Car Progress Thread v2.0, Replacing rusted out quarter panel... yay body work. Options

[jcbass7]

Interesting. No problems with it hitting the axle?

no problems whatsoever, i had this exhaust on my old celica and never scraped it. A lot of guys on here run the exhaust under like this.

[KAOS]

Interesting. No problems with it hitting the axle?

no problems whatsoever, i had this exhaust on my old celica and never scraped it. A lot of guys on here run the exhaust under like this.

The only time I ever had issues with the exhaust hitting the axel was when I tried jacking up the rear end to upgrade the suspension... LOL.

[RabidTRD]

See, I hate local shops. I asked them if they could do that and they tell me "Oh no, it'll not work the same. Blah blah blah 450 dahrahs"

[jcbass7]

I got mine done in Fall river, IIRC its the same place a handful of people on this site have gone. It cost me just over 200 for the exhaust when I showed up with my own muffler, resonator and high flow cat. The only thing I wish I did was put a flex pipe in there. I'll do that soon on my own after I get better at welding.

[Ted95]

Cars come along way man, looks great!

im going to look for the part numbers this week for the non abs lines, i should still have them floatin around ill shoot you a pm sometime over the next few days.

[jcbass7]

Got the skirts on there and the front lip:

[diegohiga]

Wow i want this lip too!! Im looking evrywhere and cant find one.. how you got it?

[jcbass7]

Some minor progress...

Started to modify the DCW shift boot pod to fit a bit better. There was a small gap at the top and also there is no mounting clips so it just sits there... (This piece was a prototype I convinced Doggy to sell me, his work is absolutely top notch, this was never put into production so that's why it wasn't finished) some progress pics below.

Also, I painted some trim a dark silver color. Came out decent, I'm going to put a few more coats on and sand it with a really fine grit.

and.. i found a plug that works for my for light switch from an old interior harness I had.

pics:




comparison



gap


this stuff really is such high quality. I love his work


first glassing


the silver color..

Also got the car tinted, more pics later

This post has been edited by jcbass7: Jul 23, 2011 - 11:17 PM

[jcbass7]

more pics..

you can see that if i push it forward it matches better, but then there is a gap below..



so I still need about an eighth of an inch of glass on the top to fill the gap, if i don't have it pushed forward


And the new silver look. I like it.



And the tint..

[snapshotgt]

GREAT thread Jesse, I'm diggin your attention to detail.

[chacha]

I have been trying to get that lip for the longest time...im about to give up...very nice...if you part it out one day, ill buy it from you.

[jcbass7]

Some more progress.. got it to fit better and glassed a clip on there. The second clip will be attempted tonight. I think two of them should be enough to keep this piece in place. It fits real snug now that I have it fitting better, but I like the idea of having it clip into the factory spot..

[jcbass7]

Finally got my act together and finished the DCW shift pod. I moved from CT to FL so it got neglected until I got settled, but now I have a lot more space to work.

It clips in, fits snug and looks great. I spent a lot of time working on this piece since it was such a high quality part to begin with. I wanted to do justice to Doggy's work since I was modifying it a bit.

new garage:









how it fit before..

[SwissFerdi]

That's a ballin' stealth gauge setup, I love it.

[Arsaces]

Looks like an early model c3 stingray. Hand over the keys.

[jcbass7]

Been a while. I replaced my clutch master cylinder since it was going out (even after I rebuilt it). Now I'm dealing with a bit of rust before it gets worse (already bad in one spot).

I'm also starting a new project.. can you guess what it is going to be when I'm done?

New Project:








and that nasty rust..




This post has been edited by jcbass7: Apr 11, 2012 - 8:20 PM

[chacha]

relocating the gas pump?

[Urputus]

Nice clean solution with those gauges.
And the new project of your's? First I thought that you want to modify the housing of tail lights and use led lights. But now I think chacha may be near rhe truth

[jcbass7]

relocating the gas pump?

correct

I'm doing a similiar set-up to what a member did on his a while back. I've always wanted to move it behind the light there, finally bored enough to do it. Hopefully, it comes out alright lol

[Tigawoods]

oh man i remember that car, white correct? do you have a link to one of his threads? I havent seen a pic of that car in years.
I am glad to see you are still active in the celica realm!