Patch Work

Took some time to give the car some of the love and car that it deserves the other day. I wanted to remove the side skirts, buff out a scrape that a SUV had left me when I parked in ChinaTown, and remove my foglights. Thanks to the help of Josh, we got right on that.

Removing the side skirts was a bit tedious, as it had to be cleaned from the 3M tape and dust. Then we had to plug the holes with "hole plugs" from Home Depot, painted with touch up paint and clear coated, and then some slight super glue around the edge to make sure it is on against the body firmly. Will have more side shots soon.

Bumper was buffed out, again thanks to Josh. Looks brand new, except for the few rock chips, so looks like someone put white out here and there. Headlights needed a serious makeover as well as they were hazed and scratched from the baking we did. Much better with a much better output.

Lastly, the fogs were simple to remove, just 3 screws from the foglight assembly into the bumper and they're off. The PIAA's I had previously were blown, and I had slowly gotten out of the fog light phase, so I removed them.

More pictures can be seen here. Thanks a million to Josh for the help!

Chasing The Touge

Very sorry viewers for the late review! I got caught up getting ready for Autocross and everything else that this had to be pushed aside. That being said, I'll be reviewing the classic, "Chasing the Touge"

Chasing the Touge was pretty good, but not something I'd watch as frequently as a Best Motoring or Hot Version. Many segments within it were mostly informational videos on some teams out in California, and the popular racing events they have going on. Some good footage of what cars were hot back in 2003, and great to hear what some of the teams have to say about how they got started, but all in all it was a documentary and not necessarily a "race video" like Hot Version.

Usually when I watch race videos, I like to see and get ideas from other tuners with what they've done to their car and what they do with their car. With this, it was more of seeing how the teams started and have progressed through the years, and what they do for fun and practice. Decent to buy for your collection, but not on the top of the list.