Sheepers buys a Hilux.

[4AG_Addict]

@sheepers

Set of 185 Recaros on Marketplace, rough as guts though.

https://www.facebook.com/share/WjUttiDxZQ3SQ4oi/?mibextid=kL3p88

[xsspeed]

@Snoozin shared this with me for some fabric options to refurb 

https://retroautotek.com.au/product-category/fabrics/recarofabrics/

[sheepers]

1 hour ago, 4AG_Addict said:

@sheepers

Set of 185 Recaros on Marketplace, rough as guts though.

https://www.facebook.com/share/WjUttiDxZQ3SQ4oi/?mibextid=kL3p88

Cheers for that but god dam this seats are fucked

[GARDRB]

On 18/02/2024 at 21:19, xsspeed said:

Damn that's the same fabric as in my z31 recaros that I need to get redone, didn't appreciate it would be common

There's a guy in Aussie that sells Recaro fabric and refurbed seats if you can't find the fabric closer to home

 

Edit: @Snoozin and @xsspeed beat me to it

[sheepers]

With no idea what I'm doing I decided to pull the seats apart and see if any parts are interchangeable. 

Long story short, the cushions can be swapped over. 

So I did. I now have a fucking ace drivers seat and a fucked passenger seat. 

Then I found a pair of good looking seats on TM in the same colour so I bought them. 

Between the 4 seats I should have no issue making 2 good ones. 

Stoked tbh

[Sunbeam]

What qualifies as cheap for one of these smurfs?

[sheepers]

What,  for the whole truck?

[sheepers]

Also shit I forgot to mention that I put the rear bumper back on. 

This was harder then it sounds but basically I pulled all the brackets apart,  soaked them in evoporust for a few days then painted them all. 

I beat most of the dents out of the side bits and then bolted it all back in. 

One of the mud flaps was broken in two so I welded it beck together with a soldering iron using cable ties for welding rod. 

Is it good as new? No. 

Will it last a thousand years? Also no

But it's back on the truck and works until it doesn't so I'm calling it a win.

[sheepers]

New AC system. 

As previously I bought one of everything from rock auto. 

Then I installed it. 

It was quite the job to get the TX valve out but yea whatever. 

I still have to fit a fan to the condenser,  factory they don't have one which doesn't do the rest of the system a lot of good and is the reason why the TX valves shit themselves. 

[sheepers]

Also fitted a new radio. 

The one in it had FM and CD player. 

And nothing else. 

Yip yip new radio.  Nick the sparky found this thing on special so it was cheap enough. 

Also fitted a reverse camera which was quite the job getting the cables into the rear door.

By some fluke it works. 

[yetchh]

If you ever need a new rear door latch cable I have a brand new one here I was to put in ours before it got nicked. The cable in ours would jam up and not latch properly, Rosie took it for a wof up here, the back door opened while he was doing the brake test and a bag of apples fell out.. still passed the wof tho #cuntrylyfe

[sheepers]

I are a pulsterer.

 

I pulled the other two seats apart and have collected the best bits from the 4 to make two good ones. 

The seat covers weren't super gross but I decided a turn in the washing machine wouldn't hurt them. 

Tbh they didn't come out looking much different 

They might get another turn in the washing machine I reckon. 

[tortron]

I did upsidedown lawnmower and dog hair transporter wingroad seats with a water blaster and thr carpet shampooer machine, then water blast till water ran clear. Big difference 

[Adoom]

Did you use any stain remover, or just normal washing machine stuff? I've used SARD and it does a pretty good job getting a bunch of the oil out of my overalls. Just got to pick all the nuts, bolts and swarf out of the machine afterwards.

 

[thegreatestben]

 

5 minutes ago, Adoom said:

Did you use any stain remover, or just normal washing machine stuff? I've used SARD and it does a pretty good job getting a bunch of the oil out of my overalls. Just got to pick all the nuts, bolts and swarf out of the machine afterwards.

 

should have left a magnet that doesn’t go rusty in your pocket.

[sheepers]

The seats actually came out looking quite good. 

So I put them back together and put them back in the truck. 

Fuck,  so much more comfort. And now both seats have adjustable lumber support. 

Then I fitted a cooling fan I had to the AC condenser.  I made a bracket and it's in there pretty good.  I made up the wiring loom for it but it got dark so I'll fit it tomorrow.

Also I bought new discs and drums for it. 

[sheepers]

[HighLUX]

Just needs a couple of LED whippy boys on both sides of the front bumper and a kenworth windscreen banner 

[sheepers]

All of which I have on order.

[63Ragtop]

And a permanent roof tent.

Nice work on the interior, huge improvement.