Finally got the correct grips delivered. They feel pretty good, they’re foam grips without the chrome ends. Nice I think. I tried the fancy grip glue, that was a mess, literally. It set up way too fast, I only had a couple inches of the grip on before it got sticky and I had to pull the whole mess off, thus gluing the rubber end cap inside the grip. I forced that out with the handle of a ratchet, which I promptly found my grip glued onto… I cleaned that all up with some grease cutting kitchen cleaner and a 3M scotch pad then started fresh with the good old hair spray. Took me a while to find some hairspray in this house as it’s not the 1980s anymore, but eventually I found an old can in some of my mother-in-law’s stuff that she left in the guest room. This worked much better, stayed slippery most of the way on. I’ll let it set up over night to bond, besides its storming and I’m too big a weenie to go out in the rain.
I also took this opportunity to put my fuse block cover on. 1 coat of primer, and 3 coats of black, and plenty of sanding later you can’t see that God awful gold paint anymore.