Peeling off crappy purple tint:
Revealed rust after removing cheap chrome wheel arches:
Looking rough:
Looking somewhat less rough?
Now that the carpet is gone, all of the plastic trim pieces are soaking in a car wash solution to loosen the grime.
Out of all of this, it is hard to believe, but the car actually drives fairly well. Before it was parked due to a differential failure, the car received new BFGoodrich Tires, pads and rotors, and front axles. However, the car sat for over two years so even those items show some age, but there are no trouble codes, bearing noises, or anything else other than this cosmetic/unsanitary mess.
I'm making a list of the items I need, but I know for sure I will need two front door panels, carpet tub, rear seat bottom, driver seat, shifter surround woodgrain and the PS dash suede.
I didn't expect to start this project this soon, but I suppose I cant seem to get enough when it comes to these cars...
I have high expectations for this car, as in, I know it will get much better, after seeing what just a couple hours today did. (The odor is mostly gone!
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