[philinjax]

The metal tab is not glued to anything, far as I can tell. I think it is just there to prevent anyone from pushing on the front edge of the triangle glass in order to break in to the car. The tab is, of course, bolted to the the door structure.

Yes, it's new base coat, clear coat, Signal Orange. Rubber windshield trim, semigloss blacked out all bright work on the car. Black early bumpers, valances and rockers.

The side markers are shaved off, I'm using the VW sidemarkers lke my wife has on her 1.8T GTI, except that they are wired as turn signals. The front turn signal buckets have forward focused 10 Watt halogen day running lights in the bottom section of the buckets. The top of the buckets use the amber 1157 lamps for parking lights and turn signals. The front and side lenses are clear with amber bulbs.

I still have a bunch of detail work before I get the car on the road.

Phil