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OK.. sorry, been so busy haven't been following things lately.

 

Work on the tail is in full swing!!.... Jesse started removing the lower lip on the bottom, and is into the rounded tips. I only have this photo at this time, but will have more shortly showing the changes as they are completed.

 

There are alot of questions about pricing, but until I have a full layup schedule completed on both FG and CF ( which wont happen until the mold is done ), I won't have a good idea of pricing. So i don't want to guess.

 

I will tell you that the CF tail we are going to produce is going to be the best thing I can have made... NO FG in it at all!!... and shootingf for 3-4 lbs. ( thats with clear coat ) :D

 

 

I'm excited to see the tail with the changes. It should be very special indeed.

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As for the commenet regarding the rear look of the tail.. "Plank".

 

The tails rear section will be getting altered because of the mods being made.

 

1> ( yellow line on photo ) the lower 1/2" lip that extends down onto the edge of the hatch, that is being removed. Becasue of this, the outer edge of the lower tail will be reworked. This should eliminate some of that squired off look from that bottom side. This witht he rounded corners on top, will drasticly change things up.

 

2> ( red rectangle ) This whole area is being reworked because of the crapy shape *( note the waves all they way down the tail ).

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I'm definitely liking the development, please do your best to keep us informed and up to date, as I'm fully planning on running this when it's available...

 

BTW - Got the ZCC tow brackets on! - Lovin' them... now just need to lock down who makes the best FG bumpers (if only you made them!), as they are on my short list as well.

 

AZcarbum, I know your affinity for rarer items and not recreating what's out there, but your attention to detail and dislike for releasing wavy or poorly made FG items is appreciated.

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:D Hey guyZ...

 

 

Work on the new Z-tail is in full works. I've attached photo's to help show the work being done. It's a bit hard to tell through the photo's, but its better than nothing ( I know how you all love Photo's, Photo's.. and more Photos) LOL.

 

Here are the few points were working on:


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  • The end upper edge has been cut and rounded more ( hard to tell in photo, but I sware it has!
  • The front edge is now near flush to the body.. 1/2" lip removed.
  • The top detail lines are rounded ( smoothed out ), as not to be so sqaure.
  • The outer edge that swoops down, is goig to be extended to meet the outer rounded corner of the car. It will be a very smooth "slide" if you will. This will help with the overall transtion of the tails areodynamics, and will hopedully allow me to work the back of the tail edges, to try to eliminate some of that 2X4 look.

 

We've also calculated the weight of a CF tail, and are positive we can get it to around 3.5lbs with clear coat on it. :D

 

The last photo shows the detail lines on top face of the tail being so abrupt.. The one before it trys to show the difference between the detail lines being smoothed out.

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UPDATE TIME!!!.................... YAH BABY!!

 

 

Tail is really starting to show the target shape changes we wanted. Note the following points when comparing the old shape to how it sits now.

 


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  • Outer egdes of tail are rounded
  • Front edge to hatch is near flat ( lip removed )
  • Front tips/over fenders are extended out more, and now follow the curves of the car
  • Top surface lines are smoothed out more
  • Tail edge is thinner/sharper
  • back edge of tail no ends at the hatch ( lip removed )
  • Because the back tail edge is gone, it now allows the tail to sit directly over the hatch button

 

 

The over all shape is now much more fluent to the Z.. Very happy with how its taking shape. We are now working on the surfaces, making sure they are smooth and straight.

 

I'll keep you informed as we make more progress.

 

Brian

 

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