I've been quite busy since I brought Destiny home a couple of weeks ago. Except for the weekends (which I have dedicated to the family) I've spent all the evenings in the garage bolting parts together. I had prepared and cleaned the most of the parts in advance while Destiny was in the paint shop so now it was all about bolting. Though, there are a couple of parts which are easier to install with a friend. One of those is the windshield which was installed with a rope and with help from my 17-year-old daughter in less than an hour. (Remember to install the clips for the mouldings prior to the weatherstrip! I didn't. So we had to do it over). Little by little my spares shelf started to go empty. And finally the car was ready for the safety inspection.
She still misses rocker panel mouldings and all the emblems as well as door weatherstrips. But those are not needed in the inspection unlike windshield washer which is something you have to have. My car didn't so I purchased an OEM set for 10,90€. I think I'll have to use it only one a year when the car is checked. Or maybe I'll order an original set from the NPD later.
I was worried about the ride height earlier but now as all the parts are there it looks fine.
After the test drive Destiny was approved and is permissible to be driven until August 31st 2011.
I had my first day of summer vacation today so from now on this summer goes on by driving Destiny in every possible occasion. I'll keep on blogging every once in while but at this point I want to thank everyone supporting and encouraging me in this project and especially Alex for his really helpful blog which makes it easy for any average computer technician (or computer salesman like me) to rebuild a piece of crap into a daily driver.
