Roy's Garage: '90 2.4-4G64 5-spd D-50

[royster]

Rally Wheels
Recent rain brought signs of rust on the newly-stripped caps, so I have polished them with paste wax. I'll have to do this occassionally in order to keep that look.
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Door Panels
I finally removed the door panels from the parts truck, and made templates. I did some experimenting, and though I'm not real happy with this round of "look", it gave me experience in working with various materials and approaches. These are the original door covers hashed over: later, I'll make new panels, but for now, this spiffies things up a bit.
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Bucket Seats, Rear Panel, Rear Window Exchange
Ah, these wonderful bucket seats! What a difference, although I now know what Merrill was talking about in regards to losing a few inches of seat adjustment when you convert from the stock bench seat.

These came out of a 2001 Saturn, and fitting them was no small issue. I was very lucky to have the parts truck bench seat hardware to use. I therefore had two sets of track to build on, and yes: the holes and bolts are under the carpeting, you just need to locate them.

While the bench seat was out, I fabricated and installed a rear panel. I wasn't 100% happy with the end result as far as appearance, but you don't really see it much, in service.

I removed and rehabbed the rear window from the parts truck...a much nicer one than what came with my truck, and works so much easier. In using acetone on the interior painted trim, I found it easy to expose the aluminum, so I went with the shine of aluminum inside, metalic gray (with clear coat) on the exterior.
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What The heck...?
In making a new console, I used the parts truck center hump to mold expanding foam inside the console. Wax paper on the floor keeps it from sticking, the weight holding it down assures an absolute perfect fit. Looks like hell, though.

And, yes, noahwins: that's a blue steering wheel, but I need it to move the parts truck, for now. You're welcome to it when I'm done. PM me for arrangements.
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