front flares and grilles - louvers -- project finally started

[mrvette]

You guys are fiberglass butchers

I prefer the term "artist" - not afraid to embrace change, lol

Costs bux to embrace change though......:amused:

 

[MYBAD79]

the passenger side grill surround is glued in place. once the adhesive is cured (tomorrow) I'll grind the transition and fill it with the Evercoat glue/filler so that the 8116 3M adhesive is burried, then topcoat with a little Bondo .. I am waiting to spray the 2K high build primer until both sides are ready, that way it's less work cleaning the gun :smash:

After all this I hve about 12 lbs of dust in my garage :footmouth::hissyfit:

 

[MYBAD79]

Update:

passenger side ready for wetsanding....



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[saudivette]

I can't wait to see this finished Karsten. It'll look awesome with your flares and pipes.

 

[Arthur Brown]

I agree, but it already looks awesome :thumbs:

 

[greg75vette]

Nice! That's looking great :rose:

 

[enkeivette]

Made a little progress on the passenger side today. As you can tell by the photos it got dark ... more tomorrow....




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Mike, the seat is more comfy than the older style (so I heard)... my only problem with these seats was that there is no headrest, my head would hit the plastic bucket... obviously not an issue if you're wearing a helmet

It would scare the crap out of me to do that.

 

[enkeivette]

I really want to massage the fenders out on a C3 one day. Not like a step flare, but make the actual bulge bigger. That's what she said.

 

[MYBAD79]

It would scare the crap out of me to do that.

remember what Mr.Blue (Glenn) said...... "anyone can buy a Vette but it takes a real man to cut one up"

:thumbs:

 

[mrvette]

It would scare the crap out of me to do that.

remember what Mr.Blue (Glenn) said...... "anyone can buy a Vette but it takes a real man to cut one up"

:thumbs:

:lol::lol:

Been a while, I remember that.....is he still around? I know he sold the car to someone in Canada I think.....

hope he is doing well.....

:thumbs:

 

[MYBAD79]

It's been a while since the last update. Well... no new photos but I sanded some more and I hope to get it ready for paint this weekend. I am planning on a coat of black epoxy primer/sealer before shooting basecoat, that will show if there are any remaining imperfections.

 

[MYBAD79]

It's done .....


started cleaning out the garage to make some room for this....


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turned out very nice.... I sprayed black base over the grey primer first, then the blue over the black blending into the existing blue.

now the re-assembly can start....

 

[69427]

Looking good Karsten. :thumbs:

 

[MYBAD79]

thanks

it was a entire day worth of work, got done by 9PM ... these 3M respirators are awesome, the fumes were so bad I think I killed all ants and spiders and whatever else was living in my garage LOL

 

[denpo]

Tssss....
You was way too fast.
What the hell are you gonna work on this winter?
:clap::clap::clap::clap:

 

[MYBAD79]

Tssss....
You was way too fast.
What the hell are you gonna work on this winter?
:clap::clap::clap::clap:

my power steering rack, the trailing arm swap and then there's my air cooled VW that hasn't been worked on in over a year....

 

[DeeVeeEight]

That's a lot of progress in a short time! It looks great too, the only problem is that now I am ashamed that I have let my 'Vette sit with so little progress for so long. I guess I better turn off the TV and get off my butt.... Your success has motivated me!

 

[denpo]

That's a lot of progress in a short time! It looks great too, the only problem is that now I am ashamed that I have let my 'Vette sit with so little progress for so long. I guess I better turn off the TV and get off my butt.... Your success has motivated me!

Same for me, doing 75h/week a the moment, and what infuriate me the most is not the lack of sleep :twitch:, but rather the lack of garage time, and Sir Fast-Forward-Karsten is not helping. :hissyfit:

 

[MYBAD79]

hey hey.... keep in mind I started this back in January... took 10 months to get here....

took it outside today:



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now I have to paint the eggcrate grills

 

[Twin_Turbo]

Looking good!! very good.