The Blurpening, Covid Coping & Returning to Form

[SlimKlim]

It also went to the shop at some point during all this and got a new passenger's side inner tie rod, alignment, 4-wheel balance, had a minor lighting issue traced back to a shorted DRL socket, and got it's VA inspections done.

My first polish didn't really do much so I took another run at it and put my back into it. I ordered a 3" backing plate and pads to handle her curves more easily, and did a full 4-stage correction starting with a super aggressive extreme cut compound. It's still not perfect, but it looks like it should now.








I also installed the Rennline pedal set because the gas is spaced juuuuuust far enough away from the brake pedal to be annoying to downshift. The pedal set adds a little tab to the left of the throttle that makes rev matching a breeze. 



A girl's gotta know how to accessorize: 



And most recently, I'm testing out SEM Color Coat on the door sills, which is supposed to replicate the weird, mid-2000s-german-car rubberized interior coating. It works well enough for the black sills, so I have a color card on the way to see if they sell anything that matches the Stone Gray. 







Upcoming items: 
-Replace broken seat folding levers (right side of both seats)
-replace fuel & washer fluid caps
-Dye shift knob & steering wheel
-Paint center console to match exterior color
-Ignition coils & plugs
-Trans & brake fluid flushes
-replace cowl & rear hatch seal
-replace rain gutter gaskets on roof
-Soul PP X-pipe exhaust tip
-OEM all red taillight swap
-Adjust parking brake
-repaint rotor hats to hide the rusty bits