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<blockquote data-quote="proffessa" data-source="post: 5181510" data-attributes="member: 603688"><p>cheers guys //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</p><p></p><p></p><p>no shizzle, dude!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif check this, when i got the car the clever japanese designers had decided that they would install flip out rear quarter windows held in loosly with three studs on each side! these the studs were beginning to smash their way though the window glass whilst i played. i then treated the windows and bonded them in with wind screen pu bond from an auto glass repair place. after fixing this, our friend pressure decided that it would muller the boot hinges and latch instead! the roof also properly dented in in multiple areas during playing. i took down the classic rod hung style cloth roof lining and 'fibro fill' stuck the roof bracing back to the outside roof skin. i then layered over the whole roof with <strong>9</strong> layers of dynamat.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif the roof now sounds like a big sheet of thick rubber when u tap on it. the ripped out boot hinges were repositioned and welded back on with a large plate of 3mm steel reinforcing the hinge base's (fooking indestructible) thanks to Jay at carcruizin. the base of the boot is then ratchet strapped on left and right sides, through the sections in the inner boot skin and down under the exposed chassis arms. these jump across the enormous tyre well that dominates the boot floor. the only other things i can easilly do are to install blocks of wood, coach bolted behind the number plate, linking the back of the boot to the box and reinforce the rear quarters which i'm gonna do in th next couple of weeks. as for db gains, i have already had a 2 db's from doing the roof, boot and quarter windows. unfortunately, there is alot of force into the boot area and the huge back window is a completely flat pane! the lack of contour on this vast panel allows massive glass flex of up to 1/2" peak-peak in the centre. this remains a major loss and potentially an annoying mission, should it break, as the car is from 1989 and glass is a little to hard to come by:crap:! Henry<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="proffessa, post: 5181510, member: 603688"] cheers guys [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] no shizzle, dude![IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif[/IMG] check this, when i got the car the clever japanese designers had decided that they would install flip out rear quarter windows held in loosly with three studs on each side! these the studs were beginning to smash their way though the window glass whilst i played. i then treated the windows and bonded them in with wind screen pu bond from an auto glass repair place. after fixing this, our friend pressure decided that it would muller the boot hinges and latch instead! the roof also properly dented in in multiple areas during playing. i took down the classic rod hung style cloth roof lining and 'fibro fill' stuck the roof bracing back to the outside roof skin. i then layered over the whole roof with [B]9[/B] layers of dynamat.[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif[/IMG] the roof now sounds like a big sheet of thick rubber when u tap on it. the ripped out boot hinges were repositioned and welded back on with a large plate of 3mm steel reinforcing the hinge base's (fooking indestructible) thanks to Jay at carcruizin. the base of the boot is then ratchet strapped on left and right sides, through the sections in the inner boot skin and down under the exposed chassis arms. these jump across the enormous tyre well that dominates the boot floor. the only other things i can easilly do are to install blocks of wood, coach bolted behind the number plate, linking the back of the boot to the box and reinforce the rear quarters which i'm gonna do in th next couple of weeks. as for db gains, i have already had a 2 db's from doing the roof, boot and quarter windows. unfortunately, there is alot of force into the boot area and the huge back window is a completely flat pane! the lack of contour on this vast panel allows massive glass flex of up to 1/2" peak-peak in the centre. this remains a major loss and potentially an annoying mission, should it break, as the car is from 1989 and glass is a little to hard to come by:crap:! Henry;) [/QUOTE]
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