My '90 ZR-1 project update thread

[todesengel]

well I am another pos that smokes in my car. It is my car, and I will do whatever I please in it. Sorry that offends you =D>

Originally Posted by bdw18_123

For all the plastic and vinyl parts, first I clean them real good with some diluted Simple Green. Then I apply "Back to Black" to take away that old, flat look that old plastic and vinyl gets. Makes a huge difference.

For the carpeting, I'm using Turtle Wax's "Power Out Carpet Cleaner" with the scrub brush cap. It brings back the true color of the carpet and gets smells out, which is good because I could tell the PO smoked in this car.

[-=Jeff=-]

Originally Posted by todesengel

well I am another pos that smokes in my car. It is my car, and I will do whatever I please in it. Sorry that offends you =D>

he said PO = Previous Owner.. he didn't say POS..

[todesengel]

It was meant as a joke, I guess it is hard to interpret over the internet. sorry.

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

he said PO = Previous Owner.. he didn't say POS..

[-=Jeff=-]

Originally Posted by todesengel

It was meant as a joke, I guess it is hard to interpret over the internet. sorry.

No problem.. yes hard to tell when joking or not on the 'net

[bdw18_123]

Got the Bose deck reinstalled and tested. Sounds really good for a 20 year-old sound system! The replacement stock speakers/amps I bought work great, those rear speakers put out a lot of bass for what they are.




Glovebox, center windshield defrost vent cover, passenger side vents, fusebox cover and plastic cover side-piece above the hood-opening latch have all been cleaned, detailed and reinstalled.

[bdw18_123]

Passenger side kickpanel cleaned & reinstalled.




Driver's side vents cleaned & reinstalled.

[tomtom72]

Man that car is looking great!

I know it's a lot of work, but man she is going to look great when you're finished.

[bdw18_123]

FX-3/seat controls are cleaned and reinstalled.

They were extremely filthy, had to take them apart to fully clean them. Looked like the PO at some point spilled something all over the center console and down both sides to the carpet below the seats (and didn't bother to wipe it up).

I cleaned the controls with Simple Green, but the top part with the switches got etched by whatever got spilled. So I also polished the top area with clear plastic polish (because the paint and lettering is bonded to the bottom side of the clear plastic). Looks a LOT better.




Driver's side floor and console side carpet are cleaned and back in. Cleaned and detailed the plastic/vinyl areas.

For the carpet, I first vacuum it real good to remove all the loose stuff. Then I apply the "Turtle Wax Power Out" carpet cleaner with the built-in scrub brush. For the really bad stains, several applications are needed. Do one small area at a time, blotting the area with a clean, dry towel after using the cleaner.

That cleaner works really well, there were some really dark, nasty stains on the carpet. Unless you look really close, you can't hardly tell there were any stains.




Cleaned, detailed and reinstalled the plastic piece to the right of the gas pedal. Also cleaned all the pedals.




Passenger side floor and console side carpet cleaned and reinstalled. Cleaned and detailed the plastic/vinyl areas.

[Blue Flame Restorations]

Looking very, very good! Can't wait to see it all together again.

Good job

[bdw18_123]

Here is a before & after on the carpet cleaning I've been doing. A lot of the carpet I've cleaned so far had lots of similar stains on them, but I have been able to almost completely remove them.

The camera flash makes the stains look lighter than they really are. The carpet in these pictures is the piece that goes behind the seats.

Before...




After.




And finally, the "behind the seats" carpet reinstalled after finishing the cleaning.




Next, I decided to start getting the interior door panels cleaned up, starting with the driver's door panel.

Once I got the panel removed from the door, I took apart the panel itself to make it easier to clean and detail. This picture is after I cleaned and detailed everything.