The ‘Vehicle Recovery Points’ (VRP’s or towhooks) are on. Their not really even ‘hooks’ as they have to be closed eyes with a 1.5″ opening. They have to support the weight of the car (be rated for 3,000+ pounds) and be ORANGE! Not ‘orange’, but ‘ORANGE!!1!!!’. After taking some measurements and figuring out where they would bolt to the frame, I ordered some 12″ long GIANT load rated eyelets from McMaster. I had to put a hole in the rear bumper and bolt through the plastic bumper, the foam, the metal bumper and the frame. The rear one sticks out a little too much and I’ll probably end up pulling it in a bit. Otherwise someone is going to walk around the car and get it in the shin. That someone will probably be me.
Christine and I velcro’d and zip tied all of the roll bar padding in. I need one more piece for the very front of the main hoop, but the majority of it is installed. We picked up a canvas zipper bag that I pop-riveted to the co-drivers door. This allows Christine to store and grab time cards and other co-pilot related stuff without having to reach too far. Short of the camera mount and some other attachments for water and helmets, the interior is complete.
On the underside of things I’m waiting for some ‘smog bits’ to be shipped UPS before I completely button up the skidplates on the underside of the car. I coated the ‘side rails’ with bed-liner and this nasty rubberized undercoating to keep the rust and rocks at bay. Plus I now have all of the grade 8 hardware holding it on, instead of misc. random sized bolts when I was doing the mock up. I have the oil pressure sensor and the Brantz sensor pickup to install up front. This I’ll get to when I take the exhaust off.
We re-painted the front bumper. I think this is the 4th time 
. It ‘sort of‘ matches. By this weekend I want the car back on the ground. I’ll be getting tires mounted, logbook, registration, etc. With a full month before Gorman – this is exactly where I wanted to be. None of this running around crazy stuff 2 days before an event. We’re ready to rally.