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Paint work was quite dull, front bumper had quite a few chips, missing front spoiler and fog lights were not lined up correctly. After a quick chat with the owner a new spoiler was ordered and decision to remove those ugly dated fogs was made.
So car was washed down
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Then I used a clay bar, to lift ground in dirt, followed by compound treatment and machine polish and wax. I also done the stone chips a couple of days before doing the detailing, let the paint settle and harden.
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I also tided up the calliper paint as it had flaked off badly, couldnt get the owner talked into going with black callipers or gold lol
There was no keyless entry on the car and Shane was always using his key in the lock, so he wanted a simple setup like mine here: http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/testvb/showthread.php?t=6763
So now he has keyless entry along with the indictors flashing to show when car is open or closed.
More to follow :)
super work as ever mate :eek: ... us NSX owners over here are SO lucky to have you ... looking forward to seeing this car when I leave mine up tomorrow. ;)
Your attention to detail is astounding, and my NSX will almost certainly benefit from it! :)
Thanks Andrew! Almost too much attention lol
Was going to let the owner take it tomorrow, but I wasnt happy with the first detail I done, and noticed stone chips I missed. So went at it again and 6hrs later I'm almost there. Just got the interior to clean down and new luxury mats to put in and thats about it for now.
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Great work as usual Sudesh :)
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You found an NSX Andrew?
Pics pics pics!
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yes connor
I found the HOLY GRAIL mate! :laugh:
I would prefer to get pics all done once Sudesh has done his stuff with her!
You'll see her in all her glory from bad to majestic ... just watch this thread over the coming weeks lol
be happy to meet up sometime dude, have no issues about driving this thing. as far as i am concerned i bought it to DRIVE it
regards
andrew
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I'm hoping to get a NSX day together so would be great if most turned out, would be the first in the country.
Posted about it here but may have went unnoticed
http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/testvb/showthread.php?t=7603
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your work is marvellous Sudesh, me also I regret not being able to meet to you and to obtain your assistance for my NSX, thank you very much for your beautiful explanations and your pics, that helps much the owners like me which do not have the chance to have to you ! … sniff...sigh
Willing to travel as long as you have good tool setup, garage and nice weather lol
If you need any more help with the issue you mentioned in PM, let me know.
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Well done Sudesh, another great refresh & satisfied owner again!
Just done a quick upgrade to my own car,
Installed the OEM NSX-R horn ring and bolts, then done a simple DIY mod to the horn button to look like the NSX-R version, saving quite a bit of £££
Sorry about photo quality, was using my phone
This is a really old pic, buts showing how it used to look,
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AND NOW
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errr hello ... an upgrade in your own?! :eek:
surely this steering wheel business should be underway in another NSX in your immediate vacinity! :)
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lol that will be added to yours when its nearer completion
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u know im jesting! :)
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I've been working away on Andrews NSX and will upload the complete work when I'm finished. But in the meantime I would like you guys to see this and with Andrews permission, I have attached the pics below.
To make a long story short, the complete AC system was not functioning on the car, compressor is shot, CCU was fried and Andrew had told me about a bad smell coming from it on his journey home after he purchased it.
So while I was working on other items I sent the CCU to Kaz for repair and as always it was returned in tip top condition.
So as a quick test I installed the CCU and immediately I could smell what Andrew was talking about, which was pretty bad to say the least. On removing the blower I was pretty shocked to see this!!
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From what I can gather its a fungus that has grown on the evaporator and although you can only see a bit of the evaporator, it has grown on 95% of it. Its also welded on pretty tight and with the fins being so delicate I'm kinda stumped on best method to clean this as obviously to much water and chemical means it will run inside the car. Now I'm not bothered about the carpet getting wet as that will be removed and I can mask off and remove most of the electrics that are near by, but just unsure if air and chemicals will remove this.
Any thoughts?
If it is a fungus than it will hazardous to the lungs and and potentially cause permanent lung damage...aspergillosis!!!
If it can be cleaned off properly..you may have to get a replacement!
SS
Yeah I already told Andrew the bad symptoms that can be caused by the fungus. I dont like to say it but, I'm really stumped on best method of cleaning this up with out having to remove it completely.
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For gods sake!
I don't see any other possibility than removing and maybe replacing the A/C heater. It's a lot of work but is said to be not very complicated. The dash needs to come out.
Good luck!
An A\C specialist may be the best person to ask. There's got to be a chemical available to neutralise the fungus. Maybe alcohol?
A friend of mine is an A/C specialist, and although he hasnt seen the car yet or a photo, I told him about the evaporator in detail, to which he didnt sound too enthusiastic about, especially the trying to clean it correctly with it still in the car. He does use chemicals/alcohol/air/brushes to clean A/C units but, he was concerned about how deep into the the evaporator the fungus has spread, obviously access to it from the front is quite limited and with it being a fungus he said caution needs to be applied especially if using allot of air so that your not blowing the spores into other parts of the car where it could settle and also as Kare mentioned, its hazardous to the lungs and your health. He reckons the only true method to clean the one in the car is removal and then steeping it for a long period. Also other parts of the system would need cleaned and disinfected too. I obviously have the blower out and removed the motor and turbine thats inside and it all smelled terrible.
....what are you waiting for then? Get it out! :)
Not my car lol! and was hoping there may have been a simpler solution, not just for me but obviously for Andrew as well as its quite a time consuming job with the removal of the dash and all the electrics involved. Andrew is calling to mine today so I'll be showing him the unit and see where to go from there.Quote:
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Hi, Sudesh.
I’ll touch on the A/C system on this particular NSX later.
Please review it before starting the evaporator service as you may need to take it out any way AND replace other parts as well.
