and one of the most difficult jobs of all was trying to get the front bumper back on! the grilles didn't want to sit correctly, the securing holes didn't want to line up correctly, pretty much everything was a disaster but i got there in the end (minus all 3 grilles...) genuinely took around 2 hours....
and thats it, the car is back to being a complete thing again! except the interior.... but that can be done anytime... i had to rip some of it apart to do the handbrake!
so the last thing is the wheels... they are 2 piece splits and i split the 2 rears a while ago but never done anything with them.. today decided i had best get my finger out as that is the last thing keeping the car off the road.... so i sanded down the lips (the faces are in good condition thankfully!) took the first one back to bare metal as i thought i wanted to polish them but upon inspection there were a couple marks on the first one that although would have come out, i just decided against it.... so with the second one i just sanded all the rough edges and then primered over what was there!
before with cracking paint making them look crap!
first one sanded right down
primer
and all painted steel silver. they will get lacquered but i just couldn't find my tin of lacquer at home... need to go buy a new tinny!
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so i put in a wee bit more time on the boxster and i got it done in time for my birthday! (which was my original goal so it was good to get it done in time!)
all wheels fully rebuilt and torqued up!
