Pro-Street to Pro-Touring...MetalWorks 55 build

[Jafa]

Very high quality workmanship. Outstanding.

A question for you. When you put down the yellow tape on the body so you don't scratch the paint while you are fitting the lights / trim / grill etc, once you have the light / trim / grill fitting correctly do you remove it again to pull the yellow tape then refit the light / trim / grill, or do you leave the light / trim / grill in place and the tape comes off easily enough even with the light / trip / grill in place?

[MetalWorksClassics]

Originally Posted by Jafa

Very high quality workmanship. Outstanding.

A question for you. When you put down the yellow tape on the body so you don't scratch the paint while you are fitting the lights / trim / grill etc, once you have the light / trim / grill fitting correctly do you remove it again to pull the yellow tape then refit the light / trim / grill, or do you leave the light / trim / grill in place and the tape comes off easily enough even with the light / trip / grill in place?

We remove the tape after the actual part has been installed...as you said to protect the paint. We prefit/prebuild out the cars while in the fab shop phase, so we know parts will fit already, but of course body work & paint close down the gaps, but there is still room to slip the tape out after assembly.

[gofastwclass]

Originally Posted by MetalWorksClassics

We prefit/prebuild out the cars while in the fab shop phase, so we know parts will fit already...

I've tried to explain the purpose of this process to some car people I know and they just don't get it. Then they wonder why their home built car doesn't look or fit as well as the pro built car.

Obviously we home builders can't match your expertise, space or tools but we can respectfully steal ideas from you. Pre-fitting before finishing is one I learned years ago. Yes, it costs a bit of time up front but like TIG welding body panels vs. MIG welding them it saves rework which equates to time and thus money in the finish process.

Thanks for sharing the progress on this one. ...and thanks from saving it from a pro street death.

[MetalWorksClassics]

Originally Posted by gofastwclass

I've tried to explain the purpose of this process to some car people I know and they just don't get it. Then they wonder why their home built car doesn't look or fit as well as the pro built car.

Obviously we home builders can't match your expertise, space or tools but we can respectfully steal ideas from you. Pre-fitting before finishing is one I learned years ago. Yes, it costs a bit of time up front but like TIG welding body panels vs. MIG welding them it saves rework which equates to time and thus money in the finish process.

Thanks for sharing the progress on this one. ...and thanks from saving it from a pro street death.

Thanks for the great input. Yes, once you have had to drill holes or make modifications on an already painted car, you really come to appreciate the beauty of a pre-build.

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Finishing up the custom center console...

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Tom starts building a custom exhaust with Flowmaster mufflers.

[WILWAXU]

That's taking "custom exhaust" to another level

[waynieZ]

I love checking in on this build something new, well thought out and beautifully executed to see .

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2nd half of the exhaust...

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Fabing up the interior accent pieces and assembly work continues.