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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:41 am
monkeypower102 Member
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:25 pm
Cruised around yesterday and snapped some shots in front of the San Diego skyline.
Finally got some clear coat on the right fender and side skirt, still gotta order another can of clear for the rear bumper, left side skirt and front lip. I used the 2k type of clear coat, awesome stuff! Not exactly cheap at about $18.95 can but totally worth it. Fender just needs some color sanding and it should be done.
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:27 pm
Got some stuff on the way so stay tuned, folks!
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miib14 Site Administrator
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Sat Dec 28, 2013 5:40 am
looking good ian
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:47 am
Nice backdrop!!
mindbeats Elite Member
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:49 am
Wow looking real nice
TN_Rolla96 New Member
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Sun Dec 29, 2013 4:47 pm
Love your car! I want those Bassett wheels for sure, but plan to have them powder coated desert tan. I look forward to watching your build in the future.
monkeypower102 Member
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:27 am
Scrape!
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mindbeats Elite Member
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Mon Dec 30, 2013 2:47 pm
low and slow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats the way to go. gotta get rid of my wheel gap too so ill know that feeling soon enough lol
miib14 Site Administrator
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:30 am
nice ian
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:08 am
Do you have shields under the car to protect everything?
monkeypower102 Member
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:48 am
magweal wrote:
Do you have shields under the car to protect everything?
No sir, atleast not yet
Snapped a few shots of the undercarriage today. Warning, may be graphic for some lol
Dented subframe
Flattened frame rails
Transmission is also flattened lol
On another note, I got some fresh new toyo t1r's mounted today and installed my polyurethene filled motor mounts with Corollove.
A comparison to the new polyfilled motor mount (left) and the old mount (right). The rubber material in all of the old mounts basically looked as chewed up as this, time for a change.
Filling the front and rear motor mounts with the polyurethene wasn't much trouble but I ran into some issues with the right mount and transmission mount so to help make sure everything stays put, I ended up adding some quik steel and gave it a few days to cure before installing them. During the installation process, the dented subframe made it difficult to align the front mount back in so I'll be keeping an eye on it to see if it prematurely fails. Still, with the mounts in, the motor seems to be more responsive and there is less backlash. Definitely better than the old ones no doubt lol
Got some other plans for addressing other issues, including some fabrication here and there. Slowly but surely, I'll get the rolla set up real nice!
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Sat Jan 04, 2014 7:38 am
Flattened transmission hahah, don't worry, I've seen cars not nearly as low look worse underneath.
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Sat Jan 04, 2014 10:06 am
haha wow, mines not even that low, but iv got scrapes like that under mine.. is there no way you could raise the engine up a little, avoid the scraping a little?
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:05 am
miib14 wrote:
haha wow, mines not even that low, but iv got scrapes like that under mine.. is there no way you could raise the engine up a little, avoid the scraping a little?
Yeah I plan on raising the motor eventually. With the new mounts in it already have me almost an inch of extra clearance lol
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Subject: Re: Project Rat Rolla! Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:09 am
MirrorEyes wrote:
Flattened transmission hahah, don't worry, I've seen cars not nearly as low look worse underneath.
That's good to know haha, yeah I'm not too worried. Definitely would add a skid plate when I put a new transmission in
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