LeafGT

Removing parts of the center console. By now it's safe to assume that unless otherwise stated, anything shown was either pulled or unscrewed apart.  Below is the e-brake switch. Fitting a new battery (the previous one had died). ..and removing the passenger side door card. Literally the same kind of fixings as the rear ones, which we've covered in these blogs already. Weight savings Door handle - 125g Parking brake surround 75g Window switch surround 83g Centre console 236g Speaker and screw 230g Door handle underneath bit 7g Door card 2800g Sub-total: 3.6kg Added to the previous 113.4kg Total: 117kg We need to put that into perspective, that is about the weight of a giant panda.  Can you imagine a giant panda in the passenger seat?  You would notice that.

First job of the day, repeat the work done on the previous blog, which was to replace the glass with plastic on the offside rear door, by doing the same for the nearside rear door.  But the breakdown of actions was covered in the previous blog so we won't repeat that here. The rubber gloves have arrived!  This is an essential bit of kit for handling electricity with your hands.  If in doubt don't go near electricity when it is dangerous, especially with your hands. Time to continue with pulling away the trim, the trim is almost exclusively held on by the same poppers as we've seen before, with just the occasional screw fixing being encountered today. We are now venturing into the front of the car.  Mats and trim are vacating the car. Beneath the carpet are various pieces of polystyrene. We're not going to remove the carpet without removing the front seats and surrounding trim, to remove the seats it's just 4 screws and a couple of electric clips underneath.  The...