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Originally Posted by Jonny042
Incredible, I've been looking forward to this update (and, no doubt, a flurry of activity to come!). There's a natural ebb and flow to projects and the accompanying updates, but hopefully you'll get your Mojo back! Maybe a Sunday night update instead of Mondays? At any rate, welcome back!
I've been on a bit of a summer break and doing less forum-ing and more living, summers are short up here and being labor day weekend of course there's a chill in the air, so it'll be back to work for me too after another week or two.
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I have gone so hard for so long that not doing much to it this year has been a nice respite. Delving deeper into bowling and taking on competitive shooting has also been super nice. But this widebody has me motivated, so now I need to learn to juggle. lol
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Originally Posted by MFX
Only suggestion I have is before you modify the bumpers put on the wheels at the width you are going to use and make sure you can get full lock in either direction. I built my whole car with spacers on the fronts and it all looked great until the first time I tried to drive it and the wheels hit the bumper with even a little angle. Now I have narrow front wheels that I hate the look of but I would have to do a whole heap to change it now.
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I have some spacers en route from Gabe to ensure my wheels are centered in the flares/arches. I won't be doing any painting until after the wheels are rebuilt and clad in new skins for the exact reason you mention. Right now, my (skinny) wheels & tires don't clear the corners of the bumpers with much steering angle and they're tucked 2" inside flares. There is still a very long way to go with the bumpers. They'll be modified extensively before the car sees paint.
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Originally Posted by AG81
Well done Chris. Sure would like to see it outside to get a better idea of how well everything is fitting. I know this was a dry run and your just getting an idea of what is what. Can't believe it's September and time is marching on..... I'll start motor assembly pretty soon. Hated not driving the car this year. Next month is a year. Keep up the good work.
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Today is your lucky day. Update coming as quickly as I can conjure a lucid stream of thought and then type it out.