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Old 01-18-2013, 02:53 PM
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My bum proudly sat in those seats meny times! No homo...

Sick build!
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so......beautiful. lmao yep one of your pics is my new back round ty and keep up the awesome build!
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I love the orange and blue, you should go all out with the "Gulf" theme.
Old 01-21-2013, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by red@9k
Awesome progress. Car looks great!
Originally Posted by _Gwapo2k
car look sick bro! winnipeg FTW!
Originally Posted by RecklesS2k
so......beautiful. lmao yep one of your pics is my new back round ty and keep up the awesome build!
Thanks guys! I appreciate it

Originally Posted by 204hatch
My bum proudly sat in those seats meny times! No homo... Sick build!
Haha Steven! Many long cruise nights. No homo lol

Originally Posted by Dressed2Kill
I love the orange and blue, you should go all out with the "Gulf" theme.
To an extend thats the plan. More to come once all my parts start arriving
Old 01-21-2013, 04:37 PM
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My dyno vid I found on my phone found from the fall.

http://vimeo.com/57277242
Old 06-03-2013, 06:47 AM
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Been a while since I've updated, so here we go.

Picked up my some new seats and steering wheel

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Old 06-03-2013, 06:52 AM
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After 6 months, my big brake kit finally came in [attachment=40004:ImageUploadedByTapatalk1370271071 .438816.jpg]

Installed all new bearing and ARP extended studs
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Old 06-03-2013, 06:59 AM
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My shine auto sports (asm rep) rear over fenders came in as well. So the fabricating began.

Outline of roughly where I wanted to sit.
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Cut out little of 2 inches on the outer quarter panel.
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Cut slits in the inner quarter panel and folded them up to met the outer panel
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Had a buddy of mine weld the two together.
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Old 06-03-2013, 07:05 AM
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Grinded down the welds
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These pics show how much room I actually have now.
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Installed the nutserts (didn't want to go with rivets, personal preference lol)
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Masked off, seam sealed, primed then under coated it to protect the once exposed metal
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Old 06-03-2013, 07:10 AM
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Test fit
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Will be adjusting the camber, and a 255/40 tire will be going on as well. The over fenders will get painted when the new spoiler comes in.
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