Now the 11T has gone to the bodyshop for a bit, I need to get cracking on preparing all the parts to go back in/on the car that are currently stored in various boxes (in no particular order) in the roof of my garage:

I decided to start at one end and just work through the parts as I come across them. The plan is to compare what parts I have, discard what parts I don't need, and then keep/restore the parts I do have. The first batch of parts were pulled down out of the loft for a sift thru:

The first box was full of wheel arch/engine bay mouldings, I sorted the parts out into matching pairs and then compared the parts to see which was the best. Here you see the one on the left has damage from a tyre rubbing the moulding moreso than the one on the right hand side:

Next on the rear of the parts, one of the components was missing

The good part was then put into the box, and the old part discarded.

I compared all the parts I had, and picked out the best ones:

These two parts looked in similar condition from the top:

But when you compare the components side by side, you could see that one of the parts was a lot more warped than the other...

And again on the reverse side, it looks like the distortion of the bad component had been rubing the tyre of the car:

I managed to get hold of a BRAND NEW one of these wheel arch mouldings, which was the one at the bottom of the pile, however when I compared it to the original ones, I found it was missing some clips? So I think the ones with the clips would be better:

Of the two remaining, there were a number of holes drilled in one of the components, so that one was discarded:

There was a massive part missing of one of these two mouldings, so this made the decision very easy:

These two parts were both good, so I just picked the cleanest looking one..

One of these two parts that goes next to the radiatorwas missing more from the "Flaps" at the side..

But the part with more "Flap" was split.. so I went with the part missing the flap:

Not before long, I had a pile of parts to discard:

And a box full of good parts:

It was then time to utilise the little bit of sun we had at the weekend, get a bucket of soapy water, the winning stool so favoured by
@Mart and a cup of splosh and get scrubbing!!

The parts came out a lot better following a good wash, but they need a detailed going over with a tar remover in many places, and then potentially I may spray some?? Not decided yet..?
Thanks for reading
