I replaired the burns on my radio adapter this weekend.  If I hadn't mentioned it, my rear view mirror leaked a corrosive oil onto the interior of my very special car.  boo hoo, hoo...  sob.  sniff.

Fortunately, the manufacturer seems to be taking care of the damage done to the factory installed parts.  The install kit, however, they had no part in putting there.  So I ripped it apart again and sanded it down.  The burn marks are all but gone and it looks even better than it did the first time!

A problem with the Metra kit is that it doesn't match the factory dash color or texture.  The steps to make it pretty are:  sand, wipe with laquer thinner, sand, wipe with laquer thinner, repeat.  simple?  the last time, when all the blemishes are gone, wipe it down with thinner, the lines will melt away, now sand in a horizonatl direction only.  It looks like brushed, painted steel.  very nice.

Here it is installed in the dash

oops, that's upside down, but you get the point

and finally, my sub woofer has arrived.   I'm sure there is more than one person wondering what sort of crack I've gotten into but sound and music have been more important to me than I can explain.  I feel bass does not get equal opportunity.  Most stereos completely lack bass and I, frankly, think that is wrong.  I am trying to make up for the millions of Americans who fail to give bass equal time.  This is for all those bass guitars out there who feel left out, all the kick drums who get lost on the bose stereos, all the tubas who collect dust in the band geeks closet.

  boom