Did a lot of cleaning and rust proofing on the BMW for the past week and started the interior cleaning. I scrapped the idea of having the car detailed at the dealer and decided to do it myself. Takes a lot longer but the results are most likely better. Shampoo-ed the carpet yesterday, which was already pretty clean, but now literarily looks like new and fresh. Cleaned up the old gunk on the seat rails and around door hinges.
Finally got my BMW short shifter an hour ago and it's on the car already
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What a difference in feel! The trunk lid struts arrived today as well and 15 min later they were on the car.
Still more parts to come this week - hood struts, stop/start button, one underbody trim piece and some bolts & nuts to replace some of the rusted out. Some parts arrived but still to be installed - headlight washer nozzle, trunk harness repair kit.
I have my work cut out for another week (evenings)/weekend to bring the car to the state I want it in. Will have a proper S&S post when done.