JasonFL Posted March 10, 2012 Author Posted March 10, 2012 I painted the air cleaner to match the rims (black on the outside, chrome center). I also painted the valve cover ribs lime ice to match the lime ice ribs on the side of the car.
plasticfrog Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 Awesome build...where did you get the 20 in. steelies from?
JasonFL Posted March 10, 2012 Author Posted March 10, 2012 Hi Jason, it's looking good so far. I like the color combo you picked. If I could make a suggestions, I think some foil along the side trim would go a long way to make this build even better, but you did do a pretty good job painting it. What did you do to get the front so low? I know there's a lowered front end option- I've got the same kit and have played around with it a little, but it didn't seem to get it as low as yours is. I'd like to get mine down close to that low as well. Keep up the good work! Thanks Ryan, the foiling is a great idea but it's something I didn't know about until I got on this forum. I'm going to definitely look into it for next projects. I actually took the bottom half of the front suspension and cut it up with my blade, then I took the big middle piece that looks like a skid plate and glue it in place. After that I just glued the lower/upper control arms in place to were I wanted them, after that I had to place the rotors in the right spot so the wheels would sit right (were I made my mistake, I placed them a tad to high) This is off my 69 camero but it's the same concept, hope this helps.
JasonFL Posted March 10, 2012 Author Posted March 10, 2012 You going to fix the crooked tires? Haha, you know I love camber, but this went a little more then I wanted. The pieces are already glued in there pretty good so I just painted it and learned my lesson for the next build. Awesome build...where did you get the 20 in. steelies from? Thanks, they came in the kit and I just taped the middle off and sprayed flat black.
JasonFL Posted March 10, 2012 Author Posted March 10, 2012 I done did it and got glue on the back window so my father in law had some 8+ yr old clinggy window tint so I used some of that to tint the back window on both sides to try and hide it. You still see it but it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb anymore.
JasonFL Posted March 10, 2012 Author Posted March 10, 2012 I wanted to do keep this build a little different so with the exhaust I also wanted to change the look of the frontend/hood. I had a few cool ideas but I think I'm going to stick with this one. In place of the chrome things I'm going to extend that round body line past the end of the hood with a spike that's going to match the opposite end of the hood. Hopefully giving it a more aggressive look. These are rough mock ups to give you an idea, almost done with the ones I'm putting on there
Ryan S. Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 Thanks for that. I see what you did in the example. Makes a lot of sense. I'll probably do something similar with mine to get it lower. The painted side trim will look better with the brushed metal bumpers, so good call going that route. Nice job with the exhaust too. Cool idea. Thanks Ryan, the foiling is a great idea but it's something I didn't know about until I got on this forum. I'm going to definitely look into it for next projects. I actually took the bottom half of the front suspension and cut it up with my blade, then I took the big middle piece that looks like a skid plate and glue it in place. After that I just glued the lower/upper control arms in place to were I wanted them, after that I had to place the rotors in the right spot so the wheels would sit right (were I made my mistake, I placed them a tad to high) This is off my 69 camero but it's the same concept, hope this helps.
JasonFL Posted March 31, 2012 Author Posted March 31, 2012 Spikes are different. I think I like them. Haha thanks. I had the final ones done but there was a little 4yr old visitor who wanted to play with it, needless to say I have to re-due the hood. I think the new spikes are going to look even better.
race06 Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 was kindda iffy at first wit dis build BUT I like your idears, rock on my friend. insparation always a good thing!
Dweb7321 Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 I love it, especially the stance. you can never go wrong with flat black and moon caps. that combo could make an AMC pacer look presentable
JasonFL Posted April 1, 2012 Author Posted April 1, 2012 Sanded the headlight bezels down so they will sit sunk in to the buckets instead of them sticking out.
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