UPDATE: (Cut and Paste from my post over at Suzuki Carry Owners Club Australia facebook page) It's been a while since my last update, the body work on the Van has stopped since all the major stuff is done, now it's just minor stuff which I will leave until later. Getting closer, 8+ years and counti...

Minor Update: For the past 7 years, been searching on Yahoo Auctions on and off for the stock intercooler, a few slipped my fingers. They pop up every now and then but the description they put on it, most of the time, doesn't even relate to what car it's from, so your searching blinded. The ones tha...

Yep, front and rear windscreen where glued in, and each window have an outer and inner rubber mold. Just the whole process of replacing the glass is a pain and guaranteed to scratch the paint underneath and rust. When the van was in its good days the passenger top corner rubber mold was lifting so I...

Just another minor update: Removed the rear spoiler and re did the bottom of the tailgate, sanded back the etch primer, added filler and sanded to make it nice and flat. The edges where the spoiler is attached to the tailgate, over time and vibration and rubbing, it has rubbed back to bare metal and...

Finally received all my genuine suzuki goodies from https://www.megazip.net. Shipping too a longer than expected as I ordered during xmas time and this delayed it a bit, since they had 10% off all parts, little savings was worth it: Factory Suzuki rubber floor mat: Part #: 99000-99004-23T =  $34.28 ...

Back with a minor update, since my last update, I have been on and off working on the front of the Van. Since I have repaired most of the rust and since I don't know when I am going to paint, with advise from a panel beater through a friend. Advise was to etch prime the bare metal asap to seal it an...

Those headlights, are they good for the carry? Mine has rusted out and will be looking at getting some soon.

Cheers.
Tay

Thanks HEMI426, It's been a long time coming, there was a few occasions where I just given up altogether in getting this thing up and running again. Long story short, now got my own place after living at my parents with my family, next to no bills so saved up a deposit for a house. Been here 2 years...

About a month ago I took my radiator to a local radiator place for them to see if they can freshen it up as I wasn't sure with all the Chemiweld radiator stop leak additive I used clogged it up!. They did a great job getting all that crap out and it's good as new, when I mentioned the Chemiweld stuf...

Tell me about it, at this rate, I will have to setup a go fund me page to help pay for the respray! That's pretty much most of the bad rust taken care at the moment, if I'm being really picky, then the whole van will be back to bare metal, so not going there :) Next on my to do list is to put back t...

Got around to finishing the bottom of the tailgate, ever since I got the van, I did notice some small pin holes at the bottom and the paint never bubbled and it doesn't look like it was getting worse. After the first grinding back to bare metal, I can see it had previously been bogged up, most likel...

Yep, I was leading towards electric, need to get one of those inline temp sensor adapters things, will look soon and see whats out there. Some updates: Since I'm not going to paint anytime soon, I asked one of my mates who knows a panel beater what I should do to the bare metal once the rust has bee...

Yes I did notice the ones on the bottom of the tailgate back in the day, today it doesn't look any worse, paint has bubbled but will tackle it anyway. Removed the rear bumper today and it looks like it hasn't got any worse, I have checked this spot back in the day so it hasn't spread, looks like mor...

Update: Some progress, got the windscreen removed and the rust was not as bad as I thought, to some it might look bad but I think I can work with it. Below are pics of my progress: Some rough work to get most of the rust down to bare metal: rust01.jpg rust02.jpg rust03.jpg rust04.jpg Also on the top...

Yes I remember you mentioned about the custom paint a while back and wasn't looking forward to colour match, I did consider just a basic paint in green something simple which can be easy colour match if needed for touchup, etc.... I'll see what my options/budgets are when everything is up and runnin...