Hey everyone,
Happy Friday. I haven't made an update in a few days. Lots of small jobs, waiting for material, etc.
Here's what I'm working on:
After a few sessions of smoothing I got the temporary paint laid down on the windscreen corners. Not a perfect match. But cheap and "OK" for now. As my GF said... just about
any green is better than bright grey primer patches. (maybe true... unless it was Ravenna green
)
...At least until paint squeezes its way into my budget.
I need to get some wet sanding done, better than the rust holes!
Pretty nice fab on the corners. I am content.
After this, I went around and cut the paint around the windscreen and above the hood. A job easily done with the windscreen out of the car.
This is coming from totally flat, chalky paint (see the first page!) So its nice to see some form of sheen.
I started the carpeted firewall. I ordered the raw material from Pelican parts - $40. Some (a ton of) cutting required.
This is just the sound deadening and 3M 90 (applied to both the SD and Carpet)
I will do a vinyl strip along the top between the carpet and the rear window, to keep it clean.
I adhesed...adhered? the under dash carpets, started longs, etc.
Pretty exciting to see. The vinyl floor pieces are arriving today. So I can finish the carpet after that.
On the list this weekend.-Install rear window and vinyl beauty strip.
-Install dash top vinyl and dash.
-Install floor vinyl and finish carpet.
-Install seats + mounts....
(am I getting ahead of myself?)-Design and build my custom door panels....
By-the-way, here is the fabric for my door panels. Maybe liked, maybe not...
Factory VW black vinyl basket weave - An ode to my VW roots (and the Splitty I have tattood on my leg!)
(I also settled on this because 914rubber said "backordered" on their door material
Turns out it was in stock the whole time. Oh well.)
Cheers.