Autumn Repair Series

The car's engine is running like a dream. I now begin Phase II of the repairs and move on to cosmetic damage!

Stuff that needs fixed, in order of urgency:
-Headlights. Need to be re-aimed and need new covers. [price unknown, probably around $50]
-Front Fender Insets: At the bottom of my bumper are three extensions of the grill. The center piece is good, as is the driver's side. The passenger's side bit needs to be replaced. This can wait until risk of snow, since all I need them for is keeping snow road salt off the engine. [price unknown, probably around $30]
-Passenger's Side Wheel Well Liner: Needs to be replaced before first snow, as it keeps road debris and snow from entering the engine compartment and the inner bits of the unibody. [price unknown, probably around $50]
-Bumpers: Crooked. Need to be removed and reattached. [free]

The wheel well liner requires removal of the wheel, which is easy enough. The bumpers will take rather more effort and a second person, so that'll get done when Alicia is free to help out and I own some decent jack stands.

Phase III can wait until next year, as they have to be done professionally.
-Rear Middle Seatbelt: Doesn't work, but two people barely fit in the back. I've only had a third person in there maybe five times, ever. [price unknown]
-Rear Driver's Side Window: Doesn't go down. Machinery is fucked up. [approximately $350]
-Something is squealing, so the ball joints in the drive wheels probably need to be lubricated eventually. [price unknown, probably around $100]

Phase IV: Possible upgrades.
-New stereo, with Auxiliary Input jack. Remove nonfunctional 6-disk trunk changer. It'd be possible to replace the whole stereo with an MP3 player and put a hard drive where the disk changer is now, allowing me to carry my full music collection on the road. May figure out how to do that. [price varies]
-New headlights. I'd like to retrofit foglamps, and if possible get lens-style or HID lamps. [$500-$1000]
-Other small stuff, such as new clear covers for my turn signal lights to replace the yellow covers they have now and new cup holders, since those I have currently blow. [price varies]

This sounds like rather a lot of damage, but it's all extremely minor. Most people wouldn't pay any attention to said defects. My car will forever be a work-in-progress.
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