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The rear interior panels ready for some epoxy primer
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Masked and ready for Lizard Skin. Decided to use it on roof, not sure if I will use it elsewhere.
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Wow they look great! Amazing what difference being one color makes. Nice.
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Final fitment test for these rear panels, headliner and a-pillar. Using a little DEI insulation on top the Lizard Skin, mainly just because there is room between the headliner and roof structure because of the ribs... , cheap/lightweight insurance imho.
Attachment 72445 Can't see it in these pics but when I glass'd up the flanges on the panels, I left room for the suede material so the panels continued to meet up flush after the suede was glued down. Should be clean! Attachment 72446 Attachment 72447 The bottom of the a-pillar's are just left hanging for now, they will get integrated into the 'glass dash/door panel soon. Attachment 72448 |
still impress by your work:thumbsup:
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Super clean.
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Boy that looks so nice. It looks like you've been doing it for years.
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Tight Work!
Just unbelievable work! "Tight Work!" as the kids used to say!
Are you using the DEI insulation on top of the Lizard Skin for noise or heat insulation or both? |
Thanks guys!
Ty, I used DEI's under carpet lite for a extra sound and heat insulation. Might be overkill but there was room under the headliner, so it seemed an easy decision. Just climbing in the car now, while on the rotisserie, already significantly more sound dead. Not sure what I will do for the rest of the interior for insulation and deadening, I did the roof now as I'm getting ready to take it off the rotisserie and don't plan on putting it back and spraying the roof now seemed like a good idea. That said, the LSkin spray gun comes with both a straight tip and a 90 degree tip so spraying the roof would be easy at any time. Ohhh, you actually have read the product description! Ha. Well done LSkin. |
Everything looks so damn good!!
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Very nice work, John. The roof of the car will reflect a lot of noise coming from below. What you did with the sound deadening was smart and will work very well at keeping road noice down inside the car.
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Getting the subframe painted so it can go on the car permanently. Taking a bit of a chance on the placement of the mounts for the bar that ties the front bars together but worst case they get relocated later.
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Make sure you top coat the dp90. it will not hold long term. it will fade and chalk.
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Was able to match the 75/25 gloss of the DSE powdercoat using Omni clear with a flattening agent. I broke the line at the welds so it matched pretty well. The match at the subframe connectors wasn't as good, so sanded the whole thing down and sprayed it with PPG black and then PPG 8115 clear. Much better all one sheen. Was just trying to keep the PCoat for toughness, wanted the roll bar to match the firewall...blah blah blah. Clearly a minor problem in today's world!
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Just a couple interior parts.
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Built the molds for the trunk panels. Same as before, lay-up 'glass on top of these molds and then body work the outside later. No real, reasonable, way to make 'glass pieces any other way in this area. At least this method leaves the inside of the panels smooth and flat.
Attachment 72717 The inner support structure for the decklid around the latch won't clear this panel but it will be easy to create a clean relief starting with an already straight and flat panel. Attachment 72718 2 layers of 1 1/2 ounce mat. Will let this cure for a couple weeks on the molds before cutting them out, cleaning them up and building the flanges. Attachment 72719 Started a little headliner modification to add a sunglasses holder and map light. Lots more to come here... will build this plug, then a splash mold of this area, then cut out the plug and laminate it up properly. Always planned this but again, will be easy to create this shape on an already straight and flat part. Attachment 72720 |
Very nice!
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That headliner is killing it!! Love it...!!
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Guess what other ideas I'm stealing? lol
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Progress on the plug for the mold. Used balsa so I could easily create a curve to flow with the headliner shape. Have no fear, this all gets cut out after the mold is made.
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Every time I check this thread I am amazed. Incredible work.
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Thanks guys!!!!
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Sprayed some red paint just to help with seeing air bubbles while laminating. Not using any gel coat here -- it's just a splash mold, so not really necessary in my opinion.
Attachment 72788 4 coats of wax, 2 coats of PVA mold release, laminated with 4 layers of cloth. Then drilled for rivets. Attachment 72789 Mold removed and busted out the balsa plug. Attachment 72790 Cut open for laminating. Attachment 72791 4 coats of wax, 2 coats of PVA mold release, then riveted the mold to the headliner. Attachment 72792 Green sheen is the PVA. Attachment 72793 Laminated with 1 layer each of 3/4 ounce and 1 1/2 ounce mat. Mold removed. A little clean up and primer on the way. Attachment 72794 |
Scanned quickly through your build thread ... there’s a ton of detail here and it’s amazing the work you’re doing! Really incredible job!
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You really don't shy away from work, do you? Lol, this is a killer build!
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Finished the overhead console/headliner and re-primed it.
Attachment 72869 Attachment 72870 Pulled out all the interior panels for one last sand blow out before it comes off the rotisserie. Attachment 72871 Attachment 72872 Put the interior panels back. Attachment 72873 Attachment 72874 Finished up the trunk panels, all of the flanges, mounts and the floor. Have a bud with a CNC router - will cut out for fuel pump access panel and will lighten up the MDF floor panel. Attachment 72875 Attachment 72876 |
Super nice work, all around...inside and out.
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Those look great.
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Does everyone have that crew they can call..."can you come help me hold/lift/fit/test...?" This is mine; wife and great friends. Seemed cool to let them thread in the first final assembly bolts. Good times.
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It's great to have good family and friends there for support. The finish on your pre paint car is what I'm hoping for on my finish one! Beautiful prep work.
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I was thinking the same thing ... great job!!!!!!
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you are pretty lucky to have a crew
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WOW, the console/headliner is way cool!
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Been awhile! Hope everyone is well!
Starting all of the interior parts, dash, door panels and center console. Planning on doing some carbon pieces, both laminated and formed so I thought I'd get a handle on working with it - done a fair amount of fiberglass but never really messed with Carbon. Also wanted to test the Speedhut gauges.... They are real nice. So..... built some parts for my golf cart as a learning exercise. Learned a lot! carbon definitely has some idiosyncrasies but isn't terribly difficult. Was really interested in seeing how it lays into complex curves. Finished with some PPG Matte clear. Attachment 73465 Attachment 73466 Attachment 73467 Attachment 73468 Attachment 73469 Attachment 73470 Attachment 73471 |
You are one talented guy!! :king:
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