First, about the cleaning of evaporator (evapo).
This level of debris on the evapo is nothing new to some of the NSX based in Japan.
For really dirty evapo, I normally use alloy wheel cleaner which can be used on some of the aluminium.
It dissolves even the metal brake dust so quite powerful chemical. Some people uses the industrial alkaline cleaner but I haven’t tried it in UK.
If you are careful, you can use soft brush in the horizontal movement without damaging any of the fins.
Then, wash it off with warm/hot water using garden sprayer.
I normally repeat above process two or three times before moving on to the next step.
I then spray medial alcohol or even Dettol depending on the availability.
By the end of this process, almost all of the fume is gone. Please make sure to unblock the evapo drain tube before carrying out this process. It can drain significant amount of fluid when the drain is clear so don’t be afraid to spray lots of warm/hot water to rinse off the chemical.
Now, about the A/C system on this NSX.
As there was not much info in your post, I could be wrong but you’ll need to investigate the entire A/C especially, if the compressor was not working for a while.
First, from your photo, it looked as if the evapo fin was covered in green.
Sometimes, digital image won’t show the true colour of actual object but the green colour could be the leak detector added to the A/C gas.
Your friend of A/C specialist should have UV ray light so if you apply it to the evapo and if you get fluorescent green like the photo below, I’m afraid there is no point in cleaning the evapo while it’s inside the car if the leakage was severe.
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The bonded debris is actually caused by the A/C oil (not the gas) and it is very sticky material. Even you wash the evapo thoroughly and re-charge the A/C gas, it will end up in the same result if the oil leakage was severe unless you fix the leakage.
You will need to take out the evapo from the housing and then take it to the welder or if the leakage was from many places, it would be best to replace it with the new one but expensive…
The key for the healthy and long lasting A/C system is to act at the first sign of issue.
When you start hearing some noise when the compressor engages, that is the time to start looking into the possible future failure of A/C system. There is a noise because of a reason and noise is generally caused by metal touching another metal without enough lubrication.
A/C is a closed system but unfortunately, the gas and oil can leak from the O-ring used at many places around the pipes and fittingd.
So, if you lost the gas in the past, you could also lost some of the oil as well. The O-rings are specially designed for each type of gas (R12, R134a).
Please check the pipe connection points with the UV ray light if the leak detector was added to your system. The common places for the leakage on our NSX is at the compressor, the two pipes at R & L condensers and the fittings of the evapo at the firewall.
Obviously, in order to check the internal leakage at the evapo, you will need to remove the blower motor unit.
If you acted early enough, you will be fine by just replacing the compressor with the re-conditioned one and also replace the receiver that is located at the front of the radiator.
It is acting as the filter for the A/C system as well. If there was any leakages, it is best to replace the O-rings at this stage.
A while ago, I supplied the specific O-rings to one of the member together with the receiver and he seemed to be happy with the result.
Unfortunately, if the noise at the compressor was left too long (possibly, the case on this particular NSX), I’m afraid you have circulated many tiny metal debris inside the system and almost clogged the filter at the receiver.
You must replace the compressor and receiver to start with.
Then, due to the lack of maintenance and long term leakage from the O-rings, the system was no longer in closed state and thus, created internal corrosion at the fitting as well as internal wall of pipes. If the corrosion is severe, you will need to replace some of the pipes. This could be a big job for some of the pipes.
Before replacing the compressor, some people blow the pipes with compressed air to get rid of any metal residue but please be careful with handling of remaining oil as it could cause future corrosion.
For this particular NSX and if you blow the pipes as above, you will need to spend extra time during the vacuum process in order to get rid of any moisture that may enter the system through the atmosphere as well as through the compressed air.
One thing to note.
On earlier models, if you disturb the fittings/pipes at the R & L condenser, you may create new leakage even using the new O-rings.
The fittings are just too old and not possible to create air tight seal. I’m afraid if that is the case, you will need to replace the pipes and the condenser. If you have EPS, that will be a big job as the EPS rack needs to come off.
So, based on the limited information on your post, you will at least need to replace the receiver and use re-conditioned compressor plus the high possibility of taking out the leaked evapo for welding or replacement and replacing some of the O-rings…
I hope I covered most of the points.
Regards,
Kaz
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BTW: When do people learn? Switch your A/C OFF five minutes before the end of your drive. ;) I once sat in an NSX which smelled like cat-p*ss. Very disgusting. :angry:
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Thought I would share this little Cruise Control Mod I've finished up on Andrews car. Andrew wanted to upgrade the steering wheel to the NSX-R hub and Momo wheel, but was adamant about keeping the cruise as he is planning to drive the car regularly and going abroad on some trips.
At first I was going to use some after market buttons and build it into the ashtray but then decided to keep everything even the wiring loom from the SRS reel and go with a unique mod
We custom built/moulded the 4 button slot and used the original cruise buttons which I think turned out nicely.
Heres a few pics to give you an idea, once its all bolted up tight and cleaned I'll take some more.
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looks the mutz nutz! REALLY REALLY pleased with the outcome. :D
Just been playing around with that new 3M Carbon vinyl. I noticed a guy on prime was doing some bits so thought I'd have a go myself.
I wanted to do the door garnish as recently I had a few emails from members looking for the garnish as there own was scraped and worn looking. I didnt have any available and new they are very expensive.
My own garnish was fine, but decided to use it as the tester anyway.
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I also had a quick go on one of the spare door trims I have
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for the price u cannot beat it! have to say it comes up very well on the door sills, better than standard by miles ... would prefer to see the door handle trim in real life to make a final opinion on that, but i have to say the door sills look sweet
defo a nice wee mod/touch to the car for not big bucks!