AFGMOTO1978 Build Thread by afgmoto1978

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First layer of etching primer, this will be sanded off to find the remaining low/high spots.

Hood needs one more piece welded on, the aesthetic welds grinded and bondo laid up on the A surface and it's done.

4-4-2007

Fab work done on hood, need to apply lots of bondo now.

4-12-2007

Alright in process of finishing body work and fitting up things. I had to trim the bumper in order to have the body lines lineup. Fitting up the sleek light housings such that the lens are flush with the bodywork and the gaping somewhat even is proving a royal pain. The lens I have aren't exactly correctly shaped and will be needed some shaving to look symetrical.

The hood has it's second coat of 3MPFBF glazing on and should be done sanding by this weekend. With some help I should be done with bodywork by either the end of this weekend or mid next week. And then Paint! LOL

4-16-2007

Got the headlight housings and lens to lineup with the rest of the bodywork. I had to cut into the driver side headlight housing to even get it to drop flush with the bodywork. Somewhat my fault for not compensating for a non symmetrical chassis/bodywork layout, but still it shouldn't be this hard. I have one more tab to weld on the chassis for the headlights and then it's bodywork from then on until paint.

"I've never heard anyone complain about the RE sleek headlight fitment... Was it really that bad?? Or was it your custom brackets and projectors that caused the problems? " - Ungradedd

Well the saying goes "Ignorance is bliss" and this is a good example. Knowing what I know from my test engineering background the mounting structure wouldn't last that long or provide a stable footing for the lights. However, I did make it harder on myself by making my own setup, so my difficulty was both my doing and the poor design of the RE units mounting. 

Note, what you don't see in this setup is the additional support I added to the outer most corner of the bezel. When at speed the cover would flex downward.I did this mod later in the build.

Well I think I'm done with bodywork. With the assistance of Bobby, I was able to get it done this weekend. The painter will be giving it a once over to see if I need to fix a few areas. If all is well, it's going to be painted this week. 

4/19/07

The paint/body shop I was going to use said it still needs a lot of work. When I get back in town, I going to see what their talking about. Basically, my bodywork is still too wavy. I'm getting a second professional opinion to verify and if it's true it means I still have a lot of work to do. Complete skim coat and sand with a long block. Basically another 100 hours worth of work. Plus the painter seems gun shy, he basically does panel repair not full cars and doesn't have the time to do a project like that.