164 'Restoration'

poohbah · June 02, 2016, 05:15:27 PM

I'll let you know what they quote me for a respray, but I agree that in a fair world it should really only cost a couple of hundred bucks.

I've also starting noticing how many current cars (particularly performance cars finished in white duco) now have black roofs - really seems to be a trend, so it could be a really neat way of updating the look of the 156.

V AR 164 · June 05, 2016, 03:48:51 PM

Hey guys,

I need to replace my from speakers on my Q as they are the originals and have gotten 'foam rot'. The foam around the cone has disentegrated. I can't simply replace the woofer as the whole unit is one piece and is riveted onto the door.

Has anyone got a solution for replacing them? Or does anyone know where to purchase the whole speaker unit?

On my other standard 164's, the speakers are actually mounted to the doorcard. So I may just remove the speakers in the doors in the Q and swap over the doorcard from my donor 164 with new speakers.

Thanks, Andrew.

stustustu123 · June 05, 2016, 04:17:33 PM

I remember drilling the pop rivets out of mine to replace the speakers (also originals which had the same issue).

I think also it was tricky to re-attach new speakers to the plastic housing as they seemed to have some sort of one-use clips holding them on, and attempting to remove can very easily break the plastic that they are mounted to. You should be able to do it if you are gentle. On second thoughts, they might have screws on the back holding the speaker to the plastic housing, and maybe it was the non-Q car that had the easy-to-break attachment?

Other option would be to make your own mounting plate out of some MDF maybe as the Alfa ones are fairly flimsy.

V AR 164 · June 05, 2016, 08:59:33 PM

Thanks for that stu.

I probably will drill out the rivets tomorrow and figure out a way to mount new speakers. MDF sounds like a pretty good solution. Although I will try and use the doorcard idea first.

Thanks, Andrew

ARQ164 Shane · June 05, 2016, 10:24:11 PM

Hi AR,
I have two mdf speaker holders if you would like them it would only cost you postage with pioneer speaker
I do not need them .

cheers Shane

V AR 164 · June 06, 2016, 01:38:25 PM

Hi Shane,

Thanks for the offer, but I think it would be cheaper if I made them myself then pay for postage to get them down to Melbourne.

Anyway, I gave my baby a wash and tried out my V AR 164 plates.

Mmmmm that is nice!!!

Cheers, Andrew.

stustustu123 · June 06, 2016, 04:17:22 PM

Totally hot!!!!

poohbah · June 06, 2016, 04:28:51 PM

Nice work Andrew, she looks fantastic.

ARQ164 Shane · June 06, 2016, 08:36:11 PM

Hi Andrew,
car looks gooder then mine. At the moment I am in the middle of fitting a air/oil cooler and respraying my front bumper
I happen to noticed that you have removed the water jets from your bumper like mine.
I am working on making some alloy caps to cover the holes in the bumper.
cheers Shane

V AR 164 · June 06, 2016, 09:22:22 PM

Cheers guys, yes she certainly is a looker. I used to hate the QV skirts but now I love them

Shane, I actually rather the 164 in white, yours especially looks good with the wheels you have.
The water jets on my car were not there when I bought it. They have snapped off and I am going to replace them from my parts car.

Thanks, Andrew.

V AR 164 · June 08, 2016, 10:21:38 PM

Hi all,

I am wanting to remove the plastic demister vent cover on the top of the dashboard off my parts car to see if I can sort of fix it as it is cracked as usual.

Anyone know how to remove it without breaking it more than it already is? Do I just pull on it or do I need to remove screws/clips?

Thanks, Andrew.

VeeSix · June 09, 2016, 09:58:24 PM

Lever up, slide out

ARQ164 Shane · June 10, 2016, 09:00:44 PM

HO THAT nice
I never seen a vent cover before that was not crack !
IF any one know of one 4 sale please pm me
sorry V RA 164 Asking .
cheers

Alfapride · June 16, 2016, 05:42:29 PM

If you can remove the speaker you can have the foam surround replaced and have the speaker refitted to the original plastic housing pictured this keeps the original speaker in place

V AR 164 · June 16, 2016, 08:50:53 PM

Hey Alfapride.

Thanks for the help. I'm not exactly sold on the sound quality from the standard speakers so I might as well use the 'whilst I'm in there' card and upgrade the speakers and make some custom mounts.

Also, I might as well add my 'goal' for the car. I hope to have it running and registered by Spettacolo at the end of the year. I will be bringing both my 164's: the Q and the auto. Fun times ahead!

Ps. Stu, you have no excuse to miss out on Spettacolo this year, you are coming along!!!

Cheers, Andrew.