Mike's Sol

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421

thanks,

you may be interested in the quick releases. The bumper has no “hidden” fasteners. it has 6 quarter turn dzus fasteners. 2 on each flare to the bumper and two on the radiator support.

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This one goes through the flare, bumper, and finally the aluminum plate that is bolted to the stock fender and inner fender bracket.
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422

sooooo sweeeeet

423

thats strange. I have no idea what might cause that. its just Pb

424

Looking real good Mike. Needs an intercooler :wink: Ahem!!

425

Your car is awesome man… really.

426

Thanks adam. I’m having a tough time getting into the labs (last week, exam week next week) Hopefully I can sneak into one very soon though. I am eager to get that piece of the puzzle in there.

Thanks. :thumbup

427

Sketch, no? :wink: I will send link to you in PM…

428

God damn! looks like everything is coming along real nice man. Keep up the good work! When can i see this thing in person?

429

I’ll have to see when I get it going and when I find myself back in the capital district with it. Unfortunately the combination of both those things happening anytime soon is very slim.

I got the other side on last week and I should be picking up a welder to tack the back quarters together tonight:

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430

Great work and great build thread!

431

Looking awesome Mike!

432

Im failing this build cause you didnt get the CF aerocatch hood pins

FAIL

:slight_smile:

433

I doubt highly that both of the weaves would have matched.

Which looks ghetto.

Black ftw.

434

The aerocatch in carbon is just some overlay crap. I don’t pay for cosmetics.

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436

looks like fun :lol

437

its should be, but the welding is NOT going well. I can’t get the damn welds right, either they burn right through or sit on top, when I finally lay a decent bead it caves in on itself and craters up.

OJ (Wizard13) gave me some suggestions and hopefully thinner wire and different stuff to clean up the metal will allow me to fix it back up.

438

There should be NO bead laying on 18-20g sheet metal with MIG, that’s a problem right there Mike. Spot weld.

439

the beads were on scrap metal to try and figure out the problem.

440

Mafdark i just spent the past hour reading this entire thread. alot o reading but well worth the time. cant believe it is the same sol you had 4 years ago! Looks great congrats on the killer build and haviong the nuts to stick with the project for so long and through such heart aches! GJ the car is awesome!