afgmoto1978

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Alright the frame for the hood is mostly done, just need to make closeout panels and a few other things to finish it. Turning out pretty good, not perfect, but that's to be expected without a jig. This hood will need a lot of filler to cover over the shrinkage/forming experienced from the welding. If you plan on doing something like this....DON"T....buy yourself a hood and save yourself the work and frustration.

Bobbo also helped me for a short time putting in the side skirts this weekend.

afgmoto1978

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First layer of etching primer, this will be sanded off to find the remaining low/high spots.

Hood needs one more piece welded on, the aesthetic welds grinded and bondo laid up on the A surface and it's done.

afgmoto1978

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Fab work done on hood, need to apply lots of bondo now.

afgmoto1978

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I was told to correct my vocabulary so that I don't confuse people. I am not using Bondo, but infact using 3M Poly Flex Body Filler, or in acronym terms 3MPFBF. Thanks John for correcting me on this.

Anyways, see attached picture of some remaining etching primer after sanding showing where a low spot is in the 3MPFBF.

Viva Las Vegas Baby!!

Upgrayedd

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Damn that hood looks really good! Good work. I'm a little disappointed though to still see your car unpainted... lol

afgmoto1978

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Me too, though it will be painted sooner than later.

afgmoto1978

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Back from Vegas, good fun was had by all except for Sea Bass. Very Very tired right now.

Upgrayedd

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Pic #3 is a BEAUTY!! Looks like fun, now go back to working on that car!

afgmoto1978

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Alright in process of finishing body work and fitting up things. I had to trim the bumper in order to have the body lines lineup. Fitting up the sleek light housings such that the lens are flush with the bodywork and the gaping somewhat even is proving a royal pain. The lens I have aren't exactly correctly shaped and will be needed some shaving to look symetrical.

The hood has it's second coat of 3MPFBF glazing on and should be done sanding by this weekend. With some help I should be done with bodywork by either the end of this weekend or mid next week. And then Paint!

Upgrayedd

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So I see you're on the Steve Kan list... Are yuo planning on finishing the car prior to the tuning session, or will you wait on paint if it's not quite ready?

Gotta love TEIN hood dampers =) And I especially like the to-do list on the fender. Very nice!

afgmoto1978

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I will hopefully have the car at least driveable by that time. As far as being done...maybe.

The list never seems to get shorter, I just find more things I have to do. FYI, never get a headlight kit that isn't a true bolt on assembly. Go with the Knightsports dual light kit that goes into the stock pop up assembly. That's my 0.02 of advice.

Upgrayedd

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lol what headlights are you currently working with? RE or are they generic knockoffs?

afgmoto1978

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They're RE units. I finally got the housings and lens to lineup with the rest of the bodywork. I had to cut into the driver side headlight housing to even get it to drop flush with the bodywork. Somewhat my fault for not compensating for a non symetrical chassis/bodywork layout, but still it shouldn't be this hard. I have one more tab to weld on the chassis for the headlights and then it's bodywork from then on until paint.

I going on abusiness trip all next week, so I need to get it done by the end of this weekend. If anyone wants to help I would really appreciate it!

Upgrayedd

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I've never heard anyone complain about the RE sleek headlight fitment... Was it really that bad?? Or was it your custom brackets and projectors that caused the problems?

afgmoto1978

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Well the saying goes "Ignorance is bliss" and this is a good example. Knowing what I know from my test engineering background the mounting structure wouldn't last that long or provide a stable footing for the lights. However, I did make it harder on myself by making my own setup, so my difficulty was both my doing and the poor design of the RE units mounting.