How do you think it's going to look?

[yne721 10+ year member]

just out of curiosity, who's the maker of that paint, and what's the color/code for it? that looks something simlar to what i'm putting on my 79 beetle once i finish the body mods...

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

Actually i'm not too big on the pins myself...however they do serve a puprose. All the closing mechanism pieces were removed from the hood (like the pull-cable inside, the latch from the outside, etc) for a good reason.

Since i've got no door handles, there's an emergency release. I did not at all trust the emergency release being available from any part of the outside of the car. I don't care how hidden it was, everycar that has hands-free entry has an emergency release..(unless you're just that stupid) and so once people see i have no handles, well they'll know i have an emergency release. I just have spent too much cash and too much shit on this car to have someone be able to get into it. I also just feel better knowing that it'll be sealed. There will be locks on those pins as well, not just slider pins.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

what about my question about the paint gp?

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

I'm going out to the body shop today to retreive some of my stuff i left there (CV axels, radiator, etc etc)

I'll get you the paint code/maker. I had it memorized, but that **** car was in the shop so long!

I'll have you the code tonight hopefully man. If not tomorrow for sure.

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

blackish red mica

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

More pics!

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

Yes, i'm aware there are two different kinds of wheels on there and the front end is all jacked up. The engine/****** are out, so that explains the 4x4 look.

Also the wheels, the ones on the front were the original, but they were gold, so as you can see i changed them up a little bit. However when we got the car from the shop, all the wheels weren't done yet, so i grabbed two from my parts car.

 

[DubbDesigns 10+ year member]

I don't think the hoodscoop looks too bad, but I do not like those cars either. I think the hood pins are a little too much tho.

I have seen some funky stuff around here, such as somebody putting a hoodscoop that I could fit a 3 year old inside of on a old chevy S10, which he then painted the whole truck a flat yellow with blue and white checked flag graphics up the side. :rofl:

I know alot of people will hate me for saying this, but I kind of like the ricer look. Only few cars can pull it off tho, and I don't think the ricer look should try to put onto an american car. Ricers come from asia IMO.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Form obviously precedes function in this instance //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

Form obviously precedes function in this instance //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

somewhat, but not completely.

The engine that i'm building up, and being that the car is FWD, it'll work well.

The engine is a Series II 3.8L, and again, since it's FWD, the throttle body faces the driver side fender. It comes out a little ways, in which the turbo will sit. There's limited space there, so there's another bend and the intake filter/cone will side parallel with the radiator, directly in front of the engine, and directly below/in front of the scoops. Also, the hood was chopped for the scoops to sit on, so air passes through and exits the back side. It's not like i just stuck lund scoops on there //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

On the back it's wide open, so air will pass through and will let the hot air escape

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Lookin good bro, just not really what I prefer. I would probably have bagged it, painted it black, tinted it, and get er tuckin some 19's.

That'll be a bad *** car when your done if you do a turbo 3.8, just be careful and dont wreck it lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[GPRacer 10+ year member]

Lookin good bro, just not really what I prefer. I would probably have bagged it, painted it black, tinted it, and get er tuckin some 19's.
That'll be a bad *** car when your done if you do a turbo 3.8, just be careful and dont wreck it lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

haha, thanks man! Yea i was thinking about bags, but, yet again, nobody makes them for my car. I think there are 1, MAYBE 2 guys out there running one-off setups that run them 3-4G's. Shit, 4G's, that's my turbo 3.8 build!!

It is lowered though, just can't see in that pic cuz the engine isn't there //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blush.gif.99bc659ee2012b7d826165e26fb5eebe.gif

I did lowering last summer, you can't even run your hand between the wheel and the fender/flare, there's no gap there. Still workin on some rims, debating 18's or 19's, would just have to see it on there pending the style that i get!

was thinking somethin along these lines