My DeLorean Journal
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Headlights back in.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Refurbished headlight mounts
Hello everyone,
I finally finished refurb'ing my headlight brackets and installing the new headlamps.
Of Course I forgot to take before pics... doh! Just imagine, if you will; dirty, rusted, cobweb covered brackets... thats what they looked like.I polished the trim rings with some metal polish, replaced the rusted out screws with some stainless steel ones, and sanded and painted the housings.
I still have to get these in the car, but that should go fairly smooth...
Thursday, November 22, 2007
More B-day gifts
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Its my Birthday!
Today is my birthday. Check out this awesome cake my wife got for me!
So far I've received the Borat movie, Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii, and a set of new head lights for the Delorean!
So far I've received the Borat movie, Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii, and a set of new head lights for the Delorean!
Were celebrating with the in-laws after Turkey tomorrow. Im thinking Im going to get more stuff for the D.
I want to put the new headlights in but it is freaking cold out today!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Trailing Arm Bolts
I got my Trailing arm bolts in last night. It was a fairly easy job. Now I just have to take it to an alignment place to have the right rear wheel checked out.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Remote Trunk Release
I got the remote trunk release actuator that I got from DP-NW installed. The wires are routed to the inside of the car, though the trunk release cable hole, now I just need to extend the wires to the relay compartment and tie it into the alarm system.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Parking brake pad and my Trailing arm bolts
Well, I found out that my parking brake no longer works. I took the wheels off and checked out the parking brake pads and one on the driver's side is missing. The passenger side was really loose also. It's too bad I lost that pad because they all have good pad left. I'm pretty sure it fell out because they were so loose. I was able to tighten down the passenger side and now the parking break holds. That's $34 that I wouldn't have to spend if I had checked them sooner. The crappy thing is I know where that pad is - its on I25 somewhere around the Colorado Blvd exit. (I heard a noise of metal falling there but thought it was something on the road!)
Second part of the story: I bought some new trailing arm bolts from Delorean Parts North West (Toby Peterson). They're made out of Inconel and are a lot better than the stock hardened steel bolts that are in there now. The new bolts, or Toby TAB as it's called, are the same kind of bolts that Boing uses to mount engines to frames of airplanes. Anyway, there's all this stress test data that comes with them - its pretty interesting. So while I had the back-end up I thought I would change the bolts out and this is what I found:
So I have the new bolts but there is supposed to be shims on the inside of that trailing arm that keep the back wheel aligned - they're slotted shims so they're long gone. Now I have to take it to an alignment place and see if they're willing/able to align the back wheel.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
New leather Seats!
Hello everyone! Sorry it has been so long since my last update. I've been busy!
Anyway, I didn't tell you but I got a set of new leather upholstery for my seats from DMCH.
It was hard work but I got them recovered myself and they turned out pretty good (nothing is ever Perfect to a perfectionist, but I'm happy with how they turned out).
Before:
After:
Saturday, November 3, 2007
DMC plate
Two Charles, One DeLorean
Charles III and his car.
Job Well done!
