Birthday Present
So for my birthday, Mom purchased me some Weathertech Window Vent Shades for the Jeep. I had these on the other Jeep and really liked them. I've had them awhile, just haven't really felt up to playing with them.
Happy to announce the creepy crud is finally gone and it is in the 60's today. So out I went to install them and some other little project on her.
First was the Window Vent Shades ... really easy to install and look really good. We get very hot and very dry in the summer here, so it's nice to be able to crack all the windows to let the heat out without the worry of a late night unpredicted rain getting the inside wet.
Right Front:
Right Rear, sorry about the fat guy if the reflection:
Left Front:
Left Rear:
Next I wanted to play with the medium brown leather dye that I bought to "dye" the surface cracks in the seat leather and the center arm rest that is worn quite a bit.
Before:
You can see how faded it is. In the background you can see a spray bottle in the door cup holder. I put a 50/50 mix of isopropyl alcohol and water. I use this to melt ice in the mornings. Works very well. Didn't do pics of the seats, these were very minor cracks and kind of insignificant, but, they came out well.
While I was waiting for the leather dye to dry, I played with programing the "Home Link" on the Jeep to open the garage door without a remote. This kind of stuff usually kicks my b$tt, but, in this case I was able to do it first try ... way kewl.
After, I wiped off the excess and put some leather preservative on it ... might do another coat later:
Next, I figured out how to program my new (off eBay) fob to position the pedals, seats, steering wheel position and mirrors based on which fob I grab. Since I am the only driver, they both set everything the same, because both memory positions in the car are set the same. The only reason I needed to figure it out, is when I grab the new fob, the car didn't know what memory position to set it too, so it didn't. This thing is so sophisticated that when you turn it off, it moves everything to positions that make it really easy to get out of the car, including lowering the car suspension height, very nice. When the fob is "linked" to a memory position, it returns everything to the set position it's linked to. Way kewl.
Lastly, I did start on polishing the chrome trim with Mothers as a first step to doing the ceramic coating. Got the sides done, still need to get the front and rear done. Amazing how tired your fingers get rubbing on that narrow of a trim. :AGGHH: