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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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That CF is gonna look nice.
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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thanks i hope so!
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 03:04 PM
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Man i have to go down to GA to meet up with you guys and get some mods done. lookin good
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 04:07 PM
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carbon fiber is awesome! hmm, your projects are making me want to use the ginormous roll of carbon fiber in my closet.
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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Finally got to see the new pics. Very nice Tony!! It is going to look great. I like some of the little touches that you have added.
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by phillygs3
Man i have to go down to GA to meet up with you guys and get some mods done. lookin good
sure thing man, just shoot me a pm before you do so i can get you my number! i love workin on cars!

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carbon fiber is awesome! hmm, your projects are making me want to use the ginormous roll of carbon fiber in my closet.
how big is your roll? lol

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Finally got to see the new pics. Very nice Tony!! It is going to look great. I like some of the little touches that you have added.
thanks mark, you'll get to see them in person at the show next week!
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 04:30 PM
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how big is your roll? lol
my roll is 4 feet... haha
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 09:40 AM
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i hate you carbongs. lol but some how i look up to you. LOL well KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. hopefully i will have a chance of a lifetime to see it in real life.
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 10:09 AM
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as it seems, you are in CA! there are way better built and higher caliber cars out there that are inspirations to me! thank you for your very kind words. i will try my best to keep up the good work. maybe one day i'll be in your side of the continent.
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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Ok, so today was a very productive day for me considering how late it started lol. I want to thank Dan, Juan, and and Shin (GGPIS3, Jvillagran and CarbonIS) for helping me out with parts and last night with my AEM wideband install, and thanks to Bucky for loaning me his spare carbon fiber single guage pod to use until we come up with something better later.

We took off the exisiting paint on the nitrous bottles yesterday night with aircraft paint remover. It is some cool stuff if you haven't ever used it before. Apply the goopy stuff on and spread it around. Let is sit for about 5 minutes and watch the paint bubble off! lol we then primered the bottles with a little sandable primer just to make the paint adhearable later. Thanks to Dan for letting me use one of his spare nitrous bottles until I get my new one in the mail!



Here is my header heat shield, along with the shifter panel, and double din face. These will be painted later today when Bucky gets a chance.



We trimmed the carbon panels and sanded the edges. We will be added 1 or 2 more flood coats of resin on top before sanding down and clearing them.





Here is the AEM Wideband. It is temporarily mounted to a chrome bezel guage holder.





And this morning with the carbon fiber guage pod Bucky let me borrow. I only have it held down right now with double sided 3m tape until i figure out what to do. I am trying to source a driver's side a-pillar so that i can mold my triple guage pod to it and wrap it with carbon fiber. until then this guage pod cup will do.





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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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Nice teaser pics..
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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Great work T......
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
Nice teaser pics..
thanks man! you'll have to wait till i am done to see the non teaser pics! i like to call these progress pics!

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Great work T......
thanks A!
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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nice work man, your gs is by far one of the most uniquely modded whips on the scene. keep up the good work.

can't wait to see that thing up close and in person, all carboned up. maybe i'll make my way over to 'bama next weekend for the show.
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Originally Posted by c.r.e.a.m.
nice work man, your gs is by far one of the most uniquely modded whips on the scene. keep up the good work.

can't wait to see that thing up close and in person, all carboned up. maybe i'll make my way over to 'bama next weekend for the show.
thanks for the compliment. I appreciate your kind words. hope to see you in bama!
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