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What have you done to your Elgrand today?

Not just today but since we got the car we have:
* put a new tyre on (got a flat)
* alignment and balance
* Put new tie rod ends on
* another alignment
* adjusted the parking brake
* cleaned and lubricated the curtain tracks (tailgate curtain is a little weak but the others are great now)
* tried (kind of successfully) to install a new head unit - new wiring adapters on the way to fix poor wiring
* lubricated the power mirrors and bonnet latch
* fixed minor rust around the front door seals, right sliding door seal and tailgate seal
* polished out all the lights
* re-terminated the fog light wiring
* replaced fog light bulbs

Still on the list to do:
* adjust left headlight (pattern is wrong)
* fix park lights (one is blown, the other needs to be reterminated)
* fix rear subframe bush
* finish the head unit install
* adjust the vertical alignment of the radar unit
 
Just now I set about repairing the cracked side skirts on the rider. Had a quote from a breakers for the two bits of plastic and fell over so I'll just fix these and paint them instead seen as I have over a litre of g30 paint now as well. 😂😂🤟.
Did you know each skirt is held on with 18 bolts...
18!!! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

https://minimaddaps88-blog.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F816147221244411904
 
Got the offside rear suspension on, new springs/dampers and airbags, tried the new disc and painted calipers to check fit and just to see how it looked. While I'm posting, is there any reason the bottom damper bolt can't go in with the nut at the rear? Do Nissan fit them with the nut at the front just to make it awkward to get the bolt out as it fouls the parking brake metal tubing. 20260509_143618.jpg
 
BrianH said:
Got the offside rear suspension on, new springs/dampers and airbags, tried the new disc and painted calipers to check fit and just to see how it looked. While I'm posting, is there any reason the bottom damper bolt can't go in with the nut at the rear? Do Nissan fit them with the nut at the front just to make it awkward to get the bolt out as it fouls the parking brake metal tubing. View attachment 120559
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Not sure but did you have a weird bolt in yours with no head on it and a little tang on it to stop it from spinning when the nuts tightened up? That's what I found on ours when I did shocks. 🤷🤷.
 
BrianH said:
Got the offside rear suspension on, new springs/dampers and airbags, tried the new disc and painted calipers to check fit and just to see how it looked. While I'm posting, is there any reason the bottom damper bolt can't go in with the nut at the rear? Do Nissan fit them with the nut at the front just to make it awkward to get the bolt out as it fouls the parking brake metal tubing. View attachment 120559
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Looking good mate and I put my bottom bolt the other way as I see no reason not too
 
Yes that's the one, but I've put mine back on the other way around so that putting the bolt back in doesn't foul on the parking brake tubing, also I would think it normal to put the bolt head in the direction of travel, that way if the nut ever came off the bolt should stay in due to the excellent acceleration of the Elgrand ;)
 
minimaddaps said:
Not sure but did you have a weird bolt in yours with no head on it and a little tang on it to stop it from spinning when the nuts tightened up? That's what I found on ours when I did shocks. 🤷🤷.
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That’s the correct and original bolt type ( not cheap to replace either)
 
I had my bonnet stripes upgraded to black and also new side graphics, so pleased with the new look!
 

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Just to say, after a few hours on charge, the car is back to starting happily. So it does indeed seem like if the key is left in the car with the ignition off, it prevents it from going into sleep mode. I assume that if the key was in the faraday pouch it might have prevented this, but it wasn't. Don't want to test that theory really as I only have one working key and would rather not lock it inside the car!
 
BrianH said:
Got the offside rear suspension on, new springs/dampers and airbags, tried the new disc and painted calipers to check fit and just to see how it looked. While I'm posting, is there any reason the bottom damper bolt can't go in with the nut at the rear? Do Nissan fit them with the nut at the front just to make it awkward to get the bolt out as it fouls the parking brake metal tubing. View attachment 120559
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Are those the upgraded discs from JDM? Thinking of fitting those (and some HEL brake lines) when mine next need doing.
 
Yes, upgraded discs and pads, not fitted yet, working on the other side now so I can't comment on if they stop better, but I liked the look of them, thought about HEL brake lines as well but may leave the originals on for the moment, I have had the wheels powder coated etc and SHMBO may baulk at the £75+ for new brake lines at the moment. :)
 
My first one required the complete dismantling of the airbox, the second time I changed it it went straight in, go figure.
 
Lukeus101 said:
Shredded my fat sausage fingers trying to change a sidelight bulb. Many swears were heard throughout the small town of Cleckheaton
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Those wires absolutely should have been 50mm longer. A pox on the Nissan accountants who demanded that cost saving!
 
I managed a couple of hours the other day to get the first side skirt plastic welded and filled. Spun the rider round and removed the other side but unfortunately the passenger side one is abit worse and has the back section missing after someone had made it out of fibreglass filler, an abranet and some stone chip 🤦🤦.
So will see if I can get a donor passenger side skirt first if not I'll be making a half plastic half aluminium one I think 😂😂😂👍.

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