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Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
V8 Limited

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Monday, January 04, 2010 - 06:08 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

first my dash wouldnt come out. took me ages to get it out cause the tute didnt work for my steering coloum(couldnt lower it) now i cant get the steering wheel off cause the airbag screws are jammed on tight. ive rounded off 2 of them. anyone got any ideas?
Austen Menze
TryHard
WA
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Monday, January 04, 2010 - 07:41 pm, by:  Austen Menze (Mercyfulfate) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Got a link to the tute?

Are you able to get vice grips onto the rounded screws to get them off? Or a dremel to cut it so a flat-blade screwdriver is able to get at it.

I don't know if you should do this to your steering wheel, but I've hammered a slightly larger screwdriver into screws to get them out before haha
Ali Saeed
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WA
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Monday, January 04, 2010 - 07:49 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://planetsoarer.com/leather/remove/index.htm

yeh cant use the vicegrips. will most likely have to dremel it. but will get someone to look at it first, dont want the airbag to go off
Austen Menze
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Monday, January 04, 2010 - 08:02 pm, by:  Austen Menze (Mercyfulfate) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How the hell did you manage to round off torx screws? hahah hmm.. have you tried a flatblade screwdriver across the points of the star in the screw? Push it in as hard as you can while turning it, if it doesn't turn throw a shifter on the handle of the screwdriver for more torque :-)
Ali Saeed
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Monday, January 04, 2010 - 08:07 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

no idea :s hell weird isnt it, cause i always though they couldnt be rounded off easily lol
David Tra
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qld
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Monday, January 04, 2010 - 08:27 pm, by:  David Tra (Bookie) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

crow bar!
Nathan Cryer
Tinkerer
Victoria
SC400 V8

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Monday, January 04, 2010 - 09:17 pm, by:  Nathan Cryer (Redrodeo) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Drill the centre of the screws and use an easyout.

I would disconnect the battery and leave the car for five minutes for the airbag capacitors to discharge before doing it though. The airbag system in the Soarer is an electronic system and cannot deploy if there is no power.

If an easyout does not work try a hammer and centre punch, ONLY try these once the system is discharged.
Justin Camilleri
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QLD
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Monday, January 04, 2010 - 10:00 pm, by:  Justin Camilleri (Just) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Nathan Cryer wrote on Monday, January 04, 2010 - 09:17 pm:

Drill the centre of the screws and use an easyout




I have used this in the past and must say its the best idea. I wouldn't waste time trying to do it any other way.
Ali Saeed
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WA
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 01:57 am, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yeh i think that looks like the safest option. thanks guys.
Ali Saeed
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 06:54 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yay for cnts kicking out my window, in my driveway. fkers.


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James Harris
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 08:32 pm, by:  James Harris (Haro) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

damm. Sorry to hear it mate, luck hey?

Did they actually steal anything or was it just a "lets break a window for the hell of it" kinda thing?
Ali Saeed
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WA
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 08:44 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

stole my wallet. left the ipod and the unichip lol. luckily i didnt have cash in the wallet :-)
Austen Menze
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WA
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 09:07 pm, by:  Austen Menze (Mercyfulfate) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That's mate although I'm glad to see that it wasnt a lot worse. What area do you live in Ali?
Ali Saeed
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 09:10 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bateman. lol the car was parked in the driveway too. bastards
Austen Menze
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 09:50 pm, by:  Austen Menze (Mercyfulfate) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Wankers. Hey last time I went to my mechanic he had a couple doors off a Soarer, I'll ask him for the glass :-)
Ali Saeed
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WA
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 09:59 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i got the glass yesterday. paid these guys 120 to fit it and it looked like they had never seen a soarer in their life. anyway the window i got was green and all other windows i have are brown. ill be on a look out for the brownish windows, as now i know how to change the window :-)

if anyone has broken side windows, ill show them how to change it without paying 120-200 bucks to get it fitted
Austen Menze
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 11:41 pm, by:  Austen Menze (Mercyfulfate) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Is that just the tint? I need my tint re-done it looks :-(
Ali Saeed
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Friday, January 15, 2010 - 12:25 am, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

nah the colour of the glass is completely different from factory. the green and silver ones came with greenish windows and the white ones came with brownish windows
Austen Menze
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Friday, January 15, 2010 - 10:12 am, by:  Austen Menze (Mercyfulfate) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well that ya go, you learn something new everyday!
Ty Mackay
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WA
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Friday, January 15, 2010 - 04:05 pm, by:  Ty Mackay (Duo89) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

well thats weird... cause mine is factory green, painted black..

and all my windows normal, apart from the back drivers quarter which is slightly green

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