01-05-2010, 10:46 PM
This made a pretty noticeable improvement, but it still just looked sad. I spent a lot of the weekend more or less tinkering and beautifying.
I removed all the accessories from each side of the bay and actually polished the paint with a rubbing compound. Then I filled in the big damage spots with touch up paint. This is how it looked before I did anything.
![[Image: 755990168_aZS3F-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/755990168_aZS3F-XL.jpg)
I also remove a lot of broken and crumbled wire loom and clips and other stuff that was no longer serving its purpose.
![[Image: 755988245_Yhej4-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/755988245_Yhej4-XL.jpg)
I also reloomed a lot of wires and wrapped it where the old tape had fallen off.
![[Image: 755949341_tR6cF-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/755949341_tR6cF-XL.jpg)
I painted the ballast flat black to help them blend in better, since I didn't really feel like drilling another hole to remount them.
![[Image: 758353559_eEVXu-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758353559_eEVXu-XL.jpg)
![[Image: 755993694_JbFsT-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/755993694_JbFsT-XL.jpg)
The horn thing is an aftermarket alarm added by one of the PO's and the wiring looks a little amateur.
![[Image: 758352860_AVjrW-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758352860_AVjrW-XL.jpg)
So here is where I stood Sunday night, pretty good, but still lacking.
As for tonight... PARTS!!!
![[Image: 758350987_YXoze-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758350987_YXoze-XL.jpg)
![[Image: 758355729_p8xjy-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758355729_p8xjy-XL.jpg)
![[Image: 758354367_Mx2eA-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758354367_Mx2eA-XL.jpg)
I'm pretty please with the outcome. It was a lot of work for an area most people don't see, but I like things being clean and the way they are supposed to be.
![[Image: 758352299_fpTbv-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758352299_fpTbv-XL.jpg)
(The next post will detail my paint repair)
I removed all the accessories from each side of the bay and actually polished the paint with a rubbing compound. Then I filled in the big damage spots with touch up paint. This is how it looked before I did anything.
![[Image: 755990168_aZS3F-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/755990168_aZS3F-XL.jpg)
I also remove a lot of broken and crumbled wire loom and clips and other stuff that was no longer serving its purpose.
![[Image: 755988245_Yhej4-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/755988245_Yhej4-XL.jpg)
I also reloomed a lot of wires and wrapped it where the old tape had fallen off.
![[Image: 755949341_tR6cF-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/755949341_tR6cF-XL.jpg)
I painted the ballast flat black to help them blend in better, since I didn't really feel like drilling another hole to remount them.
![[Image: 758353559_eEVXu-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758353559_eEVXu-XL.jpg)
![[Image: 755993694_JbFsT-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/755993694_JbFsT-XL.jpg)
The horn thing is an aftermarket alarm added by one of the PO's and the wiring looks a little amateur.
![[Image: 758352860_AVjrW-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758352860_AVjrW-XL.jpg)
So here is where I stood Sunday night, pretty good, but still lacking.
As for tonight... PARTS!!!
![[Image: 758350987_YXoze-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758350987_YXoze-XL.jpg)
![[Image: 758355729_p8xjy-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758355729_p8xjy-XL.jpg)
![[Image: 758354367_Mx2eA-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758354367_Mx2eA-XL.jpg)
I'm pretty please with the outcome. It was a lot of work for an area most people don't see, but I like things being clean and the way they are supposed to be.

![[Image: 758352299_fpTbv-XL.jpg]](http://photos.jklimchuk.net/photos/758352299_fpTbv-XL.jpg)
(The next post will detail my paint repair)
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