Rochester's new G
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I'm not too proud to say you're right. So yeah... Why didn't I do this sooner? LOL
OMG this guy has skills. He literally eyeballed the color match for the dye. Two hours later and the seat looks nearly new again. It's amazing. Pics later.
OMG this guy has skills. He literally eyeballed the color match for the dye. Two hours later and the seat looks nearly new again. It's amazing. Pics later.
Last edited by Rochester; 07-05-2024 at 07:10 PM.
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Leather Restoration
Here are a pair of Before & After pictures. He also touched up a streak of dark stain on the back left bolster, which was nice.
I told the guy that I'm not going to let this happen again, and will be sitting on a microfiber towel from now on. He laughed and said that probably wasn't necessary. However, if I'm really concerned about blue jeans causing future damage to light colored leather, then sitting on a towel isn't the best choice. Better to use linen, like a white pillow case.
Anyway, it's going to sit in the garage for a couple of days while it cures. Which is no big deal, it sits for days at a time anyway.
I told the guy that I'm not going to let this happen again, and will be sitting on a microfiber towel from now on. He laughed and said that probably wasn't necessary. However, if I'm really concerned about blue jeans causing future damage to light colored leather, then sitting on a towel isn't the best choice. Better to use linen, like a white pillow case.
Anyway, it's going to sit in the garage for a couple of days while it cures. Which is no big deal, it sits for days at a time anyway.
Last edited by Rochester; 07-05-2024 at 01:22 PM.
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So far this year:
Driver seat leather restoration.
Powder-coated, rebuilt calipers.
Removed and reapplied the roof wing.
Transmission mount de-mod.
New thermostat.
Coolant flush & fill.
Fender graphic project.
Heater hose connector.
Which is a lot, particularly since I've done absolutely zero to the car in 2022 and 2023.
Driver seat leather restoration.
Powder-coated, rebuilt calipers.
Removed and reapplied the roof wing.
Transmission mount de-mod.
New thermostat.
Coolant flush & fill.
Fender graphic project.
Heater hose connector.
Which is a lot, particularly since I've done absolutely zero to the car in 2022 and 2023.
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The next project is to have my lower rear bumper rewrapped or painted. But that's definitely a 2025 goal. I've done enough this year. Mechanically and maintenance-wise the car is sound as a drum (until something fails LOL).
In a few weeks I'm taking the G on a 5 hour road trip north of Toronto. Should be fun.
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A Canadian friend of mine had this really nice garage built. I'm so jealous. I think my car looks great in it.
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Here's Andy's steering wheel, with Redline Goods leather wrap stitched perfectly. He did a really good job on this thing. I love how the darker segments are EXACTLY the same as the Redline Goods leather & color I selected for my shift boot, my center console lid, and my parking brake boot. It's the exact same. That's so fantastic. It's going to look great in my Stone Leather interior!
Now I need to research how to install it, LOL.
Now I need to research how to install it, LOL.
Last edited by Rochester; 07-29-2024 at 07:51 AM.
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Here's Andy's steering wheel, with Redline Goods leather wrap stitched perfectly. He did a really good job on this thing. I love how the darker segments are EXACTLY the same as the Redline Goods leather & color I selected for my shift boot, by center console lid, and my parking brake boot. It's the exact same. That's so fantastic. It's going to look great in my Stone Leather interior!
Now I need to research how to install it, LOL.
Now I need to research how to install it, LOL.
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Good advice. Thanks!
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30-minute job, max. 45 if you are painfully cautious.
Everything @hexotic mentioned is spot on. I would only add to:
1) take note of the alignment marks before popping the wheel off, and
2) make sure you notice how the "horn ring" gets mounted behind the bottom tab of the wheel and reinstall in the same manner. It's very easy to miss this step which will cause airbag alignment issues and the horn may not sound.
You'll notice it when you get in there.
Everything @hexotic mentioned is spot on. I would only add to:
1) take note of the alignment marks before popping the wheel off, and
2) make sure you notice how the "horn ring" gets mounted behind the bottom tab of the wheel and reinstall in the same manner. It's very easy to miss this step which will cause airbag alignment issues and the horn may not sound.
You'll notice it when you get in there.
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Here's another random, long term idea my friend Matt pointed out this past weekend.
In a little more than a year from now, my wife and I are planning on moving to a new house. And the likelihood is the new driveway won't have this severe hump to get up and down from at the end of my driveway. In other words, there won't be anything keeping me from installing the front Sport Lip (chin).
I never thought of that until now. So that's in my long term planning... get a front sport lip after the new house. Along with getting it painted and installed, I should have my whole front bumper and grille repainted. Man, that would look real nice, because Pearl White gets weird and inconsistent as it ages over different materials. The white on the bumper and the grille is no longer matching the rest of the car.
In a little more than a year from now, my wife and I are planning on moving to a new house. And the likelihood is the new driveway won't have this severe hump to get up and down from at the end of my driveway. In other words, there won't be anything keeping me from installing the front Sport Lip (chin).
I never thought of that until now. So that's in my long term planning... get a front sport lip after the new house. Along with getting it painted and installed, I should have my whole front bumper and grille repainted. Man, that would look real nice, because Pearl White gets weird and inconsistent as it ages over different materials. The white on the bumper and the grille is no longer matching the rest of the car.
Last edited by Rochester; 07-29-2024 at 11:02 AM.
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So that's in my long term planning... get a front sport lip after the new house. Along with getting it painted and installed, I should have my whole front bumper and grille repainted. Man, that would look real nice, because Pearl White gets weird and inconsistent as it ages over different materials. The white on the bumper and the grille is no longer matching the rest of the car.
I mention all of this to ask if you plan to PPF the front end after you get it repainted and add the lip? I already put Llumar on the headlights on my car and plan to PPF the whole front bumper and lip in a few weeks when everything is cured and ready. My wife's MX5 was purchased new and the first thing we did after purchase was PPF the front clip plus mirror and windshield surround (basically, every surface that faces forward on the car) with the 3M vinyl PPF. She was following a landscaper's truck when something fell off and hit her front bumper. When I looked at it, there was a scuff mark that I was able to wipe off with some detail spray, a MF towel and some elbow grease, which sold me on the value of PPF on a new (or newly painted) car.
Just a suggestion!
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Do you know where you're going to source the lip from? I feel like prices on them are going up because they're harder to find? I've thought about adding the lip to my G as well, is why I'm asking.
@dwb993 I miss my supercharged AP1 so much.
@dwb993 I miss my supercharged AP1 so much.