July 27, 2003
Working on the car...again
Such torment. On Saturday, Teresa came over and helped me put the front bumper back on the car. We thought were were just about done, when what happens? It turns out that we can't get the passenger-side turn signal back in. The bent part of the bumper is in the way! So off with the bumper cover (again). After talking to a couple people, we decide to try and bend it back (as a new bumper is ~$260). First, a stop at Sears for some basic tools:
A 12" wrench and 7" Vise-Grips. We went from this:
to this:
That was enough to get both the turn signal and the "front bumper gusset" back on the car. After that, it went pretty smoothly. Here's the finished product:
Next stop, the paint shop!