thanks, mr.gale! :tup:

i just need time to do it...

im thinking about getting a Tamiya airbrush kit if they still sell it. at a toy trade show long time ago, wife and i watched an artist paint a 1:24 scale car model and she was using it like a pen on a 8x11 piece of paper as demo. no over spray wat so ever, and it was like instantly dry. wow! :tup:

she mentioned that the paint particles are super adjustable to match the scale of the car. she was drawing clean lines too. and the compressor she was using wasn't too loud.

i want to be able to paint my toy cars first, then go bigger to paint aero bits and interior pieces (like that a-pillar you did) for real cars. :D

excited for the bar!!!!! :D

Which bar? Who's buying? I'm in!

She's alive!!!! The Z is on the ground, and went around the block. I found one the fitting on the hose coming out of the oil filter relocation plate has a small leak. It was/is tight...

I pissed off a few neighbours in the process (no exhaust) :tup:

Boring drive-by video to come.

I think I am going to have leaks in the lines coming off the relocation plate as well. I got them to stop at idle but wont know for sure until I take mine for a spin. They are damn tight thats for sure, hopefully they seat and stop leaking.

It isnt a type of seal you can go too tight with is it? Like a kitchen sink gasket, you pinch those a little, water leak! Maybe the same deal with those? Sometimes tighter is not always better.

The only leak I had at during the first start test was the output fitting from the oil relocation plate. They were pre-installed and I didn't bother checking them. Fixed that, now the hose fitting at the same location leaks (where the red elbow meets the blue nut), and like yours, fine at idle. I'll be taking some oil with me on my first real drive.

I just got back from a quick drive to the car wash with mine, no oil on the ground after letting it idle for 15 mins after driving it. Fingers crossed. Also eyeballing a alignment is not a good idea in the Z, lol felt like ice the whole time. Gotta get it into get aligned soon here.

I just put Whiteline front and rear bars and those lateral locks with the allen bolts came included for the front & rear.

Maybe they include them with the new ones? I have had my sway bars for a while. The fronts had the proper locks, but the rear had the simple locks. No biggie, Jomer at Fred Beans gave me a heck of a deal so it's all good :tup:

Fred Beans FTW I have been using them for my past few orders, always great deals and service :tup:

Must be because I only have the clip on versions and the definitely didn't keep the bar in place. If it wasn't for the diff stopping it I think it would have snapped the stock end link off!

Small update,

Yesterday at the exhaust shop,

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps836edefb.jpg

Today, some body work,

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6954feb9.jpg

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1a618759.jpg

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps55efd098.jpg

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...psde744f4d.jpg

This stuff would be easier if I knew what the heck I was doing :icon14:

:icon18: that's funny, you make it all seem so easy :tup:


looking good!

good job man... you know for the skirt i used windshield glue and glued the hell outa it so it would sit flush... great idea with reshaping it and making it flush that way by slitting the FG and re glassing it :tup:

btw bro if thats your house garage your my god lol....

Are you referring to the first pic? That's at the exhaust shop :tup:

Yeah, I could have used fast setting panel bond and been done with it but... its a bitch to remove the skirt if you have to down the road. This way I'll be able to remove the skirts incase I need to take the car in for service.

I wish the first picture was my own garage. Some day :tup:

ahh lol i missed that..... i didnt bother reading the first sentence the picture took my attention right away... i was like holey hell man :roflpuke2: what the heck do these guys do for a living? thats a man cave right there.... :( i still gotta jack my car up each time i work on it :roflpuke2:

your hella right about removing the skirt lol.... it was a pain to take mine out and do my fenders... i wish i would have thought of your technique man.... :ugh2: felt like i was gonna tear my skirt separating it from my car

i finally shot you guys some rep :)

thanks buddy, I would send it back but I am repped out till tomo :ugh2: hit you up double tomo :tup:

Right back at ya. :tup:

I like the idea on the skirt wish I had thought of that. Mine has a self tapper holding that tab in. I have intentions of putting some double sided tape behind it and using the tapper to hold it in and remove it one day.

I'm trying to decide on how I want the rear bumper painted. Two options,

1. Carbon around the license plate and carbon bottom portion around exhaust (most common look for Amuse kits)
2. Or, body colour around the license plate and carbon lower around the exhaust.

I'm leaning towards option 2. Mrs.Force likes option 1 but doesn't mind option 2. Ugh, women. :bowrofl:

I am liking option 1 :tup:

Option 1

I'm trying to get the body work finished today so I can get the parts to the painter Monday. Did a quick PS so we could visualize the differences for the rear bumper and hopefully make the decision easier. :ugh2:

:yum:dat ***

What about Color, carbon, color?

i love dat as$.... :D i still like the second pic bro... the 1st pic is nice but i love showing the most carbon i can you know i mean thats why we bought it :tup: to show it off and not paint over it ;)

I haven't thought of that. I'll need to do a quick PS.

I have e image of Memorylasts(?) car in my head. The first time I saw that rear I was like :tup: He had version 1.

The one issue I have with the carbon on the rear is that it's a different weave (standard vs. 2x2 twill) than the rest of the carbon you can see on the car.

:iagree: that would bother me to :ugh2: Any way you could change it with a layer of matching CF? I know it would be a lot of work........

The colour, CF, colour option sounded cool if it is how I am thinking......

More progress,

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...pse44017c7.jpg

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps35deffde.jpg

:tup: Nice! have you set a date for the paint then? :excited:

Not quite. I was told by the end of next week. *fingers crossed*

I have a ton of work to do in the next 2-3 weeks.

I've been in a bit of a holding pattern after getting my exhaust re-worked. The body kit is in for paint, and I'm working on more carbon fiber.

Out of boredom I uploaded a video of the first drive. This is running without exhaust, just a couple simple drive-by runs.

Nice! But where is the snow?? lol

That was a few weeks ago. We got another 10cm since then. It's starting to melt again. :tup:

The car is inoperable in it's current state so the weather situation doesn't bother me. :rofl2: