I mentioned a few days ago that I got in a minor car accident. After looking at the estimate and getting a check from the insurance company, I decided to fix if myself (with the help of friends). Should be able to save quite a bit of money.
Tonight, my friend Evan came over to help me disassemble the car. We took off the front bumper, front passenger fender, passenger-side side molding, and the hood. All in all, it was much easier than I expected. My service manual had more than adequate instructions for removing the bumper and side molding, and the fender was just held on by a number of bolts. Everything (from finding the tools to cleaning up) only took a little over 90 minutes.
When we were done, we took a pressure washer and some Simple Green to the engine bay to clean things up (much to the shock of those who give me a hard time about my car always being dirty). It looks much better now, and probably better still tomorrow in the light. I'll be taking some pics tomorrow. Hopefully I can get replacement parts this week!
Posted by Ben at July 14, 2003 09:45 PM