Re: The no budget build - manual, LSA, SS
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:50 am
Clutch chatter is starting to lessen as I've been driving it more, they recommend 500 mile city driving to fully break in. I'm getting close to that.
Had another car package from Australia show up - Aussie Caprice rear door panels. Finding them in the black SS theme is near impossible, so I am going to have the suede recovered here locally to match the fronts. Something interesting on these. Finally something that the Caprice has better than the SS. On these door panels, there is a puddle lamp at the bottom, as well as a small courtesy lamp in the door handle, similar to what the SS has for the front door handle. But the SS didn't have either on the rear doors. My SS harness doesn't have wiring for either light in the harness, and it's not a big deal but I'm going to see if I can get them wired up while I wait for them to get recovered.
Also got the car tinted, that was long overdue. Got the whole car slightly darker and also had the windshield done. Picture makes the front windshield look black, but it's only 55%. I usually do it on all my cars, it really helps keep the whole car cooler and makes the rest of the tint look darker since there is so much less light coming in from the windshield.
Had another car package from Australia show up - Aussie Caprice rear door panels. Finding them in the black SS theme is near impossible, so I am going to have the suede recovered here locally to match the fronts. Something interesting on these. Finally something that the Caprice has better than the SS. On these door panels, there is a puddle lamp at the bottom, as well as a small courtesy lamp in the door handle, similar to what the SS has for the front door handle. But the SS didn't have either on the rear doors. My SS harness doesn't have wiring for either light in the harness, and it's not a big deal but I'm going to see if I can get them wired up while I wait for them to get recovered.
Also got the car tinted, that was long overdue. Got the whole car slightly darker and also had the windshield done. Picture makes the front windshield look black, but it's only 55%. I usually do it on all my cars, it really helps keep the whole car cooler and makes the rest of the tint look darker since there is so much less light coming in from the windshield.