yeah baby!

[Kevin Collins <kcollins1@socal.rr.com>]

Well after about 5 weeks in the shop, my car is basically DONE.  I saw it
today, and probably could have taken it home if it had been detailed yet.
Right now it looks like any car that has been sitting around a body & paint
shop for over a month - i.e. pretty ugly!  But it's completely back together
with the exception of ONE piece of side moulding, which I'm PRAYING will
finally show from Germany in time for ND.  Going whole-hog and doing all the
expensive little details - such as ALL new rubber everywhere, new windshield
to replace the pitted original, new lights, corners, tails, and bumpers, etc,
has really paid off.. the better-than-new paint would have really showed up
the older trim if I hadn't gone all the way with the detail stuff.  Best
of all <IMHO!> is that it's all done tastefully - the car will look like
a brand-new stock 16V, with the only exceptions being the euro lights
and bumpers, slightly lower stance of the Bilstein/H&R suspension, and
15" BBS mesh rims off a '91 Corrado.  The grille is stock (plus Kamei
grille spoiler), the <new> side mouldings are there, etc.

ND here I come!  Pics of the finished car should be up by Monday night!

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Kevin Collins
Huntington Beach, CA
'86.5 Scirocco 16V 2.0
'00 Passat GLS 1.8T
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Factory/1780

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