Ok, so its been 6 months since last update. In short, it looks the same but its not. How does that make any f*#cking sense? Read on as I attempt to explain why the car looks no different to 6months ago and how bad this thing is cursed.
So it was due in January to get rubbed down and recleared, and it was. Had to disassemble all the external s*#t like mirrors [and god these are a c*#t], door locks etc allll over again. Not exactly my idea of fun but anyway. Adam did his thing, car looks better - still needs to be cut back a bit in a few spots but like I said, its better than before now. Once cut back I
should be happy with it. Now, this is where the dramas started.
Couldn't book my usual towie so had to get someone else. General questions does the car run etc no I explain it doesn't, needs to be towed as im still rebuilding the suspension everything is loose, no brakes etc. No problems he says, car will be back at your place 11am, ok cool. 11am comes and goes, no car. Adam calls me at 3pm dude cars still here, I need to leave at 5 to go out so ill leave the car outside just before I take off. Towie yep sure ill make it there ive been held up with my first tow [repo job] all good. 6.30 the car turns up on the back of the tow truck ON THREE WHEELS, with the XR8 he repo'd being towed behind it. Wheres the 4th wheel? Someone must've stolen it in front of Adams he tells me - bulls*#t! By this point I f*#cking have steam coming out of my ears and primary concern is just getting the car in the garage before the rain comes down and I have an interior full of water.
So Adam checks his security cameras, and lo and behold theres old mate pushing my car out of frame to the back of the tow truck and shortly after that towing it BEHIND the truck, flying down the street with the f*#cking thing clear as day hanging off the back of the truck waving around in the wind.. Car has a locked diff, locked diffs don't like being dragged around corners so it spat the wheel nuts off and with it the f*#cking wheel. Called him back, lost my s*#t [this is the second time a towie has damaged my car, im convinced they are a "special" breed] at which point he admitted defeat. Did I mention the wheels we lost weren't mine, and were actually off my girlfriends car? Or that the supplier couldn't give me a price on a replacement wheel? Threw a tantrum, put it in the too hard basket, had a sook and as a result this is partly why ive done f*#k all with the car the last few months - sort of lost the will to do anything with it but stare at it for a while.
Thankfully, damage to car was minimal.
Needless to say wont be using him again. Rubber buffed off and the rest of the damage is mainly to the tow hook so zero f&*ks given for that. But that wheel, that f*#cking wheel! I stressed out so much over it, mrs was massively upset about it.
Few days later I get a picture message from Adam...hey dude check this out, your going to laugh.
Fished it out, and lo and behold it hasn't got a SINGLE scratch on it.
Found scrape marks on the road, and basically the wheel has gone 10m, bounced OVER the gutter, down the nature strip another 10 odd m, OVER the park fence, 30m into the lake, and about 10m INTO the lake [and almost out the side] against a concrete drain without getting a single scratch.
So basically, most of the last few months has been spent re-assembling s*#t that I had to disassemble in Jan. What I
have done -
Slowly sorting this mess out
Finally got this in properly, during the retrim the frame of the base got bent slightly making it hard to get it to "clip" where it was supposed to go. That and I f*#cked up the rear pillar trim [had to redo this], couldn't find seatbelts [stole the ones out of natashas car LOL] etc etc.
Rarespares had 20% off on Sunday so went and bought some random s*#t. Sidenote - wish I had a HQ, f*#k they make some nice stuff for them!
For anyone having dramas getting these stupid things to squeeze into the gaurds....
....silicon spray, socket extension and a mallet. 1/2" drive extension is the right size/shape to fit in the recess, give it a quick whack with the mallet and its in. NOTE I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DENTS OR SCRATCHES YOU MAY MAKE IF YOU ARE UNCAPABLE OR A KLUTZ.
So the plan from here-in is:
I need to get this thing going ASAP, like, talking end of October ASAP. Will time/weather/budget/devine intervention conspire against me to prevent this from happening? Probably, but ill give it a stab regardless.
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