Alright, so I made the trip out to Normal, IL to meet and hang out with Toby and Kyle this weekend. I was really happy with how the car behaved for the most part and had a lot of fun! Cool dudes and nice cars down there! I snapped a few pics from the trip, but Kyle did some awesome shots of my car- I'm sure he will post them up after he has played Halo Reach for a few months first, LOL.
Here are some of my snaps from the weekend:
Shortly after arriving and washing the car:
At the photo spot after Kyle got out of work:
Toby and Kyle setting up the rig. No less than 15 bums came by to either ask us what we were doing, or take a piss in the parking lot, LOL:
Toby laying down the glue for the Bride fabric for me on Saturday night:
My car chillin' in the shop while we hung out and worked on the door panels Saturday night:
In the driveway at the start of the BBQ on Sunday:
Finished (mostly) door panel- I just need to add the piping to the edges:
So yeah, I had a blast- it was an awesome trip! Huge thanks to Toby for guiding me through the whole door panel process, I couldn't have pulled it off without him. And thanks a lot to Kyle too for working so hard to try to make my car look good in pics and for letting me crash at his place!
On the drive home, I hit a huge crater on I-55 and knocked one of my D-Max sidemarkers out- all that was left when i got to the gas station was half of the chrome internal housing and the bulb socket, lol. My lip suffered a ton of rock chips and one of my wheels has some paint issues as well. I also started to see some knock on my Power FC, so I need to address all of those things when I get time. Overall, though, I am really impressed with how the trip went- the car did really well! I had never driven it for longer than 2 hours on a trip before, so this was pretty fun!
My only gripes were the fact that I-80 was shut down in BOTH directions for a really bad accident, so I got routed all over the place in ridiculous traffic to get home to Michigan- that, and the fact that I think I am going to have a huge blister on my right heel from not having cruise control, LOL.