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Originally Posted by Tremelune
This is pretty old-fashioned. I challenge anyone to see the difference on a properly-prepped Getty fiberglass setup than steel.
The cheap looks come from cheap parts and cheap installs.
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all true. and i've seen plenty of cars that use poorly assembled/installed fantastic parts that looked cheap.
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Originally Posted by computiNATEor
This is awesome work! Just wanted to say something so I get the daily emails  |
i'll try to make sure they're worth something. unfortunately for both of us, tonight is not that night. more below.
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Originally Posted by bluebullet
Good stuff. Glad to see the progress coming along!
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Thanks!
so this weekend wasn't super productive.
i spent friday night with the Mrs. then drove to Cincinnati. early saturday, we got up and drove across most of Indiana to swap some cars with my friend. i didn't get home until late in the afternoon saturday. so i tried to be productive with my limited time. i took an hour or two and drilled some holes in the tail panel of the car to fit the studs that i bonded to the speedholes panel. then, i painted the panel to prevent rust. while i was fine-tuning the fit, one of the studs came off. :/ frustrated, but not beaten, i pressed on. i roughed the panel deeper and re-bonded the stud while i finished the tail panel of the car.
i plan to run the speedholes brushed, so i broke out a fresh red scotch-brite pad and went to work. *meh result*
so i grabbed a sheet of 320 grit and used the red scotch-brite as a backer.
*meh*
180
*meh*
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RESULT!
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except two studs popped off due to the limited side-loading on them from the brushing/sanding/scoring/whatever process. the JB Kwik isn't curing like regular JB does. so i'm exploring different bonding solutions. there's Super Alloy 1, 3M Panel Bond, real JB, Quiksteel, or i put holes in the speedhole panel to bolt through and admit a crushing defeat.
whilst pining my options, i decided to bring one of the doors up from the basement to see what i need to do to prep it for epoxy. i got the passenger door all the way into the garage and the power window conversion off before my brother in-law showed up. so that's it for the weekend. i got some disappointment and a lot of being off-task. i'll get pics of the wild electric window conversion thing tomorrow.