What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[WHO1DMC]

Had my new hankook tires mounted today.
All in all not to bad. Had to post some pics of the weights. I was a little worried about how many they would take. I think one of my rims probably broke the record with absolutely no weights. I never seen a perfect wheel balance.
The wheels were perfectly clean so you can probably tell they had a little struggle.




Dave B.

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[Coppertank]

First bath of the year after spending a winter in the garage for an ECU upgrade!

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[Kukem]

Installed new door struts, LED door lights and an air filter today. Also met up with a local Bricklin while out for a cruise.

[Helirich]

So a super car show today. This year they gave me top billing. (Parking me with the big boys) Again, I was the only Delorean.

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They gave me plenty of space. Not sure if it was the value of the car or they know how I drive. Lol.

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It was fun and I also got to shop some waterfront property.

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[Bitsyncmaster]

I was demonstrating my third brake light to an owner today and it did not work. Turns out the brake light switch closes with somewhere between 200 ohms to 10 ohms most of the time and only rarely will is get zero ohms. The switch was the first thing I replaced when I got my car 15 years ago because it was bad. Now this NOS one has gone bad so I'm going to try another manufacture for a new switch. I know these switches are very cheap but they should not fail like this especially using LEDs (under 2 amps).

[paullckby]

Hello everyone! I just bought 6095 which apparently nobody has any record of. It was bought by a holding company in 1983 and has been in storage since 1991. I'm only the second owner. It's not in terrible shape but just needs a lot of engine work to replace original components.

I've got one question (for now). My doors look like a bad art project (see picture). What is up with the paper and the foam sticking out? Did someone do a poor job reattaching the door panel? Both sides look like this. IMG_8079.jpg

[DavidProehl]

Hello everyone! I just bought 6095 which apparently nobody has any record of. It was bought by a holding company in 1983 and has been in storage since 1991. I'm only the second owner. It's not in terrible shape but just needs a lot of engine work to replace original components.

I've got one question (for now). My doors look like a bad art project (see picture). What is up with the paper and the foam sticking out? Did someone do a poor job reattaching the door panel? Both sides look like this. IMG_8079.jpg

Congrats on your purchase!

That foam is completely normal, part of the lower door panel. I think it is there to reduce rattle noise. The paper might be the edge of the plastic vapor barrier. From the factory there was a barrier between the door panel and the door internals. Mine was removed by a previous owner so I've never seen it in person, I think at this point most have had that removed.

The point is, this looks stock to me. These cars were assembled mostly by hand in the factory by people who hadn't built cars before. There are fit and finish issues on almost every one of them in different locations. Gives them character!

[paullckby]

Congrats on your purchase!

That foam is completely normal, part of the lower door panel. I think it is there to reduce rattle noise. The paper might be the edge of the plastic vapor barrier. From the factory there was a barrier between the door panel and the door internals. Mine was removed by a previous owner so I've never seen it in person, I think at this point most have had that removed.

The point is, this looks stock to me. These cars were assembled mostly by hand in the factory by people who hadn't built cars before. There are fit and finish issues on almost every one of them in different locations. Gives them character!

Thanks for letting me know it's normal! I have to take the door panels off to replace the window motors (they kinda make a noise and do nothing) so soon it will likely be gone like everyone else's.

[MrChocky]

Guy came up to me today, explained he had various JZD books, poster, etc etc, real "true believer" type. He was in his 50s had been a fan of the car forever. I let him sit in the car, and he broken into tears.

Pretty sure I'm not the only one this has happened to.

[Bitsyncmaster]

I was demonstrating my third brake light to an owner today and it did not work. Turns out the brake light switch closes with somewhere between 200 ohms to 10 ohms most of the time and only rarely will is get zero ohms. The switch was the first thing I replaced when I got my car 15 years ago because it was bad. Now this NOS one has gone bad so I'm going to try another manufacture for a new switch. I know these switches are very cheap but they should not fail like this especially using LEDs (under 2 amps).

Got a new brake light switch and tested it and got poor resistance on the new one also. Lucky I could open this one up and shoot some solvent on the contacts and that fixed it. Solid zero ohms every time. Must have had some grease on the contacts.