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quit goofin' around on this thing and finish your 02
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To be honest, it's nice to take a break. The last few months have consisted of very tedious work on the '02. Days where I'm holding an angle grinder all day and my arms are shaky for the rest of the night. I'm still fully motivated to finish the '02, and I'm working on it Monday and Tuesday.Originally posted by C-Hutch View Post
The e30 isn't a huge project. Mainly just paint, suspension and wheels.Comment
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More goodies, these look super solid. 42 Draft Designs 4x100 to 5x120 adapters - 18mm front, 20mm rear:
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legit! keep on KEEEEEEEP ON!IG @RobthaBavarian
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I saw on rev that you ordered that Chinese steering wheel adapter, you get that yet?
IG: Nick475
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I don't normally run wheels before suspension, it just looks beyond goofy to me, but I want to sell my weaves as soon as I can to buy more parts and whatnot so I figured I'd just do it. It's only going to look like this temporarily, still waiting for GE kits to come back in stock. Then I made a terrible photoshop of how I basically want the car to look when it's finished, minus a few things that I don't have the skills to add. Check out my sweet ass crosshairs
I should also add that this build is going to be a bit different from my other builds. Instead of heavily documenting through photo's and posting them up, I decided I'm going to document every step through video as of today. When it's all done, I'm going to make an edit of the whole build from step 1 to when it's finished. Just thought it'd be kind of cool. I'll still post up photo's of progress but not as thoroughly as my other builds.Last edited by CubbyChowder; 11-02-2012, 10:57 PM.Comment
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Alright so I started building a custom roof rack yesterday. I wanted one bike tray, and have the rest of the rack be a wooden platform to haul stuff around on considering the e30 isn't really the most spacious car, especially since the seats don't fold down.
So I went to my local metal supply shop, got 20ft. of 1"x1" metal tubing, had them cut it into four 5' pieces and headed up to my dads.
From there, I made some measurements, cut some stuff, welded stuff together, ground some welds down on the surface and ended up with this frame. It's kind of hard to tell in the pictures, but the legs are a bit longer on one side to make room for the bike tray:
So this is how it sits with the bike tray installed:
Made a Home Depot run:
Spent the next few hours making precise measurements so everything is proportional, drilling into the wood, and drilling into the metal on my kitchen floor with shitty drill bits. Drilling through the metal sucked and I'm so happy it's over...
And here's where I'm at right now. I'm staining the wood a dark walnut color and painting the metal frame and carriage bolt heads black so everything goes together nicely. I'm really happy with how it's turning out. I'll probably weld on a couple hooks throughout the frame to attach tie downs/bungee straps etc.
Last edited by CubbyChowder; 11-09-2012, 04:58 PM.Comment
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dude, that roof rack is the shit. might be stealing that idea in a bit, haha. can't wait to see it done!
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You already start painting it? If not take back the appliance epoxy and get the Stops Rust gloss black. It will hold up mucho bettero outside.
Rack is awesome tho.
2001 Focus Sedan from an ex-ricer. See my build thread
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I see you made a nice update about making a roofrack....
and managed to not turn it into a video.
WHAT THE HELL MIKEY?!
(unless the video is going to be like, at the end. Then whatever)Comment
The video idea is great.
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