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Project OVRKILL: The BLING Phase!!!

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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 11:47 AM
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reminds me of my car, except i drive mine
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 11:32 AM
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Is it done yet???
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 03:13 PM
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reminds me of my car, except i drive mine
you're killin me Ben

Originally Posted by flash911
Is it done yet???
uh, no.....

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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 03:21 PM
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hurry up alreadyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by LPE 403
Interesting twist. I did not expect you to go the "Pac-Man parade float" route. Still, based on the level of painstaking perfection and detail you've put into each of your preceeding mods, I'm sure this will be the hottest 4th gen-based Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde tribute car ever!

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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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$10 says its for sale the instant the first bug splatters on the windshield
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000_SS
$10 says its for sale the instant the first bug splatters on the windshield
To put your wife through a build like this and then try and sell it...IDK if even brent could pull that off.
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Old Mar 29, 2012 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by eb110americana
Interesting twist. I did not expect you to go the "Pac-Man parade float" route. Still, based on the level of painstaking perfection and detail you've put into each of your preceeding mods, I'm sure this will be the hottest 4th gen-based Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde tribute car ever!


Tweaking the cowl a little to clear the intake...



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Old Mar 29, 2012 | 07:43 PM
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Will you get to retain the wipers? I know your intake was significantly taller than mine.

Looks great.
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Will you get to retain the wipers? I know your intake was significantly taller than mine.

Looks great.
Driver yes. Passenger, not so much. Removing the tray buys me about an 1" -1 1/4". Still may have to shim the K slightly, but not much if at all.
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Driver yes. Passenger, not so much. Removing the tray buys me about an 1" -1 1/4". Still may have to shim the K slightly, but not much if at all.
I try not to go out in the rain, but it happens.

I noticed you skipped the brace on the diff. With your power I'd have thought you would have opted for it.
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I noticed you skipped the brace on the diff. With your power I'd have thought you would have opted for it.
I asked MWC about it cuz I was on the fence. Because this will be 99.9% street, brace was not necessary in their opinion.
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Old Mar 29, 2012 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by LPE 403
Driver yes. Passenger, not so much. Removing the tray buys me about an 1" -1 1/4". Still may have to shim the K slightly, but not much if at all.
I wonder if you can create a mirror of the driver's side arm so that it could mount on the passenger side, away from center. You could theoretically scavenge parts from an old Trans Sport/Lumina APV/Silhouette which had opposing wiper blades like I am describing. That is, if you want 2 blades. If not, you can also use Rain-X, but it only works well at high speeds and needs to be reapplied frequently.
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Windsheild wipers are overrated anyways. The car looks good.
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I had to shim my k-member 1/8 inch for my Holley high ram intake.
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Great build!!!
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by The Alchemist
Windsheild wipers are overrated anyways. The car looks good.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by Stangkilr
I had to shim my k-member 1/8 inch for my Holley high ram intake.
You murdered your cowl though didn't you? Those Holley's are HUGE! Once this gets back together, it'll appear stock in almost every way with a few subtle changes only seen when the hood is up.....stock SS hood too

Of course, that's the plan

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Great build!!!
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Old Apr 2, 2012 | 07:19 PM
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Fun with shiney stuff this eve!



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Old Apr 2, 2012 | 07:21 PM
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Awesome!
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Old Apr 2, 2012 | 07:54 PM
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Geez all those nice shiney parts and you couldn't even get new power steering lines.. way to cheap out Brent.. so disappointed.. pffft.. lol

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