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Old 06-14-2009, 07:08 PM
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Default More Exterior Mods to the Dragon

Thy are not completed yet, but you can get a very good idea what they will look like when complete...
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2146367/9
Old 06-14-2009, 07:36 PM
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different, and looks cool. It really does remind me of a dragon from the front lol.
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The front bumper is wicked.
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Thumbs up Freaking awesome

Definitely awesome, way to stick out of the crowd, yet not flaming gay. Also, it has a purpose How many hours have you put into the redesign so far?
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I cannot even begin to guess the hours put in so far, it has just been about 3 years of garage tinkering. I'd guess a solid 2-3 weeks if I was working on it continuously for 10+ hours a day. It has about 3-4 weeks of work left to call it done.
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Don't those headlights run like $1,200?

It looks good. It will stand out.
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I did the headlight kit, I just bought the Hella 90mm and 60mm modules and made an aluminum mount and I still have to finish the housings. The modules were about $600-$700 for all 4 and bulbs (If I remember correctly it's been about 3 years since I bought them).
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That's awesome. It's going to look fantastic when it's finished. Definitely keep us updated.
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Originally Posted by GrnDragon
I did the headlight kit, I just bought the Hella 90mm and 60mm modules and made an aluminum mount and I still have to finish the housings. The modules were about $600-$700 for all 4 and bulbs (If I remember correctly it's been about 3 years since I bought them).
Does that inlcude HID? Or are they normal lights? I like your bumper, i like the whole car, always have. Do you have any pics of your gauges at night? Did you ever do the rear quarters? I wish you had actual build threads. Sweet though
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Looks great. You what did you use to do the sides and front bumper of your car? Fiberglass, bondo,....ect.
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Nice work, that FMIC looks great poking through there!
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All the body mods are fiberglass then glued and fiberglassed onto the car, and there is MINOR filler material used since it doesn't flex a well as the fiberglass and glue.
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This is the ONLY thing on your entire car I've been even skeptical about. The bottom half of the bumper just looks like it's lacking something. Have you though about doing a custom perhaps carbon splitter? I love Mark's (6LE) work, but just don't think that his splitters flow with the LT1 TA bumpers (Camaro's on the other hand look great).

If you could somehow custom make a carbon splitter for the front where it sits level and sticks out further then the top portion of the bumper I think it would look absolutely amazing. As it sits though it looks like there's something missing on the bottom half.

Either way your car is definitely an inspiration to taking custom beyond normal limits. Great job and bravo to the ingenuity and creativity!
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Do you have some pics of how the hella beams look at night? I've always played with the idea of deleting the flip ups as well.
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i like the headlights - you ever thought about trying to put a clear cover over them and possibly running a smooth finish kind of underneath them to hide the internals? - I like the orange and black 93 you guys built that color combo looks great - this car looks amazing but fbodys and high impact colors for me are iffy great car though!




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