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| redshift |
 Jul 18 2004, 10:20 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you!  Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869  |
It's faster, thanks to the 3rd law of relative pseudodynamics; looks.
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| Root_Werks |
Jul 19 2004, 01:49 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,739 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Wow! You have some skill when it comes to glassing! I don't, well, I can glass, but cannot finish. I can get something down to the 90%, but that is not good enough to paint. I just turned my 914 into a shop last week to finish things up for me. I will post some pics of my GT glass flares. I used a 1/4" lap and bonded from both sides. It worked really great. The strength in the flares is amazing. Plus, it puts them out that much further although you have to feather out a little more with filler to make them look right. Oh well, what a little bondo between friends? ;^)
Here you can see the chop process. Attached image(s) 
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| Root_Werks |
Jul 19 2004, 01:51 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,739 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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A few screws to pull things tight.....
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| Root_Werks |
Jul 19 2004, 01:54 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,739 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Thus begins the bonding process. Like I said before, I used glass on the inside and outside, you cannot feel a lip inside the fender, only a small bump. You can run your fingers right over it and the gel makes a smooth surface. It looks very seemless and clean on the inside. By this picture, I have bonded the flares, pulled the screws, sanded the glass, re-glassed and have put on the first layer of that fiberglass filler. That stuff is tuff.
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| Root_Werks |
Jul 19 2004, 01:58 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,739 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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After that I moved to the regular filler and after that, the Ever Coat stuff because it is easy to work with. Here you can see things finally coming together. Oh, yes I did sand the paint off before applying the filler, but my eyes are too small I guess, because I always seem to go beyond what I sand paint off of. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
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| Root_Werks |
Jul 19 2004, 02:00 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,739 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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These last couple are from last week just before bringing the 914 into the paint shop. That is as good as I get. It is close, really close, just not good enough though.
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| Root_Werks |
Jul 19 2004, 02:03 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,739 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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And one of the front flares. If I get the 914 back this week, I will post some pics right out of the shop.
-Dan Root (Root's German Werks) Attached image(s) 
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| URY914 |
Jul 19 2004, 04:40 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 127,448 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
You know what they say about a project- the last 5% takes 50% of your time.
I was the same way with my project, just when I thought I was ready for paint, I spend three more weeks sanding. Paint does not hide anything. You did right by doing as much as you can yourself than letting someone else finish it. Paul |
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| redshift |
Jul 19 2004, 04:45 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
HAH!
You guys should try carving a spruce archtop, 98% of the work is done in 2% of the time... guess what you do for the other 98% of the time.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Yah, and you can't add wood. Looks great doods! M |
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| URY914 |
Jul 19 2004, 04:50 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 127,448 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Miles,
Can you carve one of those bears out of a tree stump with a chainsaw? Now that is REAL art! Paul |
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| TimT |
Jul 19 2004, 05:24 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
Paul, you should make some dive planes that go from the top if the flare to the lip of the splitter... hides the wheels when they are straight ahead, and gives some downforce before turn in....
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| URY914 |
Jul 19 2004, 05:43 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 127,448 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Tim,
I was looking at what to do there. But I kinda like the look of the tire showing from the front. I'll keep kicking it around and come up with something. Paul |
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| VegasRacer |
Jul 19 2004, 06:03 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,902 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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QUOTE(URY914 @ Jul 19 2004, 02:50 PM) Can you carve one of those bears out of a tree stump with a chainsaw? Now that is REAL art! LMFAO (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jester.gif) |
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| Root_Werks |
Jul 20 2004, 09:16 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,739 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(URY914 @ Jul 19 2004, 02:40 PM) You know what they say about a project- the last 5% takes 50% of your time. You did right by doing as much as you can yourself than letting someone else finish it. Paul How true that is. The last car I painted (one of my worst paint jobs) was Camp's (Craig laughlin)914-6 he bought from me a few years back. To add insult to injury, it was a black car, so black paint. Eeeew, that didn't turn out pretty at all. I think he said he was going to strip it and re-paint it right away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| URY914 |
Jul 22 2004, 07:45 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 127,448 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Back on page one, Sir Andy asked about the NACA duct that I had in the passenger door. I've decided to remove it and glass over the hole. Have a look.
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| URY914 |
Jul 22 2004, 07:52 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 127,448 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
The problem was the ABS plastic would not bond to the f/g and it would crack at the joint. I also had a bunch on bondo and f/g built up to hold it in place and it just never worked out.
I cut it out in the above pic and in this one I've sanded down the edges so I can in-fill with glass. Attached image(s) 
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| URY914 |
Jul 22 2004, 07:56 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 127,448 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
I was smart enough to save the original piece I cut out of the door to install the duct. In this shot I have it held in place with tape, paint stir sticks, popcicle sticks, and a cloth pin. I needed to have it held so the front exterior face would be as close as I could get it to the surrounding door surface. Looks like crap, but it worked.
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Jul 22 2004, 07:58 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 127,448 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Then I layed on a ample amount of glass.
Looks like a bad case of road rash. Attached image(s) 
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| URY914 |
Jul 22 2004, 08:03 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 127,448 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
This was all done over the last three nights. Tonight I sanded it down and got through all that bondo down to the glass. The flare is also ready so I'll put on a thin layer of bondo and tie it into the flare and sand.
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| URY914 |
Jul 22 2004, 08:05 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 127,448 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
You can also see in the last shot how I was able to close up the gap at the rocker panel. Next I'll get on the inside and sand it down and clean it all up.
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