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Old 01-24-2006, 05:34 PM
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Old 01-24-2006, 09:24 PM
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just make sure not to get it too smooth or the paint won't stick (800 grit or so) if there was a problem with teh cable running like that, what happens to all these muscle cars with batteries in the trunk, and a power cable running along the frame?
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saaaweeet looks real good man
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dont foget to put the nuts back on for your struts
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cool.. Thought it was gonna be silver tho.. didnt know that was your primer lol.. Silver may have been cool
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Old 01-24-2006, 10:59 PM
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Yeah, the primer was just primer, I couldn't have painted the WHOLE engine bay silver with my engine in and stuff like that. If I could've changed the color, I would've loved to change to a black engine bay, but alas that wouldn't have worked. Maybe in a few years if I ever do a v8 swap I can paint it black then. The strut nuts (haha funny name) I'm leaving off right now while I decide to either paint the nuts or buy new ones and paint them black. I want to have all the bolt heads and nuts be black to accent. I figure it's the little stuff like that which will really clean it up.
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Damn it Brian... now i'm going to have to do this. Thanks for making me do more work.
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Old 01-24-2006, 11:42 PM
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Old 01-25-2006, 07:30 AM
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theres alittle dripage of the paint but it still looks good...way to go...
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damn man that looks sweet... more info on the wire mod.. and how well did the paint match in person looks pretty close in pics. ive got to get something done to the underside of my hood before the next super chevy show so im really considering getting it all painted.
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Old 01-25-2006, 03:23 PM
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damn man that looks sweet... more info on the wire mod.. and how well did the paint match in person looks pretty close in pics. ive got to get something done to the underside of my hood before the next super chevy show so im really considering getting it all painted.
Best comparison is the pic that shows the whole engine bay, the bar that the radiator cover bolts to was painted, but the support bars that connect to it (between the bar and the front bumper) weren't, yet they match perfect. There's spots where you can see where I taped off, but wetsanding it and polishing those areas will blend it well enough that it should work fine. All in all it was pretty easy to do

As for the wire mod, the writeup is here:
http://www.lswon.com/2005/01/25/wire-mod/
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Damn it Brian... now i'm going to have to do this. Thanks for making me do more work.
X2, all the people here keep creating more and more work for me this spring.
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Matches good, makes me want to do that. Is it just me or did you have different battery in the different
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