99 Corolla work in progress

Oh, it was either that or an even gap all around. I figured that since it was genuine, it would fit better.

You gotta remember it's made for the 98-00 bumper which is a lot more round. When I had them on my original bumper it was perfect.

OH yeah, no wonder I didn't remember that you had the 8.5 front end lol.

I was like... 8.0 TRD lips on a 99... should fit, right???? NOPE

LMAO
oh wait

Owned

Fuck you gold!

Hahahahah

LOL, when it's perfect, it is truly perfect

So it's a couple months late, but I have started wet sanding and buffing/waxing the new paint job. Here's the roof, before I did anything:


Here's the trunk, after I wet sanded with 2000 grit paper, then waxed, then polished, then followed up with a scratch removal and shine. The trunk looked the same as the roof before I started:


Also replaced my rear struts that I had sitting around for a while:


You can see the old ones are total garbage:


No more sagging struts means the rear got raised a bit:


Adjusted the rear camber bolts to tuck the rims in a little bit better:

Nice, the paint does look a lot better, probably halfway to a mirror reflection.

Yeah I'm gonna get an orbital buffer and really go to town on it. Gonna finish the rest of the car in this manner first though.

The paint isn't thick enough for that, you should know that lol

Lemme check Oreillys first, maybe Home Depot too. But yeah I know the trunk still needs work, but even my post that you liked, I said I was gonna do the rest of the car in the way I already did first.

Hey, if you have orange peel in the paint, can you fix it buy clear coating over the orange peel and buffing that? Or does the paint underneath have to be perfect first.

That's what I wanted to know. I was thinking of going back to the donut for more clear!

Donuts with lots of "clear" are the best! glaze

Yeah that was a stretch lol.

Too far gold, too far

Where's the answer