Ensuring the chock's were in place I began to lift the back of the car. It took a bit of work but we got it. Making sure to find the right place for the jack stands to go. Then the front of the car wanted to be lifted, so up it went. Not too difficult. But man does that floor jack drop when you release the pressure.
With the car up I felt that pictures were needed. So I crawled all around and under the car getting pictures. Mostly as a guide to what will need to be replaced before it is road worthy. Mostly lights and lamp covers, just to be safe. The odd item we found was what looks to be a battery cable wrapped around part of the car. Its kind of scary. There also appears to be some body damage near the end of the tail pipe. Can't really tell if it happened with this exhaust system or not. But its there and will need to be rolled back out. Especially if I go with the bumper conversion.
I noticed that there was an old wasps nest behind the rubber bumper. No picture though, sorry guys. It seemed the best way to get to it was to remove the rear bumper. Easier said then done. Turns out one bolt is spinning freely and just won't budge. I also didn't bring the hacksaw so a space where I could reach the nut was too narrow for a vice grip. So we placed the jack stands under the rear bumper after bringing the car back down to the ground so they wouldn't fall onto our feet when the last bolt comes free. We decided to tackle the front bumper as well. Guess what? Another nut that wont release. The bigger problem here is that it just doesn't want to spin. Another hack saw job is needed. So the jack stands were placed on the front bumper until we return with a hack saw.
So in the end we lifted the car and took some pictures, then we put forth a lot of effort to get nothing done. Very anti-climatic. But at least there is a plan, its a wandering plan, but its there none the less.
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