How Far Can We Turn Back Time? A Near Total Restoration
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Looking At Indicators
Since the car is going in for new paint, I thought I'd pull out all the lights and see if I can spruce them up any.
My bumper turn signal lights. The lens is pretty yellowed out.
Front bumper lights are dusty
Rear bumper indicator lights. Pretty dusty.
Particularly the "white" portion of the light has yellowed.
To clean them:
Restored rear bumper indicator light vs the unrestored counterpart.
Restored front bumper signal light (fore) vs the "before" side
The back side of a restored light
Nice and shiny lenses
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All in all, I was pretty shocked at how grungy the parts were when I pulled them off the car. Looked so neat before. Can't wait to get them on the vehicle.
My bumper turn signal lights. The lens is pretty yellowed out.
Front bumper lights are dusty
Rear bumper indicator lights. Pretty dusty.
Particularly the "white" portion of the light has yellowed.
To clean them:
- I set to work with soapy water, toothbrushes, and cotton swabs.
- Scraped out the dust that had been trying to penetrate the seams of the front lenses
- Used many white "magic erasers" to scrub at the plastic
- Hand sanded with 800 grit to 2000 grit sandpaper
- Used a clear plastic restoration product
Restored rear bumper indicator light vs the unrestored counterpart.
Restored front bumper signal light (fore) vs the "before" side
The back side of a restored light
Nice and shiny lenses
***
All in all, I was pretty shocked at how grungy the parts were when I pulled them off the car. Looked so neat before. Can't wait to get them on the vehicle.
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Not that clarifying this really matters in terms of your repair/restoration plans but just so you are aware, the explanation of rotor 2 being damaged by a piece of rotor 1's apex seal is not possible. The exhaust ports lead directly to the turbos and exhaust, so there is no pathway for apex seal debris from one housing to migrate to another housing.
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Renewing My 97's Door Interiors
Taking the door cards off, I noticed a that some of the metal interior door bits had developed surface rust.
The metal vent anchor as well as the speaker vent tabs had all developed surface rust.
Closeup of some rusty metal trim. The square piece at the bottom is part of the boot trim.
I attacked the rusty bits of metal trim with scotch brite, varying grits of sandpaper, and plenty of elbow grease. Wanted to know that even the bits that can't be seen are cleaned up as much as possible.
Also fixed the louvre using a small metal rod and some Bondic. I love this stuff for minor plastic repairs.
Dusty and broken driver's side vent louvre. The central slat (with the tab) had broken off from everything else.
Restored RX7 RHD door vent.
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The doors de-gunked pretty well
The door cleanup came real nice.
The metal vent anchor as well as the speaker vent tabs had all developed surface rust.
Closeup of some rusty metal trim. The square piece at the bottom is part of the boot trim.
I attacked the rusty bits of metal trim with scotch brite, varying grits of sandpaper, and plenty of elbow grease. Wanted to know that even the bits that can't be seen are cleaned up as much as possible.
Also fixed the louvre using a small metal rod and some Bondic. I love this stuff for minor plastic repairs.
Dusty and broken driver's side vent louvre. The central slat (with the tab) had broken off from everything else.
Restored RX7 RHD door vent.
***
The doors de-gunked pretty well
The door cleanup came real nice.
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