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Old Oct 24, 2003
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I Think My hard work paid off!

I started this project 2 weeks ago and have finally finished right in time for Import Fest in San Diego tell me what you think...


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Stretching the grill cloth to get my shape
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More cloth and you can see how I used tape and foil to protect my amps and car...
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and now for the dirty work laying the Fiberglass...
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after all the fiberglass is layed in and drying...
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after the 8 layers of fiberglass has dried I layed Duraglass (mixture of body filler and strands of fiberglass) to strengthen my panel....
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after you grind out all the excess duraglass you get your basic shape now it's time to add the body filler I used Rage Gold. (alot better than Bondo trust me!)
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Here's a view of the panel out of the trunk
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ok now lay your body filler and sand down by hand to fill all holes...
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now you Poly Primer sand until your ready to paint and here's what your left with...
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and the car after all those lat nights...
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looks great man!!! what about your sub box? that wiring doesnt look like all you need for 4 amps...i KNOW theres more to this story...kinda like our dash pieces..many many many small steps
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yeah I would have to write a book to go step by step. Im still using my 15" and it's facing the front of the car in a ported enclosure and Im working on the cover for that...
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ur car is NUTS! i Love the job...good worthy work
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Now that is bad ***.
Do you polish your shoes in your car? Nice shoes too.
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Hella nice job Wes. And you been workin on Derricks car. You know you better get some recognition at Import Fest.
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dam dude thats sweet,
i never though ur car would look like that. ur car was sooo... ummmm... how do i say this.... lets just say, stock
im probly going to see ur car on saturday. so who did you steal those rims from?

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Very Nice! imp:
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looks sweet, wish I had the know how, time, and money to do something like that.
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your car looks figgin tight. good job, thanks for the shirt last time at fudd meet
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I give you much props on that DIY, it looks really good and you probably saved a ***** load of money.
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dayam thats nice.... n for those that havnt heard it yet, his **** is bangin off the heezy fo sheezy.. seriously, the sound is so clean. you know usually its just booom booom booom a block away... his you can actually hear what he's listening to a block away.. its just sick... good luck at the show
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Nice ...are you gonna go to the meet on November 15th so we can all hear??
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Thanks for the comments everyone I'll be going to alot of the S. Cali meets so everyone that wants a little taste can here I have more in stored for my system but it's gonna take time.
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can we get more shirts?
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lol wtf.. didnt you get 2 already?
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