well I am finally into primer. here are some pics. I had some 1/8 plate lazer cut for my rear panel accents. the lower piece will have a solid piece of metal behind it except at the bottom for the exhaust. As you can see in the photoshoped picture. I wish it was blue but it will be yellow. I chopped the drip rails and molded the side scoops in so they look deeper and smoother. My intro is in the intro forum. heres the pics
yes, it is a customer's car, a cheap dirty customer, my redneck older brother. He likes yellow for some odd reason. At least it will be two tone with silver, and the yellow will be a metallic with pearl. not soooo bad.
I have a mod in mind for the TA wing. I have done a quick edit in photoshop showing the basic change. I want to compliment the shape in the rear taillight panel and bumper, as well as add a LED 3rd brake light. What do you like better? The way it is or the change. Also I have made some progress since these pics, just moved into my new shop a couple months back and have this in the next stage of primer, underbody is primered and undercoated with truck bed liner. looks great. this will be a driver so I didn't go crazy on the underneath. I have added a flush mount chopper style pop up gas cap to the lower honeycomb panel as well as made that panel match the shape of roll pan. I have also installed the mounting brackets for both rear panels and they look good with flush mount allen head screws. I have designed the rear tail pipes also, 2 1/4" x 1 3/4" oval pipe(not sure those are the exact demenssions but close), there will be 4 alltogether diving under the gas tank and up behind the honeycomb lower panel. It will be a dominent part of the rear view. I also plan on changine the headlight covers to be squinted and angled for a modern look and also add some to the front bumper to make it appear shorter in height and more aggressive. what do you think? I will post updated pics soon.
Thanks for your help!
Leave the wing like it is and you should be able to find a wide enough strip of single- row LED's to graft into the back and leave the stock profile. I've seen LED's on street rods for turn signals that were COMPLETELY flush mounted with the fender.
A 3rd brake light would be a welcome addition to that car.
Well it has been a while since I posted last, moved into new shop, finished up some other projects. I have the bird in its last stages of primer, I have the bottom finished up and the firewall delete plate done. My brother decided to have me install tubs (I'm currently installing those) and we are going with the 4 link rear and tubular control arms up front with coilovers and everything on the stock frame. I have more pics I can post later of the rest of the parts. I have the rear custom plates bent up and the mounting places welded up, looks good all together. I have a few areas to work on with the wing and such but it is really close to being ready for paint. We are going with 2005 Lambo pearl yellow on it with Alsa spray chrome and satin black accents on the rear and top. I want to get a render soon. Anyway here are the pics.
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He likes yellow for some odd reason. At least it will be two tone with silver, and the yellow will be a metallic with pearl. not soooo bad.
Help me decide!
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