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NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Berwyn Heights, MD
Trying to repair/replace a hacked up aftermarket stereo installation in my XJ... OK, so I need to replace the door panels. Find some on eBay, but they're the wrong color (both tan, but different years. Haven't seen SE door panels w/o power accessories elsewhere though.) So I can't install them for real until my SEM color chips come in so I can order vinyl dye. I also can't get the old ones off because the damn christmas trees are gripping so tight... guess I need one of those plier type trim tools to get them off without ripping the panels apart. Need to repair my driver's side speaker wiring as one of the wires is broken probably in the bellows. Can't get the kick panel off... I've removed a nut that I found but it's still on there but good. Can't get my fat arse under the dash to see what's going on... also need to remove and transfer arm rests from old door panels to new as the "new" ones are worn and peeling... looks like there's 19 (!?!?!?) heat melted things holding them on so I have to drill each one of those and then go to the store and buy more screws and washers because I know I don't have enough hardware (looks like about #8 sheet metal screws will work, anyone else done this?) all this and I figured this would be an easy Saturday morning project... *sigh*
I figured I'd be putting Dynamat in by now, but not so much.
Please tell me this isn't normal for working on a Heep and that I'm just excessively cranky because it's raining and I'm sleep deprived... (I'm just ignoring the bad noise the motor is making for now because I'd already ordered all this stuff and need to get the boxes out of the basement so I can hang out and watch TV down there again without staring at a coffee table full of car parts)
I figured I'd be putting Dynamat in by now, but not so much.
Please tell me this isn't normal for working on a Heep and that I'm just excessively cranky because it's raining and I'm sleep deprived... (I'm just ignoring the bad noise the motor is making for now because I'd already ordered all this stuff and need to get the boxes out of the basement so I can hang out and watch TV down there again without staring at a coffee table full of car parts)