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Worked on cleaning the headliner, sunroof motor cover, and sun roof shuttle last night so I can drop them off at the upholsterer. 

Removing the old foam and adhesive from the sunroof shuttle was an absolute nightmare and I still need to clean it with soap and water to be finished
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I picked up the headliner bits and drivers seat from the upholsterer yesterday. He did a phenomenal job. Sorry for the potato pictures, I got home late and my phones white balance is garbage lol.

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I will attempt to install the headliner today if someone is home to give me a hand. 

Other than that I finally got a set of rear bumper shocks and a passenger window. The window should be going in today and I am just cleaning up the bumper shocks before installing them. 

I've also been working on a little side project for the car that I want to keep under wraps until it is completed. It should be pretty neat once done

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lol This headliner was sagging to the point where I had removed it before taking the car off the road years ago. I redid the headliner in my coupe and did not have any fun doing it. I wanted to save myself the headache and just have it done this time=)

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Accomplished a handful of things this weekend. 

Picked up some parts:
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Friday I got the headliner trimmed and installed:
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Saturday I finished getting it fitting correctly and I installed a new gas cap hanger and stop buffer on my gas door:
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I then glued down the separating vinyl on the sunroof and threw on the new side covers:
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Once dried it holds strong now:
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I also finished cleaning my sunroof tracks and threw in the new fabric shuttle rails:
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Yesterday I installed my new to me passenger window, replaced the sliders on the drivers window that I neglected when I installed it, and installed the fabric shuttle:
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I would have put in the sunroof as well but I couldn't find the white lithium grease to lubricate the tracks first. I will pick some up today and get that done

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Got a few things done over the past few days.

I bent the new brake line running to the rear to match the original:
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I threw in my coupe battery cable to help with the relocation to the hatch. I couldn't get any good pictures of this but imagine a red cable running under the floor board wire covers, over the back seat, and into the hatch.

I brought a new to me set of bumper shocks back to life and installed them with my refreshed bumper support:
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I managed to get my sunroof in as well but I need to play with it more to get the front to sit flush with the roof. For some reason I am having issues with that. The rear sits nice and flush which really confuses me. 

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Started putzing around again Yesterday.

A little before and after of the refinished front bumper shocks
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I didn't know that these rear shock tower carpet cover inserts existed until I was watching a Bavsound audio install on a compact. Obviously I ordered them new right away
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I installed new tail light gaskets on the MHW's and also threw on my new bulb trays
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That's all for now
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3 minutes ago, Jdesign said:

I hope you drive it before those plates expire. Nice update!

That's some shit too because I didn't get them until March...

I thought you were going to say you hope to see them peel like most new plates I have seen

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