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Piddled around a bit more yesterday.
I have had some new window weather strip pieces for the doors and some of the @TRAIL TAILOR powdecoated door handles.
I like the dechromed look, so that was also part of the process when replacing the beat weather stripping. I have new rear and side window chrome-less gaskets, and will have them done next week, i am not going to do that.
if only you could get away with removeing the upper door chrome trim that goes around the windows.......
anyhoo. The door handles are straight forward for the front doors, but the rear ones need some modifying. There is a little beak shaped piece that screws into the OEM rear handle to catch the release lever.
Pro tip: Removing the rear door handle is a snap if you unscrew the door catch/latch. You can get your socket in straight to the rear bolt. I tried it before doing this and it was most difficult, and unnecessary. I left all the lever rods in place.
when i reinstalled the latch catch on the rear handles, i immediately noticed that they didn’t come close to lining up with the release paddle. The OEM handle has a longer piece that the beak piece bolted to. I assessed it and wasn’t ready to punt (let a door handle beat me), so i removed the handle and ground the attachment piece down (It was making the slightest bit of contact on the smooth/curved side. I chopped a grade 8 washer into 1/3’rds and tacked it into place on the handle piece. Reinstalled it and it works like a charm. Not the best fix, but was the best way to do it in a pinch. One other note, you will NOT be able to reuse the m5 screw that held it on the OEM handle. It’s too short, and needs a nut on the back side since the new pieces are universal, and have larger holes. I used a Toyota m6 bolt and a m6 lock washer.
anyway, the handles look good and i like the look of the no chrome window ledges. Didn’t take pics of that. Maybe later...
another task while in there was to use sound deadener. I had a glass company replace my windshield and the 4 window regulators recently. I’d asked them to put the noico in the fron doors for me. When i picked it up, the rear (Chy-Na) ones were a no go. The front are OEM regulators, but the rear knockoff’s gear is too long. So it was hitting the inside edge of the door at the hinge area. I bought them from cruiser corps and they said they all Should fit. But they don’t. I cleaned and greased the rear regulators and the glass runs as well. They seem to go a little easier not......my weak ass kid still can’t do it without strain and Drama.
i noticed that the doors didn’t feel/sound like they had the noico installed, but i took their word for it. What I found yesterday, answered my questions.....
they stuck the noico right on top of the inside of the door panels....right behind the door panels......fixed that too.....it was actually really funny. “That’s not how any of this works” was my immediate reaction....
seems legit.
Test fitting the hack job....
Can definitely see the size of the gear isn’t the same. These were also not NEARLY the same quality....which is why i cleaned up and reused the OEM ones, as opposed to chopping off that regulator gear To make it work......maybe i can return them....
I have had some new window weather strip pieces for the doors and some of the @TRAIL TAILOR powdecoated door handles.
I like the dechromed look, so that was also part of the process when replacing the beat weather stripping. I have new rear and side window chrome-less gaskets, and will have them done next week, i am not going to do that.
if only you could get away with removeing the upper door chrome trim that goes around the windows.......
anyhoo. The door handles are straight forward for the front doors, but the rear ones need some modifying. There is a little beak shaped piece that screws into the OEM rear handle to catch the release lever.
Pro tip: Removing the rear door handle is a snap if you unscrew the door catch/latch. You can get your socket in straight to the rear bolt. I tried it before doing this and it was most difficult, and unnecessary. I left all the lever rods in place.
when i reinstalled the latch catch on the rear handles, i immediately noticed that they didn’t come close to lining up with the release paddle. The OEM handle has a longer piece that the beak piece bolted to. I assessed it and wasn’t ready to punt (let a door handle beat me), so i removed the handle and ground the attachment piece down (It was making the slightest bit of contact on the smooth/curved side. I chopped a grade 8 washer into 1/3’rds and tacked it into place on the handle piece. Reinstalled it and it works like a charm. Not the best fix, but was the best way to do it in a pinch. One other note, you will NOT be able to reuse the m5 screw that held it on the OEM handle. It’s too short, and needs a nut on the back side since the new pieces are universal, and have larger holes. I used a Toyota m6 bolt and a m6 lock washer.
anyway, the handles look good and i like the look of the no chrome window ledges. Didn’t take pics of that. Maybe later...
another task while in there was to use sound deadener. I had a glass company replace my windshield and the 4 window regulators recently. I’d asked them to put the noico in the fron doors for me. When i picked it up, the rear (Chy-Na) ones were a no go. The front are OEM regulators, but the rear knockoff’s gear is too long. So it was hitting the inside edge of the door at the hinge area. I bought them from cruiser corps and they said they all Should fit. But they don’t. I cleaned and greased the rear regulators and the glass runs as well. They seem to go a little easier not......my weak ass kid still can’t do it without strain and Drama.
i noticed that the doors didn’t feel/sound like they had the noico installed, but i took their word for it. What I found yesterday, answered my questions.....
they stuck the noico right on top of the inside of the door panels....right behind the door panels......fixed that too.....it was actually really funny. “That’s not how any of this works” was my immediate reaction....
seems legit.
Test fitting the hack job....
Can definitely see the size of the gear isn’t the same. These were also not NEARLY the same quality....which is why i cleaned up and reused the OEM ones, as opposed to chopping off that regulator gear To make it work......maybe i can return them....
