I ordered a replacement carpet and the sound dampening material from RockAuto for a decent price. This was installed today. Below shows the sound dampening material laid down according to the printout sheet. Then the rear carpet panel was laid down first, followed by the front carpet panel to overlap it. I cut a slit for the floor shifter. Be [...]
The rear windows molding pieces were cleaned up with lacquer thinner and fine steel wool. Then I placed the rear window molding clips into the little groove around the studs . These hold the window molding in place. then I simply pressed the window pieces into the groove until the clip held. I realize that some of the studs were [...]
It took some time cleaning all the grim off the old parts before installing them on the front end. There was some primer overspray that I had to clean up with lacquer thinner also While I was here, I checked all the bulbs and replaced the burnt out bulbs. The side rubber pieces and grill was installed. Then I purchased [...]
For today’s task, I cleaned up the window molding chrome pieces with lacquer thinner and fine steel wool. That shined it up and helped to remove the grim quickly. Then I simply pushed it over the window edges. Some pieces were a little bent so I tried my best to straighten them with my hand. I then properly attached the [...]
The rear chrome bumper is surprisingly affordable to purchase online. It doesn’t even make sense to have it rechromed. My original rear bumper did not look too bad on the outside except you can see small lines in the chrome when looking closely. However, the inside area which you don't see very much was very rusted so I was on [...]
I started to install the front bumper and check if I need to align the fenders for it to fit well. The old bumper bolts were rusted so I had to await for the new ones to come in. Here is the latest progress
