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Originally Posted by Esteban
Well, your assistant looks exhausted. I hope he earned his wages, which should be at least 10 milk-bones per hour.  |
He gets more than that, spoiled little dude lol
Had some more fun today!
Finished sanding the base coat and painting the new rear diffuser... Sanded and ready for final coat of black before clear coat:
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
I decided to go with Testors enamel for the top black coat since it's highly durable and also flexible.
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Next, my assistant helped me pick out some wood to make some poor-mans ramps..
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
They work perfectly! Made them in about 15 minutes and they cost less than $15.
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Now I can finally reach that center jack-point!
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
I also picked up some 1x2 for my side jack points to cushion them from the jack stands. Works just as well and cost $2 instead of $25 for each friggin jack pad adapter.
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Had to make a hardware store run and saw this in the lot:
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Safety inspection:
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Hood latch pin drilled and installed (mostly)
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Template for the latch laid out, many prayers to the car-gods were made at this time
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
WEAR YOUR EYE PROTECTION. If I hadn't been wearing glasses, this would have been a very different post... Cutting disk disintegrated, brand new one and using it in a straight line through fiberglass. Guessing it was just a bad egg.
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Drilling the holes for the screws after fitting the latch through the roof and cutting the inner panels for room
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Assistant is on break.. How he sleeps through drilling, cutting, and my spontaneous cursing, I will never know...
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Final steps
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Dust ***ing everywhere but just about done!
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Matt Steele, on Flickr
Tomorrow hopefully I can finish the latches, the rear diffuser, and the wheel well liners. I'd have done the liners today but the shop forgot to give me half of the driver side
