Paint work is underway. The front of the hood has always rubbed against my front bumper, so first up they're fitting it better so that no longer happens. Once done, the front bumper comes off for a repaint. While that's off I'll probably be freshening up a bunch of harnesses, brackets, etc. that are mostly hidden by it. Since it'll be off it will be a good opportunity for me to do so.
Some of the belt moulding has warped over the years, pulling away from the body slightly at the top edges. I was there this morning and they had some of it off to re-shape it as closely back to normal as they can get it. That will be nice, they were like that when I bought the car 12 years ago and I never replaced them. The driver's side front ground effect was the worst culprit and it's looking pretty straight now. Since they're repainting the front bumper and touching up a bunch of little scuffs and scratches, I'm also going to have them color sand the entire car before it's all said and done. The paint never really looks bad but when you're right up on it you can see some imperfections in the clear. Despite my detailing efforts, I can't perfect it myself. Good to have body men in the family, I guess! I hope it gives me the results I want.
This Saturday I'll be over there to take a bunch of parts off of the engine so we can get started on the engine bay freshening-up. Got to make a little more room on the strut tower so the master cylinder won't sit right against it, sand down a couple areas, fill a couple holes, glaze/smooth some stuff and hit it with some professionally-laid paint. When I originally did it, I did it myself with a learning curve so it only came out as good as it could. It was good for 7-8 years but I've been in there so much over that time that it's definitely time to be revisited.
Blah blah blah - I should have a couple pics this weekend of the progress. Some of the areas of the engine bay are hideous because I painted around them and have since hidden more wiring, vacuum lines, etc. Now they show
Lesson: go for broke the first time! All in all it's not so bad, it's done me well and doing it a second time will allow me to use some other ideas I've had.