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Old Dec 26, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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Ok, I was bored and messing around out in the garage and decided I wanted to finish some panels in the motor area. I hated that you could see in the side of the fenders. Looked really unfinished in there. I made a template and then started cutting. I made them out of sheet metal. I painted them flat black to match some of the peices in there, but I think I am going to have them color matched to the car. That way they blend in.







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Looks good now, but painting them CSM will really make it look factory original.

Nice job as always!
Old Dec 26, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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Eff you and your shear! :D

J/k. Looks good! That area is reeeeally lacking. It would make a good place to mount some ANL fuse holders...
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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that looks good but if you color match to your car that'll look very clean.
graet job as usual
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 12:34 AM
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niiice. i want to see a shot of the whole engine bay now...see how it flows.
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Damn you!!! i had this idea for a while now. I hate living in a state that gets snow....
looks good.
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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 04:20 AM
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FTW!!!
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 05:04 AM
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Nice work J
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Damn you!!! i had this idea for a while now. I hate living in a state that gets snow....
looks good.
-nick

This is my second set of them. I didnt like the first set I made about 6 months ago. So I threw it on the back burner, then decided to try and make the new ones yesterday. I might try and paint them silver today if I get a chance,
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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looks good, nice job
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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i think they'd look better though with a rounded dip/curve to them, and a bend here or there, and they weren't completely straight and whatever...silver would also make it flow nicer....

but that would require more metal work though. great idea. very original. i think it hits the list for stuff i want to do. and i can hide wires or something behind! ....like a HID ballast or something, i dont know.
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Here they are painted silver to match. I think they look alot better silver. But to me still look unfinished.



Old Dec 29, 2008 | 12:32 AM
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They need beads rolled in them. Yeeeah.
Old Dec 29, 2008 | 12:46 AM
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Jeremy's gonna do a full wire tuck motor polish tank remove in a minute here watch haha
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Wire tuck would be such a biiiiiiiiiitch. But totally worth it.

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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 02:54 AM
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^^^exactly. I'm going to go out on a limb and ask if it's a VR6?
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holy poop, it looks like a spaceship and you could eat off it.
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yussir
That's seriously hotter than Jenna Jameson in Zombie Strippers...



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