Grunt's Papaya HX Sandman 18v 308 4 speed Project

[Grunt]

Excellent work, its great to see someone doing the majority of the work themselves.Winter is a good time to clean/restore interior trim and vents,dash etc, i take mine inside and clean bits while watching tv

Yep agreed, nice in the warm workshop doing all the fiddly jobs

oh yes that reminds me to re do the vents !!

[jennie285]

Excellent work, its great to see someone doing the majority of the work themselves.Winter is a good time to clean/restore interior trim and vents,dash etc, i take mine inside and clean bits while watching tv

Dishwasher also works wonders on vents etc.

Interested to see grunt restore that fascia. All that effort. Yes I have no idea why rares put that stupid rts raised part, they were only on hz so why not leave it off We have one which came with a dash we bought from eBay had stickers instead of painting Portland grey as well, so it's Back on the shelf and will either be either given to someone or put back on eBay. I have a couple of restored dashes, as spares Absinth did, which will come in handy one day.

[thatotherguy]

Dishwasher also works wonders on vents etc.

Interested to see grunt restore that fascia. All that effort. Yes I have no idea why rares put that stupid rts raised part, they were only on hz so why not leave it off We have one which came with a dash we bought from eBay had stickers instead of painting Portland grey as well, so it's Back on the shelf and will either be either given to someone or put back on eBay. I have a couple of restored dashes, as spares Absinth did, which will come in handy one day.

i have heard of people putting parts in the dishwasher but doesnt it get too hot?

[HK1837]

Hey Dave thanks for your comments. I am just letting the floor float, I spent so much time getting it dead straight I dont want to drill into it. I made templates and its a snug fit so hopefully with carpet on the bottom it will protect the finish.

I have lots of sign equipment so I will have a go at the badge and stick it there with blu tac to see how it looks. Im amazed that out of all the dashes to copy the desinger in their wisdom deceided to include the location dimple for a RTS badge when it only appeared on one model, probably some late HX had them but the majority were blank (HJ HX) .... even if you had a HZ you could work out the placement without a location bump so why include it.

As you know the dash surface is textured so I couldnt even sand it out

I think you'll find teh plastic was done by the OEM provider to GMH so the design thay had was the final design ie WB so they went with that.

[Grunt]

I think you'll find teh plastic was done by the OEM provider to GMH so the design thay had was the final design ie WB so they went with that.

thanks for the info, still sad they went for this version.

Also the OEM manufactures quality has certainly gone to the pack over the years, the facia was very rough and needed a lot of work to bring it to an acceptable standard

[Grunt]

I gad a go tonight at recoing the vents. Cleaning wasnt too bad, fortunately I managed to get my hands on a variety of self adhesive foam tap and found a size that works well, still allows the vent to rotate but holds it nicely in the position you want.

I will post some pics soon now that im dropping her in for spray tomorrow.... YAY and working my way through all the fiddly jobs that need to be done without the vehicle around

[Grunt]

Van still at the painters so got some tyres fitted to the new rims 15"x 8" rear and 15" x 7" fronts with Old school BFG radial TA

[jaft]

Cool work grunt.. looking good

[Grunt]

Cool work grunt.. looking good

Thanks Jaft

[ambientgoat]

Let us know how the back-to-black lasts Grunt. I did a similar thing on a set of skyway tuffs on a bmx I restored years ago, bike was found in the hard rubbish so the blue tuffs were completely white. In that case I used rp7, it lasted a few months at a time before it started to fade badly again and of course it made breaking pretty interesting.