Time to update again
Like I said, I worked very hard the last two weeks to get the bodywork ready to be painted. There were lots of nice little surprises as the work went on...
The inner fenders had to be rust proofed of course:
I think I'll add a couple layers more, as the plastic inner fender guards won't fit, I'm going to need a lot of protection for the wheel wells.
The front fenders had to be lined up to fit the front doors:
Both sides needed cutting, forcing and bending to make them fit.
Still they're not perfect - I really should have stuck with original front fenders. We'll see how it looks when it's all painted.
Speaking of the nice surprises that I found:
..and remember, this was less than 24 hours from the moment when I was to take the car to the paint shop.
So I needed to repair the multiple new-found holes.
Luckily these holes won't be visible to the outside of the car, so I didn't need to make the repairs pretty...
The next surprise came when I tried to finish the windshield wiper holes.
One that we had welded up earlier, gave up when drilling the new hole, and the other just had too thin metal around. I was in a terrible hurry at this point, so I just welded on a couple of washers there, and called it a day! (or should I say night...)
The next morning the Jetta was on its own four feet for the first time since last July:
Speaking of feet, there they are:
Cheapo Raceland coil-overs and Passat 16V hub carriers.
I just hope the new and recently repainted suspension parts don't get covered in Tornado Red paint mist after the paint job!
Onto the trailer:
She ain't pretty yet, but she does look better than two weeks ago.
And soon I'll post some piccies of the new paint job
