I looked them up and certainly there was a moment of sticker shock... but honestly if you build out a full air ride system with all the bells and whistles (not ebay bags and paddle switches) and some decent double adjustable shocks, you are right there $$ wise.

I've been waiting for someone to design a front-lift only like the exotic cars have for low cars that still need to get in steep drives.

...and absolutely yes, stance is everything!


Jeff-

When I spoke with a tech at JRI, he asked me if I wanted the system to be front and rear or just front, and also if I would like to raise the car or lower the car. Unlike airbags, my understanding of the hydraulic sytem is from ride height it can only go one direction. So if you have your ride height set, you can either lower it for a stance or raise it for obstacles but you can't do both.

Since I got all of the Speedtech components installed on the subframe, I re-organized my assembly table to move on to the next phase.

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Nice parts.

So after some supply chain delays, my JRI parts are starting to come in. The JRI shocks were custom built by JJ from Ultimate Performance and I ordered them though Vince at Mean Streets Performance in Gilroy CA.

When I built my rear seat delete, I had no idea I was going to be running the JRI Ride Height shocks. By chance, the hydraulic pump fits perfect under the rear seat delete like it was made to go there.

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Nice work! :thumbsup:

Working on it!

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OMG .....

:king:


Thats all I have to say

Ooooh weeee!! :wow::wow:

Just a quick update. We have finally been able to get some more prep work done. The next stage of blocking was done on the firewall and it has been sprayed with three coats of white CRE. I have reserved a paint booth for the first week of February. The body and all remaining parts will be sprayed with CRE in the booth, and the firewall will be painted the final white. We will bring the car back home and complete final blocking before paint. We will also install the subframe and drivetrain for the final time and turn it into a roller ready for paint and final assembly.

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Turning out great Greg.

Just read through this entire thread. Amazing build! Excited for more updates.

Thanks, it's in paint and body jail right now. Hopefully some updates in the next month or so.

Finally got some satin black on the firewall and dash.

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Looks great Greg. :thumbsup:

Looking good! Hopefully it will be out of paint jail soon.

Getting ready to put these two back together. Plan is to completely put the car back together as if it were the final assembly. Once back together and properly gapped, we will guide coat and then finish the final block sanding. Blow the car apart and get it ready for final paint.

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Beautiful job Greg.

I have a paint booth lined up, but my wait is somewhere between two and six months. In the meantime we will be finishing as much as we can, starting with the brake and hydraulic lines. Also drilled the holes to run the JRI remote reservoirs in the trunk.

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Looking good! 🤙🏼

Also got most of the work done in the trunk area also. It's kind of dusty and the black/grey spatter spray shows a much better contrast from the satin black roll bars in real life. I will be using roll bar mounts from Wehrs Machine to mount the JRI reservoirs in the trunk.

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Starting to assemble everything one more time before we blow it apart again for paint.

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Looks fantastic Greg!! You've gotta be stoked!

I am! Got the Rick's Vaporworx tank and the fuel lines installed. Rear brake and hydraulic are done. We started on the front brake lines and hydraulic clutch.

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Those are some crazy headers to fit that Speedtech frame rail, lookin great!

Thanks! Your build is looking great as well.

Car looks great but now I have a problem as I am feeling the need to redo my brake lines & fuel lines.

:trophy-1302::newbie::newbie::newbie:

Thanks! I got a guy for that:D

Next winter I am going to have a guy come out and do mine !!

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Just sent these pieces off to the powder coater. Some brackets we fabbed up and modified. The single one holds the Holley Dominator above the A/C unite under the dash. The two larger brackets have been modified to hold the oil cooler in front of the condenser and the two smaller brackets hold the remote power steering cooler in center opening of the lower valance.

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That's some lip!! I like the step up too!

Dual Batteries?
 

Two batteries in the trunk?

Battery is actually in the rear seat delete are on the passenger side. Those batteries holders in the trunk actually hold two custom fabricated storage boxes.

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Those are the shots I was looking for!

It's been a while, Greg. Any updates you care to share?