Looks like I'm documenting the process and progress on this car, hope y'all enjoy the ride!
Kind of a piddling day today, doing a bunch of little stuff which TBH is my favorite part! Started out by swapping out interior bulbs to LED. Much brighter, cleaner, and a more modern look IMO. Ran out of bulbs, so a few still need it. But pretty close to complete! Whilst inside, I cleaned and repaired the cupholder using the ziptie method. Sheesh that thing was dirty. Gotta' side with the Germans on this one... cars aren't made to eat and drink in!!!
Swapped out
brake bulbs and the errors cleared, so no FRM issue! Tried to swap the DRLs but I bought the wrong bulbs (updated below!). In the process of figuring that out I dropped a screw in the cavity. Luckily I was able to get it out with a magnet. It was a tense moment or two while I was trying to locate it. In the end NBD.
(updated below!) Unfortunately I bought H8 bulbs which are not even close. I need actual small bulbs, anyone know the type? H8 is what I found listed, so IDK...
Moved on to the other end and did the
hatch struts. What a difference! Although I noticed there is a big clunk when it hits the upper stops. It was there before the struts, just hadn't noticed it till I focused on that area. And while in the area, I debadged it which is a household requirement. I was kept outside, so paint is a little faded around it, but it came out pretty good. Can only really notice it in a certain light.
No outline:
Outline:
And finally, anyone know if the screen tabs can be purchased? Driver side is missing one and the screen falls into the slot when released. I can fish it out with a pick tool, but would prefer to actually fix it :-)
So that's it for now! The easy cosmetic list is getting shorter, but the harder mechanical list ain't going anywhere for a while longer!
Edit: I don't know what those little bulbs were, but the H8s are indeed angel eye/DRL bulbs! I felt something wasn't right and went back out after the intial post, and whoomp, there it is! Added some
LED bulbs to get the color closer to the Xenons:
And voila, down to a single error showing up!!!
I'll worry about that when I have everything torn down for the water pump. Rains coming in soon, gotta' fix as much as I can before it hits Monday!