I sent a scrap of the seat covers to <a href="http://www.dashboardrestorations.com.au/">Dashboard Restorations</a> for them to match the color. The seat covers, carpets, and headliner came from <a href="http://www.datsunrestore.com">Too Intense Restoration</a>. The door panels and window trim came out of a can of SEM vinyl dye. I did do all of the installation work myself and I'm still working on the rear plastic panels so the subject of this thread is actually an outright lie. :stupid:

You bugger! Lying to all of us like that! What would we know, what you have shown is great!

Will

Well, I just tried to upload some more pictures to my gallery but it looks like a disk space problem:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted at (null):0 :(tried to allocate 4800 bytes) in /home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/photopost/image-inc.php on line 81

Oh well, let's see what happens with attachments.

I shouldn't have looked at the pics, I see something you forgot... :paranoid:

Door bumpers??..... :surprised

I shouldn't have looked at the pics, I see something you forgot... :paranoid:

Door bumpers??..... :surprised

Yep. I've got door bumpers, wiper boots, and a new gas tank flap on order. I'm also getting new fuzzy window trim as well as the chrome outer molding with the rubber squeegee just because the originals are kind of shot. It's kind of nice to just have minor things that are relatively easy to do. I guess I also need a couple of those deck lid jamb plugs that someone else was asking about recently.

Well, I just tried to upload some more pictures to my gallery but it looks like a disk space problem:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted at (null):0 :(tried to allocate 4800 bytes) in /home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/photopost/image-inc.php on line 81

Oh well, let's see what happens with attachments.

That is the same error that dspivey was getting when he tried to upload. I think Mike G needs to know about this error since it seems to be affecting more more than one person. I'll send him a link to this thread.

I was just picking on ya Mike.. you'd be surprised how many nice cars don't have the door bumper. I saw a couple at the show with plain rubber plugs in the holes....

I was just picking on ya Mike.. you'd be surprised how many nice cars don't have the door bumper. I saw a couple at the show with plain rubber plugs in the holes....

Is there a trick to installing the door bumpers? My car had them when I bought her, but they "fell off" somewhere along the line. I have new ones, but the little plug doesn't want to pop into the hole to secure them to the car. I tried lube on the rubber bumper but it didn't help. Any tips would be appreciated.

Carl

Is there a trick to installing the door bumpers?

I may end up with the same problem. Where did you get yours? I just ordered mine from VB - they're only $0.95 each - so they may not even be the same size and quality as the originals (which I never even had). I'll let you know how it goes.

I did have a similar problem trying to install the gas door bumpers. I tried and tried to push them through the holes to no avail. In a moment of pure stupidity I then realized that the back side of those holes is actually on the inside of the car and that you just pull the bumpers through. Unfortunately that won't be an option for the door bumpers.

I may end up with the same problem. Where did you get yours? I just ordered mine from VB - they're only $0.95 each - so they may not even be the same size and quality as the originals (which I never even had). I'll let you know how it goes.

I did have a similar problem trying to install the gas door bumpers. I tried and tried to push them through the holes to no avail. In a moment of pure stupidity I then realized that the back side of those holes is actually on the inside of the car and that you just pull the bumpers through. Unfortunately that won't be an option for the door bumpers.

It's been so long ago that I got them (door bumpers), I don't remember where I got them, but it was either a local Nissan dealer, Courtesy Nissan, or MSA (I know it wasn't VB). Probably will take me a week to find them when I next try to install them.

I used your "from the other side" trick to get the plugs out of the chassis for the retractable seatbelts I am installing.

how do you pull the heater control panel? it's not as simple as the 4 screws. i'm trying to pull an old radio shack 8-track player from a '73 240. thanks.

-jamal

Excuse me a sec guys, but what the heck is a door bumper? :stupid: