i have explained everything in my post but here is a cliff's notes:

-the car runs fine. it feels like it's super rich in boost, it's almost bogging. it needs a tune.

-cruise control and horn don't work. the airbags are in there, but the harness isn't and the horn and cruise wiring are in the same one. *going to try and put that back in soon if it's not sold yet.

-a/c is wired up, charged, and worked before. it does not kick on now, and is obviously in the wiring mix-n-match that i have.

-the high beams come on with the low beams. same reason as the a/c they were fine before, but the wiring deal has me stumped. i have one more thing to try on them. i followed the procedure for going zenki to kouki headlights, since that is essentially what i did (except i was using a zenki harness with kouki headlights to begin with)

-the radio turns on. there is no sound to the speakers because again, the harness probably was meant for the pre-amp 6 speaker system and i forgot about that. fixes would involve pulling the dash again which im not doing to get to the wiring (it runs along the firewall). OR if someone was upgrading the system, they could use an amp and wire to the speakers that way. or just run the wiring. i might try one more thing, we'll see.

-2 wheels have curb rash.

-the paint is ok, it's 11.5 years old, but the body is in perfect shape.

it's a good DD, but there are a few things that need to be fixed, as with any used car. with everything working and a paint job and a tune, this car is worth well over $10,000, but i dont feel like waiting forever so it's priced to sell at $8,500. that's OBO, but i don't want people coming in asking for $7,500 just yet.