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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 06:10 PM
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Nice! What products are you using for the undercoating, if you don't mind me asking?

I wish Por15 wasn't so pricey! That will probably be what I'll use this winter.
Sorry i forgot to respond haha, right now I'm just using some Rustoleum undercoating, because there is no rust in the spots i'm doing now, it's all clean. I will be grinding down the rust spots and covering it with Gemplers, it's a pretty well known liquid in the tooling business and stuff that converts rust to a black solid, it works great and I love it.

You can find it here:

GEMPLER'S ® Rust Converter One Gallon - GEMPLER'S

They have it in smaller sizes too, I have a quart and it would cover more than my whole underbody.

Only update I have now is that my front end got plastered with bugs lol



I have some parts coming in and my highsport is going to get work done on it really soon

I'll post as I update
 
Old Aug 13, 2012 | 10:22 PM
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Small update!

Bigger things coming soon!

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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 10:40 PM
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I like that......wonder if I can swap an SS or LTZ like that into my car, that is if that's what are in them? Looks nice......
 
Old Aug 13, 2012 | 10:57 PM
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Took me a while to figure this one out I kept looking at the sub and being like 'nothing changed at all' lol!

It cleans things up though
 
Old Aug 13, 2012 | 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by monte carlo 3831
I like that......wonder if I can swap an SS or LTZ like that into my car, that is if that's what are in them? Looks nice......
It should be direct fit, you may need to cut the carpet a bit though

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Took me a while to figure this one out I kept looking at the sub and being like 'nothing changed at all' lol!

It cleans things up though
haha my bad, I forgot to post what I actually did it's so subtle it's hard to see
 
Old Aug 16, 2012 | 09:10 PM
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Finally got these So excited.

Here they are out of the box, a little messy, not the greatest shape.







After Wetsanding



After a little work and buffing. They still need more work, going to buff and try to clean the inside a bit.




This is on the inside, going to try and get something in there to clean it, don't want to be pulling these bad boys apart haha

 

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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 12:50 PM
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Hey guys, some updates on the headlights....

Theres some cleaning that needs to be done on the inside and I'm going to spray the chrome reflectors, not the corners though

Some simple sanding and buffing, got 800 grit now then working up to 2000, these things should look brand new!




Baking them apart



Finally apart, that was hot and that was rough haa



These will be getting painted soon, completely polished and everything and then get resealed correctly and better than original.
 
Old Aug 20, 2012 | 09:19 PM
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You should do a retrofit for all the work you are putting into them.
 
Old Aug 20, 2012 | 10:24 PM
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I'm considering it, depends on how the light output turns out, I'm going all black. I'm not sure if I want to cut into the housings a whole lot, but we'll decide on that in a bit lol

Here's some updates:





That one hasn't been cleared yet and the lens isn't put on.

The lens need a good wetsanding... 800-1000-1500-3000 before they're going to be where I want them. I'd like them to literally look new, so it's going to take some work.

These should hopefully be done in the next couple of days
 
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As many of you know, this retrofit was partly finished and sold due to lack of money. Thought I would update you all with the current standing.

I have the car being pretty much stock minus: intake, exhaust, tune, tint, headunit, painted wheels.

I plan to check the car in the summer for rust, if there is none it's getting wheels and tires, full detail, color matched stock ground effects, new belt tensioner, ps pulley, homemade roof rails.

Due to bad vision at night, I have the following in the mail:




Lows and fogs. The fogs probably won't have much for output but they'll hopefully match the HIDs. The HIDs are 6000k, so a hint of blue.

Hoping to just clean the car up and run a summer and winter set of tires with two good looking sets of wheels.

I also plan to be a bit more active around here.

As for getting a new car..... well we'll just wait a bit for that, some bigger things on the plate.
 



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