So even though I am thrilled at the work that Nismo Omori Factory and Robson did to modernize my interior, there was one final thing that I had left undone.
Witness the overhead lamps and the front spot lamps - see how they are still the original grey that I had before the black alcantara lining? Below you can see how the S15 Spec R visors I got are black, and even though they are Nissan OEM vinyl, match the interior much better. And yes, before anyone asks, I had thought about getting Robson to re-do my OEM sun visors, but as I will explain in an upcoming post, there was an OCD level reason for my decision to use the S15 visors.
It took awhile, but after a few months of searching on Yahoo Auctions, I was finally able to find the two pieces I needed in used, but decent condition.
First thing I did of course was to open them both up to make sure they had all the required internal lighting parts. And behold, they even came with the lighbulbs!
Back to my car - long time readers will know that a few years ago, I had evolved from a "white" interior LED bulb to PIAA's COB flat LEDs. These COB LEDs are super bright, and while I think as my friend Matt will no doubt remind me there are now LEDs that replicate daylight (link please Matt?), I haven't yet gotten around to making that swap. These PIAAs however are extremely bright and since I don't drive my car enough anyway...
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The double yellow things are the COB LEDs. |
And yes, a few turns of the screwdriver later and the unit just dropped out. I DID have to undo the wiring harness clip though.
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Note also the purple clip - the R33 OEM unit has a very tangible and mechanical switch. The S15 one is "built in" |
That was my AHA moment. So I decided to use some Novus to clean this piece up:
I was able to pull the R33 unit towards the right, where the metal clip is, and then pop out the left side. It happened very quickly!
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Note the 3M sound and heat deadening installed when Nismo Omori installed the Alcantara roof liner! |
It was a small struggle to reinstall the two PIAA COB LEDs that I had mounted to a strip of spare aluminum, back when I first installed them. (I had to bend the aluminum a bit to make them fit better - or rather, exactly square this time!).
And once installed, I went ahead and snapped in the cleaner clear lenses for both.
So what do you think? Slowly but surely, fixing the small details is really adding to the overall impression and quality of my "modernized" R33 GT-R!
7 comments:
Looks great, I didn't know that there were all these little parts that interchange with other cars.
Currently my R33 is out of commission due to a coilpack melting down, fingers crossed I figure out that issue soon...
Sorry to hear about your R33 OOC... but yes, that is the beauty of having a mid-90s Nissan when they were trying to save money in building their cars! Good luck and hope you are back on the road soon!
Looks Clean Aki!
Bro don't get me wrong I love your R-33, when are we getting some post on the Lonely IS-F?
Full colour spectrum interior LEDs are made by PIAA.
https://www.piaa.co.jp/category/4rin/light/backup-led/#12sub07
These aren't as bright as what you are currently using though.
Thanks Matt, something to think about!
Pablo - actually working on one now! Check back in next couple of days!
Can I have more details and pictures on sunvisors. How they fit, bracket swaps all that good stuff. I've got normal grey ones and have turned yellow 🤮
Hey Unknown -
Re the sunvisors, I had Nismo Omori Factory do the replacement work. I tried to do it myself but was afraid to snap those plastic collars, so in this case, left it to the pros...
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