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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 09:46 PM
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I wish the paint on the body of mine looked that good . Nice job OP
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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Removed all the tape and paper tonight. Put tank back in and hooked back up. Got new transmission crossmember installed. Next will be to polish exhaust back up and touch up the heat shields and install. Would like to get fab 9 installed this weekend.

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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 08:28 PM
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Looks awesome! I have the drivetrain out of mine and have asked a couple of people about painting my undercarriage and always get a stupid look.

Where are your jack stands supporting the car while you painted? Any advice you could give for someone else planning to do this? Brand of paint?
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 09:22 PM
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Good work man. I really want to do the same to my car, but it wont be nearly as nice lol. Yours looks super clean.
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by kkslds
Looks awesome! I have the drivetrain out of mine and have asked a couple of people about painting my undercarriage and always get a stupid look.

Where are your jack stands supporting the car while you painted? Any advice you could give for someone else planning to do this? Brand of paint?
I have two jack stands under the k member up front, two more resting on the bolt at the lower control arm locations, and the final two at the very rear where the exhaust hangers are just for additional safety.

Find a smaller body shop, one that does more custom work and might have a rotisserie. They have usually been on their back before with a sprayer. My guy has only done one more like mine, but with times slow, he had no problem jumping right on it.
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 06:15 PM
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Put more stuff back in tonight. Goal is to get fab 9 up in there this weekend.

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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 06:42 PM
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Beautiful! That shiney GMMG looks badass as well!
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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Beautiful! That shiney GMMG looks badass as well!
Thanks mac.
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 07:16 PM
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Looks killer Brian. That GMMG exhaust does look great with that painted under carriage. Keep up the good work.
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 07:35 PM
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Thanks guys. The wheels are waiting patiently in the living room too. The wife has been very understanding so far. Lol
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 11:23 AM
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Wow this keeps looking better and better! you better bring some mirrors with you to some car shows and youll be taking the biggest trophy home!
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 05:03 PM
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Wow. Just, wow. I've stripped everything from under my car as well, so I can appreciate how much time that took you. And that shiny exhaust against the red is just dead sexy.
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 06:19 PM
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My daughter, who helped me with all the mods, helped me get the rear in position. The wife helped some to. Depending on work tomorrow, hope to bolt it in.
The helm joints on the tq arm have me puzzled. I may have to call MWC and ask a few questions. In order to bolt it up I had to unscrew both joints almost all the way out. You can see in one of the pictures how far it's out.


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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 01:49 PM
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In the mean time, I installed the front coil overs and test fitted a wheel, which need some inner fender massaging to clear. No surprise there. Also need to drop the coil over down to get the body closer to the tire.



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^^^^
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Good. God. Awesome man.
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 07:23 AM
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Ahhhh skeet skeet skeet
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 07:30 AM
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I don't really understand the draw to have the underbody body color, seems like it should be black, like tires... They're supposed to be black, as to not draw attention to the bottom of the car... Then you use light colors on your suspension and drive train to increase contrast.
Looks like you did it right, I just dont understand it..

I re-did my underbody in rubberized undercoating to protection it from salt in the winter, help with NVH, and increase contrast to the other stuff down there.
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 04:40 PM
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Looks amazing, nice job
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