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Old Aug 3, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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POR painted on front half of the floor,


Anybody know where to find a roller for squishing down the dynamat??? Eastwoods is a piece of junk,
I made one with a small paint roller and large diameter dowel rod....
Also, use a heat gun on low to help the dyna mat lay out...helps a lot.
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Old Aug 3, 2012 | 06:22 PM
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Great idea!!!!!!!
Thanks didn't really think about it!!!
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Old Aug 4, 2012 | 12:46 PM
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Bought dowel, and a small roller, should work well,
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Old Aug 4, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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POR15ed the front half,





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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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Painted the rest of the floor, prefitted the passenger seat, and started laying Dynamat on the tunnel, under the pass seat, and the toe board of the drivers side,

Need a couple longer bolts for the seats, finish the Dynamat, install the seats, start wiring up the fuel pumps,

Got a line on a 6.0 w/4L80E from a 2001 truck, iron block and heads, but complete,
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 10:52 AM
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Seats are prefitted, layed down more dynamat, mounted the drivers seat,



dynamat daynamat, then shifter mounts



Found out that my friend opened her Upholstery shop back up, now I can get the rear seat to match the front pattern.
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 10:56 AM
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my home made roller!

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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 12:50 PM
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little more progress done, not much, new job is making me tired!!!
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I'm glad that you found new employment, Steve!
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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 12:27 PM
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nice work. I'm going to be doing some similar work in the near future. once I get the brackets for my 3-pt belts welded in, the front seats are coming out and I'm going to weld up all the holes I've drilled in the floorpan over the years and lay down some POR-15 and dynamat knock-off.

FYI, Procar sells the fabric to cover the rear seat like the fronts.
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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 05:14 PM
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I'm glad that you found new employment, Steve!
me too, well sort of, not really doing what I want to, but it's a pay check, and the bennies are cheap!
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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by hookemdevils22
nice work. I'm going to be doing some similar work in the near future. once I get the brackets for my 3-pt belts welded in, the front seats are coming out and I'm going to weld up all the holes I've drilled in the floorpan over the years and lay down some POR-15 and dynamat knock-off.

FYI, Procar sells the fabric to cover the rear seat like the fronts.
Scat selling the other material, now that I didnt know!! what 3 points are you running, might put them in now!!!!


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Old Oct 29, 2012 | 10:33 PM
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I found a set from a 98 Dodge Neon in the junkyard (pics here). frojoe designed the drop bracket (here's a post of his setup using 240sx belts). The Neon retractor bracket is straight, whereas the 240sx is bent, so I had to put the nut toward the inside of the car and will have to cut the panels to clear. He was able to weld the nut toward the outside of the car, though my setup is stronger.

I also pulled the center console from the Neon, so I'll be bolting that in shortly (like so).
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 10:27 AM
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I'll have to look in to it, also grabbing the neon console, saw it in one of the mags,
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Originally Posted by hookemdevils22
I found a set from a 98 Dodge Neon in the junkyard (pics here). frojoe designed the drop bracket (here's a post of his setup using 240sx belts). The Neon retractor bracket is straight, whereas the 240sx is bent, so I had to put the nut toward the inside of the car and will have to cut the panels to clear. He was able to weld the nut toward the outside of the car, though my setup is stronger.

I also pulled the center console from the Neon, so I'll be bolting that in shortly (like so).
I was looking at the pics, the metal bracket bolted to the headliner, anybody have some dimensions for that?? going next week to the J/Y!!!!
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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 10:17 AM
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Seat belt drop bracket dimensions (in pdf form), copyright 2012 Frojoe
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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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thank you!!!!
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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 09:09 PM
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I know you probably don't need it anymore, but for anyone else that needs a roller, I bought a countertop laminate roller at Lowe's and it works awesome and heavy duty. about $12. roller is about 1" diameter solid with heavy built handle.
Love the car.
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Old Nov 6, 2012 | 02:14 PM
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Post some pics, I went to both big box stores, got huh, and we got fiberglass rollers, like $30 bucks, thanks for the info!!
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