03-31-2013, 09:37 AM | #15 |
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Simply incredible...
I hope I get to see this G5.R in person some day.
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03-31-2013, 12:17 PM | #17 |
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Awesome!
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03-31-2013, 07:26 PM | #18 |
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Nice work. Where is your shop?
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04-01-2013, 12:01 AM | #19 | |
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In my garage. ************************************************** **** Spindles:
It was a hell of a PITA to detach the control arm from the spindle. I took it to my friend's shop from church. We first tried pressing it out but it was a no go. Finally after several failed attempts, we decided to give it heat and it finally popped. Since I am taking the complete suspension apart, I figured I'd detail everything! The spindle on the right is in progress with a lot more to do. The red circle on the left upright highlights two more humps that I will also be grinding off. The one that has a bolt hole is to mount the back plate for the stock brakes, but since I’m replacing them, there's no need for the extra ounces of aluminum, LOL... So I'm grinding it off. Here you can see a side by side comparison. The three humps were removed as they are just part of the casting process. Once I had them completely sanded. I polished them to a mirror finish. (Reference the one on the left) Next thing I did was to tape off the areas where bolts are going through. I didn't want to add paint to those areas and deal with the paint getting jacked up when I'd tighten the bolts. I sanded blasted them again to create paint adherence. (Reference the one on the right) Next came a light coat of etching primer. And finally ......... the finished product. I painted in a cast aluminum finish. |
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04-01-2013, 03:13 AM | #20 |
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You're getting really, really good at this. I'll be surprised after all this is done if you don't get a job offer from some high-end custom company. I can see some rich guy who wants a killer show car hiring you, or you may even open your own custom shop. Your work is starting to rival the best of anything I've seen anywhere. That "after" spindle should be in a glass showcase in a museum lol.
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04-01-2013, 10:56 AM | #21 |
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Amazing detail man. On a side note, how you liking that maxjax lift. I've read some decent reviews about them. I don't have high ceilings either.
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04-02-2013, 07:59 AM | #22 |
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I love my race ramps (just for getting my low front end into my trailer). This kit would be very nice.
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04-02-2013, 08:07 AM | #23 |
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those ramps are so bad ass!
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04-02-2013, 08:20 AM | #24 |
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Those are nice but dam you'd need a seperate trailer just for the ramps.
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04-02-2013, 10:20 AM | #25 |
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Where did you order the race ramps from?
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04-02-2013, 10:51 AM | #26 |
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Looking good.
- Clayton. Official C5Fail4 hater.
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Directly from Race Ramps
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Quick update: Motor mounts I will say these mounts are very artsy for a factory piece. So I figured they could use some Before......... This shows all the insignia that was removed. You can see seems in this picture that were removed. After......... much cleaner This one shows a lot of rough casting and grinding marks.... go figure Finally some color, powder coated in anthracite. In this second picture, you can see I replace the nut on the picture above with a ARP chrome molly 12 point. I'm using ARP for the entire project other than the sizes they don’t make. I added the cost off all the ARP bolts and was floored, Close to $3,000 in bolts More updates tomorrow. |
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