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Old 09-02-2016, 11:00 AM
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]After deciding the solid mounts can and will be used for the core support I enlisted my buddy Jeff to give me a hand installing the fenders etc. and starting to line things up so I can do blocking on the doors, hood, and fenders before the final coat of primer.



With the sheet metal roughly in place and waiting on some new bolts for the bumper I mounted the tall rear spoiler I'd roughed in a while back so I could sand it in place on the car and get the pieces uniform and contoured nicely.

In the top pic pic (before being installed for sanding) you can see where the fiberglass was added and about how much taller this spoiler will be compared with the original. The idea being to make it fatter than it needs to be, then sand till it looks right to me, then a skim coat of filler and block sand till straight/smooth, then prime/block/prime. I'll also be mounting up my old rear spoiler for the same procedure and will keep it the stock size so I have my choice of regular spoiler or spoiler on steroids for track use. Last pic shows a guide I made to get the spoiler height uniform and curved like the decklid, sticky sandpaper is used on the plywood part.





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