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  1. Interior noise 05

    by , 26-07-2011 at 11:36 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Analysing the cause of the noise is talking lots of time and thus, not much updates on the Blog.


    Even after removing the dash board and fixing screws from the defrost panel, depending on where I press, it makes some creaking noises.


    I’m quite impressed with the amount of foam and felt wool already applied to this panel to minimise the noise.


    There were lots of know-how from the refresh process ...
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  2. Interior noise 04

    by , 25-07-2011 at 11:40 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)








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    As it was getting late, decided to just shift the dashboard to investigate the level of damage to the defrost vent panel.

    Three out of four fixing tabs were cracked and lots of pieces were left there.


    This is the reason why it was making so much noise because the panel was not fixed properly and ...
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  3. Interior noise 03

    by , 25-07-2011 at 11:39 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    The cracked parts were glued but as they didn’t use the anti-vibration type, already most of the crack were back there.



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    Looks like someone worked on the CCU in the past but put too much force when installing the unit back in palce.

    Bottom of the case at both sides were already cracked…




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  4. Interior noise 02

    by , 25-07-2011 at 11:38 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)


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    I need to be careful if I’m going to remove the door card because the door handle is already showing sign of crack….





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    Poor A pillar trim at the left side…

    The bottom corner was not installed properly and forced behind the dashboard resulting in surface material squashed.





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  5. Interior noise 01

    by , 25-07-2011 at 11:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)





    One of the highest priority items to be fixed for this owner is the interior noise.


    There are several different security devices installed and the windshield was replaced in the past (probably by the previous owner).


    Unfortunately, all of these works were not carried out with care so there are lots of gaps around the interior panel, clips were broken, etc resulting in big noise while driving the car.
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