They are coming out a little uneven on the curve to the second pic. But they look alright in my opinion.

BTW: I Think these Honda kits out here are wantabe SkyLines

 

Ur right about it looking uneven.

Btw, it's not a honda kit.

 

just make them alot smaller, have them wrap around to create a grille opening 1/2 inch out from the headlights. it's looking very good, i'm impressed


unless you wanna make the grille bmw like, like maximagirl's 4th gen. but you need to weld it to the hood, no glassin there................

 

Woah, lookin good so far. is it me or do I seem a little bit of Audi resemblance on the 3rd/bottom picture?

 

please dont tell me your dash is white.

 

Currently yes...... My taste as delopeved since then. It was one of the first things I did. The whole interior was flat white. Came out real clean. PITA the drive without polorized sun glasses!

After I get the outside done. Everything everything inside weill get glassed, the door panels are going to be completely shaved. I'm not even using the old door panels for anything. Dash any center console will be reshaped a little. Then painted probubly a gun metal.

Right now the inside is mostly stripped and painted flat black.

 

ya know, i was contemplating passing on the 3rd gen body mod crown to you until i saw the dash.........................................

 

Hey, Goon:

You gonna have that car ready for Maxus in June?

 

bah forget Shaved ...keep it molded but you have to mold the rear as well so its nice and smooth across the entire side. It will be pita if you ever have an accident though.

 

looks pretty damn good, can't wait to see it finished.

 

i really like the front end, it looks a 1000x better than stock

 

i had my rear shaved when i had my gs300 lights, it kept cracking. no way to make it look factory and get the glass thick enough that it wouldnt.

whatta long road it's been to come full circle, lol.

 

Made some progress, I'll have pics up later.
Gotta take another break on the body. Gotta change the input bearing. FUN!

Thanks for the compliments.

One thing I learned so far. EVERCOAT body filler OWNS. Better than bondo brand at a 1/3 of the price.

 

I already have a 1/4 of glass on mine...

 

eek.. how much weight are you adding under the guise of looking fast?

the work looks pretty good though. not my style, but I applaude the commitment to the cause and actually following through with something.

 

yeah I know but it would look cool if you could keep it from cracking.

 

I'm not sure on exact pounds... I know the body kit wasn't any more than 20 pounds. The extra glass.. I coulnd't say. I've cut alot of metal including the spare wheel well to help with the weight. No carpet or sound deading, it's a little loud in it.

 

yeah i agree, but i like the functionality of being able to take off a bumper or a side skirt if i needed to do any work.

oh and goon, stopped using bondo awhile back. i use the cheap evercoat, liteweight, it flows pretty good, not as good as rage, but its also not that expensive. i hope someone told you to use a finishing glaze on top. it makes the finish work alot easier. easier to spread, easier to sand, lot more money, 15-20 bucks for a quart, but you're just using a small ammt at the end. i use icing from usc, but evercoat makes metalglaze. it's 30 bucks for 30 ounces in eastwood, ouch!

 

I thought the extra money for glaze was a little much. Even after I think I have the filler perfect, I skin on somemore to get it Real smooth. The rattle can high build primer seems to fill the imperfections well. I may try the glaze... We'll see how tranny situation goes.

 

old school guys use polyester resin ( 'glass resin)in the bondo to make it smooth. never tried it. supposedly works good, but makes the top coat gummy so it's tougher to sand at first

 

I have used it and it works great except I used something called plastic honey which is the same thing but is marketed for fillers instead of just buying resin. It didnt make my top coat gummy though...sanded very well for me.


my favorite finishing putty is 3M parihna putty but the evercoat easy sand is very good as well.

 

Oh yeah I know.
It was an unrelated idea that just came up to me.

 

any updates?

 

Sorry not yet.

I had to take a break to-

-Rebuild a Ve trans
-stage 1 clutch
-light flywheel
-replace rack and pinion
-replace axles, hubs
-replace tire
-replace oil pan
-replace WHOLE interior

and now the cold weather is stopping me. I dont' want to lay on glass and have it cure spring time!

Thanks for the interest.

 

spot light and extra hardener are your friends

oh and goldie is now cruisin in the sky..................................

 

nice work, coming along. should be sweet when its done. evercoat is the ****. i use it.

 

possilbly after the holidays. O! I bought a hobart mig! And an auto shade hood. So... I'm considery removing the 'pillars' out of the bumper, and extenting the hood down like you mentioned. Got any examples other maximagirls?

 

not on a maxima, but i wouldnt wrap it around, just have both ends dip down like they do now(kinda like vampire teeth) and have the grille fill in between. i think that would be easier.

which hobart did you get? i have a 120. its at least 5 years old cause i bought it used, but still runs good. if i pupgrade i'm buying a 220 machine to do heavy gauge stuff.

 

It's a 120, it's good up to 3/16's.

+The 'viper teeth' sounds like the way to go.

 

i used it for the abortion that killed goldie, that was 3/16 and 1/4 inch plate. it does work, but at a 20% duty cycle you have to be carefull not to overheat it. pretty much for every 2 minutes working it had to be 8 minutes cooling.

 

any updates?

 

WOW. it's been almost a year since i posted here. tim how ya making along brotha? btw, my wife had a girl. how's yours doing?

 

Hey congrats! Been doing alright, my girl is around 3 months now.... The do grow fast!

ustfdes: No real updates, minor stuff yesterday, Maybe this even I'll have something. Making some brackets I don't know if you seen them yet

 

goon brackets = ownage, send pics ;x

almost daily i look at the um......secret bracket....and go, "wow....that's nice."






almost posted without censoring the rest of the picture ;X would have been interesting.

 

Well the plan today was to cut a new line in the bumper to fender. But here's some pics anyway.

 

Your car looks funny

 

those wheels look wide as hell son

 

Goon, what wheels are those? Can you get a few more side shots of the car?

 

i always wondered how you'd remove your bumper/fenders. i figured you'd need 3 people to remove it. this way makes a lot more sense, and will look better, too.

 

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