You see, the worst part about any sort of project for me, is the part where you have to hand it over to somebody else.
This can happen for any number of reasons: don't have the know-how/ability to do the work yourself or don't have the experience/skill to do the job to the caliber that you want it done, don't have the desire, lack of proper tools/machinery to finish part of the project, don't have enough free time to do it in a timely fashion...
All of these situations (aside from the lack of desire), and several combinations of them, have happened to me more than once. Every time, it seems to make me more determined to be as self reliant is possible. In this case though.... I just can't afford a frame straightener, and now this step is kind of putting a hold on my project.
So, I was on the East coast since last Wednesday visiting my family. I had high hopes of coming back West to a straight Supra.... but sadly no such luck. After the snow storm and sudden influx of customers, the owner of the body shop got sick all week... the entire time that I was gone. Ack. No progress. I am going to head out there on Thursday, though (my day off) and replace that knuckle and grab both of my rear wheels that need straightening. I am going to bring them to a couple local places to get some price quotes and more information on fixing them. Taking them apart would be nice, because it would give me a chance to polish them really nicely in all of those hard-to-get places
. And I plan on keeping the centers black. Probably will get the centers powdercoated since the paint is chipping...
All of this is good reason to haul ass at work and rock the flat rate, make some $$$.
In other (good) news: I have a couple of parts on their way to me...
Went with the Mishimoto since I have 2 friends that have them and they seem to work quite well. I don't like randomly buying something that I haven't seen in use, or at least know a little bit about.
And.... oh yes. I rock the awesome Ebay clear turn signals. Been wanting the side markers, too... since the orange with my yellow fogs was too.... colorful. Might as well while I am at it.
Now all I need is a fan and I will have every part that I need.
Anyone got a stock fan they want to sell me??
The only other thing left to buy is more paint.
Another thing that I have been working on to pass the time is re-making my Shine front lip. It actually came on the car, which is convenient because that is one of the first superficial items that I would have purchased anyway.... except the poor thing was ziptied together in three different places.... Anyhow the thing is just fiberglass, so I am just repairing the breaks and strengthening it with carbon fiber pieces. I was debating making a diy post about it but it wasn't really that tough of a project. I took some photos but I don't know where my digital camera went, so I will have to upload those later.
Lastly, this really isn't related but who cares, I also got some additions to my sleeve tattoo while I was back East. Though you all would probably appreciate seeing it...
Well its kind of related, there are Supra parts attached to my dragon
And no, that's not a 7m above it.
More later hopefully good updated Thursday.
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