The guy did a great job and has a work ethic that's rare today. Kudos to him. With some tools and developed skills, you can do the detailing work yourself. It's gratifying. It's fun to buy a crapped out vehicle that was a neglected daily beater in Japan, show it some love and restore it to its like-new glory, then add some customizing for its second life in the US. But hey, I'm one to talk. I haven't even washed my Hijet truck. It still has the yellow Japanese farm dirt ground into the interior texture, but I did clean that yellow farm dirt from inside the lenses when swapping to LED bulbs... and I sanded and painted the windshield wiper arms which took ten minutes. 😛
@@Waybeforethefame - I spent $106 on LED lighting for the Hijet, not including the LED light bar for the front or the four LED lights for the rear headache rack, two to illuminate the cargo bed and two to light up the area behind the truck. It adds up! Headlight Relay Harness (B078XV8PL7) $18.99 LED Headlights (B01MXJD0Y7) $36.79 Electronic Flasher (B0811GTVH2) $8.00 Flasher Leg Extensions (B0195V03H4) $6.90 2 @ 1157 LED Bulbs - Brake / Rear Running (B071DCC7XL) $15.99 5 @ 1156 Turn Signals Front/Rear & Backup (B09QYBY1Q4) $19.29 4 @ 194 LED Bulbs Front Running/Turn (B09C8VV18B) $9.99 LED turn signals cause the dreaded hyper flash. It's possible to fix that with ballast resistors connected across each LED turn signal but a much better solution is to replace the bimetallic flasher with an electronic flasher. The electronic flasher was a bit too large to fit in the molded well in the fuse block so I needed to order some quick disconnect connectors that I could modify to use as stand offs to raise the electronic flasher slightly above the fuse block. Note that the kei cars use a switched ground system. That'll require a new headlight harness with a relay to make LED headlights work properly. If your headlights have +12V supplied all the time when the key is in the ON position, even when the headlights are off, you'll need the relay wiring harness. If not, you may still need a non-relay wiring harness to correct the connector wiring to translate the different Japanese wiring, but I bet you'll need the relay harness. The headlights I listed are the 5X7 rectangular headlights. The round headlights are different. Note that the above part numbers and recommendations are specific to the 110P Hijet but is probably very close for all kei cars. If you want a quick cheap upgrade, the best bang for the buck is the brake lights. I did a calculation. The incandescent bulbs require 0.2 seconds to emit light as the filament must heat. LED bulbs are essentially instant. From memory, the difference is 12 feet of braking distance for the car behind you traveling 45 MPH. How many accidents would be avoided by 12 more feet of braking distance? If not avoided, another 12 feet of braking would substantially decrease the impact energy with corresponding decreases in vehicle damage and personal injury. The next best bang for the buck is tail lights and running lights as they're quick and easy. I also replaced the dome light inside and it wade a huge difference. I don't have the part number because it's a standard automotive internal LED bulb and I already had one. The switch was broken but I soldered it to fix it. You gotta have a dome light. Often, the plastic lenses are inexpensive in Japan. I was placing a Hijet parts order and had them include a $5 dome lens to replace the missing dome lens and it looks new. Even if not missing, they're inevitably dirty, yellowed and/or cracked. That's a cheap and easy restoration if already paying to ship parts from Japan.
I cant even put into words how cool it looks now !
That best $4,800 kei van in America
Love it. If you ever want the Carry back in trade, with moolah of course, let me know. That dude did a fantastic job.
Ima enjoy this one for a while first lol
The guy did a great job and has a work ethic that's rare today. Kudos to him. With some tools and developed skills, you can do the detailing work yourself. It's gratifying. It's fun to buy a crapped out vehicle that was a neglected daily beater in Japan, show it some love and restore it to its like-new glory, then add some customizing for its second life in the US. But hey, I'm one to talk. I haven't even washed my Hijet truck. It still has the yellow Japanese farm dirt ground into the interior texture, but I did clean that yellow farm dirt from inside the lenses when swapping to LED bulbs... and I sanded and painted the windshield wiper arms which took ten minutes. 😛
I actually been looking for LED bulbs do you know the parts numbers or links
@@Waybeforethefame - I spent $106 on LED lighting for the Hijet, not including the LED light bar for the front or the four LED lights for the rear headache rack, two to illuminate the cargo bed and two to light up the area behind the truck. It adds up!
