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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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Pushing the hood as hard as I can. We have had a fair amount of work come in that we had to go outside of the shop for a week, so things are busy. I am not putting you guys off, and I am getting back to the hood mid next week. Just wanted to give an update. Should have the headlight one done by next Friday or the following Monday, IF nothing else comes in.

I do have the regular one done and I will be testing it next week on my car. I don't see any problems, but I want to make sure.
Old Oct 29, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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Congratulations on the influx of work,I know how hard these lean times can be.
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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It has been pretty slow and we have to jump on work whenever it comes in immediately. Luckily, we have stuff that seems to come in at convenient times right when another project ends. good for my bottom line, but bad for you guys. I am sorry for the delay in getting these to you guys , I truly am. I know some of ya'll are looking forward to this and I hate to make you wait. Especially after all the help this community has given me over the years with getting my car going.
Old Oct 29, 2009 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by rharris19
It has been pretty slow and we have to jump on work whenever it comes in immediately. Luckily, we have stuff that seems to come in at convenient times right when another project ends. good for my bottom line, but bad for you guys. I am sorry for the delay in getting these to you guys , I truly am. I know some of ya'll are looking forward to this and I hate to make you wait. Especially after all the help this community has given me over the years with getting my car going.
Is all this side work for you...or is this your business?
Old Oct 29, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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This is side work at my business. I have a shop that does fiberglass work on various things, but took this on on the side to help the guys get more work and get desired parts to you guys cheaper.
Old Oct 29, 2009 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by rharris19
This is side work at my business. I have a shop that does fiberglass work on various things, but took this on on the side to help the guys get more work and get desired parts to you guys cheaper.
Ahh, this makes sense now! I wish I had the capabilities to do fiberglass work at my company...but I can't complain, its nice having all the sheet metal resources We also do injection molding, but no matter how much I tell upper management to get into making car parts, they never listen
Old Oct 30, 2009 | 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Cspence
Ahh, this makes sense now! I wish I had the capabilities to do fiberglass work at my company...but I can't complain, its nice having all the sheet metal resources We also do injection molding, but no matter how much I tell upper management to get into making car parts, they never listen
****, i wish i had the resorces to do half the stuff that some people do on here!

ha all i have to work with is wrenches, a hammer, a hacksaw and a mig welder! im in the stone age compared to most others!
Old Oct 30, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by WonTon
****, i wish i had the resorces to do half the stuff that some people do on here!

ha all i have to work with is wrenches, a hammer, a hacksaw and a mig welder! im in the stone age compared to most others!
dude you can build an indian supercar with those tools! you obviously haven't watched "bangla bangers" "italy has enzo, india has leepu"
Old Oct 30, 2009 | 03:25 PM
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wow that thing is ugly as all hell
Leepu = fail \/
Old Oct 31, 2009 | 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by spoolin2bars
dude you can build an indian supercar with those tools! you obviously haven't watched "bangla bangers" "italy has enzo, india has leepu"
just watched it! WOW! thats insane, i dont have the will power for that ****....
Old Oct 31, 2009 | 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by triple88a
wow that thing is ugly as all hell
leepu = fail \/
holy fugly vehicle batman!
Old Oct 31, 2009 | 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by WonTon
just watched it! WOW! thats insane, i dont have the will power for that ****....
i can't believe some of the **** they did. it was crazy. in one episode they are using the wall socket to weld! in another there a whole crew of slaves scraping the paint off the roof with old hacksaw blades! did you see the 8" wheel spacers? death traps is what they're building. but even though they are making fugly cars, the fact that they did even that with the tools they had was kinda amazing.
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they are using 26 gauge steel, you can bend that with your fingers easily. This car is a death trap.
Old Oct 31, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by spoolin2bars
i can't believe some of the **** they did. it was crazy. in one episode they are using the wall socket to weld! in another there a whole crew of slaves scraping the paint off the roof with old hacksaw blades! did you see the 8" wheel spacers? death traps is what they're building. but even though they are making fugly cars, the fact that they did even that with the tools they had was kinda amazing.
I watched one, the rest kept saying file fucked up or somthing..................i really didnt know so much can be done with so little!

are they really using 8 inch spacers?????????
Old Oct 31, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by WonTon
I watched one, the rest kept saying file fucked up or somthing..................i really didnt know so much can be done with so little!

are they really using 8 inch spacers?????????
for the first episode they used 6" truck spacers.
The spacers look like these but the mounting plates are much wider apart since this is a 3" suspension spacer




if it says that click refresh, it did that for me too but refreshed it and it started. Fukin utube...
Old Oct 31, 2009 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by triple88a
for the first episode they used 6" truck spacers.
The spacers look like these but the mounting plates are much wider apart since this is a 3" suspension spacer




if it says that click refresh, it did that for me too but refreshed it and it started. Fukin utube...
DAMN!

hey doesnt google own utube now or somting like that!(not tryin to fill this tread with bullshit)

time for me to go to the garage and grab my hammers, hack saw, and welder, my car will be sick in about 10 years!
Old Oct 31, 2009 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by WonTon
time for me to go to the garage and grab my hammers, hack saw, and welder, my car will be sick in about 10 years!
go to india, get some slaves and you should be done much faster


holy **** they are using flex pipe to make the entire exhaust.
Old Oct 31, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by triple88a
go to india, get some slaves and you should be done much faster
i was just thinking bout that!


WTF on the flex pipe!
Old Oct 31, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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holy crap they are using m3 2 sided tape to glue the windows.
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Originally Posted by triple88a
holy crap they are using m3 2 sided tape to glue the windows.
BMW makes tape?! What happened to this thread being about hoods?



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