hyzerponix' 1983 Pickup Build-Up Thread
Oct 31, 2011 | 05:46 PM
#41
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(If anyone has a brown IP cover, mine is cracked as you can see. I would like to buy a replacement from someone!)
PM me with your year, make, model, and color and i'll get you a price.
(If anyone has a brown IP cover, mine is cracked as you can see. I would like to buy a replacement from someone!)
PM me with your year, make, model, and color and i'll get you a price.
Nov 1, 2011 | 08:03 AM
#42
Nov 7, 2011 | 11:31 AM
#43
Interior B-column liners!
Why yes, there is more Home Depot I/O carpet involved in this update, thanks for asking...
The stock interior B-column covers, with their paper-thin plastic, were all old and brittle. They would crack apart from the slightest contact and were beginning to rattle around a bit while driving. Decided to replace them with more carpet.
I tried this once before and forgot about the cab vents. The lack of adequate venting meant I was having to slam my doors harder than usual in order for them to shut. So today was actually a redo, starting over from scratch.
Once I cut the carpet to size and burned out the seatbelt bolt holes with a soldering iron, I set out to make something to facilitate the cab vent. Busted open a pneumatic filter and yanked out the brass mesh that was inside. Cut a couple rectangular holes in the carpet panels, and glued some of the brass mesh to the backside:
This will allow the cab to depressurize properly so I don't have to slam the doors.
The holes don't have the sharpest lines, but you'll never see them anyway:
All in all, I'm pleased with how they turned out. Forgot to snap the seatbelt loop cover back on for the pic, but you get the idea:
Now I just have to do the back wall and the floor. Probably a good idea to wait til after hunting season for the floor.
The stock interior B-column covers, with their paper-thin plastic, were all old and brittle. They would crack apart from the slightest contact and were beginning to rattle around a bit while driving. Decided to replace them with more carpet.
I tried this once before and forgot about the cab vents. The lack of adequate venting meant I was having to slam my doors harder than usual in order for them to shut. So today was actually a redo, starting over from scratch.
Once I cut the carpet to size and burned out the seatbelt bolt holes with a soldering iron, I set out to make something to facilitate the cab vent. Busted open a pneumatic filter and yanked out the brass mesh that was inside. Cut a couple rectangular holes in the carpet panels, and glued some of the brass mesh to the backside:
This will allow the cab to depressurize properly so I don't have to slam the doors.
The holes don't have the sharpest lines, but you'll never see them anyway:
All in all, I'm pleased with how they turned out. Forgot to snap the seatbelt loop cover back on for the pic, but you get the idea:
Now I just have to do the back wall and the floor. Probably a good idea to wait til after hunting season for the floor.
Nov 7, 2011 | 01:10 PM
#45
Well, the original adhesive strip stayed on the cab wall when I took the old panels off, so that helps. But it is also held in place by that upper piece of trim, and the entire door-side edge was just tucked beneath the door trim. When I cut the carpet, I traced the original panels, so all the edges and holes pretty much line up the same.
Hope that helps!
Hope that helps!
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