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liv4God
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NOV 26, 04:49 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by shemdogg:
raised up a wee bit
what an awesome set o wheels and what a difference theyll make. I absolutely love the car waaay more now and am more motivated to finish. My wife said the car looks so good i could leave it the way it is. nah ill finish it
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Yeah, that right there looks great. Low enough to remove wheelwell gap, but high enough that it doesn't look like a hotwheels that got stepped on. What a huge difference those wheels make. Keep it up, this thing is coming along nicely! Looking forward to seeing more
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PK
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NOV 26, 07:03 AM
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Enjoying the turd polish shem. Keep up the good work. Very enjoyable read.
Cheers
PK
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shemdogg
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NOV 26, 08:51 AM
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I racked my brain trying to find a way to add the 3", thought about moving the cradle back its easy. My car has the 3" missing from the middle of the doors, adding the 3" anywhere else would look funny. My doors line up w the fiero doors perfectly. The cab of the car would have to be lengthened so the cooling tubes, harnesses, shift/ebrake/throttle cables, fuel lines, etch would all have to be removed and made longer after making the cab longer. NAH!
Thanks for the likes fellas, I hope yr enjoying the show as much as I like fixing up this car. I love a good challenge but its taking FOREVER! doing 1 layer of fb a day(when I can) then having to wait next day for it to dry, then I can sand, then more fb to raise lower/fill holes, not liking hat I see, cut it out and do it again, repeat lol
Def love the new wheels, the 20 looks perfect on the back, but im thinking a bit big on the front. Looks like Ill only have about 3" of travel room on the front and will have to cut the fender lips off. So custom a-arms n vette spindle/hub/brake setup will look killer. Sounds easy but the drive axle issue is scaring the piss outta me lol. Do I make the suspension to fit off the shelf axles n get spacers for the wheels or do i put the suspension where I want it, and figure out the axle issue later? lol
Either way if I keep these wheels, they need to be the vette bolt pattern. I could weld in some alum rod into the bolt holes and have the CNC drill out my new bolt pattern. they do need some new lips (theyre plastic chrome lol) and a powdercoating. I did also have the crazy idea of buying some cheap 3 piece wheels, then making a new center section that looked like the original f40 star wheel. So id have 20" f 40 wheels in whatever offset/bs I want. Either ways not too much trouble but 4 20" diameter chunks o alum wouldnt be cheap.
The aluminum channel for the windows should be here soon so I can get cracking on that, still working on trunk fb
shem
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shemdogg
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NOV 27, 08:25 PM
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Went to town on the back wing, the last oversize piece of the car
took out 1.5", ac/dc touch too much starts playn in my head when im cutting up the car. Only its saying- seems like u cut, u cut too much! lol
somebody forgot a chunk o wood in the spoiler lol, not there on pass side. W a drywall screwholding it in, not even exterior grade screw- slackers
fittin good
Got it all boogered up, laid the skim coat o bondo today
Alum showed up, heated it w the torch n bent it on the vise. got some window channel rubber that fits inside the alum
Going to bend it on the rollers at the shop to get the lines smoother but u get the idear
shem
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IMSA GT
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NOV 27, 08:36 PM
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Maybe I missed it but what are you doing with the original wheels?
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Rn2016
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NOV 28, 05:27 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by dratts:
My AD355 has panels pulled from genuine Ferrari panels. It has the rear wheel well cut in 3" forward so that it matches the Fiero wheelbase. It's hard to notice the wheel well move but after I found out that you don't have to cut the Fiero in half you can just extend the engine cradle I kind of wish that O had gone that way. |
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It looks much better if you get the correct wheelbase. 3" is enough to throw the whole lines off wack.
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Rn2016
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NOV 28, 05:34 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by shemdogg:
I hear ya but 3" isnt going to make any difference once the cars parts are all proportional to each other. If it was a foot or two short yeah but im not worried about 3" lol. Getting close to being done w the fb on the roof trim finally, just some small details to tidy up. |
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Well, if you are going to downscale the whole thing, then you may get it to look nice. But that is a lot of work and I'm not even sure it's entirely possible. I will definitely be watching though. 
| quote | Originally posted by shemdogg:
what an awesome set o wheels and what a difference theyll make. I absolutely love the car waaay more now and am more motivated to finish. My wife said the car looks so good i could leave it the way it is. nah ill finish it
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I much prefer the original F40 wheels or something similar. These modern wheels don't match the classic style of the car and point out even more that it's a replica. Also if you are going to downscale the whole body to achieve the correct proportions of the F40, you should not be getting bigger wheels. You should get smaller wheels than the original F40's.
But you are doing some great work and seems to be very creative in your ways to approach it. I'm watching closely and wish you success.
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steve308
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NOV 28, 07:59 AM
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Rn2016
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NOV 28, 08:24 AM
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That sounds like a nice idea with the golden wheels. I would go for that over modern aftermarket looking black ones.
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NOV 28, 09:09 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by shemdogg:
I did also have the crazy idea of buying some cheap 3 piece wheels, then making a new center section that looked like the original f40 star wheel. So id have 20" f 40 wheels in whatever offset/bs I want. Either ways not too much trouble but 4 20" diameter chunks o alum wouldnt be cheap.
shem
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That would be awesome 
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