Build Thread Want To Blow 5 Years And $50k On A Foxbody? Step By Step Instructions Inside!
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Lol. I'm basically playing the hurry up and wait game right now. My painter is swamped with other work. I probably won't be bringing him the car until the new year unfortunately.
Build progress will continue though. I will start to put the IRS back together as that will be one of the first things to go back in the car after paint.
Noobz, you can go back in your corner and keep playing with yourself. Nothing to see here.
Build progress will continue though. I will start to put the IRS back together as that will be one of the first things to go back in the car after paint.
Noobz, you can go back in your corner and keep playing with yourself. Nothing to see here.
Unfortunately, no. Still in a holding pattern until I can get this thing in the paint booth. If my painter can't make time for me by the end of January, I'm going to start looking elsewhere. I personally don't mind waiting until late January though. My tax return will come early February, and that will pay for the cost to shoot the body 
Unfortunately, no. Still in a holding pattern until I can get this thing in the paint booth. If my painter can't make time for me by the end of January, I'm going to start looking elsewhere. I personally don't mind waiting until late January though. My tax return will come early February, and that will pay for the cost to shoot the body
I'd worry about that Scott. If it takes this long to get the car "in"the shop,...how long will it be hostage once he has it?
You make a very good point Mike, and I've thought about that. I'm honestly not as concerned as I would be if I've never done business with this guy. However, he has done numerous jobs for myself, my family, and a number of my friends. Never had a single issue with turnaround time. Yes, painting an entire car is a little different that repairing a fender bender, but I am still confident that he will get me the car back in a reasonable time. He has just been so busy with jobs from Sandy. Apparently people didn't think that parking their cars under trees during a hurricane would cause any issues 
You may want to make note of this post for a future 'I told you so' reply when I come back in April complaining that the painter still has my car
You may want to make note of this post for a future 'I told you so' reply when I come back in April complaining that the painter still has my car
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You make a very good point Mike, and I've thought about that. I'm honestly not as concerned as I would be if I've never done business with this guy. However, he has done numerous jobs for myself, my family, and a number of my friends. Never had a single issue with turnaround time. Yes, painting an entire car is a little different that repairing a fender bender, but I am still confident that he will get me the car back in a reasonable time. He has just been so busy with jobs from Sandy. Apparently people didn't think that parking their cars under trees during a hurricane would cause any issues
You may want to make note of this post for a future 'I told you so' reply when I come back in April complaining that the painter still has my car
Ok, so after it gets painted, are you in a position to assemble it for the final time?
I sure am. While it's in paint, I'm going to get the IRS all assembled and get the gas tank powder coated. Those will probably be the first 2 things to go in, followed by the front suspension and then drivetrain. The big ticket items that I don't have yet are my fuel lines and Quicktime bellhousing. I still need to find a source for teflon braided fuel lines.
I plan to slowly feed more exterior parts to my painter as I become ready for them. The ground effects will be very last. Hatch and doors will be needed as I start to do the interior. Fenders and hood will go on once all the mechanical parts are installed on the front end. Luckily black is forgiving enough that having panels painted at different times will not cause and color matching issues. Probably the only benefit to black paint!
That's bull,....if there weren't black paint jobs,...dust and green pollen spores would have to wander the earth aimlessly, w/ nowhere to land.
So you'll have that going for you....................................................................................................................................................
which is nice.
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I love the build still, but your killing me with the enclosure....lol. Find a sub with a reasonable size for air space requirement. Buy a boat repair kis from Walmart (fiberglass) and a couple roles of cheap masking tape. Tape the heck out of the bottom of your tub and lay glass resin and mat over the tape. Let it dry amd figur your enclosure volume needed. Build the enclosure (the 4 sides) according to available height (including the thickness of your MDF for the top). Once its cut to the contours of your floor, glass it to the base you laid out on the floor. Remove it and cut it neatly to fit. Fully assemble it and add a little "poly-fill" (pillow stuffing) if your a bit under. Easy day project, but it will give you the enclosure your looking for, a better selection of speakers and the "Wow" factor of a custom enclosure you will be able to remove.
I'm sure a lot of audiophiles, like yourself, are also not thrilled with the Pioneer subwoofer. It would definitely be cool to do a custom enclosure. I'm no stranger to fiberglass work, but I'm just not interested in spending the time to make a custom enclosure. I just wanted a small sub to take care of the bass notes that the speakers can't. A 'decent' sound system is all I'm after for this car. I'll probably only use the stereo on the highway anyway. Most of my audio enjoyment around town will come from the Magnaflows and ball-bearing turbo 
I'm sure a lot of audiophiles, like yourself, are also not thrilled with the Pioneer subwoofer. It would definitely be cool to do a custom enclosure. I'm no stranger to fiberglass work, but I'm just not interested in spending the time to make a custom enclosure. I just wanted a small sub to take care of the bass notes that the speakers can't. A 'decent' sound system is all I'm after for this car. I'll probably only use the stereo on the highway anyway. Most of my audio enjoyment around town will come from the Magnaflows and ball-bearing turbo
While not an "audiophile" I have strived to build decent sound systems in every car that I've done. I, like you believe that the sub you are using will do exactly as you expect. It won't hit hard enough to cause your eardrums to bleed, but it will add the bottom end that you'll want to enhance the system.
Paint update: I'm penciled in on my painter's calendar for the 28th. He said he will have the car for probably a max of 2 weeks. I definitely won't mind if he keeps it for longer though. I have to wash and re-paint all the walls in the garage while the car is gone. The fine layer of metal dust all over the walls won't be good to have when the freshly painted black car is back.
In the meantime, I dropped off the lower IRS control arms at my powder coater to have blasted. He is also going to powder coat the upper subframe mounts. I'm dropping off the rear end housing at Trans Axle to get the 3.27's installed tomorrow. Should have the parts back next week so I can get the IRS put back together.
In the meantime, I dropped off the lower IRS control arms at my powder coater to have blasted. He is also going to powder coat the upper subframe mounts. I'm dropping off the rear end housing at Trans Axle to get the 3.27's installed tomorrow. Should have the parts back next week so I can get the IRS put back together.
ttt man thats a cheap way to get a metallic paint job just put your air compressor. On the walls and blow it off while the car is in there
HotFox
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Seeing how good you are at the work on your car im sure it will only take a couple of weekends to have the garage up to your liking.
It shouldn't take me too long to get the garage 'operating room' clean. Although, I do need to spend extra time on the floors. Can disappoint madmike1157 with a dirty epoxy floor. He will never let me live it down.
