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Old 07-27-2016, 10:03 PM
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Default Bringin' sexy back - did you say aluminum?

Thought you guys might like these all aluminum bumpers... Freddie and his buddy Tony doing amazing work on the Rektor project... ready for paint soon! Motor is a 3.8L from Jeff at Rothsport. Wheels are Rotiform Fuchs. Final stance will be a smidge lower.

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Old 07-27-2016, 10:58 PM
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nice!

now let's see the carbon fiber engine console
Old 07-28-2016, 12:06 AM
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Cool project, awesome bumper!
Old 07-28-2016, 09:53 AM
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Very cool. What model year is the car?
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very Cool - Nice touch with the GT3 style center exhaust tips. What color will you paint your car?
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Thanks guys!

Color will be a medium grey (not too dark, not too light)... plus matte orange stripes
Car is a 1974 but we backdated the look, and also did a ton of reinforcements on the chassis

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Luv the clean look and agree with other post the center exhaust works well.
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I have to ask - why Al instead of CF or FG? Is it a formability issue?
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oh wow
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