Git-N-R Dun
 

:thankyou: Wished they had done a better job the first time .... cuz I wouldn't have to do all this damn work. Thanks for the compliment, still a long way to go!

You must be at the GG in Texas .... I am jealous. My sister lives nearby in Keller, yeah I'm jealous. I'm on the road next week, I'll find time during the day, working nights on the reservoir.

Another good garage day ..... got the garage heated up and the skins all sanded down, looks presentable now. Couldn't spray epoxy today too cold so I installed my new driver's side door latch and hung the door.

Came out pretty close for an aftermarket skin, fiddled with the hinges, placed paint sticks (3/16) in door sill for reference and tightened all down.
The rear bottom corner is a little tight, but I think I can adjust that out :thumbsup:
Now if my AMD quarter will ever get here I will have a reference with the door and can proceed from there.

Here's some pictures ....

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Both doors sanded down and ready for some epoxy!

http://imageshack.us/a/img812/4927/3qjq.jpg
Lining up the door!

http://imageshack.us/a/img12/3444/bvnf.jpg
About as close as I can get them :thumbsup:

http://imageshack.us/a/img824/1443/wl8h.jpg
Fits better than I thought it would :ohsnap:

Well, that's what I did today .... hopefully I can get the passenger side door hung and it fits this nice (crossed fingers). Gotta keep plugging away !!!!

Thanks for looking .....

Excellent work! What epoxy primer are you using?

:thankyou: Jeremy ..... was thinking about your alignment issues when I said to myself "I can't be this close already" She's getting there. I'll see how the pass side goes today, need to get the garage warmed up first .... we've already had SNOW!

I am using Finish One epoxy primer, I get it at Napa cuz it's cheaper than the Sherwin Williams Automotive paint place here in town. Figure if it's good enough for Pete Jackson's car (of Barrett Jackson) it's good enough for little ol me!

I wouldn't be too worried about any alignment issues. Now that you are aware of the severity of panel alignment from seeing my experiences, I feel you'll be able to have everything where you need/want it with a little tweaking. It's good that you are cognizant of the issue this early in the stage though. I think that will work in your favor:)

I'm sure that epoxy is plenty good. The reason I asked was I'm switching from the Dupont epoxy I had been using and going to HOK epoxy. The HOK epoxy is about the same color as what you are using. Does your's mix A/B with a 1:1 ratio or does it have a catalyst that it mixes with? The dupont I've been using has a nice sheen, which gives you the ability to see imperfections in the body and is tough as nails, but their catalyst has no shelf life.

Jeremy ....messed w/ passenger side door yesterday, it didn't go as nice as the drivers side, go figure. I'll post some pixs later today, maybe the fra.... is bent?, I didn't want to say that out loud, but something is tweaked.:bang: :bang:

Anyway, the Finish One mixes 1:1 and is a very nice epoxy from what I know so far, the car will get sanded and another coat of epoxy and then the primer coat starts.

Passenger Door
 

is seeing it my way , felt like a chiropractor today .... tweaking the passenger side door to line up with the body! Hold the top and push the bottom in, move over a couple inches and repeat as necessary until body lines up :popcorn2: The door frame must have been tweaked ... my body man said to line up the door front rocker and the back top and start tweaking and she'll come in, I got er within 3/16 by myself and now I'll need some help to get the rest out ....

Here's some pictures .... is this the most ugly door gap you've ever seen? Not even GAP SPRAY can fix this :disgusted:

http://imageshack.us/a/img820/9815/rktg.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img18/5853/rk02.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img23/9425/tdk8.jpg


Anyway .... if anyone has any ideas please chime in, I don't want to reskin this dang door!

Thanks for looking...

follow this Jeff Lilly gap detailing page he welds in some metal on the door edge and then trims it back to the perfect edge

When Dan@Holohan's replaced my door skin it was as bad or worse than that. He added metal to the door edge like was mentioned. Nice clean gaps now :-)

Yup, welding rod or thick coat hanger welded to the door edge will get you there with a little finesse grinding.

Sent you an email with the instructions for cutting out your dash to accept the factory vents

Let there be LIGHT
 

3400 lumens to be exact!!!! OK, this isn't my Camaro but I did have to use a crimping tool that I bought for the Camaro to do Weatherpak connection to get my new LED headlight wired onto my XR650R (that's my other addition :thumbsup: ) See the street legal kit only had a H4 55w light and it sucked so .... go big or go home, how about 3400 lumens outa of 4 leds that only measure 3X3" ? That's what I said!!!! So I had to go for a ride around the reservoir, little chilly here after the sun goes down, man what a difference .... 3400 lumens is a lot of light:headspin:

So, my driver's side quarter came in but I had to get the bike put back together to get that project done and outa the way for the camaro .... weekend work :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Pictures .....

http://imageshack.us/a/img546/4628/xr5f.jpg
Now I can do all the pins I need on the Camaro too :thumbsup:
http://imageshack.us/a/img18/5111/gqy7.jpg
3400 Lumens outa a 3"X3", that's awesome!!!!
http://imageshack.us/a/img62/8023/yuux.jpg
Can you say ... light for close to 300' ?
http://imageshack.us/a/img692/5209/mxly.jpg
Someone has a degree in Origami to package this!!!

Anyway, bike is done for now .... time to look over that quarter panel tomorrow!

Thanks for looking ......