THE ULTIMATE FIERO BUILD LAMBO REPLICA (Page 11/16) merciero SEP 04, 10:08 PM thats a sick lil bunny........ but i got all the fiberglass on the rear done ill take some pics tomorrow... now im welding up the windshield frame... pics comin soon.. im calculating metal wieght. and im somewhere close to 250 lbs for all the metal i added thats bought the wieght of the stock doors. huh? merciero SEP 07, 08:14 AM yes good luck fast...... ill post some pics of a step by step way to do the stretch the best way................. but i finally got all the glassins done, all i gotta do is finish the wimdshield frame and im ready to mount. pics later today exoticse SEP 07, 10:21 AM impressive job with the framing ! merciero SEP 09, 08:24 PM yeahhhhh window frame is all welded up and glassed in.... now its time for squaring up and mounting........ pics friday merciero SEP 26, 02:54 PM ok i got the entire kit mounted, all brackets, everything.... i got the hood done, and the latch is just a normal latch off a utility tool box. works very well. i had to straighten the kit, the area behind your head was crook-ed, so i straightened it up but that made the decklid and batwings not line up.... so i gotta fiberglass them. i also got the decklid hinges welded up. here is a diagram of where i put metal for the skeleton, ill get some pics tomorrow. i also undercoated the entire underside of the kit, to protect the metal, make it look pretty, and to quiet down road noise... merciero SEP 26, 02:56 PM black is 3/4 tubing and grey is 1 1/2 tubing exoticse SEP 26, 03:45 PM Merc, Did you talk to MM on the kitcar forum about getting a set of his working bat wings ? merciero SEP 26, 11:17 PM i already made my batwings work,,, its a lil different then MM. but the hinge was inspired by his work... merciero OCT 01, 08:55 PM heres the hinges i used.... older jetta hood attached bracing to hold the body body now mounted hood latch done now here is my trouble area.... the kit was molded not square, so when i mounted the body the upper rear portion was off... causing the deck lid to no line up.... instead of reworking the decklid, this is what i had to do.. heres before heres after glassed in the metal for the decklid my merc latch ill be using, i made a plate to bolt to it to help with mounting strength my wheels im using... decided to go with 19 giovannas bc i got them from a guy hard on cash for $300!!!!!!!!???????:::::""""""""" skin wiped the fender to test the body i glassed up the blown airbag off the GP steering wheel and put a bull badge on..ill paint it the same color as the car... im deciding if i should leave it or glass onto it to make the bull look kinda 3d in the airbag, you know so its all kinda flush looking merciero OCT 01, 09:05 PM i also undercoated everything under the body..... everything.. i undercoated all the underside of the kit, and all the metal, to kinda hide some of the ugly welds..... now i need to trim all the metal around the hinges, latches, lids, everywhere...get a few more pics soon. also the after pic was messed up here is the after