Did the florida delivery arrive yet ?

quote Originally posted by exoticse: Did the florida delivery arrive yet ?

Yes. It arrived around 12:30 today. I hope to pick it up on Tuesday.

Last week I stopped by WFC's and bought re-tweaked spare tire. I've been driving for nearly decade w/o a spare to fit over the 13" rotors.


This is how the tire will fit inside the compartment.



A tight fit, but it'll be okay for now.

[This message has been edited by madcurl (edited 06-15-2009).]

quote Originally posted by madcurl: Yes. It arrived around 12:30 today. I hope to pick it up on Tuesday.

Since the front clip was 50-miles away, I decided to multi-task.



I stopped off at Greyhound to check out the front nose and make sure I had enough room to fit in the convertible. Right off the bat, the lady behind the counter informed me that the package wasn't properly packaged. Greyhound wouldn't allow me to go around and see so the pics are from 10-15 feet away.



The nose didn't appear to have any visible damage from where I was standing.


After taking a few pics headed to the alignment shop 8-blocks away.





After the alignment, headed to the movies to see, "Terminator Salvation" and around 16:30HRs I was back at Greyhound to pick up the part.


They asked me to pull around back for pick-up.








Like whoredom... everything seem to fit.

[This message has been edited by madcurl (edited 06-16-2009).]

Glad to see you got your part from Jimmy O.K.

You left out a couple of important things however.

First,......how was the movie,..and second what's up with the wheel gap on the daily driver !??



You know how the old saying goes,...it's (the wheelgap) too big, it's too big !! hehehe

quote Originally posted by exoticse: Glad to see you got your part from Jimmy O.K. You left out a couple of important things however. First,......how was the movie,..and second what's up with the wheel gap on the daily driver !?? You know how the old saying goes,...it's (the wheelgap) too big, it's too big !! hehehe

The movie was great. Spoiler alert: There's a reason why there was only one terminator inside Skynet's HQ.

As for the daily driver I've gone through two sets of after market springs... Eibach is one of them. Come to find out, nobody makes a true correct lowered springs for the Eclipse GST Sypder. Do to the added weight of the conv. (300 pounds I'm guessing) the spring are okay at first, but even with camber kits the freaking suspension drops way beyond the 1- inch drop down to 3 inches and the ride get worse.



The only way to correct the problem is to use coil overs @ 600-700 bucks. I'm cool just the way the car sits and my $220 tires don't wear out as fast.


Finally home and with the concrete hardened I have room for tweaking;

[This message has been edited by madcurl (edited 06-17-2009).]

IMO the front bumper is near 99% perfect and quality appear to 100%. The thickness and non warping is what I expected. Granted, nobody expects it to be "paint ready" so a little bit of massaging will be needed. As to be expected there are a few dib-bits here and there ( counted three) but nothing to complain about. I'll have my glass guy fix that up.





Upon inspection I found a dip in the bumper caused by the shipper. I didn't notice it first, but I suspect it was a weak spot where a air bubble was created and it gave way when pressure was applied. Like I said, nothing that my glass guy can't fix. You'd be a moron to expect the part to be 100% perfect.


The dip or crack isn't present on the back side so no doubt it was a weak spot in front.


The backside is nice and evenly coated.


Over-all, the bumper is all-good. My only suggestion is to use bubble wrap on long hauls to the west. Otherwise, one or two transfers might be okay, but in my case it was nearly 5-bus exchanges.

[This message has been edited by madcurl (edited 06-17-2009).]

Good post. Thanks for the pics. I have a set of JimmyS bumper. Very nice quality.

That dip/spot on the front bumper is caused by the fiberglass not getting pushed all the way into the corner up against the gelcoat. A body guy, prepping a new fiberglass part for paint, knows to check all the sharp edges for voids. Just use the handle of a screwdriver and tap along all the sharp edges. If there are any voids, the gelcoat will break. The gelcoat is similar to an eggshell and it can be broken (if there is a void between it and the fiberglass) just like an eggshell. A little bit of bondo in that area is all that is needed to fix the spot.

How come this thread is not in the construction zone ??

We need to get this puppy moved. Cliff ??

quote Originally posted by exoticse: How come this thread is not in the construction zone ??

Probably because only the last 1.5 pages are posts made in the past 6 months. Page 14: posts are from 2007, page 15: posts are from 2009. That's a huge gap. But Since I can see this project is now very active again, I'll move it to TCZ.