Front end mod-will it hurt cooling????
03-23-2004, 03:34 PM
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She paid me the BEST compliment ever.
I thought the best compliment was when she helped you finish your hood in the house so the paint would be ready for SITM 2003.
03-23-2004, 03:39 PM
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Chris - Considering your workplace, I hope your making your parts from Titanium and Beryllium!
03-23-2004, 03:56 PM
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you are doing this to an 89 GT.............?????
My upgrades are more along the lines of the Pam Anderson "features". You are doing a "Cher" version..........or is it Michael Jackson.......
My upgrades are more along the lines of the Pam Anderson "features". You are doing a "Cher" version..........or is it Michael Jackson.......
03-23-2004, 08:21 PM
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Gretch, you got it my man. An '89 GT being hacked apart!!!!!! It scared me at first, but once the die grinder had gone through the first peice, I realized that it was too late to turn back. It actually should look pretty tastefull when complete, other than I am going with a sharks mouth paintjob on the mesh. It actually looks good right now with nothing there!!!!! Pics to follow in a few minutes, once I get them downloaded.
03-23-2004, 09:23 PM
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Hmm, lookin at those wire mesh grills got me thinking... how necessary are the brake ducts in the front of the car?
Would removing them and placing a mesh grill in those areas and mesh grill in the middle instead of the aluminum gills look funky? Also, wonder how it would effect cooling...
Would removing them and placing a mesh grill in those areas and mesh grill in the middle instead of the aluminum gills look funky? Also, wonder how it would effect cooling...
03-23-2004, 10:00 PM
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OK, here is a full frontal shot with everything removed,smoothed, blended, etc...., but obviously no mesh yet.
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03-23-2004, 10:02 PM
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SOrry about the size of these, but I'm in a rush, and don't have time to resize right now. Here is a longer distance shot of the front.
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03-23-2004, 10:04 PM
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Here is some of the removed parts. Some were already at the bottom of the trash, and I wasn't going digging. It's at least 10 pounds.
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03-23-2004, 10:06 PM
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I gotta See this with the mesh. As I said, I was going to do this, and my bumper cover is off the car.
03-23-2004, 10:06 PM
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Here is a closer pic of the opening. In it you can see why I had to make a filler between the spoiler and the frame. The frame was like a mini air dam, and I wanted to smooth the transition.
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03-23-2004, 10:10 PM
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Here is a side shot showing how much repair I had to do to the sides, because of all the broken/missing plastic.
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03-23-2004, 10:13 PM
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Here is the rod I installed to add structural stability toi the center of the bumper. It goes between the mount for the flap motor and the (former) center mount for the 2 lower slats.
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