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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 02:51 AM
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Thats just sick! Those caliper mounts would look good painted silver

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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 05:28 AM
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Wow.....I ******* hate you




You've put alot of hard work into your car and it looks great. Congrats
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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 10:37 AM
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+ 2 on knowing what type of polish you used for the exhaust it looks simply amazing!!!
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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by SSmokin99
I have to do this! What is the blue stuff you used? What store did you buy it from?
Advance or Autozone. I will take a pic and post it up.
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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 08:00 AM
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With the underside 99% done, I have started on the paint. This weekend I am passing up on the rotory buffer and sticking to the Porter Cable to help things keep moving. Less mess I have to clean up, the quicker I can get it done. Will buff it out using only one product, Menzerna. I will buff it twice with the Intense, twice with the final, once with the finishing glaze. Then pull the car out for a wash, so I can get the vert top washed and protected. Then get the car up on 2x8's so I can adjust the a-arms. Then go from there. I may even apply the Menzerna FMJ at the show. That goes on by hand.



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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by DansRedz28
Thats just sick! Those caliper mounts would look good painted silver
Probibly, but I like the Corvette calipers to really stand out. Thats why I leave the stock Corvette brakets like they came. They are like a flat black and have holded up pretty well.
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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 08:09 AM
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Remove the stickers from you stainless braided brake lines and your driver side window

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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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Looks good man.. Where did you get the polished air dam?
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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Well, its FINALLY off the stands and I could only get the allignment close, as I could not get the steering shafts to even budge. I will leave that up to the professionals I guess.

Still so much more to do, but with a little over a week left till we leave for the Winternatioanls in Florida, its now down to the important stuff and the plans are to load it in the trailer next Sunday and be out of here early Tues. We can't wait.

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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:37 PM
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By the way guys, I use Blue Magic metal polish and a rotory buffer to get the exhaust polished up. I finally remembered to look at what I use.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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nice car
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:47 PM
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Halo's and tint would look killer!
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Brian2001SS
By the way guys, I use Blue Magic metal polish and a rotory buffer to get the exhaust polished up. I finally remembered to look at what I use.
Blue Magic works great, I used it to polish my dad's tractor wheels and tanks.
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 08:34 AM
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Wow that is just awesome man... makes me wish i never undercoated my car. which i did because it spends 99% of the time in my garage and its not heated or insulated so metal tends to sweat and rust. motor and tranny and exhaust have been removed for my forged motor rebuild. I would love to do this and would like to know how much would a cheap sand blaster run me? is the sand refill expensive? other then scraping with a putty knife i'm not sure what other way i could remove the undercoating. wish my garage was heated.... i want to sand/polish my CME tips so they look like yours or chrome them. good luck at the show!
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 08:58 AM
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Do you have a grille for the car? An SLP grille would look very nice!
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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[QUOTE=Brian2001SS;8465357]Thanks guys. Installed the a-arms tonight. Has any of you installed tubular a-arms? If so, I got a question for ya. PM

i was gona ask you the same thing as i have installed mine and was gonna ask you how you lined yours up?

i layed them next to the stockers and measured them out and tried to get them as close as i could did the same with the uppers but my steering is a little but i have coil overs on the front that i havent set completely up yet (i need to do that but ive been busy trying to get the engine running)

how did you do yours??
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Black8Banger
Do you have a grille for the car? An SLP grille would look very nice!
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Mtown
Halo's and tint would look killer!
I agree. But its only driven when the top and windows can be down. So nobody would see my tint.
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 94blownz281
Wow that is just awesome man... makes me wish i never undercoated my car. which i did because it spends 99% of the time in my garage and its not heated or insulated so metal tends to sweat and rust. motor and tranny and exhaust have been removed for my forged motor rebuild. I would love to do this and would like to know how much would a cheap sand blaster run me? is the sand refill expensive? other then scraping with a putty knife i'm not sure what other way i could remove the undercoating. wish my garage was heated.... i want to sand/polish my CME tips so they look like yours or chrome them. good luck at the show!
Head over to Sears and get a sand blaster. The sand is very cheap as well. Only bad thing is sand goes everywhere!!!! Good luck. Now is the time to get it done, with that much stuff out of the car.
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Black8Banger
Do you have a grille for the car? An SLP grille would look very nice!
Yes, I have two. I ordered red with the SLP grille, but removed it since I did not want it to get damaged. Now it has a billet grille that I remove when I work on the car and wash it to keep those water spots from forming.
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