I'm in for the LONG HAUL... :<)

[tooSavvy]

Well...... Worked out not too bad 😉

Requires fettling/fitting + cleanup & paint!

£30 and I get a 'free' mahoosive LED brake light (good, as Carina is a low car)

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[Tim Russia]

1 hour ago, tooSavvy said:

Well...... Worked out not too bad 😉

Requires fettling/fitting + cleanup & paint!

£30 and I get a 'free' mahoosive LED brake light (good, as Carina is a low car)

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Looking not bad)

Nice giraffe)

[PaulinhoT]

On 7/4/2020 at 7:51 AM, tooSavvy said:

My birthday Today......

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many belated birthday wishes, I hope you had lots of cake and Toyota parts.

[tooSavvy]

SWMBO seatbelt latch has been loosly flopping about on its retaining bolt.... As if the hole was too big on the bolt 😕

 

After stripping out the plastic cover I discovered the spring/welch washer (presumably to allow wobbly movement but not 'rattly') has fretted away and snapped.... I tried to loosen the 14mm bolt but.. even with a tube on my ratchet.. couldn't break it away

Plan B formed as using twopack adhesive to flow into the void and 'gummie up' the hole/make movement stiffer

The slight shine on the washer base is it, after glooping on with a piece of plastic.

Working just fine now(rattle-less).... see how it goes!

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[PaulinhoT]

That's a great little repair job 😄

[tooSavvy]

I have been on with the forming tool today, and cut this piece of laminate (19mm = the gap, where Nissan boot deck is more curved up) to shape of the ABS moulding.....

Once I get a skim of filler and flatt it out this will blend in nicely

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[PaulinhoT]

That's really taking shape now 😄

[tooSavvy]

1 hour ago, PaulinhoT said:

That's really taking shape now 😄

I see what you did there.... 😉

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[PaulinhoT]

I look forward to the next update 😄

[tooSavvy]

Finally!! + dry sunny day.....

BodyColour_Spoiler

...... NOW some holes, methinks 😉

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[PaulinhoT]

Council bins are very handy things lol, I use mine like that all the time.

 

The spoiler is looking good.

[Tim Russia]

Here we go!

First part of new life for this Carina!)

[tooSavvy]

YaY...... Good onyou, m8

#Consider starting YOUR OWN thread...... Perhaps??

Seemples = just go to Carina section (above where you just found MY thread) and click on "start new topic"....

Screenshot

We are all eyes + ears

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[tooSavvy]

Yo..... Guys!!

Video of 'the Wing' follows SOOON 😉

 

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[tooSavvy]

..... and here we all are ☺️

 

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[Agent Orange]

Crikey John......

.......That, my old mucker is fantastic!

A bit of thought, imagination, bravery, a tape measure and a rattle can....as you might say....Woot, Woot!!! 

Blinding job, you just need to get yourself down to Whitley Bay.....Cruising....Sunshine...Arm out of the window....Shades on..."Fog on the Tyne" blaring out of the stereo....Happy days!

Seriously, Mate, that spoiler looks like it was designed to be there.....Top job, Canny lad! 

All the best! 

[scootcassidy6]

I have been on with the forming tool today, and cut this piece of laminate (19mm = the gap, where Nissan boot deck is more curved up) to shape of the ABS moulding.....


Once I get a skim of filler and flatt it out this will blend in nicely
2sav

So what exactly u need on this

Sent from my TECNO CA6 using Tapatalk

[tooSavvy]

Yo, Scoot......

The curvature of the bootlid (Nissan Primera) is quite pronounced.... Our Carina II is much flatter across it's width.

This means the central pillar of the wing doesn't extend down (so the ends and the middle are on the same plane) far enough = I had to create a shaped piece, araldited to the original centre pillar, making up for the shortness/gap underneath. Turned out that 19MM (3/4inch) was the gap to fill.

I had to drill 3 holes for fitting..... Two had the securing bolts/large plate washers + one hole for the brake light wire to get into the boot.

I think it went off quite nifty, like ....

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[tooSavvy]

...... and should anyone wonder what my spoiler looks like, in it's 'natural habitat' 😉

Primera GT

Looks well neat, to me!

 

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[PaulinhoT]

The spoiler is really looking good, nice video as well 😄

 

[tooSavvy]

Since getting this car it has run really well.... It has electronic ign and the carb has behaved itself (smooth starts and good economy) 🙂

However... I'm an inveterate tinkerer and have decided to junk the 'AutoChoke' and go with a trusty old PullOutKnob. One reason for this being how old all the various components are and a recent sense that the choke is not fully clearing/needs a booting in gears to settle things  😞

I have everything I need to hand and will post up the installation & a review of it all afterwards.

 

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[tooSavvy]

...... Quick trip along to Metro Centre, Gateshead.

Very Restrained Looking 😉

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[tooSavvy]

Further, today, it being so nice out....

Newbiggin Point, church carpark.... and Free!

01Sept20

Lovely icecreams to be had, too 😉

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[tooSavvy]

I discovered, when pulling the sun blind forward, the fabric covering had become un-glued along the front edge (the bit always in the sun).

unglued

reglued

I bought a tube of contact adhesive at Poondland and used a thin [kiddies paint set] brush (... also from Poondies) to splodge glue along the lip and then wrapped the material back, over onto the glue.

Bit trickkie..... Working through the 'tilt up' gap, between glass and roof.

Looks very nice, refinished 😉

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[PaulinhoT]

Oh that's another good job done 😄