The other day when posting about the work I had done at Nismo Omori Factory, when I wrote about the new door latch (green arrow), I noticed that the residue from an old oil change reminder sticker was ugly. And to be honest, not sure why I never removed it before!
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| Photo from my previous post. |
Of course, the existence of such sticker residue causes me angst, and so I immediately ordered a product which apparently is made just for sticker removal - in the past I had used whatever I had lying around to remove stickers - brake cleaner, rubbing alcohol, Simple Green, you name it - but this time I wanted easy street.
I found this 3M Cleaner "Seal Remover", "strong type."
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| Wow, could not believe how easy this was |
Same for the Motul oil change sticker:
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Talk about effortless - a super thin crispy sticker - oh and it smelled good too! Like lemon...![]()
Ta da! Super clean, just the way I like it!
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| Excuse my knee, I was taking the photo at an angle |
But sure I am not going to devote a whole post to this. No. In fact, I had long been annoyed by another small detail:
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| A repair attempt |
So long time readers will know that when I embarked on my leather dash project, I purchased a 33 dash sight unseen from a friend in the UK, who then sent it over to Cesar, the master craftsman in Mexico who did the leather work. This repaired tab was either in the dash at purchase, or maybe Cesar had fixed up in an attempt to make the vent fit into the leather covered dash. In any case, every time I saw how the driver's side vent was not completely flat, it distressed me, and no amount of pushing down seemed to fix it for long.
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| Using a file to try to sand it down... |
So while I tried to use a file to sand the tab down to the level of the others, it just wasn't working. So, I quickly found and bought on Yahoo Auctions a replacement set, since these vents are no longer available new:
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| It arrived quickly, although wow that is a lot of wrapping... |
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| For just two vents |
Upon replacement, I found:
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| Why? Very frustrating, it should fit perfectly!!? |
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| Yep, the bottom one has the tab broken off. |
That is when I discovered, that the replacement vent had a slight scratch:
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Which meant that, even though color-wise and fit looked like this:
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Using my original vent looks like this, even though it appears to my eye that there is a slight color variation (and admittedly I had to push down hard on the replacement vent to make it flat):
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So what would you do? Well for now I have decided to try to see if I can find another pair on Yahoo Auction that not only is structurally perfect, but also the same consistent color. Or, maybe I will get someone to carbonize these vents to match the other carbon upgrades in the interior. I found it easy enough to pull these out so replacement will be easy whenever it happens. Meanwhile I will continue to use the vents I found on Yahoo Auctions, because the fit is better, even with that small scratch.
What I DID replace was the sunlight sensor, which I got from Trust Kikaku - see my last super short post! On both passenger side vents, the part seemed to be very very original - the paper sticker is faded yellow!
So I decided it would't hurt to buy a new sensor, before it becomes unavailable or out of stock so many other OEM parts seem to be doing these days. Hence my previous post. Although, the only thing it would affect would be the HVAC system, I think. Not sure I'd be able to tell the difference either.
Install was easy - there are clips on the side of the sensor, and you just push up and out.
Look at the difference? Even if the sensor is still working perfectly, the darkened clear plastic might be affecting its accuracy?
Anyway - on my next post I hope to have a very modern mod... stay tuned!