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5-1-2007
its proved to be kind of a pain in the ass, but money is money and I havent got a lot of it.
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another day and a lot of progress. my father DA'd the entire car today while I was at work. by the time I got here at 5:30 he had thrown in the towel for the day and I went to work on filling holes and fabricating stuff.
since we hacked the bumpers so short we had to cut off the tow hooks, and that left a gaping hole in the body panels.
everything below the black line would show beneath the bumper:
and since the bumpers would be pulled in and raised up, these holes would be a lot more visible from behind.
I couldnt plastic weld the body panels because the plastic was not the "melting" kind. bumpers were TEO, but the body bits are all some other kind. thankfully, this is the kind that the plastic repair stuff sticks to best.
a little bit of that stuff and the hole was patched right up. 
I used up all my plastic repair so tomorrow I have to get some more so I can finish filling in the cavity left in the side skirts now that my bumpers are so much higher. whos effing idea was it to put that there anyway? it never looks right...
at least I got the left side done 
anyway. tomorrow I get up at 5am and get to work on the car till about noon. then I have to drive home and get ready for work till 9.
why am I still up?
turns out bondo works pretty good on the body kit parts too as long as they arent going to be moved around. the rear corner "bumper cavity" was easily filled with bondo. the bumpers themselves require a bit more finesse.
I spent a few hours this morning scraping the black vinyl decal stuff off the hatch. this is hard to do with the window in place
we got most of it sanded now. We should be ready to paint on saturday. but I have to work this weekend so I am going to try to work around it.
that reminds me, I have to order a ton of parts...
no pics of todays work yet. left the camera in the shop 45 minutes from here.
just placed this order from worldimpex.com.
ORDER SUMMARY
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QTY: 2
SKU: 4732
ITEM: DOOR HANDLE GASKET small
COST: $3.31 ea
SUBTOTAL: $6.62
QTY: 2
SKU: 4741
ITEM: DOOR HANDLE GASKET large
COST: $3.13 ea
SUBTOTAL: $6.26
QTY: 10
SKU: 124482
ITEM: CLIP (for rain gutter rubbers)
COST: $0.49 ea
SUBTOTAL: $4.90
QTY: 1
SKU: 92153
ITEM: GASKET for hatch popper button.
COST: $5.20 ea
SUBTOTAL: $5.20
QTY: 10
SKU: 95492
ITEM: CLIP (for rocker panel sils)
COST: $0.49 ea
SUBTOTAL: $4.90
QTY: 1
SKU: 137784
ITEM: PACKING (left side view mirror trim)
COST: $10.26 ea
SUBTOTAL: $10.26
QTY: 1
SKU: 137780
ITEM: PACKING (right side view mirror trim)
COST: $10.26 ea
SUBTOTAL: $10.26
QTY: 2
SKU: 171866
ITEM: BRACKET (sun visor retaining hooks)
COST: $3.73 ea
SUBTOTAL: $7.46
QTY: 1
SKU: 136403
ITEM: ESCUTCHEON (platic trim that covers the screws that hole the mirrors on)
COST: $3.59 ea
SUBTOTAL: $3.59
QTY: 1
SKU: 136404
ITEM: ESCUTCHEON (platic trim that covers the screws that hole the mirrors on)
COST: $3.59 ea
SUBTOTAL: $3.59
QTY: 1
SKU: 53321
ITEM: GRILL EMBLEM (Chrome. because I like it better than black)
COST: $17.86 ea
SUBTOTAL: $17.86
QTY: 6
SKU: 49937
ITEM: GROMMET (rubber bits that hold the hatch emblems on.)
COST: $0.64 ea
SUBTOTAL: $3.84
QTY: 1
SKU: 49923
ITEM: LOCK KNOB (the button that makes the back seat lay forward)
COST: $3.68 ea
SUBTOTAL: $3.68
QTY: 1
SKU: 109335
ITEM: ESCUTCHEON (actually part of the sunroof.)
COST: $9.47 ea
SUBTOTAL: $9.47
ORDER TOTALS
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SALES TAX: $0.00
SHIPPING: $11.50 (UPS Ground)
GRAND TOTAL: $109.39
then I ordered a new roofmount antenna kit from http://www.germanautoparts.com for 65$. now I am broke. 