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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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Build progress 2.0

some of you may remember, my car was hit in the fall of 2009 at about 15mph.

this will be my build thread for 2010.

1-25-10:
in position for tear down.



1-26-10:
door is removed, interior removed where required, unibody tied to the floor for pulling.




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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:32 PM
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1/27/2010:
did some pulling, hung a door, and did some metal working. (the door is slightly open in the first pic)





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1/28/2010:
Metal shaping done, ready for fender rolling, and first coat of filler.






1/30/2010:
rolled and pulled the 1/4's, purchased paint supplies.


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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:35 PM
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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wow awsome job u rented the rolling tool or it was bought
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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im liking the RS's... 255/265 meat???
great work looks good
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:52 PM
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wow awsome job u rented the rolling tool or it was bought
buddy owns one.
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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Wow! That's awesome that you DIY'd all of that (sucks that it happened in the first place though ). Looks great so far. Looking forward to more updates .

And I loooooooooooooooove those BBSes. So sexy.
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awsome

its gonna come out like nuttin was ever hit
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Originally Posted by t24todd
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255 on a 9" wide wheel, i rolled and flared the 1/4's to fit a 10" wide wheel. i have some wider lips to put on my wheels.
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damn I didnt know your car got hit that was the low mileage one right?
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so what are your plans for it?
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 09:07 PM
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That looks like very nice work. Good job. It's cool to see stuff like this after working on my car all day.
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Looks really good man, do you have better pictures of the rolled fenders maybe from different angles?
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damn I didnt know your car got hit that was the low mileage one right?
it has 46k miles on it as of today.
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nice job, i had 255's on the rear of my car didn't need to roll the fenders what will the offset of the bbs's end up be?

nice job on the pull its such a bitch to do door jambs
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That's impressive
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Originally Posted by Bwek
nice job, i had 255's on the rear of my car didn't need to roll the fenders what will the offset of the bbs's end up be?

nice job on the pull its such a bitch to do door jambs
i have 255's on 9" wheels and didn't need a pull either, but i want my wheels and tires to fit flush, and i want wider wheels.
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