7/24/2012

No moneyhhh

So, the cars almost ready, we finally got the paint to not boil so its pretty good now. Apparently, its the semi-clearcoat that fucked up the paint surface. Unfortunately, some of the parts turned out evenly gray, luckily they are quite easy to remove afterwards. Yeah, free tip, go with clearcoat or don't bother at all. Well, I don't know about the matt lacquer but the semi gloss varnish is absolutely BS.

Also everything is pretty much installed now, only the cluster column which will have to hold for a while as I'm completely broke right now and can't even afford to buy LEDs to the switches. As for the other parts such as the blower controller, they are fitted with this stupid green shine through laminate which is impossible to remove and resulting that the only lights you can basicly shine through it is blue and green.

See how gray those panels in the middle turned out? The name of the color is Matt Black.. Looked alright outside the car though, but when you put them next to an actual black object you see the difference.

Also, turns out the ABS warning light isn't working anymore now that I took off the jump cord. Ehh..

Well, I wanted red lighting and as it is not possible I'll just put them back the way they were for now. Maybe some day I'll try to print some new graphics on plastic sheets and see how that works out, but right now I only want the car on the road, as I'm at almost all time low on motivation.


No way to shine red light through this, as green film doesn't let red light through.

So, another issue I should probably discuss is Mark from FordProbeStore.Co.Uk. He still hasn't returned my money after two months of waiting for a refund and 10 months of waiting for the parts. I took the matter to my bank as it turned out that since I paid with credit card, they can probably refund me, but after 3 weeks they haven't handled my case yet. When this is solved, depending on the outcome, I feel it's my responsibility to talk about it a bit more, but until then I'll just try to hold my horses.

Another good tip; Always pay your internet purchases with either of these, as the law says that in case of undelivered goods, they are responsible for refund.


The reality is that unless I get my money from somewhere, I'm not going to drive the car this year again. I just don't have that much money these days, I'm paying a big ass rent from my apartment and there's not that much overwork at the department I've been working since January, so the income is a lot smaller.

My hopes rest in the bank, so I could at least drive a month this year. That way I could probably get my motivation back up and perhaps next winter would be a lot better than the last one. Looking back at it,  I don't feel I accomplished much. Also, I should try to get the garage nearer so I could go there during evenings and so.