My "progress" on the car is no where near as impressive as everyone else, but in the effort to keep my thread updated as I go here's a few updates...
I've been able to spend a few hours past 3 nights to knock some stuff out. Still have a few more nights to do stuff, won't be bored.
- Powdercoated some parts...not sure if I like the orange nozzle
- Mounted a H3R fire extinguisher (thanks for the blog CamT!), no more carrying it around in passenger seat.
- Painted 2 SLC emblems, orange and Grigio Telesto. Was going orange, but after painting 1 orange I sort of think body color may look better. It will go above the android screen.
- Drew & cutout some satin black vinyl inlays for HVAC knobs to break up the orange knobs.
- Installed a Viper keyless entry to replace the original fob. I wanted a different fob, but also since I have automatic doors I feel a little more confident in the Viper system. Range is too good, wrapped foil around antenna (will be under the dash) to reduce range so I don't accidentally open the door unknowingly. Before foil it easily worked from end of my long driveway, after foil range was reduced to the "parking lot" area of my driveway. Need to pull car out and test outside the metal shop still.
- Added Cerulean grease in ball joints to push out regular grease (thanks for suggestion Scott!)
- Trimmed fenders a little more to clear the 335s, will test this weekend. Should have went 325 from the start
- Trimmed a couple of the longer bolts from bottom of the dropped floors to gain a tad more ground clearance.
- Was going to install the license plate LED bolts, but I don't care how they look so leaving off. Not sure if cops will care, but I don't drive much at night so not too worried.
- Put a flood light inside the car, turned it on, shut the doors, turned off shop lights to see if there was any potential gaps where water could get in when I get caught in the rain. All was good, but real test will be when I'll FINALLY wash it for the first time.
Several more things to go, but anxious to jump to installing the JW Speaker LED low beams.... Just in time for DST where I won't need them to drive to work, lol. Also swapping in some H-D signals with smoked lenses. I hope to have time to take projectors out and apart to paint shroud black to match JW LEDs and signals so everything blends in with the paint.