats looks great. let us know how that dye works....   Nov 11, 2014 - 8:44 AM
- - SwissFerdi   Those seats look seriously good. Very nice work.   Nov 11, 2014 - 9:29 AM
- - Edser   Thanks guys! I'll be doing the front seats...   Nov 11, 2014 - 9:29 AM
- - Edser   A box arrived in the post today. What is it? Wha...   Nov 13, 2014 - 4:03 PM
- - njccmd2002   funny, congratz, i can imagine you jumping...   Nov 14, 2014 - 6:21 PM
- - Edser   So I fitted the lights. Here's half the job do...   Nov 14, 2014 - 6:50 PM
- - Edser   This is after one coat of Leatherique. The do...   Nov 21, 2014 - 11:04 AM
- - Edser   My USDM double DIN console arrived today straight ...   Nov 24, 2014 - 3:25 PM
- - JDUB   seats look fantastic!   Nov 24, 2014 - 4:41 PM
- - enderswift   Great work, those seats look oem!   Nov 24, 2014 - 11:27 PM
- - Edser   Thanks guys! More stuff arrived today. I g...   Dec 2, 2014 - 4:11 PM
- - Edser   Some pressies arrived today... Guess which one is ...   Dec 11, 2014 - 4:02 PM
- - Edser   Here's a pic of the fronts all nicely painted....   Dec 11, 2014 - 4:14 PM
- - Edser   I put on my rear JDM splitters, I hope to put the ...   Dec 18, 2014 - 5:07 PM
- - 4-eyed-freek   Car looks great! Good progress so far!   Dec 19, 2014 - 9:44 AM
- - Edser   QUOTE (4-eyed-freek @ Dec 19, 2014 ...   Dec 21, 2014 - 9:56 AM
- - Edser   This is my new car, well it's my girlfriends, ...   Dec 21, 2014 - 10:07 AM
- - Edser   Greetings! Some holiday pics!   Dec 31, 2014 - 5:46 AM
- - enderswift   Interior shot please   Dec 31, 2014 - 8:31 AM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (enderswift @ Dec 31, 2014 - 9...   Dec 31, 2014 - 12:36 PM
- - Edser   The new subwoofer has arrived. Doesn't pack mu...   Jan 7, 2015 - 4:08 PM
- - Edser   Today I fitted the new subwoofer. It's the Pio...   Jan 10, 2015 - 7:34 PM
- - Edser   Some more parts arrived this week. I'll put on...   Jan 17, 2015 - 6:03 AM
- - Edser   I fitted the Dash LEDs. They are a little pink I t...   Jan 17, 2015 - 2:37 PM
- - Edser   Today I started fitting strip LEDs under the doors...   Jan 25, 2015 - 4:18 PM
- - Edser   I got my new re-upholstered leather steering wheel...   Jan 27, 2015 - 1:51 PM
- - enderswift   Wow they did a great joB   Jan 27, 2015 - 3:40 PM
- - richee3   The badge from the TRD horn button fits the 7gc wh...   Jan 27, 2015 - 3:49 PM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (richee3 @ Jan 27, 2015 - 3:49...   Jan 27, 2015 - 4:53 PM
|- - Noahwhite2014   To make the center of your steering wheel less shi...   Jan 28, 2015 - 2:57 AM
- - SwissFerdi   The tweeters can be spliced into your door speaker...   Jan 28, 2015 - 10:39 AM
- - Edser   QUOTE (Noahwhite2014 @ Jan 28, 2015 - 2...   Jan 30, 2015 - 6:32 PM
- - Edser   Just a quick update. I made some mounting brackets...   Feb 10, 2015 - 3:24 PM
- - mkernz22   Looks nice! How is the clock defective? If yo...   Feb 10, 2015 - 3:32 PM
|- - Edser   QUOTE (mkernz22 @ Feb 10, 2015 - 3:3...   Feb 10, 2015 - 4:42 PM
- - Edser   Just a quick update on m y new head head unit. I g...   Apr 19, 2015 - 3:49 PM
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