CJM
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 09/22/03
Posts: 1833
Loc: Penticton BC
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popped the new valance out today ..
I like it ...
also POR-15's the fender/valance mounts , as well as a bunch of other stuff .. but here's those pieces
Teardown is continueing
time to remove the wire harness
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86 4x4 , fiberglass bed , 1/2 doors , hood, etc..
84 Custom 2WD 400HP supra suspension , full frame
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CJM
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 09/22/03
Posts: 1833
Loc: Penticton BC
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started working on the doors and inner trim panels .. got the inner of the doors cleaned up , and just about ready to prime .. also started on the trim panel
started with a flat sheet of fiberglass
marked it and trimed it to fit
I was going to have it 2 seperate pieces , like the stock panel , but my "mid speakers are to big :) ... there is a small "step" in the door panel anyway .. so cutting it and re glassing it will achieve a perfect fit with NO rattles .
starting the "mock up" for speaker location :)
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CJM
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 09/22/03
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Loc: Penticton BC
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so .. waiting in the shop today (my day off) for a customer to show up for some pieces .. I decided to clean up the headlamp buckets and mounts ..
dissmantled them .. and did some sandblasting
and all the regular cleaning .. and such .. and some POR-15 on these as well .. also while I was at it , I polished up the headlamp rings and hardware :)
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CJM
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 09/22/03
Posts: 1833
Loc: Penticton BC
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not much to add ...
got the headlamp bucket and pots back together
and the power went out ..
ended my day early
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84 Custom 2WD 400HP supra suspension , full frame
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CJM
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 09/22/03
Posts: 1833
Loc: Penticton BC
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got a little work done on the door panels the last few days .. building the speaker enclosures has been the most time consuming , but should pay off in the long run .
Instead if just cutting a hold in the door and mounting the speaker on top , I wanted to "enclose" the speaker in it own "pod" so the sound coming out of it is just that much better .. so I was thinking on how to do this .. building custom moulds would take to long .. and i'm really wanting to press on !!!!
so I decided to start looking for a mould already build which I could utalize .. started pulling bowls out of the cupbords and measureing for size , looking at all kinds of things I could use , even went to wallmart and searched for aplicapble forms . I ended up going to the dollar store , and finding a perfect size plastic dog dish for $1.50 and a smaller cat dish for $1.25 .
started making my pieces ..
so I have 4 mids and tweeters going in .. 2 front 2 rear .
I needed 6 bigger pieces , and 4 smaller pieces ..
so after I figure the speaker placement .. started to fit it all together .. cut the door metal to fit the "pods" and glassed the rear portion into place
cut down and prepped the new set of moulded pieces to fit the speakers
and all mocked up
ready for some foam and leather to finish !!!
should rock :)
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86 4x4 , fiberglass bed , 1/2 doors , hood, etc..
84 Custom 2WD 400HP supra suspension , full frame
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CJM
Body Damage is Cool
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Posts: 1833
Loc: Penticton BC
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did a little clean up on the wiper motor at lunch time today ..
pulled it apart and cleaned everything up
didnt have to paint anything .. except the alum. housing.. and the assy. screws.
acid diped and then bead blasted .. and then clearcoated
all back together ..
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86 4x4 , fiberglass bed , 1/2 doors , hood, etc..
84 Custom 2WD 400HP supra suspension , full frame
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CJM
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 09/22/03
Posts: 1833
Loc: Penticton BC
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little work on it today
I was able to start stripping everything out of the cab .. prepping to remove the cab for inner paint ..
Wire harness is also now out .. so I can finish with saldering the joints and loom/tape .
and a little look see of the pieces stripped from the truck
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84 Custom 2WD 400HP supra suspension , full frame
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RatLabGuy
Rock Warrior
Reged: 09/26/05
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Loc: Winston-Salem NC
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So what is your plan with the rear topper? It's not really designed to come off, is it? Will youglue/glass it in, or make it removablle 4Runner style?
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CJM
Body Damage is Cool
Reged: 09/22/03
Posts: 1833
Loc: Penticton BC
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I was going to "make" it removable .. but i'm running out of time .
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86 4x4 , fiberglass bed , 1/2 doors , hood, etc..
84 Custom 2WD 400HP supra suspension , full frame
83 Trekker SR5
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RatLabGuy
Rock Warrior
Reged: 09/26/05
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Quote:
I was going to "make" it removable .. but i'm running out of time .
Running out of time?
it's already been, what, nearly two and a half years? What's the hurry now? 
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With 200+ Billion electrical parts, the world most complicated machine is inside your own skull.
Question Reality.
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'89 Rnr DLX "SR4.5", 32s w/ 5.29 locked f/r blah blah
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