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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 01:30 AM
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not rushing you or anything
just wanna know when will i be expecting mine

i dont mind if you ship it together will the bodykit
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 01:37 AM
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i finished making one out of fiberglass and will be correcting a few waves on it and smoothing out the gauge pod tomorow and into the next day and then I will be making another mold from it. Once I have finished the mold then I will begin another CF layup. If it comes out good then it will probably be wednesday. I will probably forget on thursday and have my head up my *** on friday. I will remember and try to box it up on saturday and get distracted and play call of duty all day. I will then finish boxing it on sunday. Ship it out next monday if all goes well God willing? That is assuming we will all be living by next week.
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 07:57 AM
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i think you should make a CF lip...
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 10:55 AM
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any plans to make a full cf dash?
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by jacobcartmill
i think you should make a CF lip...
He is, check out his thread "who wants this lip for an s4"
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 01:02 PM
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no full dash....too much a pain....and ill attempt a CF lip when i get back
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 03:11 PM
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any thoughts on making the surounding of the A/C and radio out of CF??? that would nice with the dash cover! sorry to bug you for all this stuff and make requests, your person doing a great thing! THANKS!!!!!
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 04:28 PM
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any thoughts on making the surounding of the A/C and radio out of CF??? that would nice with the dash cover! sorry to bug you for all this stuff and make requests, your person doing a great thing! THANKS!!!!!
there already is one
http://www.speedmachineperformance.c...l?v=1&pid=3389
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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thanks b005td7 looks nice!
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Old Jul 20, 2004 | 01:40 AM
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yeah that one looks good and mine wouldnt be much different if I did do one.
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Old Jul 20, 2004 | 02:59 AM
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This is lookin really nice. I'll take one in FG for $50 whenever you are finished.
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Old Jul 20, 2004 | 03:46 AM
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aight ill make one more in fg for 50 then the price on that changes...i was doing that just for the prototype so i could make a new mold from but i didnt clarify that. I can have on ready by the end of the week. Ill pm you.
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 04:33 PM
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Sounds good man.
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 04:43 PM
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lets see it is it finaly in yet finish that bitch up
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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 06:34 PM
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look
Attached Thumbnails CF dash cover with gauges progress pics-img_1190.jpg  
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 01:37 AM
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that is a prototype....i have decided to make a fiberglass one out of that same mold and smooth out some lines.....then remold it and make another out of cf. The one in the pic was an experiment to see where i would have problems with the layup. SO next one out should be much better....i am also going to cover the entire thing in cf as well including the guage pod....it wont be seamless but hey what the hell....it'll look pretty good.
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 01:41 AM
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you can see if you look each individual balsa panel from right to left. Well after i glassed over the balsa with nothing back it up it slightly warped on my by the lines and i used only one thin layer of cloth over it before i did the bondo when i should have used a 1.5 oz mat or something at least. Anyhow where the individual panels meet is where there were waves that sanding the bondo still woundlt fix hence the new fiberglass peice and the new mold from it, which is common procedure alot of times anyhow.....just updating you guys on the technical aspect instead of just eye candy all the time. I am not a pro at this stuff I just love to try to make things happen and anyone can do it. 88integraLS got me started when i saw him making things so anyone can do it.
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 01:48 AM
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So there will be seams where the guage pod is mounted?
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 02:35 AM
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well i can do it like fc3sorg did where they just have the front gel coated....but i like it with the cf and it will have seams on the back and the side...like fc3sorgs on the far left
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 01:34 PM
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just want to know how deep is that gauge mounting area
i just have some 2 1/16" boost gauge came in yesterday and found out they are like 2 1/2" at the back, just want to make sure yours will clear it
not to be picky but i am wondering is the gauge area facing upwards too much, or are you going to make kinda like a shade, border thing like the idiot surround, it might look better that way too
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 02:11 PM
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the way it is now is the way it stays...once i have something in fiberglass like in a mold or something it doesnt change. I beleive it was something like 75 millimeters, or 2.75 inches or something...i will measure it later...
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 01:15 AM
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Any updates on this baby.
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 01:49 AM
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I am ALMOST done with the final plug right now....just got some touch up bondo on it.....then i will sand it back down a little bit and then wetsand it with some 800, 1000, 2000, wax her up......PVA a bit.......take a LONG *** BATH>>>> Get the fiberglass out of my skin!!! Relax!! AHHHH.....two more hours.......then tomorow i will go back to the teh plastik store and get a roller, some ***-itone so i dont have to buy another one and then do my lay up for the mold and i should have one pumped out by wednesday.....
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 02:29 AM
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So how much for a FG one now?
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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 02:41 AM
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ill charge up another 69 for an FG one....you want one tho lemme know really quick because i will be gone for a while....
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