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Old Jan 26, 2005 | 11:35 PM
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Bodywork skills, right on. I admire that and wish I had the patience.



Good work. I want to see pics when it's done for sure.



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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 07:32 PM
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here is the first coat of primer, I used DuPont URO prime, it is what is called a "lifetime repair" product because it wont shrink in and really protects the bodywork and metal on the car.



this will be block sanded by hand, then the car will be primed AGAIN, then hand sanded again- you get the idea.



any remaining trim will be removed, which I believe is just the key bezel on the rear of the car, any parts not primed in these pics are only getting primed once as they wont be showing anyhow after the side skirts are reinstalled



at this point the Rotary Extreme front bumper is going to get fitted to the car, then hand sanded, then reprimed.



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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 05:15 AM
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For some weird reason I thought of an F40 when I saw the back of that car



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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 07:09 AM
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Starting to look better. "I see you guy are getting a bit of snow".
Old Jan 29, 2005 | 04:23 PM
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WOW i have a rear passenger 1/4 panel again. amazing.



rob, how hard was redoing that 1/4 panel part? i know it was pretty fubar, and i had a bunch of guys saying how they wanted to cut it out and mold in a new piece and ****, which sounded um shady to me. so how difficult was it? like di you pull the metal out and everything?



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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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metal was pulled with a stud gun, hammered and pulled a bit more, then filled



I also thought about putting a new 1/4 on it but decided the damage wasnt all that bad, it was only about 8" total in the worse spot.

Putting a new 1/4 would have been more trouble then it was worth.
Old Jan 29, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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yeah my friend had a 1/4 hung on his turbo 944, took a long time for the shop to do it, and it cost an arm and a leg
Old Jan 30, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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yea i figured putting a whole new 1/4 would've been more work then it was worth, especially with the complex/compound curves in that specific area...plus the fact that part of the dent connect to the gas door area so i figured it'd be a bitch.



i remember i even had a guy at home depot walk up to my car as i was leaving and was like "i can do this this this and bam itll be perfect" i was like "do you have a shop?" hes like "no but i work for one and i have the tools in the car right now so we could do it at my house real quick" i was like "umm im gonna go now."



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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 09:50 PM
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the fitting begins, did this on a frame machine incase something needing some tweaking



Old Feb 1, 2005 | 05:00 PM
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bling !



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