getoffmyinternet Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 It's for the ladies. That's some pretty good photochop there. I love the leather deal too, oh some day. Some day. A baseball stitch would look weird to me though. It would be nice to get a matching leather interior that has the diamond pattern double stitched in So it would be reminiscent of the original vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZT-R Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 hope he is busy working on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 Unfortunately no updates yet. seems to snow every day i have to work on it. Also I just got a new post grad job and have been in the process of buying a house (i should sign a contract tonight) so my mind has been elsewhere. Once the house stuff is done I should be able to dive back in! I think I am going to paint the engine bay this weekend so that I can drop in the motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Well I was talking to a friend on my way home today and kinda got excited to do some work on my car. The only issue was getting done before the sun went away. Anyway, I got home and found something horrible, my hood had tipped over onto my passenger fender flare and cracked the flare! I definitely don't think I'm ready for kids as they say this is the daily chaos you deal with. I suppose it's not horrible, but to me it is. I will probably wait till i finish the car and get the body painted before I replace that fender. Anyways, after crying for about 10 minutes over the fender it was time to work. I scrubbed, sanded, and primered the engine bay. Now this weekend, or maybe as early as wednesday, I can finally spray the engine bay and get ready for the motor to go in! This is my 3rd engine bay to paint, so I basically taped and went to work! Looks to have applied very evenly so I hope the paint does the same! I am pretty happy with the result so far. It is nice because with an engine bay most of it isn't even visible, but I am still pretty picky about stuff like this. If the orginal car color wasnt silver, I would pull the fenders and paint in behind them as well, but it is already silver/ metalic so I wont hassle with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 Ok, Sprayed it! no runs, no bubbles, seems to look really good! (which doesn't even matter, its an engine bay! I think that the color is perfect and will be perfect for the exterior as well. I just wanted the bay to match before I pulled the motor. This means the next thing to do is mount the motor up! Maybe even Saturday could be that day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat1 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 looking good man. I like that color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 Thanks, This sat or next I should have a good idea about the fitment of your pan yeah I procrastinated. I got as far as the gasket and stopped opening the box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Well I finished the hood this evening for the most part. There are a few details to attend to, but you get the picture. I know it's not the classiest thing to most people, but I wanted crazy something on the car and this hides it all pretty well. Also the edges will be cleaned up when the car is repainted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Ok I cleaned it up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Ricer Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 What color did you use for your engine bay? I can view the pictures on here but not on SOUSA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 The r35 gtr gunmetal. I'm painting the whole car that color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Ricer Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Nice! It's a sweet color. I'm probably going to be using an R35 color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoman Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Gooner For life? Come on now haha. Looking good. What holes are you going to run your ic piping though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 ^well you can't love a team and not give them any street taggin' credit at all! Come on then! Plus its like 2 inches haha. As for the IC piping, not sure yet. I want to get it all situated in the bay so I can start measuring and deciding. Did you do yours already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I like the underside of the hood. That's cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Ricer Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 ^well you can't love a team and not give them any street taggin' credit at all! Come on then! Plus its like 2 inches haha. As for the IC piping, not sure yet. I want to get it all situated in the bay so I can start measuring and deciding. Did you do yours already? I'm going to cut the hose mounts (or whatever the hell they are called) on the endtanks and weld a 90degree elbow in its place. Then run them through the fresh air ducts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoman Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 No i'm still at the same stage you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 (edited) Yeah to me it is one step at a time. Just make sure you aren't missing steps in between that will make u go backwards! Edited March 26, 2010 by Tanuki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoman Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 (edited) Yah i'm trying not to miss those steps. Ricky Ricer- I'm going to cut the hose mounts (or whatever the hell they are called) on the endtanks and weld a 90degree elbow in its place. Then run them through the fresh air ducts. That is what i'm planning on doing. That looks like it will be the easiest way to go. Edited March 26, 2010 by motoman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 hey nice to find you guys here. I love the hood like that bro. Gives it a little funck to the vibes hehe.Sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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