I took a break from working with the vinyl and painted the floor with epoxy paint. The rubber floor mat lays directly on the paint and the paint gets abraded off in places. Hopefully the epoxy paint will resist wear better than enamel has.
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The surgeon who did my back said I should continue avoiding bending and twisting for a few more months. Turns out there is a good reason. Bending and twisting around inside the car was killing my back, I could only take it for an hour at a time, so I took breaks by working on things that I could do sitting or standing. How about assembling the door? That’s easy. Ha!
I assembled the door latching mechanism, exterior trim, mirror, and the side spear and took a break. There was more bending and twisting to this than I thought. Later I added some bling with the rest of the left side spears and the “Speedster” script.
Anyone who has worked on the insides of a car door would appreciate this. Look at all that space! For a change I assembled a car door and didn't lose a drop of blood.
The “Speedster” script looks great -I love it - but being open as it is it’s a huge pain in the ass to clean and wax. You have to remove the scripts to clean between the letters, even Q-tips are too big to get in there.
A long time ago I got tired of prying off the steel clips that hold it on and made these rubber retainers from a piece of inner tube. It’s a snap to get them off – no tools required. Of course it’s a snap to steal them too if you know the secret.