December 2016: The car has mostly been resting lately, only get to drive it maybe twice a week but its been great as usual.
Cleaning up has basically been the goal over the last few weeks, so Ive constantly been on the lookout for better condition pieces for the interior, which isnt hard as most of the stuff inside is really quite badly worn, expected with well over 300K on the clock.
A set of really nice set of door cards front and rear popped up for great price from a mate. This was also good timing as my brother had broken the handle on the passenger side.
They were looking fairly good but I gave them a good clean with cleaner and conditioner.
The replacement was much quicker then I thought but there was some sneaky hidden screws, Ive rushed before and broken stuff so took it super easy this time around. The old handles were so crusty!
Old
Remove
Replace
Rinse and repeat. Much better. Cat hair removed shortly after
Im happy with the change for now but I will still be looking out for a truly mint set from a face lift car, the one with silver handles to replace in.
My bumper has finally arrived after a almost three month wait, still totally worth it. It was imported through Import Monky, such a awesome guy to deal with, great price and are based in Sydney which is a nice change from Import Monster. Time delay was not his fault it was just bad timing to order.
Ultrex Eyelids were also ordered and arrived a few days later.
To save some $$$ I removed and dismantled all the bits before they went in for paint.
The Subaru Sports Mesh grill was removed and mesh removed.
Looks so strange with no grill.
Fog lights also came off and as usual things seem to be held on with cable ties.
These clips are evil and are missing left, right and centre from the car.
Should get everything back from the painters tomorrow, fingers crossed.
So excited for the first time since owning the car for the front end to actually look nice.
Goodbye old front end!