Thanks for the comments/questions. I'll try to get them all but I'm at work and won't be able to give more detail/pics until I get home Friday night or so (spending the night at friends house to help install 4 performance springs in his grand am).
-thanks for the compliments
-about the mirror adjuster thingy, keeping in mind that my dashboard had been recalled by ford and so the local dealer did a screw job on mine and it wasn't a virgin so your may be tighter to say the least: 1)remove kick panel by driver's feet. 2)remove (i think it was) two screws under headlight/mirror panel. 3)gently/carefully help the headlight/mirror panel out. There are clips but I think mine were already broken or something. At this point your panel should still have two switches in it hanging by the wires/harnesses. 5) Use a very small screwdriver to disconnect both harnesses. 6) I'm doing this from memory at work but I seem to remember that the mirror and headlight controllers push (OUT, not IN) (TOWARDS THE DRIVER, NOT THE ENGINE) and mine was not at all hard to get out. Let me know if this does not help and I'll send pics or review my memory.
7) sand and paint. don't drink and get plenty of sleep and maybe yours will come out better than mine.
