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Old 04-13-2009, 08:29 PM
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its gonna be a long trip but im enjoying myself along the way. i put on the passanger side skirt on lastnight. the list of body stuff to do is neverending. i also shaved the hood squirters, and the tailights......this will be the last kit i ever put on too





cut off the inner fender tabs, who needs them



tailights gone, just need to add my new ones and lay down some filler on it



started grinding it down a little, and what do i find, one big ___ ____ing hole! im not to happy about it. there are so many ____ up in this kit, next time i glass my own one off kit :supz:



finally took the sander to the driver side skirt and....suprise suprise a ton of low spots. after it was blocked, the light gray is all a giant low spot

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You're doing a hell of a lot of work on it. Interested in seeing the final product.

What are you using for tail lights right now?
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Old 04-14-2009, 12:06 AM
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rignt now? nothing, i havent driven it on the road since october 2007. i miss it and i cant wait to get it back on the road
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Oh okay, where are you planning on relocating them?
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found an old pic of what the lights look like


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Nice.
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Damn, looking good though! I like the filled in tails.
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Ballin'!!!!
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Old 04-16-2009, 11:27 PM
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Looking good so far, I like the new lights design.
How does that rear lip attach??

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i used a two part panel bond adheasive
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Did you leave the stock lip under it???

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rough sand with some 36 grit and a little Rage. i love rage :supz:













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That seam looks really good, and the fog area is coming out great....

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holy crap! I'm excited to see the final product!

Props to you
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Did you use bondo to fill in the foglight area? If so I think you may run into cracking issues around the seam later down the road due to vibration and expansion and contraction of the bondo.

Looks good though.

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