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Is that fiberglass? Any worries about the it cracking since the bumper is very flexible? It will definitely give your car a distictive look!
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Ahh, that will work great then. You could put a bracket on the back since the stock fog lights attached in there. Nice job!
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I’ve been sick all week, house bound Thursday and Friday. I’m finally feeling better today so I spend a couple hours out in the garage. Since I’m painting the engine bay and my aero stuff I wanted to make sure I wouldn’t f it up by starting anything new after it's painted. So the last mod I’m going to make this winter is to chop off the very front end of the car to clean things up and to my surprise lose a substantial amount of weight. I researched some DSMtuner threads on doing this, I also came across a link of John’s Gallant project. One guy reported 25-30 lbs max, however he didn’t weight anything. Here is the thread:
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/custom-fabrication/438805-tubed-front-end-ffm.html I weigh everything I take out to see where I’m at. The following stuff in the pic weighed 62.5 pounds!!! http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...119_130512.jpg I purchased a Woodward tube bender yesterday and I’m excited to try it out on this project. I’m guessing I’ll add about 10-12 pounds back in. This car is going to be fun this season!! Before: http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...119_092240.jpg After: http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...119_125150.jpg |
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Man always good work in this thread. Of I don't make it out with a car I gotta at least come see this run.
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Crazy!!
Did you see john wigger's car? He chopped the front of his car off too! |
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Holy shit.
I hate to ask this since maybe it's too late, but how do you make sure that the chassis stays straight while you're welding in the new parts? Shouldn't there be some temporary crossmembers welded in or something? |
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What could have twisted? He hasn't welded anything in yet if your talking about the front end chop.
Also he has the tube trans mount in place but I still don't see how anything can twist? |
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So the rear bumper delete you did much earlier is it the same style/ design as in the 'tooners thread? Massive weight loss FTW very nicely done!
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Very nice Mark!!
Big brass balls you have taking on a project like this, I like it! |
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crazy every time i read this thread your dropping 30 pounds
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Can you come and chop my car up please?
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This is the first time I've really paged through your build thread. Your car is flipping amazing! |
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I would have to look back at the numbers. I think I cut out 60lbs, then after rebuilding a total loss of 43lbs sounds right. I cut the "frame" back to the k member mount and all the inner fender and strut mounts. I did that to make room for everything and to pull the front end off for fixing.
Looks good. ~John |
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Mark, I was browsing through some weight loss threads and found a guy that did this. The plate is made of corrugated plastic and covered with suede, so it weighs next to nothing, but still looks nice and you won't be cutting yourself on a hacked up door. He has fixed lexan window as well though, not sure what your plan was in the window department.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/atta...1&d=1358912377 http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/atta...1&d=1358912302 |
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^I like that a lot.
I like the bit of rope/string whatever for the door, wanted to do that since I saw it in the old GT3 porsche. |
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those doors look clean and functional, all you need imo, maybe if you wanted some hand crank windows
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lol @ no cage and doors gutted on that car.
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