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Installation of the seals for the glass covers
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Then the covers themselves, not easy to install
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The final result is nice
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I installed new front spheres, original screwed type ones, I brought them back from the Saratoga Springs meeting
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Exhaust trims now look bad since the bumpers have been repolished, so I’m going to polish them myself and see what I can get
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I start with a 3M polishing pad on a air-powered tool
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It’s already good, it does a great part of the work in a few minutes only
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Still some polishing pad marks to reduce. I install two soft cloth disks and I buy a polishing stick
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This step is a lot longer, but the result is very nice
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The difference is obvious
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Both trims are ready. They are not perfect, some remaining scratches are visible, but that’s very nice
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It does not look bad anymore compared to the bumper
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Then I fine tune the accessory shaft centering
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On the front side I’m able to get a perfect adjustment, but on the rear side I can’t get a good centering, I still have a centering defect of a few tenth of a millimeter
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The steering wheel has never been perfectly adjusted but when I put the steering back into the car I made this problem even worse, so I have to reposition the steering column to be able to adjust correctly
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Here is the result, when the steering column is positioned correctly, the wheel can be adjusted perfectly, finally
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Here is the engine compartment after all the work done
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I’m globally happy with the result, it’s nice, clean and it works pretty well
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Here is the car after a little test drive. The day after I went to work with it, a 50 km drive without problems