Pete’s GS400 Build Thread by Sevenevez

4 minute(s) of a 283 minute read

6-12-2013

yeah man we need to get up there someday man. funny, yesterday my starter went out on me and i was thinking it would be the usual 30 minute fix. But then i couldnt even find the starter. Found this picture on the forum. Look where the starter is on a GS400! hahahaha

6-20-2013

Project: 2-Tone

Just waiting on the Dash. Then the daunting tear down and mending begins.

7-2-2013

Back to business. Still waiting on my dash i bought over a month ago is caught up in NY somewhere. Figured i would try to bang out the panels yesterday. 

--- So, here's how i did it. ---

Like i said. I hate the greyish Taupe color. So i am working to replace it all throughout the car with black. Here's a sexy black door panel, vs. one that will become an interracial marriage of leather and plastic.

You will first need to separate the panels/pieces by grinding down the areola of the plastic nipples holding them together. I got a few different Dremel attachments but this one actually worked the best. Cylindrical rough sandpaper

After grinding, i drilled a pilot hole into the previous plastic nips

Now where i drilled the pilot holes, i will rejoin the pieces with these washers and screws. I think i paid $4.99 for each box of 100 at ACE Hardware. Sizes are on the box.

Here is the backside of a completed Panel

Here is the 4 completed Panels. Once i got my theory working it only took about 30 minutes per panel to tear down and complete

Look at all this extra Taupe and black pieces!

Nothing goes to waste. I doubt it will ever happen, but if anyone someday wants a 2-Tone Taupe Black setup, i got the hard part done waiting for you 

Panels installed back on the car

Clean

Love the contrast and shape of the black flowing through the car so far

Gettin' close to my original photoshop. I will tackle the Steering wheel and the dash once it arrives hopefully soon.