Progress is being made. It seems painfully slow, but I'm on schedule to have it finished by early summer.
I had to re-attach the headlight sockets after cutting them out so I could remove the wires for the painting process. I like to use metal crimp connectors, solder them, and cover them with 2 layers of shrink tubing.
I'm going with LED lights all around. The headlights look more like stock than the halogens did.
The wiper assembly was rusted all to hell. I sandblasted and painted it, too bad I didn't get a photo of it before I installed it.
Upgrading the wipers to 12 volt is stupid easy nowdays. Wolfsburg West sells a 12 volt armature for SWF motors for around $40. It takes about half an hour to switch them out.
Best I could do for a photo of the newly painted wiper assy. I shot this through the hole on the dash for the radio.
The wiring was a real rat's nest, with 12 to 6 volt converters for the wipers and the radio. It took a while, put I got it all sorted out. The fuse block diagram is a handy guide for identifying and replacing the fuses. It shows what the fuse box looks like from the
other side, so it takes some translation to identify the connections on the business side.
I got a smoking deal on 40 square feet of sound deadening (free). So I didn't spare any. The piece in the upper right was a learning experience.
I hope this will make the VW sound less like a tin can.
Something about the sight of neat, clean wires and fresh paint makes me smile.
There was no reason to install the trim at this point, but I was anxious to see some real progress so I added a little bling.