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Old May 3, 2012 | 09:16 PM
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Been awhile since it's been put together and I've forgot half of whats been done. I need hot pipes in bad way.




Dude! what alternator bracket is that or did you fab it from scratch? My only remaining headache is accessory mounting. I'm stuck between 3 options, the best one is using the KRC pump I already have but it mounts where the y-car alternator would go...
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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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Dude! what alternator bracket is that or did you fab it from scratch? My only remaining headache is accessory mounting. I'm stuck between 3 options, the best one is using the KRC pump I already have but it mounts where the y-car alternator would go...
Billet setup we have at work. I did move the accessories around to fit my app.
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Old May 11, 2012 | 12:53 PM
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Hot pipes are back and look good.




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Old May 11, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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Ooooh...very nice.
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Old May 11, 2012 | 08:09 PM
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Man just gotta do some playing.


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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 11:00 PM
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I'm getting there slowly..hope you didn't think I was going to leave those plug wires red.


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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 09:08 AM
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Blue looks nice!

What is wrong with red? (I do have an LT4. So, I guess I kinda like red!)

Just wondering.
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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 03:15 PM
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Certain look I'm going for....the covers are fixing to go thru a change to match the outside of the car along with the engine bay. Done most of the lines to the turbo and such. Still like the oil inlet on top. Get it fitting and order the parts I want. Sometimes I can get to picky. The lines and fittings I wanted to use was way out of my budget at a cost of 1K for 6 lines



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Old Jun 2, 2012 | 04:36 PM
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That's LS ****
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 01:10 PM
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Got an email that the inner fenders are done.
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 01:13 PM
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your pictures arent showing up on my computer anymore. i leave sunday for bootcamp, i hope to see this thing done by the time i get back in september!
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your pictures arent showing up on my computer anymore. i leave sunday for bootcamp, i hope to see this thing done by the time i get back in september!
Looks like all the links are broken for me too....
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 08:12 PM
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Well I had a bright idea ..........so I'm just going to stick to working on cars. Haven't had time to fix the links. Wait till I'm done with the covers ...having some laser work done.
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They finally made it here.









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[QUOTE=COPO;1581101203]They finally made it here.













WOW those look amazing
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You really should market those hoods. If you can produce them at a decent cost I'd think you'd sell a ton.
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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 08:17 PM
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Don't know if the hood could be done at a low enough cost but that is the best looking hood I've ever seen on a C4. Wish I had the know how to do that.
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Originally Posted by Coach62
You really should market those hoods. If you can produce them at a decent cost I'd think you'd sell a ton.
I did talk to the guy that is reproducing stock hoods. He told me that no one would want a hood like that. I ask him how many stock hoods he sold.... 1 was his answer. Showed him a couple of threads, he said he wouldn't waste his time. One year later....same guy...same show in Florida and still only sold one.
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Originally Posted by COPO
I did talk to the guy that is reproducing stock hoods. He told me that no one would want a hood like that. I ask him how many stock hoods he sold.... 1 was his answer. Showed him a couple of threads, he said he wouldn't waste his time. One year later....same guy...same show in Florida and still only sold one.
Can't believe the guy said that. I know some guys wouldn't want that hood because they want to retain the stock look of their car. On the other hand many others like myself want to change the look of their car and thats why the aftermarket is so big. To bad that guy was short sighted and missed the opportunity to grow his business.
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Originally Posted by COPO
I did talk to the guy that is reproducing stock hoods. He told me that no one would want a hood like that. I ask him how many stock hoods he sold.... 1 was his answer. Showed him a couple of threads, he said he wouldn't waste his time. One year later....same guy...same show in Florida and still only sold one.
For the sake of discussion here, how much would you charge to modify a hood like that?
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