9 months follow up of a newbie's rant/review of the Zelex 165 with head GE107

[Synthian]

... I will probably have to cut mine open and tighten the joints as well, not looking forward to it though. Did you have to make an incision from both sides?

Hi Jugo, thanks for your informative review plus follow up! I was thinking hard about Zelex and chose Irontech over Zelex, because, at that time, Zelex did not have motorized hips and Irontech did. I am looking for a taller body and am back thinking about Zelex.

I had your loose shoulder joints from Day 1 and, after 7 months, I had the same paint fade. I am actually happy the overly red paint on the joint areas is all but gone, only the left knee and the fire-walking red foot bottoms remain.

For the shoulder joint, with her lying flat on her back, I straightened the arm at the side position, then lifted the arm to 90 degrees in front, then I felt in her armpit for the nut and lined it up so the incision would be least noticeable. I made a small opening and scraped away some of the silicone covering the 11/16" nut and, with a socket wrench plus extension, I carefully tightened without over-tightening. I left the access hole open because it did get loose again. I believe the bolt head is spot-welded so adding brass washers is not an option and the nut is pretty much flush.

Judging by this Zelex skeleton pic you may have to position your lady face down and position her arm 90 degrees backward to put the nut in the armpit, FYI.

Thanks for the link to Averbeck70's positions list, very helpful

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[Jugo]

... I will probably have to cut mine open and tighten the joints as well, not looking forward to it though. Did you have to make an incision from both sides?

Hi Jugo, thanks for your informative review plus follow up! I was thinking hard about Zelex and chose Irontech over Zelex, because, at that time, Zelex did not have motorized hips and Irontech did. I am looking for a taller body and am back thinking about Zelex.

I am thinking about another Zelex too, I think they have solved many of the problems I've had with my doll. Not all, the gaping is still there, but they've improved the skeleton and the fading paint and now offers hard hands, hard feet and soft LHs. I lucked out though, Zelex read this review and contacted me to offer me a new body due to the loose shoulders. I'm getting an Inspiration 170C in their new ultra soft silicone. Zelex really make beautiful and sexy dolls with very good LHP, but there are other brands that can do that as well but offers non gaping technology as well...

I had your loose shoulder joints from Day 1 and, after 7 months, I had the same paint fade. I am actually happy the overly red paint on the joint areas is all but gone, only the left knee and the fire-walking red foot bottoms remain.

For the shoulder joint, with her lying flat on her back, I straightened the arm at the side position, then lifted the arm to 90 degrees in front, then I felt in her armpit for the nut and lined it up so the incision would be least noticeable. I made a small opening and scraped away some of the silicone covering the 11/16" nut and, with a socket wrench plus extension, I carefully tightened without over-tightening. I left the access hole open because it did get loose again. I believe the bolt head is spot-welded so adding brass washers is not an option and the nut is pretty much flush.

Judging by this Zelex skeleton pic you may have to position your lady face down and position her arm 90 degrees backward to put the nut in the armpit, FYI.

Thank you so much for explaining this, I was planning to cut straight into the shoulder from the front, your way is so much better. Unfortunately my doll has developed loose knees and a loose hip since I wrote the review so if I decide to fix her it will be a major undertaking.

Thanks for the link to Averbeck70's positions list, very helpful

It's good isn't it, I actually contacted the site owner and tried to persuade them to add a doll filter to their site, but they ignored my plea