really nice, i love the way the rear looks, it's awesome . . . might steal this idea later on . . . who knows, but it looks great!!!

 

Nice work! I wish I knew how to do that stuff.

 

I wish I did too! Luck me my roommate does!

 

It is looking good though. Now you need flat tail light lenses

 

Yeah thats the only thing i see...are there such a thing?

 

Unfortunately not. Were you planing on tinting the lights at all?

 

we'll see. ill check after its painted. If i like it, then i'll keep them original.

 

lookin pretty damn sweet. You're gonna love the look of the car sans side moulding. If you want to see what one looks like, I just posted up a boat load of pictures in the 1st gen pictures thread of my silver FB sans side moulding.

 

I caused that dent (see car in avatar)
It happend when a few days after my gsl rear end swap. VB sent me two left side e brake cables, I had no idea. Put them on, drove it, parked the car on a hill, set the e brake and got out. The combination of faulty cables and myself not leaving it in gear caused teh car to roll down a hill into a 2 day old ford truck. Brakelights were replaced and I never got to fixing that dent. Very ackward position to get at.

looks like it will be very clean after you paint and everything. what color ?

 

red...i deeper red. The stock red has an orange tint, but i want it to have a deeper blood red. About 2-3 weeks till paint!

 

So we started getting the car into primer. Good news is that that back is all in primer. We still have a little more details to work on but all in all its starting to look close to done. Here's the pics!

 

Beautiful. My friend and I were thinking about doing this a couple months ago but didn't know weather or not it would work. Apparently it does. Very clean great work

 

I love the conversion, very nicely done. I could do without the center piece being welded over, but that's my opinion... too much flat space for my liking.

Also, the way you reinforced the bumper is very interesting, might I ask why you didn't go with a triangular set-up? I would think that welding in triangle supports would stand up to a collision my better than simple up and downs?

All in all, great car man! The write up is very well done, I've been looking for how that bumper had been done and now I know! Thank you very much!

 

What wheels are these?!? I want them!


and I really like the trimless look. The roll pan looks really good too, I just really want to see what your gonna do up front!!! Smooth it up like the rear!

 

Hate to burst your bubble, but if you get rear ended and hurt you won't have a leg to stand on once the other insurance company inspects this modification.

 

I think its a very cool mod. Great work man.

 

Don't take it the wrong way (statement above), it is cool especially if you match it with some sort of treatment on the front end as well.

 

After seeing the car for a few days, the plan is to do something in the front. Something that will match the back, but will have to see how it looks. Thanks for the feedback. Ill be posting more as it comes up

 

We also figured that the blank spot in between the brake lights doesnt look right so we are ordering a inset license plate box to mount it in there. Here is the color i am wanting. Its my old 7 that is parked on the side of the house. Its such a damn clean car and am saving the big bucks for that car.

 

More pics of the old car and the color

 

Looking good man.... i am right behind you on painting my car!

 

looking good, keep up the good work!

 

yeah, the rear looks good though too... blank, for lack of a better word.

 

So ive been on the road the past month working but am coming home next week. The plan is to have it all done by september. My friend got laid off at the body shop he worked at and he is looking for side work so he is going to paint, cut, buff, and clear my car for less than $900.

Also i decided to put the original center section between the tail lights back in. Here are some pictures of it driving around

 

Lookin good! Can't wait to see the final product.