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Geoff - if you are covering the wooden door cards, have you considered a horizontal split about 1/3rd down the door panel towards the back. This will mean the bottom of the door car will be closer fittin that the top part.
Hard to describe but if you look at the pictures of my door you should hopefully see what I mean.
It has the effect of making it look like a fitted panel rather than a sheet of wood bolted to the door. Purely cosmetic but I was surprised by the visual difference
Geoff - if you are covering the wooden door cards, have you considered a horizontal split about 1/3rd down the door panel towards the back. This will mean the bottom of the door car will be closer fittin that the top part.
Hard to describe but if you look at the pictures of my door you should hopefully see what I mean.
It has the effect of making it look like a fitted panel rather than a sheet of wood bolted to the door. Purely cosmetic but I was surprised by the visual difference
Thanks Nick will investigate , spent this afternoon installing a headlining and two pieces of trim , know I now why people have gone for the convertible version of the 250 swb (joke), what a difficult job , the *correct* method is to apply the glue to both surfaces and then fit! at this point there is zero chance of adjustment , my method was to apply the glue just to a small part of one surface press that part into place then apply more glue to the next section on just one surface and so on . The headlining was bought from Martrim in Sanbach and comes from a 1.5m wide roll 1m length would be £10 , I spent a total of £15 on the headlining and £10 for the glue , if doesn`t fall of overnight then that's finally a job completed , Geoff .
Thanks Nick will investigate , spent this afternoon installing a headlining and two pieces of trim , know I now why people have gone for the convertible version of the 250 swb (joke), what a difficult job , the *correct* method is to apply the glue to both surfaces and then fit! at this point there is zero chance of adjustment , my method was to apply the glue just to a small part of one surface press that part into place then apply more glue to the next section on just one surface and so on . The headlining was bought from Martrim in Sanbach and comes from a 1.5m wide roll 1m length would be £10 , I spent a total of £15 on the headlining and £10 for the glue , if doesn`t fall of overnight then that's finally a job completed , Geoff .
Hmm, I know the difficulty with the headlining, having fitted it to my Quantum and nearly being overcome by the glue! - a dash out of the garage for air was the emergency action I had to take. BTW my headlining is a sort of 'fuzzy felt', what is yours?
There is the option of a sprayed on flocking . Gives a nice even finish but is a bit messy to apply . It could be done before the roof section is fitted , upside down on the floor.
Hmm, I know the difficulty with the headlining, having fitted it to my Quantum and nearly being overcome by the glue! - a dash out of the garage for air was the emergency action I had to take. BTW my headlining is a sort of 'fuzzy felt', what is yours?
Fuzzy felt is probably a good description and even though I didn`t use the one correct method it hasn`t fallen off yet , Geoff .
Hmm, I know the difficulty with the headlining, having fitted it to my Quantum and nearly being overcome by the glue! - a dash out of the garage for air was the emergency action I had to take. BTW my headlining is a sort of 'fuzzy felt', what is yours?
Check out floc-king.co.uk based in Nottingham. They offer a professional flocking service and I'm sure they could do headlining , the do all sorts of car trim and it looks spot on !
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[url]http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=23&pictureid=626 [/url] Same floor pan, probably same bulk head same year of manufacture, very simple design looks brilliant I like the CD player buttons. I think a fibre glass dash top and facia could and should be made by tribute. I am having problems posting pics they are showing on mine so I have added the top link too? Can anyone see them? Ed
Thanks Mr Towed, I can see them on mine I even put both links from the cp picture folder up? Very strange.
My pictures where very similar just with an older style Micra dash.its a very simple style and also the leather clad dash top is consistent with my mission to try and get everyone to do a bit of upholstery work as I find it so enjoyable.il try some pictures on this post.Ed
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Now I'm not saying to fit a Figaro dash although I like it, I am just pointing out what is possible once the original is lifted out and you get your head around the nest of wiring. I can picture a similar dash top and facia coupled with the modified centre console many have achieved. That stereo you bought towed would not look out of place or a hidden remote controlled one like scotties. The Dash top and console could be trimmed in matching fabric.
If anyone wants anything stitching get in touch post me some patterns and I will have a stab. Ed.
As a Nissan fan I should've asked which generation of Micra your dash picture was from, I foolishly assumed it'd be from a K11. As I'm sure we all know, 1992 was the change-over year between the K10 and K11 models...
Of course we all know that, many is the evening I spend reciting Micra part numbers, In fact you would have to be in the he who is only stupid club to pick the wrong one,(see mr towed on the road thread).
I didn't know that and its a bit of a massive presumption on my part that the Figaro is the same floor pan? I picked that as they where both 1992 car photos and the steering wheel to scuttle height looks closer. Believe it or not only yesterday i was talking about just how many fantastic cars Nissan have designed and yet they kind of fly under the radar. I also like the scargo. Ed
Good afternoon at the time that Chris built my car he was using Alfa 156 door handles connected by a Tribute designed mechanism to link to the Z3 door lock (same as on Bob`s car *Hurnleft*) , although it worked reasonably on my car it did seize on 2 occasions and never really gave full confidence .
The latest choice is to use a Mini door handle with the standard Z3 handle fitted with a small plate attached as per (Andy`s car *Ericholm*) .
To convert my car to enable the Mini door handles to be fitted I have bought 2 replacement doors £25, 2 door handles £34.95 and 2 door locks £35 .
I have replaced a Z3 door previously and did not want to do it again , so I cut the required section out of the new doors (which the door handles fit to) and those sections will be bolted onto my existing doors .
If anybody need 2 Z3 doors with large oblong holes in them please get in touch! thanks Geoff .
