Gentlemen, an update:
I’ve been driving the car around a lot lately. Usually once or twice a week it serves as my main vehicle for the day, which means a two hour total commute to and from work, plus sitting in traffic and drive-through lines.
Everything is working perfectly. The temperature gauge rarely goes past the midpoint, and the fans come on and turn off when they’re supposed to. The weather has been pretty mild lately (my coworkers call it “freezing,”) so the real test will come in the summer, but I’m confident this setup will work.
Since mechanically things are holding for now, I need something else to throw my money and time at, so I’m planning on doing some cosmetic work. There’s a couple stubborn scuffs and scrapes that I’d like to address.
I think this came from a brush with a garage door frame a few years ago. Never been able to scrub it out, and I’m afraid to go at it with polish or sandpaper since it’s unpainted plastic.
This happened more recently, some ptfe sealant dripped onto the headlight bucket and my scrubbing seems to have taken a portion of the paint off. It’s a satin plastic finish, so I’m not sure what I can or can’t do, but I’m thinking some fine grit sandpaper, a lot of masking, and a squirt of spray paint? I know the paint and plastic is cracking on the divider between the headlights as well, I’m not really worried about that right now.
So if you guys have any suggestions on how to tackle those spots, I’m all ears. I do have a can of gray spray paint that’s supposed to match the headlight bucket.
Hope you’ve all had a good thanksgiving!
I’ve been driving the car around a lot lately. Usually once or twice a week it serves as my main vehicle for the day, which means a two hour total commute to and from work, plus sitting in traffic and drive-through lines.
Everything is working perfectly. The temperature gauge rarely goes past the midpoint, and the fans come on and turn off when they’re supposed to. The weather has been pretty mild lately (my coworkers call it “freezing,”) so the real test will come in the summer, but I’m confident this setup will work.
Since mechanically things are holding for now, I need something else to throw my money and time at, so I’m planning on doing some cosmetic work. There’s a couple stubborn scuffs and scrapes that I’d like to address.
I think this came from a brush with a garage door frame a few years ago. Never been able to scrub it out, and I’m afraid to go at it with polish or sandpaper since it’s unpainted plastic.
This happened more recently, some ptfe sealant dripped onto the headlight bucket and my scrubbing seems to have taken a portion of the paint off. It’s a satin plastic finish, so I’m not sure what I can or can’t do, but I’m thinking some fine grit sandpaper, a lot of masking, and a squirt of spray paint? I know the paint and plastic is cracking on the divider between the headlights as well, I’m not really worried about that right now.
So if you guys have any suggestions on how to tackle those spots, I’m all ears. I do have a can of gray spray paint that’s supposed to match the headlight bucket.
Hope you’ve all had a good thanksgiving!