wingnutthehutt

A Squid in the motorcycle world means someone who is in it to look cool. You really aren't passionate about what you're doing, it's more of a wannabe trendy think.

I just don't understand what sort of person actually thinks that car looks GOOD. I know that some of the uneducated might follow form over function, but there is NOTHING on that car that makes sense at all. At least when you see a $800 wing on a Taurus you know it's... well, it still looks better than this corvette.

ditto, i liked it better when it showed how long ago the last post was.

Yeah, that's a squid. That's a dumba$$ broad. Not only is she wearing the Bling bling brand of riding apparel, it's also the lowest quality AND she has a sticker on her bike that proclaims she wears an Arai helmet (no contest the best available) yet she is still wearing the piece of crap matching Icon. That being said, she's pretty hot.

Define good handling? It sounds like you're talking about a car with a cush ride in reference to good handling, but what good is power if you can't point it where you want it? That's NO fun. Even if your backroads are unpaved, you still need it to handle well. Fun on the backroads means cornerspeed.

http://www.sacvettes.com/2000Corvette/index.htm http://sacramento.craigslist.org/car/171986591.html it's for sale. HAHAHAHAHA Neon sign on the back is just.... wow.

There is a Hybridz frappr account. go check it out.

I don't think you can fit an SBC in a Corrola. Try checking on some corrola sites and try posting in the Newbies section for your first post. Then try reading all the FAQs

I remember you posting about that a few months back. Getting pulled over sucks, esp. when you feel it's for no good reason. Did the cop look under the hood and try to find anything else "illegal?" In regards to your friend and what he should do; In my area you can hire a traffic attorney for only about $30-$60 and they will go to court for you and fight your ticket. If they lose, you don't pay. You tell them everything, and they go take care of it for you. If the exhaust is a moving violation, then DEFINATELY do it. Apparently they win about 80% of the time becuase they know how and what to look for. Hope that helps.

If you want to remove the trim strips, it's going to leave little holes in the sheetmetal. They're riveted on. I just grabbed hold of one and yanked and they pretty much came right off. Where they didn't, I drilled out the rivet. I also had to drill out over the rear fenderwells. The rivets in those areas didn't fall back inside. If you take them off, you're going to want to repaint the car anyway, as it will leave strips of better paint underneath where it hasn't faded.

actually, he was basically giving the go ahead to a roadster I would build

DIdn't you just finish this car?

Yeah, I didn't think it would be very low. Thanks for the quick response. Those wheels are sticking out pretty far, maybe too far for the YZ kit, but there has to be something that will fit over them. If not, it doesn't seem like you're lacking in the ability to get stuff fabbed.

polishing a turd apparently DOES work.

I tried to get set up as a dealer for them when I was trying to help a buddy build his shop into something bigger. They said they'd have a rep contact me twice, and never did. Didn't sit too well. I heard about it through an article in Truckin' magazine. They did some hideous graphics on a Tacoma hood and fenders. It seemed to work pretty well, easy clean up, and they used a heat gun to help cure it faster but it wasn't required they said. The benefit is you CAN use a heat gun without blowing yourself up.

He spent half their set whining about... I don't know, but all he did was whine.

There is quite a long thread on the roller method, and olderthanme's thread has some great details as well, so do a search and read read read. One thing you'll find, is that with any paint job, the paint only looks as good as your prep. If you have part primer and part bare metal, I would take it down so that all of it is bare. Using an automotive spray primer will work, but if you've never painted before, you're going to have to work pretty hard to get it even.

I pulled the side mouldings off my 280 and it immediately looked twice as good. Which meant it looked half as ugly. I'd def go with clear covers, the smoked ones would stick out too much on an all yellow car. I would put 240 bumpers on it. Shave the rear completely if you want, but it's a lot more work and be sure there is ZERO rust back there.

Can you take some pictures from behind the car and from the side at the beltline so it's silhouetted please?

Isk, I just received the large and small patches from that ebay link. They're top notch, thanks.

FWIW, from someone who recently came out of what you're looking to get into; Get everything with your friend set up in writing. If they get offended, then that's all the more reason to get it down on paper. Write up every single little detail, nothing is too small. Heck, even who gets to sweep up at the end of the day. That way you'll always have something to fall back to if some sort of disagreement arises. Even in a full partnership, someone has to be in charge by .5%. Nothing spoils a friendship like money. Whether it's a lack or proliferation thereof.

Excellent suggestion. If you win, it's an unbeatable deal.

In a word, Sano. Clean welds, smooth bodywork, immaculate engine compartment, no Kragen/Checkers/Schucks/Autozone parts. Find a job shop with a five axis CNC and see if you can work a deal with them for fabricating pieces that no one sells. CAD pieces are so much more reliable as far as fit and finish.

Yeah, I saw them at Ozzfest in Socal (Ontario) two years ago, it was pretty good, but I was over all the fires that people were starting on the lawn. I counted 17 at one point. The firefighter cops were trying to put them out but people were keeping them back. It got so bad that at one point about 20 cops on horses just rode into the crowd. Myself and my then girlfriend had to f-in run for it, people were stampeding like mad beasts! I think the pit was actually bigger for Supersuck errr, I mean Superjoint Ritual.

Roadsters are cool. I'd swap in an SR20det and try and fab up something so that the little hoodscoop works. French the tail lights and maybe replace them with the tips off some pointed Chevy Impala type lenses. Shave the corner lenses, emblems, door handles, maybe even seal the doors up, it is a roadster after all. And some flares of course. Wheels, nothing over a 14 so they can be auto-x beefy. Panasports or clones, but powdercoat them to match or contrast the body. Lexus, I think, has a really cool orange out right now. It's kind of a burnt candy pearl but it's not exactly low profile.