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Another switch arrived. So now I have the choice between two. This one is from a P11 Primera. It came all the way from Lithuania. I'm not sure if it looks as nice, but it does fit quite flush with the surface it mounts to, unlike the other one I bought. Well, at least I have a choice. I'm...

A switch arrived. This is from a 200SX, presumably an S14 or maybe S15. This is like the K11 washer switch, but not quite. Not in incredible condition, but there isn't a lot of choice. Nice clicky feel to it when pressed. It's got some dummy pins, which is something I haven't seen before. The...

Today, I changed the rear shocks. Here's the comparison. They weren't too hard to get out. NIce new shiny one in place. The rest of the car is a little bit brown at the rear, but it's definitely not bad. Using the new bushings, I'm sure they squeezed down much more than the OEM ones. I...

Eddie came today. After some well deserved catching up, we began. I removed the sunroof entirely from my red K11. It's a little crunchy on the right side, I can try to tidy that up some time. It was very moist on the inside of the roof, so I wiped off the water. This must have been building up...

Today I had just a little bit of time before work to do something. Here's the assembled headlight. With the missing part in place. It's the cap that covers the bulb. I painted it black. I didn't paint it very well, but I think this will do for now. It's high temp paint. I was thinking of lining...

Yesterday I had a go at removing the rear shock absorbers. The known method of using some mole-grips on the top did not work. It just slipped off each time. It turned out that an adjustable spanner was capable of holding the shock while I undid it, though. Mole-grips were used to grab the bottom...

Today I went to change the coolant and was met with a surprise... I changed the coolant becuase it looked like this. While I was waiting for it to drain fully, I figured I'd take the headlights out. I'll probably put some second face ones in. Though, I think all of my spares have moisture or...

A care package arrived from nissan boy, as usual it contained something I wanted to buy from him and also a bunch of random small parts. At the same time, several packages arrived, so I had a table full of stuff. I wanted to change an internal backlight in a switch. Luckily, it wasn't soldered...

Some new rear shock absorbers arrived. These were cheap, from eBay. The rear shocks in the red car are so bad that it wobbles around when cornering at speed. With the new ones in, it should handle great, especially with the dual anti roll bars. Today, I decided to remove the pollen filter. This...

Today I added the rear ashtray to the red K11. I also fitted the pillar speakers. I broke the top tab on the left one which sucks. I then decided to have a closer look at the sunroof. I didn't have long but I figured I might get an idea of what's wrong with it, so first I removed the glass. It...

Yesterday I decided to take apart the main gauges to fancy them up a little. I've done this a few times now so it didn't take long to prep it and plan out how to do it. I tried to pull the needles off using various strings but they all snapped. They're harder to get off than usual because this...

Today, I continued. Sadly it was raining all day long so I couldn't take the sunroof glass off to look at the problem in the mechanism. I did, however, suspect a loose drain pipe on the front right, both because of the wet patch and the extreme length of the re-route. I was correct, it was not...

Not a whole lot has happened to my K11 for a while. Other than the battery going flat. I just haven't had the motivation. And the engine replacement seems to be getting pushed back further. However, recently, something happened that absolutely is worth adding to the ol' blog. I bought another...

You know what? They turned out great! Well, the one on the right did, but the other wasn't terrible. Maybe I can clean it up some time. For now though, they look better than they did, with scratches on the existing paint. These are preface metal grilles don't forget, most people seem not to know...

Now I'm keeping on top of things! Today I investigated the rear fog failure. I spent ages trying to take the lens off, it turns out with how I've mounted it, it's basically impossible. But then I decided to try switching to backup rear indicators (so the fogs are used) and it lit up. So the bulb...

These photos were taken with my 1998 Sony Mavica digital camera. This is a period-correct camera that records to 3.5" diskette. You might notice that I fitted the new side indicator adaptors while I was there. They look so much better. You can't even see them with this camera, ideal.

Japfest, 2021. My car was not road legal. But it needed to get there. We had a plan. This is an A-Frame. Which attaches to the body/suspension of my car, and to a separate K11 via the tow bar. This means that my car is, in these photos, a trailer. Coincidentally, this trailer is also my K11...

So I repainted the black parts. This time, with thick coats to try and hide the new lumpyness. I tried to drill the holes for the plastic panel, where the switches would go. But suddenly, critical mission failure! For some reason the text is locked to bold now. I can't turn it off. With the...

Hey, looks like they're showing now, instead of just a link saying "view attachement #". Continuing. I sanded off most of the reacted surface. Some of it just sanded off to reveal a fresh layer of chrome underneath though. Well, this is what I had to work with now. Look at how much thicker the...

Did I say tomorrow I would add more? On Monday? Whoops! Well, here's some more. This is now all taken on a donor iPhone, which is really new so the image quality is pretty nice. Here are the mirrors, with most of the paint scraped off. It turns out that bleach reacts with chrome. The main...