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Old 12-30-2008, 09:26 PM
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I always thought about doing this. It looks amazing, good job!
Old 12-31-2008, 12:46 AM
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Very cool TINMAN Nice work.

I'm diggin the exposed fastener look.
Old 02-10-2009, 06:41 AM
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is there a good way to plastic weld this...maybe with a soldering gun?
Old 02-10-2009, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by In5ane
is there a good way to plastic weld this...maybe with a soldering gun?
use a high wattage soldering iron...Home Depot has them. You'll need to provide the patience...and LOTS of it. It takes time.
Old 02-12-2009, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by G.I.JOE¤MFA¤
Looks great!
LOL- Joe I can run a rivet gun about 1/2 way but I'll be darned if I can run a laptop.....Thanks for organising!
Old 02-12-2009, 09:53 AM
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TINMAN you rock! Thanks a million for posting this. Mine now looks just like the pic of the bumper lying in front of the fireplace above. I was going to try the bumper melt but the rivet one looks so cool! I decided that I am going to bed line the entire bumper. So this weekend it comes back off and gets painted...

Thanks again for taking the time to post it!





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Old 03-12-2009, 09:40 PM
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Well I started on mine tonight. The first cut's the worst! lol I'm taking a break for the night and will finish up later tomorrow or this weekend. I took some pictures of my process as well. I can tell you, if I still had that damned rechargable skill saw I could have finally found a use for that low torque piece of junk. instead I angled the jig saw to cut through only the top piece of plastic. I just need to trim the outside pieces now. FWIW if I had to do it again I would cut the outside parts first then cut the insides. Would have been a bit easier.
Old 03-12-2009, 11:44 PM
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Those rivets look so cool! I have been looking for a stubby mod and I found one!! Great job
Old 03-13-2009, 03:21 PM
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I couldn't find any rivets so I'm going to use those panel fasteners that connect the fender liners to the body. I picked up about 30 at autozone today. I'll post pictures hopefully later tonight.
Old 03-13-2009, 04:09 PM
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that's cool man


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