Anyways, since the last update, a few things have came in.
Firstly, I would like to thank my grandma and grandpa Sorensen for the Dremel Tool Kit as an early Christmas gift which will allow me to make small precision cuts and grind/polish things as well. A very useful and versatile tool. You can never have too many tools haha.
Next, we have my MSA Sway bar kit (which had been out of stock since early November) which include new sway bars, endlinks, and brackets and should help with handling. I also got two new fan belts since the old ones looked worn out.
I've also spent some time today working on the interior of the car. As you can see from this picture below that I took in May, there's an orange interior that I wasn't fond of. Mainly because it was super dirty and no matter how much I cleaned, it wouldn't come out. Also, the padding underneath would hold moisture well which isn't good and I wanted to inspect under it.
After I took out the orange trim, it left the padding exposed as seen below
(top view driver's side)
The padding came off with ease.
Then there's the sound deadening which I wanted to take off as well.
Originally, I wanted to wait until I got dry ice so I could just hammer
it all off in chunks but since I had time, I just used a flat head and rubber
hammer as it was coming off relatively easy (floor on the other hand isn't).
Started at the rear of the tunnel. You can see the pile of sound deadening
near the passenger seat belt and that was only from the passenger side and top.
After an hour of removal, I decided that my back had enough and that I will finish
the driver's side later in the week and will have dry ice to do the rest of the car at the same time.
I've also have been working on my oil pan and it was covered with dirt, oil, and rust. After soaking it in apple cider vinegar (mostly for the rust) and cleaning it with a wire brush the majority of it was clean. I also used some throttle body cleaner (my brother had left over and didn't need it) which cleaned up the rest really well. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of this process. We had some left over spray paint from another project (metallic silver or black) and my oil pan had bare metal exposed and some previous paint spots so my brother semi-jokingly suggested to paint it and I was thinking why not haha. I was going to do black but my brother said to try the silver.
I think it looks way better than before and the thing shines soooo bright in the sun. It'll be funny to see it on the engine since the rest is so dull and dirty. I think silver was the best choice haha.
Well, that's all for now. Happy holidays and stay safe!
