{"id":51058,"date":"2017-08-21T19:54:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T10:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=51058"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:56","slug":"z1r-front-repair-inspection-and-more-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20170821\/everyday-events\/z1r-front-repair-inspection-and-more-7","title":{"rendered":"\u2464Z1R Front repair, inspection, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4735.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4735-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4735-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s fabricate an inner fender.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4736.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4736-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4736-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4737.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4737-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4737-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s SUS304-HL, but if we let it float freely, we&#8217;ll be safe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4738.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4738-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4738-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4739-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4739-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t have confidence making it in one go, so I fabricated it in sections and joined them together with spot welding.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4745.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4745-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4745-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nThe upper mounting point is tricky because the seat is super close. It won&#8217;t close unless it drops almost vertically, so I was puzzling over it while fabricating.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4747-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4747-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4748-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4748-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nI spend more time measuring and thinking about how to make it without mistakes than actually making it.<\/p>\n<p>The first one is always tough. Well, there probably won&#8217;t be a second one.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4750.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4750-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4750-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nThey want sheet metal attached to the \u25b2 area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4741.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4741-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4741-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4742-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4742-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nYou&#8217;d think this should go smoothly, but a variable-angle shear seems risky, so I went with the safe bet of spot welding.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4743.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4743-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4743-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nAfter making it, I realized we can mount quite a few electronic components here. That means even though the space under the seat is limited, it might work as a small storage compartment? That&#8217;s my hunch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4749.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4749-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4749-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC_4750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4750.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4750-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/DSC_4750-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nOnce the damper and electrical parts arrive, we&#8217;ll need additional work to mount them. It&#8217;s getting tedious, so I&#8217;m putting this on hold for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s fabricate an inner fender. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[122,115],"class_list":["post-51058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-vehicle-inspection","tag-z-aircooled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}