This is pretty disgusting
10-08-06, 02:39 PM
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Bumblebee, I agree, your car has an incredible list of good equipment but, for me, the headlight and hood fit would kill a potential sale right off. I can see that you can repaint the hood and the bumper but, why don't you take an hour an readjust your fit. I simply do not believe that that is the best that can be done.
I happen to have the exact same bumper, same CWest lights and look at the difference. The lights fixtures have to be shimmed and raised so that they fill those huge gaps around the hood and bumper. It is an easy adjust, I know, I did it myself.
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I happen to have the exact same bumper, same CWest lights and look at the difference. The lights fixtures have to be shimmed and raised so that they fill those huge gaps around the hood and bumper. It is an easy adjust, I know, I did it myself.
Albert
10-08-06, 03:10 PM
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art wise the airbrushing looks amazing, but not on a car, especially an fd which relies on its sexy curves, not a scary ***** on the bumper, gonna have nightmares now... sorry dude. how come you did it, im not being ar5y, i just would like to know.
10-08-06, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by axr6
Bumblebee, I agree, your car has an incredible list of good equipment but, for me, the headlight and hood fit would kill a potential sale right off. I can see that you can repaint the hood and the bumper but, why don't you take an hour an readjust your fit. I simply do not believe that that is the best that can be done.
I happen to have the exact same bumper, same CWest lights and look at the difference. The lights fixtures have to be shimmed and raised so that they fill those huge gaps around the hood and bumper. It is an easy adjust, I know, I did it myself.
Albert
I happen to have the exact same bumper, same CWest lights and look at the difference. The lights fixtures have to be shimmed and raised so that they fill those huge gaps around the hood and bumper. It is an easy adjust, I know, I did it myself.
Albert
Also, I actually had 2 of those exact same front bumpers. The first one fit almost perfectly, but eventually the lower lip cracked and I had to get another one. The second one, even though made by the same company, was WAY different, and did not fit nearly so well. I can probably find some pics of this to illustrate.
10-08-06, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection
I cant speak for the headlights, but the hood cannot be made to fit any better, and most of the gap is due to the hood. They actually make that hood about 1/4" too small on EACH SIDE. You could actually see the fender bolts, even when it was perfectly centered. Everything lined up perfectly when using the stock hood as a template, other than the front bumper being off.
Also, I actually had 2 of those exact same front bumpers. The first one fit almost perfectly, but eventually the lower lip cracked and I had to get another one. The second one, even though made by the same company, was WAY different, and did not fit nearly so well. I can probably find some pics of this to illustrate.
Also, I actually had 2 of those exact same front bumpers. The first one fit almost perfectly, but eventually the lower lip cracked and I had to get another one. The second one, even though made by the same company, was WAY different, and did not fit nearly so well. I can probably find some pics of this to illustrate.
Then, I slept on it and went to work. Cut and cut and added layers of fiberglass in many places, over and over, until I was satisfied with the fit and finish. It is still not perfect but, almost factory qualtiy. Then, I installed the lighths and painted the front bumper myself as a challenge.
Albert
10-08-06, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by bumblebee92gt
i will repaint the bumper and hood if someone wants me to. The car is not ruined if i paint the bumper and hood it will look exactly the same. you guys are truly asses and thanks alot for making this into such a big deal
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10-08-06, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by axr6
Not trying to be argumentative here but, a qualified body person can make just about anything fit. I have zero experience with regular body work (except fixing my race car fiberglass bodies after crashes) and when I got my front bumper there was a minimum 0.5 - .75 inch gap betwen the hood and the bumber. The hood leading corners were rounded off to show even bigger gaps. I was so disillusioned that I was going to throw the bumper away...
Then, I slept on it and went to work. Cut and cut and added layers of fiberglass in many places, over and over, until I was satisfied with the fit and finish. It is still not perfect but, almost factory qualtiy. Then, I installed the lighths and painted the front bumper myself as a challenge.
Albert
Then, I slept on it and went to work. Cut and cut and added layers of fiberglass in many places, over and over, until I was satisfied with the fit and finish. It is still not perfect but, almost factory qualtiy. Then, I installed the lighths and painted the front bumper myself as a challenge.
Albert
As it is, the parts are simply not molded and shaped right, and are too small, leaving gaps at the corners. There is no way to "pull" or "force" them together any closer as they are. IF the distance from fender to fender is 50 inches and teh hood is only 49 inches wide, what are you gonna do? Put it in the "frame stretcher" or something? You can either cut it and add material in somewhere (it is a CF hood) or just run it as-is.
I think I paid $2500 in body work/part installation AND the entire paintjob. Seeing that it was a streetcar that'd be daily driven, I didnt see the need to put a 5 thousand dollar body/paint job into it over and above the cost of the custom parts themselves.
BUt then there are those that want to build a show car with perfect paint and clear and every seam and body line perfectly flush and straight. I guess they don't realize that if you drive the car more than twice a month it WILL get imperfections on it from rock chips, road debris, people walking by it in the parking lot, etc. Dude that bought the car from me was apparently one of those people, as he kept telling me how bad and shitty the paintjob was and remarked that there were rock chips and scrapes on the bottom of the front bumper.
10-09-06, 08:39 AM
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Birds can DRIFT YO...!!!!
Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection
. Dude that bought the car from me was apparently one of those people, as he kept telling me how bad and shitty the paintjob was and remarked that there were rock chips and scrapes on the bottom of the front bumper.
10-09-06, 03:08 PM
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Birds can DRIFT YO...!!!!
Originally Posted by bumblebee92gt
for the last time if you want the car repainted before you buy it i will pay for the airbrushing to get covered up.
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