whodeanie's 88 gt custom build (Page 22/79)
exoticse NOV 04, 12:17 AM


WOW Dean !

I absolutely love every thing you are doing. That rear end is simply awesome. I love the tweeks to the rockers also.

Looking forward to the future.
madcurl NOV 04, 12:30 AM
Nice re-tweaking. Never bolt-on a part. Tweak it first.
whodeanie NOV 04, 07:33 AM

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Originally posted by madcurl:

What type of side mirrors do you have in mind? 355s?





I am not sure yet. I know a guy that makes break away Diablo mirrors and I was kind of leaning that way.
I would have to tweak them a bit to shorten them but that would not be that hard to do.
whodeanie NOV 04, 07:55 AM
Last night I finally got around to working on the drivers door.
I got the old door skin off and mounted the tabs on the new fiberglass skin. while I waited for that to dry I reworked the door a little with the new door skins they have the mirror hole glassed over so it hits the original mirror mount so what I have done is cut the mount around the bottom and part way up the sides then hammered them flat to the rest of the door and re welded them back in there new location so they will no longer interfere with the new door skin. I then worked on the rocker and got it in to place so I could tweak the front of that side. I have not started it yet I ran out of time. I was able to get the new door skin mounted and lined up before I quit last night.
here are a few pic's from last night.
2 pic's mounting the door tabs to the new skin


A pic to show what I had to do to the door for the new skin to fit

2 pic's of the rocker installed


and last but not least the new door skin mounted on the car

on a side note.... the easiest way to get the tabs to line up on the door is to place the new skin on the door place 2 plastic rivets in the bottom and tape the top in place then close the door to align it then reopen it and take a marker and mark the holes. then pull the door skin off and mount your tabs.
the tab has a nut hole that goes all the way threw so you can see the marks you made and center them.
just a heads up for anyone wanting to do the same.

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exoticse NOV 04, 08:53 AM



Dean,

I saw where Amida was doing something like this with his noses, and i thought this would look great on yours as well.



a chin spoiler helps it to line up better with the rockers from a side profile and is a pretty slick and aggressive look to boot !



Any final thoughts yet on your wing brake light or rear marker lights ?
whodeanie NOV 04, 09:12 AM

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Originally posted by exoticse:

Dean,

I saw where Amida was doing something like this with his noses, and i thought this would look great on yours as well.



a chin spoiler helps it to line up better with the rockers from a side profile and is a pretty slick and aggressive look to boot !



Any final thoughts yet on your wing brake light or rear marker lights ?



I was going to make one like the challenge car (the yellow one) I like the way it looks I have just not gotten that far yet. also on the sides at the bottom of the rocker.
as far as the side marker lights I have them already I have 4 amber and 2 red I will use 2 of the amber in the stock front location with a few tweaks as marker lights and the second set of amber's as turn signals at the rear of the front fender like the Euro cars do. as far as the rear markers I have not decided where I am going to place them yet I am not finished tweaking yet. the lights I am using are from a Ford dully rear fender. I have not found a light for the spoiler yet I want one about 10" to 12" LED but I am still looking at other cars on the road for that one.
85SEnochie NOV 04, 10:39 AM

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Originally posted by whodeanie:

I have looked at this and I think I like this one the best.
if I just paint it black to the back of the door. and color match the rest it will size down the B piller look and not just look like the stock fiero glass.

I will be working on the car this weekend and I hope also a bit this week after work as well.
I will post pic's as soon as I get some more done.



Is this kind of what you are talking about with the pillers? Car-2-Lo has a sweet ride. Edit for better pic

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whodeanie NOV 04, 11:11 AM
not quite what I am going to do I want to paint the B piller the same color as the body but use a black band behind the door glass to make the B piller look a little bit smaller.
I will most likely use carbon fiber there.
by the way I like how CarLo's car is looking. and he just finished the 3800 swap also.
Tha Driver NOV 04, 12:54 PM

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Originally posted by whodeanie:


I have not found a light for the spoiler yet I want one about 10" to 12" LED but I am still looking at other cars on the road for that one.



Hi Dean,
I just put a Honda Civic spoiler on my BMW that has a led brake light. Might want to check that out. I think it's a mid '90s Civic.
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"
whodeanie NOV 04, 02:16 PM
Paul, send me a pic of it.