I had done one side the day before I saw your post, and it was literally 90% faster for the other side once I read your post about using sockets on those fasteners. Thanks! I have tiny hands so was able to just use a 1/4 mini ratchet to put my hand in there through the opening with the hood open and pop it out. My scuttles where in serious need of a refresh.


Faded, discolored, and Yuck!



The "S" is color-changing paint and it actually matches the Jungle Green of the car a lot better than the pic shows. :-)

 

That looks great. I love the texture on the scuttle, what paint did you use? And the S, what colours does it change to, and when? I have a BRG R61S, the colour changing sounds interesting. Glad the socket tip helped. I was able to get to a couple of them up close, but I have big hands, so needed the breaker bar to reach them. Looks like you painted the softer plastic inserts too. Those were in good shape, so I left them black, I like the contrast with the Anthracite. Need to swap to your smoke LEDS lights, I left the clear housing but replaced the incandescent orange bulbs with white Phillips LEDS that blink orange, so I don;t see that orange at the bottom. Also swapped the front turn signal bulbs for 'silvered' incandescents that blink orange, so when not lit, I don't see the orange turn bulbs. Finally swapped all four corner markers for smoke LED strips that would match your side markers well.

 

Did you put glossifier on the Plasti-Dip? It looks less matte than I would expect?

 

No gloss. Just like from the can. It did lay down really flat though... Sometimes I get too much texture.