10-05-2014, 08:48 PM
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So if any of you live in the rust belt you may appreciate this a bit. My Runner is in grate shape with 155K on the clock and I have started the battle with rust. because it is rearing its filthy head. My hatch has started rusting through in one particular spot. All of the shops around quoted me $600 plus with no gauranty of stoping the rust.
So I did what any poor person would do and did it my self. I can't guaranty that it wont come back but I bet I bought a few years of life for my runner.
This is the problem.
This is what I found inside. It seems the sound deadening material is holding salt and moisture against the rear of the hatch.
Ready for primer.
Primed
Rubberized undercoating so when the rust continues I wont have any holes to look at and drive me crazy.
I am not sure if i am going to keep the bar at the top silver or not I may paint it black as well and leave the emblem chrome.
I have a few more things to do before winter hits but that is it for today.
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10-05-2014, 09:36 PM
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10-05-2014, 10:12 PM
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Location: Plymouth county Massachusetts
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Backed up my phone and found some pics from a beach day at Long Beach in Plymouth MA.
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10-06-2014, 02:58 AM
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Was back home to Michigan for a wedding yesterday and some bird hunting today. While staying with my parents (who have a garage) I decided to change out my front and rear diff fluids and grease all the fittings in my '08 SR5 4x4. I was only required to purchase a grease gun and a large/deep impact socket set. While dropping the spare tire, I grabbed the cable which had a sharp piece of wire exposed and got me bleeding pretty good. Gloves went on immediately. Transmission fluid might be next as I'm getting a little bit of a thump when I shift from park but I'm going to wait until I've got another chance to do so in a garage.
Next purchase will most definitely be an impact wrench. Yes, definitely an impact wrench. It feels really good to get stuff done, even better when you are doing that work yourself. Now I just need to figure out which bulb to replace so that I can see my HVAC controls at night.
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10-06-2014, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Lolrax
Finished the HVAC controls on my dash for the wood swap. I took it all apart and put it back together so I got a tight fitment.
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I still can't get over on how good that looks. Link to the place you got it? How difficult is it to install? I imagine all that is left are the door panels and center console? Pics when you're done!! Sorry for all the questions, really cool.
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10-06-2014, 10:42 AM
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I still can't get over on how good that looks. Link to the place you got it? How difficult is it to install? I imagine all that is left are the door panels and center console? Pics when you're done!! Sorry for all the questions, really cool.
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All good! I am glad people are liking it.
The wood I got is called 3M Dinoc and I bought it at this site called metrorestyling.com. Here are some of the color choices:
Wood Grain Vinyl Film - 3M Di-Noc & Avery
It's affordable too, a 4ftx2ft roll is 60 dollars I think. I strongly recommend getting a lot extra because installation is very easy to screw up and it will likely take a fair amount of practice. I chose Bubinga Gloss vinyl and its a great color. Don't get the birds eye maple because it's orange (I tried it and it sucked) or any colors with grain that is like straight lines because you have to stretch the vinyl a bit when you're working with it so the curly woodgrains are better. You will need a heat gun, scalpel, and a vinyl squeegee (they offer them on metrorestyling when your order vinyl).
For the HVAC controls I dismantled the whole unit and unplugged the 3 control knobs from the circuit board as well as popped out the defrost and recirc buttons, so I could access all of the holes. It was only like 8 screws and super easy actually.
The Center console is next, we shall see how it goes!
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10-06-2014, 01:42 PM
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Went out yesterday to go fishing.
subsequently we had too much fun on the roads we never put our rods in the water.
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10-06-2014, 06:46 PM
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Lift installed
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10-06-2014, 07:43 PM
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Installed some Raamat on the driver's side front & rear doors. I had done the passenger's side and tailgate about 2 years ago.
A quick test drive and it sounds a bit quieter. The doors sure shut more solidly now.
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10-06-2014, 08:26 PM
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where'd you get the brake lines? are the front and rear or just rear?
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FYSA, you will need to modify your mounting bracket (the one near the gas tank) to fit the ends of the two new center lines to get them to sit flush so that you can slide a clip in to secure it. All of the others fit with no issues.
Modified hole top:
Both modified:
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10-06-2014, 08:43 PM
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Last night I replaced all of my rusty rotors with factory rotors, factory pads, NAPA's premier line of calipers, and all six brake lines with stainless braided lines.
I ran into a few snags, particularly with the bleeding.
Anyone know how much it would cost to pay someone to install all of this? It took me all day and I finally finished around 1am this morning.
I painted the calipers with G2 red paint and am very impressed with how they turned out.
I don't have any shots of the fronts since I did those by flashlight.
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10-06-2014, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by montana_jeepn
Last night I replaced all of my rusty rotors with factory rotors, factory pads, NAPA's premier line of calipers, and all six brake lines with stainless braided lines.
I ran into a few snags, particularly with the bleeding.
Anyone know how much it would cost to pay someone to install all of this? It took me all day and I finally finished around 1am this morning.
I painted the calipers with G2 red paint and am very impressed with how they turned out.
I don't have any shots of the fronts since I did those by flashlight.
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What's wrong? I will help you for free if we can find some mutually convenient time.
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10-06-2014, 09:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by montana_jeepn
Last night I replaced all of my rusty rotors with factory rotors, factory pads, NAPA's premier line of calipers, and all six brake lines with stainless braided lines.
I ran into a few snags, particularly with the bleeding.
Anyone know how much it would cost to pay someone to install all of this? It took me all day and I finally finished around 1am this morning.
I painted the calipers with G2 red paint and am very impressed with how they turned out.
I don't have any shots of the fronts since I did those by flashlight.
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What part of VA are you in?
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10-06-2014, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by montana_jeepn
Last night I replaced all of my rusty rotors with factory rotors, factory pads, NAPA's premier line of calipers, and all six brake lines with stainless braided lines.
I ran into a few snags, particularly with the bleeding.
Anyone know how much it would cost to pay someone to install all of this? It took me all day and I finally finished around 1am this morning.
I painted the calipers with G2 red paint and am very impressed with how they turned out.
I don't have any shots of the fronts since I did those by flashlight.
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Nice looks good!I need to do this also i've had a brake caliper paint kit sitting in the garage for like 6 months that i need to do(matte black) I have to try to do it before it gets to cold. I also need to do my rear stainless steel extended brake lines as well.
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10-06-2014, 11:24 PM
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What's wrong? I will help you for free if we can find some mutually convenient time.
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Thats awesome, thank you Zak. 
I was able to resolve all the issues, it just took like 10hrs. I'm just looking for a ballpark figure for future conversations about DIY vs. taking it to a shop with the wife. 
PM me your address and I will drop a brake line clip in the mail to you. I have some used ones in good shape left over from the install.
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