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Image Comments posted by 74_5.0L_Z
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I have done almost everything myself. The exceptions are the final welding and the final application of the paint. In the build-up of the chassis, I spent 8 months designing, fitting, fixturing, and tack welding the cage. After all the prep, it took the welder 8 hours to finish the welding. For the paint, I spent 3 years doing the body work (including all the fiberglass, the initial priming and blocking). The painter applied the final primer, color and clear in three weeks. I have spent the entire time as his assistant during the process. For some things, I believe persistence is sufficient. For others, actual skill is required. Thus, I do all of the grunt work preparations, and let professionals perform the skilled tasks. In the end, I get the best of both worlds. In performing the grunt work, I save most of the labor cost but still get a professional final result. Don't get me wrong, I intend to learn to weld. I didn't want to learn on my chromoloy roll cage. I intend to learn to paint, but I didn't want to take the chance of wasting $1000 dollars of raw materials. So to answer your question: Yes I did, and No I didn't do the work myself. It all depends on your definition.
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Thanks, I still have to do the final sanding. I can't wait to get this painted.
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Jon I hope the dimensions were helpful, and that it fit like you'd hoped. I put these dimension out there because I felt that most peoples main hoops weren't tight enough to the pillar, and as we all know, "Tight is right". Dan
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Hey Branden,
I like the new cell. Is that an SP112 or SP115.
I have the SP112 in mine.