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See those lovely flower petals in the pans? They fell AS SOON AS I SPRAYED THE LAST COAT OF PAINT... Flower power, baby...all in my shiny new paint job...
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Today consisted of new brake lines and hoses and installation of the pan.
So far, I've encountered or created the following issues:
1) Broken bolts: three on the fenders and 4 in the pan. I have been able to drill out and retap most. One I obliterated.
2) It's monsoon season in Georgia, so the danged watertight floor pans have been filling up every night. I had to pull out the canoe kit and bail. I know it's sacrilege, but I'm considered drilling some drain holes in the floor pans...
3) Lining up ALL of the holes to reconnect the pan is a royal pain. As soon as I tightened one fastener, I found another that wasn't exactly right...then had to loosen all the tight ones...and there are a heck of a lot of fasteners.
4) The paint experiment is ok...but not great. I tried shooting at a much higher pressure (60 psi at the gun) to overcome my extreme orange peel. It's a little better than the van, but not much. Tomorrow, I'm wet sanding the whole car and clear coating. Then, wet sanding and polishing. Oh, and assembling all the missing bits.
5) Are the fender trim pieces supposed to be black? The old ones were painted orange along with the car.
6) Glass: I tried to buy new window seals for the non-moving windows with the trim slit, but I keep forgetting to order the danged trim. So, I'll be sitting without windows in monsoon season covered in plastic for the next week. I'm also fully expecting window installation to be awful, so I'm not too happy about tackling it anyway.
7) The worst part so far has been getting incorrect bolts through the floor rubber into the heater channels. I tried to order new screws, but they are naturally sold out. Next time, I'll put in the right ones.
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9) brake hoses: Am I correct in thinking that the front brake hoses should not connect directly to the backing plate, but rather there should be a steel line leaving the plate to which the front hose attaches? The car currently has a hose only, no steel line. The van has a tiny steel line and a hose (also what Bentley shows for the Beetle).
10) Refreshingly, every part is exactly half the cost of the same parts for the Vanagon!
11) BusDepot, so far my favorite dealer by far, has annoyed me...twice in the last week. Not giving up on them, but they are on the list.