cpark_12

So, about 3 weeks ago, my brother went outside to crank the car up and left it in gear. Of course, he was in the passenger seat and couldn't cut it off in time. His truck was parked about 5-10 ft in front of my car, and he hit it pretty good.

cpark_12

Luckily I didn't kill him or hurt him too bad. I found a hood, headlight bezel, and front air dam and started trying to straighten out the mounts...

thats up at our shop seeing what the damage really was...

Well...I got everything as straight as I could with my body tools (2 sets of pliers and a ball peen hammer!) and started putting things back together

Twiggs280zx

Damn! Sorry about your car... I think I would have killed him. But that is cuz my brother totaled his 69 impala twice and blew the brand new edlebrock 350 my mom bought him. Yup I would have killed him.

cpark_12

Then I figured I'd try my hand at painting! I figured it couldn't be any worse that it was/is now! I tried the satin look and I think it turned out pretty good for my first time!
Before:


During:



After!:



I know it's not perfect, but I think it's damn good for painting in our dusty shop and doing it in a day! The hood is painted, I just need to do a little more tweaking to get it to mount right. Let me know what you think

Twiggs280zx

Looks pretty good I think. I am looking for a shop to do 3m wrapping so I can protect the paint and hell why not change the color while I am at it

cpark_12

The first thing I did when I saw what he did was took a swing at him and said a couple choice words! I honestly can't even tell you where I hit him, or what I said...those couple minutes were just a blur!

cpark_12

Yea, I've actually thought about that. We have a guy in town that does vinyl wraps. I wanted to get the hood done in a real carbon fiber look, but I don't know if it'll look cheesy or good...

Twiggs280zx

I have seen it on other cars and if done right it looks good

PredatorZ

Ya I would have seen red and kicked some *** before I could calm down, but at least you got it lookin really nice, Sorry for all the aggravation you had to go through, but Id say you did a darn nice job at getting back together, Cheers to you

NismoPick

Friggin dope. I love the satin look.

PS... your muffler is in need of a hanger.

cpark_12

Actually, I need to cut and weld it in a little more. I actually sits almost touching the bumper when its on the ground. Just sticks out a little toomuch for my liking!

WildmaN

Dude....Good job on the bodywork. Can you come down here and straighten the front end on my '81? Kudos to you man!

cpark_12

Thanks man!

cpark_12

I don't know that this pertains to anything, but I figured I already have a thread, so no need to start another one! I got some tunes now!


and finally got all of it carpeted:


As you can see, I have to have my music! The sub is an RE-SE12 rated at 600w RMS/1200w MAX, and I have a Kicker KX750.1 powering it. The 6x9's are shitty xplod's that I'm replacing with some RE 6x9's. And the middle speakers are component 5 1/4" JBL's from a 98 Explorer with the JBL system. The "sound bar" is what I like to call it, is powered by a Rockford Fosgate 75W X 4 channel amp. It's loud, but clear as a bell. The sub box is built to spec and tuned to 22hz and will. handle the full 600 watts all the way down to 21hz. Any questions or comments, just let me know.

evandubya

I hope you upgraded your alternator!
But the car looks good

PredatorZ

A big improvement over the stock radio, what are you using as a Head unit ? Looks like your cargo is music.. woot !! What type of music do you listen to mostly ? I like almost anything, rock and roll, heavy metal, good jazz (like patricia barber)... mostly anything with guitars

cpark_12

I'm using a basic Pioneer head unit; CD player and Aux input, I honestly can't remember the model. It's okay at best. I'm looking at another unit, but have to save a little money. I listen to all types of music: Rock, Country, Pop, Rap/Hip Hop, Acoustic, Jazz, Blues, pretty much anything! And I'm pretty sure I have the stock alt! I don't know the amperage of it, but I can watch the meter bounce at certain volumes. I'm gonna get a capacitor and see if that'll take care of it, if not, then I'll tie another battery in just for the system. And there is about 3 square foot of space where I can put something, but not much at all. This isn't my travel car, so it isn't a big deal for me.