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My Cars on the Mend

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rrobello

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As you may already know my car was wounded by a bunch of asshats not too long ago so I took it to Ed at SW Customs to have her fixed and well as the saying goes "When life gives you lemons, find someone whos life gave them vodka and throw a party!" SO I decided since I was gonna be without a car for a while I might as well take this time to make some modifications that Ive been wanting to do. Again huge thanks to Ed and SW Customs.

Here are some pics of the damage:





knocked the mirror off:



also ripped the door handle off:









so I had to get a new mirror from Agent 47 and I figured why put the door handle back on, lets shave it instead! But first the holes on the door needed to be repaired:



then proper shape needed to be cut from metal and shaped into the correct curves and lines of the car:





the door poppers provided by Audio Inovation

well that takes care of the repairs, but like I said its time to party! So we started with a Street Scene Gen I body kit also provided by Audio Inovation

first the tear down:



then the parts needed prepping:









Then the spoiler was swapped out for the 3D500 ducktail thanks to Billy at 3DCarbon





then the parts were painted black to match:











the door handle pieces were then welded into place and today they were finished off and sanded to a perfect smooth finish making the handles disappear:







after I left the car was to go into the booth to paint the doors and quarter panels to blend it in to the factory paint. The mirrors will also be painted to match as well as the new Agent 47 Ram Air I picked up this week. The third brake light and side reflectors on the rear bumper will get smoked and Ed will be painting the centers of these Bozes a gloss black:



18x9 front and 18x10 rear. The plan is to roll the rear fenders and outfit the rear wheels with some 315s.
 

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lightblade

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Holy crap, you are on a roll, can't wait to see the finished pics!!
 
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so your shaving the door handle(s)

... and how is the door opening?

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shooterm1 said:
so your shaving the door handle(s)

... and how is the door opening?

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the door poppers provided by Audio Inovation
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rrobello

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lol thanks for answering that one for me.

due to not being able to find coinciding tire sizes for the front of the same tire as the 315s in the rear without having to use race slicks the tires will now be Falken 615s 295x40rear and 255x40front
 
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Im just getting home and Im exhausted so heres a real quick teaser from today! sorry crappy photos, I'll upload the highres ones soon:

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93GrunT

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I don't even see a car in those pictures
 
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These were taken with a point and shoot olympus while we were still setting up and the rest (all high res) were taken with a canon eos 10d which I will have to upload when I get home, I just finished cleaning up the car and am off to another show. Sorry but I promise more pics will come.

heres the last one off of that camera, and you can actually see the car in this one...lol.

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timeless2

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Nice body work. The car too.
 

93GrunT

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rrobello said:
These were taken with a point and shoot olympus while we were still setting up and the rest (all high res) were taken with a canon eos 10d which I will have to upload when I get home, I just finished cleaning up the car and am off to another show. Sorry but I promise more pics will come.

heres the last one off of that camera, and you can actually see the car in this one...lol.

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That's cool, but do you have more pics of the girl??
 

85ragtop

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timeless2 said:
Nice body work. The car too.
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YHALOTHERE!

And, where are the finished pics of your car?
 
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With a girl like that to occupy your time, why do you even want a car??????
 
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Car looks sweet, looks like you had a great party turnout
 

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Dayum. She is cute.



But, her knees look well used. It must be the hot asphalt as she knees down for those low shots with the car. Hard work, I bet.

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Oh and R - pleased to see the car coming back together. Sometimes life gives us lemonade......
 

kooldawg6

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All this talk about there being cars in the pics...
 

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Pffft, Mustangs and hot chicks suck, especially when combined!







NOT!
 
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sorry for lagging I finally was able to upload the pics from Saturday.

Full gallery contains 36 pics: http://www.auto-focus.us/autoblog/?p=114





















 
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