Took a break from the car as another project took priority. Gathers some need items during that period. Cracked the valve and lit the burner just before the holidays and turned the flame up. The bulk of work has been with the electrical and stereo systems. Painted and designed some other items along with picking up the interior and will be picking up the hood from the artist tomorrow (1/23/12).
Electrical:
Mainly testing and trouble shooting all the systems on the car prior to concealing them. Most have been good, others such as the automatic locks (Bulldog) have been a PITA. All is good except for the lock function which does not seem to be getting able power. I even have the system relayed. Moved on as I can access it later. While testing , the pass window motor it not quite up to par, and will be replaced. Wired up the console switches for various functions and well as the voltage reducer for the Cable X. That’s about it there.
Stereo
Installed all components and now have some bumpin in my trunk. WOOT!! CDT speakers have very crisp , clear sound. Making a tray/ mount for the amp and x-overs in the truck and having a sub box made to fit the floor.
Glass
Custom Smoke tinted glass installed. Looks sweet
Interior
Picked up interior which is ready to be installed
Body
Air brusher has finally finished the bird . cant wait to see it finished.
Grilles installed, moldings painted, stuff
Suspension
I have been rather torn whether to allow the hubs to stick through the wheels or make custom hub caps. I know of a solution, but wasn’t 100% tested until recently. At least on 2nd gens w/o being ‘rigged’. While not cheap, I picked up a set of ATS spindles for a 2nd gen and will order t eh steering arms and now I have resolved the ugly hub issue. Costly, but its something that bothered me.
Test panel for feathers
Big progress to follow in the next few weeks.