Lot of stuff going on.
Got a call from a good friend and Protege parts dealer who offered me a sweet deal. I may or may not have some very fun part in the works for the P5.
Ordered MSP door sill from Lewis (have been shipped)
Had an accident...
I was driving to Walmart around Midnight for a diaper run. On the highway doing about 70mph when a Semi Truck tire made itself known. The tire was intact, not blown, laying sideways in the center of the left lane. It was sitting in a dip hiding from my headlights, making it impossible to see until it was too late. My car got air born and jumped the tire. I joined a car on the side of the road who had hit it before me and was soon joined by 4 other cars after that. There was no mechanical damage to the car.
The aesthetic damage is as follows: Ripped off front bumper tab on driver's side, lost 1 MSP fog delete, ejected my center grill (I recovered it and thankfully have a backup), separated part of my driver's side headlight and it's lens, dropped part of my rear bumper.
I was able to finish the drive to Walmart to get what I needed. Yesterday, I began the rebuild. I remounted the rear bumper (looks fine), and pulled the whole front end.
With the front end apart, I took the time to do some wire management, remounted my ballasts in a better location, and clean some parts. I JB welded broken parts on my front bumper which is currently in the kitchen completing the 24 hour cure process. I needed to reseal my headlights so I opened them both up, cleaned the lenses, replaced the light-gunmetal headlight shrouds with the Black Chrome shrouds I originally painted, then sealed both headlights with clear RTV silicone. When I get home, I will reassemble headlights and bumper. I need to pop in a center grill and order a new set of MSP fog deletes. If my parts dealer gets me my parts, I may not need a center grill ;P