EK9 Project

EK9: Replaced broken Top Fuel mirror, rear tow strap installed

Progress on my projects seem to be a little slow but there are two reasons: First we have brilliant spring weather which doesn’t happen too often here. so i decided to enjoy the nice weather and second: Im doing a lot of background research and work so there IS a lot of progress on the fairlady but nothing to show 😀
However i decided to enjoy the nice weather today again and combine it with a little EK9-trip. But i had some issues i wanted to clear before i go out. First was the broken TopFuel mirror. I broke it a while back when i wanted to install it better then my first attempt. Here i’m removing the broken mirror:
P1140109 - Kopie

Glass removed from the mounting case (black, in the back), and applying the new one. You can see i added two layers of the black tape to the mirror-glass itself. And (this is important) one layer to the black mounting case. otherwise the glass will not stay safely!P1140116 - Kopie

Done. I installed it back in the car later, but forgot to take a shot 😛P1140118 - Kopie

Next was the Rear tow hook. this is the original tow hook thing:P1140120 - Kopie

My plan was to install th is setup:P1140119 - Kopie

Worked fine but need to figure out how i can make it stay in one position. probably need to stuff something into the blank space. we’ll see..P1140121 - Kopie

Also had a look at the front Tow strap installation but decided rather than dissasembling the whole front and and then not finishing up due to missing screws i’ll better hop into the care, drive it around our local hills and then give it a nice wash. Thats exactly what i did 😀

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