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Old 06-01-2018, 09:32 AM
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down to the home stretch of this phase of the project. been busy lately but managed to finish up the sanding on the bumper and doors. Threw some paint on last night and will wet sand and clear coat tonight.


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Looks great!....But why did you not remove the handles?
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Originally Posted by lowpue
Looks great!....But why did you not remove the handles?
..... um .. i dont know lol i taped it off and it seemed to work ok

ok so lots of pics to share tonight. the exterior is mostly done other than some cleaning up and small odds and ends. which i will update when i get more done. i will also update when i get the interior all back together sense i've done a few custom things in there as well.






























Old 06-04-2018, 11:26 PM
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Great job. You have amazing skills brother! I have a car that's your car's twin!

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I love it! However I don't think your wheel style is right for your build. I would go with a flatter silver, something concave in 19". Maybe non-matching color for the brakes? Congrats on getting it to this point!

With that setup you have to get some coilovers and get the right height perfect. Can't wait to see what's next for you.

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while I can't say the styling is quite my taste, your skills are pretty incredible. nice job.
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Originally Posted by Kalashnikov
Great job. You have amazing skills brother! I have a car that's your car's twin!

thank you kind sir im super excited to start driving it again. I still have more to share on this thread but wow what a relief getting to this point
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Originally Posted by e90steve
I love it! However I don't think your wheel style is right for your build. I would go with a flatter silver, something concave in 19". Maybe non-matching color for the brakes? Congrats on getting it to this point!

With that setup you have to get some coilovers and get the right height perfect. Can't wait to see what's next for you.

the rims are going to get powder coated. I did go with coil overs( HSD ) i am going to look into lowering it... iv never lowered a car so i am going to ask the wheel shop tomorrow on what needs to be done.

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Originally Posted by joseph mitro
while I can't say the styling is quite my taste, your skills are pretty incredible. nice job.
Thanks

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Old 06-05-2018, 12:27 AM
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Incredible! I envy your skills and perseverance.
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Looking good! With the coilovers, you should be able to get the stance just right. Take it to a good suspension shop and have it setup and corner balanced... Great job. All you need to do now is get custom license plates :KERMIT:
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The taco wing looks really cool on the widebody. Great work on the flares, too!
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That is helluva build....Congrats!!! I love the rear shot....my favorite. Can't wait for the engine project now.
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Superb job. I like everything I see here.
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Awesome job. Really impressed what you were able to accomplish in your garage.
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Super impressive work man. I love the subtlety of it all. Sure, there's nothing subtle about that car, but to those outside of the know, they would think it's stock (save maybe the wheels). The roof scoop, front and rear bumpers, side skirts all look well designed, constructed and fitted. Top work and can't wait to see more.

And given it's your build, far it be it for me to make suggestions, but i do hope you powdercoat the wheels black w/ a green time attack as i suggested about 13 pages ago, lol. That would really show off the rotor/caliper and tie together the blacked out look of the headlights and door mirror trim. This thing looks like a 996 GT3 RS (had they made one), so black wheels certainly fit the bill.


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