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    Happy New Year!

    I've been making steady progress over the holidays. I got the new nose mounted. I also started working on the massive void on my passenger side fender. Sanding revealed that it was much bigger than what the small hole in the gelcoat was revealing. I used 3M vinyl ester filler. The stuff gets as hard as fiberglass. The remaining imperfections are small enough for standard filler.






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    Wow, sorry you had so many issues with the body. But it is looking good! When spring comes for you in another 10 months or so, you'll be ready ;-)

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    Looks like the car is at its acupuncture appointment of the week. lolll Been there done that, keep up the good work.

    7 holes per headlight, that's a lot.
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    I will probably do even more to make sure the lights go tight to the body panel. I bought something like 30 M4 blind fasteners. I'm going to install them so the headlights are removable from the back side.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hindsight View Post
    Wow, sorry you had so many issues with the body. But it is looking good! When spring comes for you in another 10 months or so, you'll be ready ;-)
    It's not too many issues. I've committed to doing some decent body work over the winter and painting it in early spring.

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    What color?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aero STI View Post
    30 M4 blind fasteners. I'm going to install them so the headlights are removable from the back side.
    I'd like to know more about that. Looking for a solution myself, what are those blind fasteners? Certainly not rivnuts?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hindsight View Post
    What color?
    I like the cyber metallic from the Corvette that someone else did. I may stick with white and then vinyl wrap if I want a more exotic color

    Quote Originally Posted by Frank818 View Post
    I'd like to know more about that. Looking for a solution myself, what are those blind fasteners? Certainly not rivnuts?
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/M4x15mm-Flus...QAAOSwal5YD5ga

    Someone showed some epoxied in fine thread screws. Same idea. These are specifically designed for the job

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    Worked on wrapping up the air ducting to the intercooler today. I was not happy with how many escape routes Factory Five allows for with their design.

    Also started on the GT40 style hood. I tried to bend the existing fiberglass to shape, even added some backside cut reliefs like you do when you bend wood. No dice, so I'm going to start over from scratch.





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    Self clinching studs! Great idea, I'll try that! Those are freaking cheap too.

    Great idea again on blocking the front of the rad at the top. Will copy as well. lolll
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    Nice ducting work! I need to do the same this winter. I'm going to start from scratch as well since the FFR panels just wouldn't fit on my setup. I predict a lot of cardboard in my future. I'm looking forward to seeing that hood done.

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    Can't wait to see the hood results! Very cool idea to try bending the vent cutouts down.
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    Some progress was made on the hood



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    First continuous layer of perimeter glass




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    I like it. Nice design. A lot of work to seal all that off and maximize the flow, but I'm sure it will be worth it!

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    Thanks! I don't have an enormous amount of time into it. The finishing work to make things look symmetrical and smooth is going to be fun.

    Here you can see the beginning of the center rib.



    Also, I ordered the Kia Soul fascia so I can do the Rori style rear bumper. I want to get maximum airflow out of the back of the car.

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    What I am thinking about.
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    Nice work.

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    I wanted to make sure the openings are symmetrical. I made a template of each lower opening and they were almost identical, but one corner was tighter. I took the larger template, copied it to two pieces of foam and made some relief cuts to get the corner back in shape.







    Added some more fiberglass

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    Looking great.... I can't wait to see the finished hood. I may copy what you did. Better cooling and better down-force if you route ALL the radiator air through the hood like you are doing.

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    Love the hood vents. I really wanted to do something like this also. It looks much more exotic and less kit-car if openings have a dynamic look instead of flat with cut openings.

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    Like your hood vents.
    I'm going to try and do something like this gt40.
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    I wish I had thought of that to precisely cut my hood vents (flipping over a template), in the end I managed to do it precise but it certainly took way more time than using a template for both sides. Good tip.
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    Thanks for the compliments. The thought crossed my mind to make the vents look very similar to the GT40 style. However, it would be a major re-sculpting.

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    I installed the S2K mirrors tonight. I really like how they seem to match the body lines. I also put a thin layer of 3M vinylester filler on the hood, added some additional reinforcement to the driver door panel mounting, and started in on the passenger door and door panel modification.








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    They look good.

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    Great work on the hood!
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    Great work all around. I know the commitment it takes to cut into things to create a unique look. Back end and interior really a lot of work with major non-kit car impact IMO. How are you finishing off the front of the door panels where the dash intrudes?

    Foam and Glass can really make some fun shapes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BC Huselton View Post
    Great work all around. I know the commitment it takes to cut into things to create a unique look. Back end and interior really a lot of work with major non-kit car impact IMO. How are you finishing off the front of the door panels where the dash intrudes?

    Foam and Glass can really make some fun shapes.
    Wow! Incredible customization.

    I actually cut the dash so the door panel intrudes into it. I don't think I have a picture. I plan to make a conforming fiberglass end-cap for each side and then cover it with some matching vinyl.

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    Lovin it! You have some great skills and a great vision too. Can't wait to see the final product.

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    I messed up a dash trying to do that...cut the dash vs the Door. Could not get the glove box to work and the driver side lower panel to fit very well. So made an indent in the Door Panel. I guess this is the trade off for a more OEM looking dash. Still a good move IMO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BC Huselton View Post
    I messed up a dash trying to do that...cut the dash vs the Door. Could not get the glove box to work and the driver side lower panel to fit very well. So made an indent in the Door Panel. I guess this is the trade off for a more OEM looking dash. Still a good move IMO.
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    All great looking mods.
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    I admit that hood looks awesome. Too bad FFR didn't have it as an option...
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    Passenger side door panel is mounted. I probably have 5 hours into it. That's half the time of the driver side to get to this point.




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    That is really impressive! Makes the interior, uhm, more "cozy". What is that door panel from again? Subaru?
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    It does make it a bit more cozy. The armrest piece is actually very useful. These are out of a Subaru BRZ.

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    I test fitted the front street spoiler. Is anyone running it with the new nose, or did you switch to the race spoiler? I don't love the rear gap before the wheel well.


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    Looks rather puny, but I guess OK for a street car.
    Was thinking of you when I was at Daytona.
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    Andrew, even the race spoiler doesn't go all the way to the wheel well opening if you stick it out 3" on the front side. But yes, it does seem the R version is deeper, but only by maybe 3-4". I have some pics up of mine and you can see a gap between the wheel well opening and the back of the splitter but it's not as pronounces as your pic with the S splitter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scargo View Post
    Looks rather puny, but I guess OK for a street car.
    Was thinking of you when I was at Daytona.
    IMG_1071.JPGOne version (not shown) does not have Gurney flaps in front.
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    Definitely an aesthetic piece more than anything. I recall Factory Five saying you need the race splitter with the new nose and I wasn't sure if that was just to fix the issue of the gap near the wheel well or what.

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