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Old 06-28-2009, 09:59 PM
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Ohhh and finished modifying the inserts for the new bumper...





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those vents look mean.
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awesome Greg, cant wait to see it on the car
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Those vents look kinda 09ish, you tryin to get on my swag, brah?
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Great... now I got that song in my head again.... dammit!
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damn your stuff is sick.... and your an industrial designer. i had figured.. i started going to school for that but it was not for me and the school was wayyyyy to expensive.. i finally subscribed to this. i want to see how it all turns out
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I want that spoiler addition. Should I wait to get my GTO wing painted?
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Once its done I will try to figure out the best way to make replicas...
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Those bumper vent inserts definately have my attention.
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yea i just want to get in on this so i know when the thread updates...nice
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hey man these look awsome on your new bumper

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Originally Posted by EMart11b
Those vents look kinda 09ish, you tryin to get on my swag, brah?
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those are super sexy
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ALright heres an update on the lip, I still have to snap some pics of where it is now bt the home stretch is in view,,,

So the las ttime we left off with me building up hieght out of styrene, it had a pretty major wrinkle in it so I cut that out and replaced it,,,



My timplate for the crvature of the rise,,,












New piece less of a wrinkle,,,


filler...
















Now just to resolve the corners of the rise, then hollow out the bottom alittle for the tape,,,
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i cant wait to see the final product
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that looks like it will look good
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What are the chances of you reproducing this for me?
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thats a tough question to answer,, this is one of the hardest things Ive built, suprisingly, the size and length made it extremely difficult to keep consistant,,, Its still not perfect and once it is Ill figure out how to reproduce, it will most likely need construction a a silicon mold then Ill have to figure out what material the pour will be I was thinking a very stiff durometer rubber that way fitment would always be perfect and maintain its shape as well,,,
but our vaccumm injectoin machine's tray isnt wide enough so it may be some kind of resin,,,
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Well, I want dibs on the first reproduction!!
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I hope to see final pics of the car soon! this has been one of the best projects to try and keep tabs on!
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i think you should get back to the side vents, im pumped to see how those come out way more than the lip..great work
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great thread, and great efforts!
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Originally Posted by shakeyourbrakes
i think you should get back to the side vents, im pumped to see how those come out way more than the lip..great work
yeah I know, Ive been stalling on those because there are some materials Ive never used before. Once I lay them in glass the tricky part will be bonding the glass to the aluminum fender. There are three materials that I have researched that I have yet to use and have no experience with that can do this, one by 3M, one called VetteBond used to bond glass fenders to sheetmetal on Vettes, and another one that doesnt have as nice a rep,,,

Ill get on it soon,,,
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looking goood so far greg! Any chance you will have this finished for the pa sushi meet?


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