1986 4Runner Refresh (2 Viewers)

[GeoRoss]

Hey I know it's been a while for this thread, I was wondering how the door panels have held up? Have you done anything else to the 4Runner?

I do need to update. The vinyl I chose was from a fabric store. It is not handling the AZ sun and I'll need to redo the parts that are in the sun. The door cards themselves are doing great, it is just the part that sits on the window that are degrading. I used this same vinyl on the dashboard that I haven't installed yet. I'll redo both at some point. I wasn't super happy with the dashboard, so I can now do a better job. I haven't swapped the dashboards yet as I want to play around with designing and 3d printing the vent (far passenger side) as I know I'll break it when removing it. I have a broken one from the junkyard to use as a template.

I did get new tires and I just drive it almost every day.

 

[msahr]

Well I think you did a great job on those door panels. Much better than those horrible ABS ones on eBay.

As for the vent, once the dash is out it's much easier to remove the vents. If you remove the right side of the dash, which isn't too hard just that everything else has to come out first (left side top and bottom, glovebox, part of the air vent, etc.

I'm working on an 88 4x4 that I'm going to sell, I removed all the interior parts since the right side of the dash was badly cracked. Ordered one of those hard plastic covers for the dash. Sanded down the cracked parts, used the silicone they provided to glue the cover on and a ton of clamps to hold it.

Pro tip (because I never even considered it), install the vents in the dash BEFORE gluing the cover on. I had to dremel the edges of the vents to get them to fit past the cover. Of course this isn't a issue for most because the cover is installed in the car. I removed everything since I wanted to paint all of it to match which turned out quite nice.