i did not replace the springs, I got a used latch assembly with good spring

 

well I am now getting 1447 and 0451 from the ug guess I need to replace the blown up charcoal canister

 

got the rad dropped off for rodding, we mounted the taillight stone guards I scored at the jy, fabbed up and painted the cb whip mount for the rear bumper, painted center of the hood semi gloss black

will add pics after cb antenna is mounted

think the drivers window reg we installed from a d2 broke today

 

CB antenna mounted, just need to figure out where the cb went, dads garage ate it

 

built and installed stone guards for the bumper tail lamps, painted both bumpers and the end caps, replaced my subs with these from amazon
I also hole sawed a port in the black plastic bracket to the right of the subs same size as the port in the tan cover( sorry no pic) the amp will not bolt to these subs and I had to massage the hole bigger in the door due to magnet size they sound great with bass adjusted 2 dots past half way on the stock radio (told the wife not to bump it up anymore afraid to burn out the amp)

 

before and after the spring swap

 

 

here is the antenna mount I made

 

home made bumper light grills newly installed taillight guards on body and fresh painted bumper and ends

 

the bumper stone guards were made from a piece of galvanized 1/2" wide flat bar used for chain link fence perfect for this purpose I should not need to say this but
IF YOU DO THIS DANGER GRIND OFF THE GALVINIZE WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO WELD AND DO NOT BREATH IN ANY SMOKE IT IS POISON!!!!!

I cut 4 pieces at 9 1/2" and 4 pieces at 1 1/2", end pieces each have (1) 1/4" hole drilled and I bent the ends of the end pieces up slightly to make sure the cross bars clear the lens ( put end in vice and hit with hammer)
attached to bumper using self tapping screws, not perfect but do what I want