BRAN's - 986 - Seal Gray Anatomy

[BRAN]

RUF must have read my thread...

[BRAN]

Break through!!! A little time on my hands…
WIP...
XENON RETROFIT --> unpinning the impossible

[BRAN]

WOW! Never thought it could work! Leather swap. It is tricky, but I cracked the secret code.

Don't disassemble the vents, they are not meant to be!

The trick is: It all can be done from the front!
1.) Disconnect the connector carefully first.
2.) Pop the louvers carefully from the slanted side (facing towards the door) with a screwdriver, access them from above, pushing towards the middle. They will "pop" from their mounting holes.
3.) NO WORRIES...they all have a TINY number imprinted (except of the leather cover ones for obvious reasons) to keep the order for reassambly.
4.) Reassembly: pop all louvers (in order) into that connector FIRST.
5.) Carefully fiddle all pins into the mounting holes of the "INNER" side first.
6.) Carefully pop the other side one-by-one back in, on the other side (little force required, but not too much)

[BRAN]

Breaking News! Litronic Retrofit 2.0
WIP...

a decent Safari grill in there might workl…might as well call it a pandemic grill

[BRAN]

The plan is the following:

1.) Seal gray base
2.) Medium silver painted headlight trim (prefer a nickel plating, but asking ain't getting)
3.) modded chrome trim for the blinker
4.) washer peek holes, and washer jets in seal gray


plus:
5.) external yellow fog lights
6.) thin DRLs intergrated into the alu bumper trim

lol

[BRAN]

Sneak peek...
Yes, you can notice the clear headlights (pic 3), if you really want to, but only from a certain angle.
Could they improve it? Yes at the cost of looseing the 4mm gap impression.
Fitment in general? Pretty good. flexible but sturdy PU.
Can you easily mod the covers to your likeing? Of Course.

[JBauer]

They do look good. Can't wait to see them painted. At that price $400+ the should fit perfectly though. I can't understand why they let that gap through quality control.

It stuck out like a sore thumb on red. 🤦****♀️

[BRAN]

Thank you, JB. And you are right, for +400$ one could expect a PERFECT fit.
As you can see, I ALWAYS need to mod stuff even it it is expensive. Not only because it needs trimming, but mostly for designs.
Can't help it. Even the smallest details are often very important to me. Others again not so much.

But all in all, these are the best covers I came across … by far.

[JBauer]

Easily the best ever made. That why its so aggravating. Ive been following the development of these on Renlist since 2017 and If I remember right I was order #6. Hoping the come out with an Improved version.

[Smallblock454]

Just an idea:

[BRAN]

hmm...very nice idea
Cool thing is, I could create any kind of inlay or frame and stick it in there.
The original cuts out were a bit too tiny for my taste.
Atm, I am still waiting for all the headlights washer pieces to arrive. Got to get them installed first, before I will make the final adjustments to the covers.
Then, copy it to the other piece and bring it to an open paintshop of my trust.
...it might take a little while.

[BRAN]

...started building a cruiser bike...lol.

Just installed a corona face mask dispenser on it.

[BRAN]

Just a few photos, where to run the headlights washer hoses…factory clamps are all over, pretty straight forward installation


.
...the secondary pump is a different story, as you can only access it with the front weel and wheel well off.
I really consider, to let someone else (with a lift) do it.

[BRAN]

so, the clear corners arrived...cut a washer hole by interpolation...pita, BUT POSSIBLE. Will be a welcome stencil for the driver side. The washer cuts only a little into the inner ring, glad it worked out...was my "biggest" concern.

[Nine8Six]

Man, that last shot with the stripes!!! (aka the clear corners arrived)

[BRAN]

While still hoping for the best...car Audio wise, PORSCHE came up with a beautiful new 2 Din Radio.
While it looks "modern", it still lacks most, if not all the modern features I am looking for.

No car/board computer data
No BT car Play
No parking sensor / backup camera Integration / WLAN
...and the asking price for that, uhm...there are way better and cheaper solutions out there.
My weapon of choice Features (NEW: DAB+/Digital Radio! plus 7"touch screen in HD)

And my wireless iPhone recharging device is by far the most beautiful device, I have ever seen in the car Audio world, even getting regular feature updates


directly from the wastelands

[BRAN]

Just finished the installation of the Pioneer SPH-20DAB (150€)..."successor" to my SPH-10BT (100€).
Difference: It has regular AND digital radio.
Installed the active Pioneer DAB+ antenna on the windscreen, not really an eye-catcher, but hey.

HOLY SHNIKEY! What a booster of the audio sound quality! Totally blown away.
Well invested money for quality "Made in Japan", instead of over-priced stuff "Made in China".

[BRAN]

O-kay, the covers are back!
#The paint job (sadly) took a lot of that PU flexibility away.
#They will need a strong, full surrounding double sided tape to hold them in a safe and perfect position.
#I will be fine with a 1mm thick tape, that I can already tell.

[JBauer]

Looks great! I know what you mean about the PU firming up after paint. My front bumper was like a wet noodle until it was painted.

[BRAN]

Thanks
Will have to experiment with 3M adhesive tapes a little...but I am pretty happy with them.
And I still have alu-tape and chrome bezels...just in case I want to mod the blinkers more.
Now get yourself another pair, JB.