Headlight Relay Harness (B078XV8PL7) $18.99
LED Headlights (B01MXJD0Y7) $36.79
Electronic Flasher (B0811GTVH2) $8.00
Flasher Leg Extensions (B0195V03H4) $6.90
2 @ 1157 LED Bulbs - Brake / Rear Running (B071DCC7XL) $15.99
5 @ 1156 Turn Signals Front/Rear & Backup (B09QYBY1Q4) $19.29
4 @ 194 LED Bulbs Front Running/Turn (B09C8VV18B) $9.99
LED turn signals cause the dreaded hyper flash. It's possible to fix that with ballast resistors connected across each LED turn signal but a much better solution is to replace the bimetallic flasher with an electronic flasher. The electronic flasher was a bit too large to fit in the molded well in the fuse block so I needed to order some quick disconnect connectors that I could modify to use as stand offs to raise the electronic flasher slightly above the fuse block.
Note that the kei cars use a switched ground system. That'll require a new headlight harness with a relay to make LED headlights work properly. If your headlights have +12V supplied all the time when the key is in the ON position, even when the headlights are off, you'll need the relay wiring harness. If not, you may still need a non-relay wiring harness to correct the connector wiring to translate the different Japanese wiring, but I bet you'll need the relay harness. The headlights I listed are the 5X7 rectangular headlights. The round headlights are different.
Note that the above part numbers and recommendations are specific to the 110P Hijet but is probably very close for all kei cars.
If you want a quick cheap upgrade, the best bang for the buck is the brake lights. I did a calculation. The incandescent bulbs require 0.2 seconds to emit light as the filament must heat. LED bulbs are essentially instant. From memory, the difference is 12 feet of braking distance for the car behind you traveling 45 MPH. How many accidents would be avoided by 12 more feet of braking distance? If not avoided, another 12 feet of braking would substantially decrease the impact energy with corresponding decreases in vehicle damage and personal injury. The next best bang for the buck is tail lights and running lights as they're quick and easy.
I also replaced the dome light inside and it wade a huge difference. I don't have the part number because it's a standard automotive internal LED bulb and I already had one. The switch was broken but I soldered it to fix it. You gotta have a dome light. Often, the plastic lenses are inexpensive in Japan. I was placing a Hijet parts order and had them include a $5 dome lens to replace the missing dome lens and it looks new. Even if not missing, they're inevitably dirty, yellowed and/or cracked. That's a cheap and easy restoration if already paying to ship parts from Japan.
Wow! that came out beautiful.
I think so too!
need to spray those wiper arms black! would make such a difference!
yeah that's coming soon!
Bro that guy is one of the most Boston individuals that I've ever seen
Lol hes from new york
That dude is down too earth good people
100%
It looks really good
100%
You need to show that guy the Beat. If he thinks the van is cool, he will go nuts over the Beat.
He washed the beat first, he likes it but he owns a s2000
Cleaned up really nice!! I don't know the shop but they are good!
Yeah, he's the best
@@Waybeforethefame let the compound the rest, AND let them seal it with ceramic coating man.
worth the investment!
That would look really good parked next to my Willys wagon. :)
It does!
that came out really really nice, the next compound polish and wax and it's gonna shine!
I was thinking about it but idk if people want such clean van. People don’t appreciate these enough
So relaxing watching that! 😂
That was the plan!
Do they charge full price for half a van?
Came out amazing!
Kei car price
😂
Detailing a car is exhausting, but at least it's only half a car worth 😂
LOL
Man needs to get himself a weedsprayer to save his hand. A few pumps and the pressure does all the work.
ill tell him lol
amazing transformation
cleaned up niceeeeeee
I laughed because you have the withering leaf on the back window which used when the driver is an old timer
whatever old person had this in Japan did a great job keeping it mint
What did you buy the little scooter at?
mrmotocompo.com
Are you coming down to MD this Saturday? I want to see this.
Guy did an amazing job cleaning the van. Put some grease on the sliding door tracks.
I wanna try but idk if I really want to drive it that far yet lol I just got it don't trust it THAT much
what wheels are these? i'm getting my own acty van really soon and i need some wheels on it.. these look like mini spoon wheels :D
They’re some random 13x5 rims I found on FB marketplace
@@Waybeforethefame oh well thx anyway.
Get the rest of the car polished and the interior steamed. Then watch the heads turn and more will want to own one.
I was thinking about it but idk if kei van people care about stuff, im going to end up having to sell it for Alot of $$$$ after
I thought the van was navy blue but it’s green what green is it navy green just messy around the wash job is clean
its a nice like emerald green
Here before 30 minutes button here 👇🏼
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