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biff · May 16th, 2004, 05:09 PM

just a couple of pics to kick off the summer. hopefully be the end it will be a bit different.

let me know what you think.

LADY200 · May 16th, 2004, 05:58 PM

Lovely project car! Whats on the bottom of your front bumper??

biff · May 16th, 2004, 06:01 PM

here is a close up of the lip. (i am sure someone would have eventually asked for it.)

JAMESZ · May 16th, 2004, 07:43 PM

Did you use nails to put that on?

biff · May 16th, 2004, 08:28 PM

no nails.

i took a stick of aluminum angle and notched it so it would bend around the corners, and drilled holes through the bottom of the bumper and parts of the aluminum and bolted it up.

then i went back with the black poly stuff and drilled holes and riveted it to the aluminum.

i set the aluminum back a quarter of an inch from the front of the bumpers so the poly linear would mount up flush, and i cut it to contour the bottom of the bumper, yet be level on the ground side.

if it doesn't make since... just ask.

long story short... i think it looks better than the weather stripping, or lawn edging, i have seen screwed into the fron of the bumper.

it has been on there for about 6 months now without any problems.

OmegaManEX · May 16th, 2004, 08:40 PM

very nice car .. i wish i had that one

may i ask how you made the chrome trim around the windows black?

biff · May 16th, 2004, 09:01 PM

i was at auto zone one day and saw a special tape made to do exactly that... make chrome trim black.

it is an 1.5 to 2 inches wide i believe and has a backing that you need to peel off. it is a lot like vynal for graphics. an hour with the tape and exacto knife, and that is what i got.

costs about 5 or 6 bucks and has been on the car for about a year now.

even up close it looks really good. just make a template so you don't cover the same area more than once so it butts together, and doesn't overlap.

Slayer2003 · May 16th, 2004, 11:21 PM

nice, very clean, car.

also, like the addon fogs in the middle of the bumper, the trim, and, did i meantion clean looking?

JAMESZ · May 17th, 2004, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by biff

no nails.

i took a stick of aluminum angle and notched it so it would bend around the corners, and drilled holes through the bottom of the bumper and parts of the aluminum and bolted it up.

then i went back with the black poly stuff and drilled holes and riveted it to the aluminum.

i set the aluminum back a quarter of an inch from the front of the bumpers so the poly linear would mount up flush, and i cut it to contour the bottom of the bumper, yet be level on the ground side.

if it doesn't make since... just ask.

long story short... i think it looks better than the weather stripping, or lawn edging, i have seen screwed into the fron of the bumper.

it has been on there for about 6 months now without any problems.

LOL I was just being sarcastic. It looks nice I just was being oh alittle mean.