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Tha Driver
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DEC 11, 09:13 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by qwikgta:
Any pics under the hood, showing the area that needs to be cut, and what it looks like. Also, do you have to relocate the overflow bottle when you do this?
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I haven't finished that out yet; will take pics when I do. Yes the overflow is just slightly in the way.
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Tha Driver
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DEC 12, 04:22 AM
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CowsPatoot
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DEC 12, 05:29 AM
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Love the headlight doors, Paul. Any idea what kind of price you will be looking at for them?
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Tha Driver
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DEC 12, 06:42 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by CowsPatoot:
Love the headlight doors, Paul. Any idea what kind of price you will be looking at for them? |
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Not sure yet. They will be time consuming to make, if folks want bolt-on parts. There would be 3 parts to each door, glassed together & then the opening will have to be cut out. Just uncut skins would be a lot cheaper, but you'd have to separate the inside pieces from your doors & bond to my skins (not hard to do, though), and cut the opening. Could probably make both skins for $125.
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vinny
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DEC 12, 11:46 AM
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qwikgta
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DEC 13, 11:01 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Tha Driver:
I haven't finished that out yet; will take pics when I do. Yes the overflow is just slightly in the way. |
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Really like this. Can't wait to see the bottom of the hood, and the area that gets cut in front of the radiator. Do you provide a template or some direction on where to make the cuts in the hood?
Also, ive used SMG in the past for body work, what do you use to bond the panel to the hood after the cut. I don't want any cracking issues i the future.
Thanks again.
Rob[This message has been edited by qwikgta (edited 12-13-2010).]
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Tha Driver
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DEC 14, 03:13 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by qwikgta:
Really like this. Can't wait to see the bottom of the hood, and the area that gets cut in front of the radiator. Do you provide a template or some direction on where to make the cuts in the hood?
Also, ive used SMG in the past for body work, what do you use to bond the panel to the hood after the cut. I don't want any cracking issues i the future.
Thanks again.
Rob
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I had a file that I had made with complete instructions, but can't find it after several harddrive failures due to the crappy electricity here (yes I have a UPS - several of them & NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER WORKED!!!). I can always write/make another one.
You use SMC adhesive/filler (Vette panel adhesive/filler) to bond everything together. It's a lot of work, especially if you want the bottom of the hood smooth, so I'm thinking about making the whole hood.
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"
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qwikgta
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DEC 14, 03:43 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Tha Driver:
I had a file that I had made with complete instructions, but can't find it after several harddrive failures due to the crappy electricity here (yes I have a UPS - several of them & NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER WORKED!!!). I can always write/make another one.
You use SMC adhesive/filler (Vette panel adhesive/filler) to bond everything together. It's a lot of work, especially if you want the bottom of the hood smooth, so I'm thinking about making the whole hood.
~ Paul
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The work is the fun part :-)
Just looking to see what you have done before. I grafted a set of TA fender scoops to a set of fenders. Lots of work to get it perfect, I used SMG and Featherlight bondo to finish it up. Love the SMG stuff, it really works well. For the hood, I figure i'd cut the hood about 1/4" inch smaller than the scoop, then use a dremel tool to "cut back" the top layer 1/4" inch so that the scoop was "recessed" into the hood. Then use the SMG to bond it, featherlight to finish up. More worried about where to put the hole. You only get one chance at it. I'd want to scoop to be as close to the radiator as possible.
Again, I love the scoop, and plan to get one after Xmas. (have to take care of the family first).
Rob
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Tha Driver
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DEC 14, 07:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by qwikgta:
The work is the fun part :-)
Just looking to see what you have done before. I grafted a set of TA fender scoops to a set of fenders. Lots of work to get it perfect, I used SMG and Featherlight bondo to finish it up. Love the SMG stuff, it really works well. For the hood, I figure i'd cut the hood about 1/4" inch smaller than the scoop, then use a dremel tool to "cut back" the top layer 1/4" inch so that the scoop was "recessed" into the hood. Then use the SMG to bond it, featherlight to finish up. More worried about where to put the hole. You only get one chance at it. I'd want to scoop to be as close to the radiator as possible.
Again, I love the scoop, and plan to get one after Xmas. (have to take care of the family first).
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If you want to see what I'm working on & have done (well some of it), here are a few links:
http://angelonearth.net/BMW.html (Made the 'glass bumpers & put in Z car hood vents & of course did the paint)
http://angelonearth.net/VW.html (The SBC powered Fiero running gear VW Cabriolet)
http://angelonearth.net/pickup.html (my Dodge pickup)
http://angelonearth.net/photo.html (photo album on my homepage)
http://angelonearth.net/me.html (my other Cabriolet (now sold) & my street baja & a rail buggy)
http://angelonearth.net/carparts/ (ZX at bottom - now sold)
http://angelonearth.net/Frank.html (FrankenDolly & Godzilla dolly)
And there's the custom Fiero in this thread: http://www.fiero.nl/forum/A...070315-1-061103.html
It's the black & primer car about halfway down the page.
I'm not familiar with the "SMG".
But what you do with the scoop, is cut out a hole that it fits in, & use the piece you cut out to make bonding strips to go under both parts to bond it all together.
I used to love the work myself, but I'm getting too old for this shtuff.  I do still love doing it when it's something creative (I'm an artist).
I put the TA fender vents in Boomtastic's car too. He brought them along with the car - they're the original plastic parts so I used the SEM flexweld to bond them in from behind & then finished them out. It was easy. I pulled molds from them, but plan to enlarge them for my car & to sell. There'll be pics of Boomtastic's car available soon, once I get it buffed & put together. (It's the one on my fiberglass page with the hood vent & wild paint).
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"
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qwikgta
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DEC 15, 01:27 PM
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