widebody headed to booth...
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widebody headed to booth...
pics of the body work in primer are up. enjoy. go the gallery page.
http://www.mobilewestonline.com/main%20frame.htm
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Originally posted by SooDARK
why do you call it widebodied?? it's not. it's just got molded flender flares. pretty nice car tho.
why do you call it widebodied?? it's not. it's just got molded flender flares. pretty nice car tho.
what are they going to do to it? i wonder
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Originally posted by 97Cl22
giggle gas doesn't count lol. I would LOVE to see you give this thing 450hp WITHOUT the NOS!
giggle gas doesn't count lol. I would LOVE to see you give this thing 450hp WITHOUT the NOS!
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Drive your car around any normal day that you arn't at the track. You don't have 450hp if you have a 100shot of nos, you have 350. Which means your car has 350hp, not 450 when you run a different air/fuel mixture than ANYBODY else on the road.
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Originally posted by 97Cl22
Drive your car around any normal day that you arn't at the track. You don't have 450hp if you have a 100shot of nos, you have 350. Which means your car has 350hp, not 450 when you run a different air/fuel mixture than ANYBODY else on the road.
Drive your car around any normal day that you arn't at the track. You don't have 450hp if you have a 100shot of nos, you have 350. Which means your car has 350hp, not 450 when you run a different air/fuel mixture than ANYBODY else on the road.
ask dust if that's the case
and A LOT of people I know like dust have the bottle ready to go at all times of the day. I personally didn't.
Comrade Stalin
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NOS is fine and dandy and will make your car faster but its not the same as having a car with 450hp. Completely different if you use NOS power as opposed to real power. A car with 450 REAL hp would smoke a car with 350hp and a 100 shot of NOS. I've seen it happen many many times. 100hp NOS does not make your car 100hp faster!
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From: Huntington Beach, CA -> Ashburn, VA -> Raleigh, NC -> Walnut Creek, CA
Originally posted by 97Cl22
A car with 450 REAL hp would smoke a car with 350hp and a 100 shot of NOS. I've seen it happen many many times. 100hp NOS does not make your car 100hp faster!
A car with 450 REAL hp would smoke a car with 350hp and a 100 shot of NOS. I've seen it happen many many times. 100hp NOS does not make your car 100hp faster!
um, are you stupid?
Let me go find a dyno sheet for you, I made exactly actually a little more then 50 HP w/ my 50 shot
100 shot will do the same
seen it, tuned cars with it. So you've seen two exact cars one making 450 HP and the other 350 off the bottle w/ a 100 shot and the 450 one smoked it? Was the guy w/ the n2o not hitting the bottle?
can't find my dyno sheet
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Originally posted by ding069
Simply amazing work on that. Has he mentioned what paint he is using on it yet?
Simply amazing work on that. Has he mentioned what paint he is using on it yet?
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Originally posted by 97Cl22
NOS is fine and dandy and will make your car faster but its not the same as having a car with 450hp. Completely different if you use NOS power as opposed to real power. A car with 450 REAL hp would smoke a car with 350hp and a 100 shot of NOS. I've seen it happen many many times. 100hp NOS does not make your car 100hp faster!
NOS is fine and dandy and will make your car faster but its not the same as having a car with 450hp. Completely different if you use NOS power as opposed to real power. A car with 450 REAL hp would smoke a car with 350hp and a 100 shot of NOS. I've seen it happen many many times. 100hp NOS does not make your car 100hp faster!
ghander, dont forget the comptech sc
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"No 5 digit body work job is complete without shaved door handles"
Is this job really over 10k? I'm not saying that it doesn't look like it, but I had no idea that it could be that expensive.
Is this job really over 10k? I'm not saying that it doesn't look like it, but I had no idea that it could be that expensive.
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From: Huntington Beach, CA -> Ashburn, VA -> Raleigh, NC -> Walnut Creek, CA
Originally posted by rmstoico
i nice wet direct port shot will
ghander, dont forget the comptech sc
i nice wet direct port shot will
ghander, dont forget the comptech sc
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Originally posted by CLpower
I know it's expensive so most likely PPG
I know it's expensive so most likely PPG
no offense, ppg sucks. their paint match sucks, their tinting sucks.
basecoat is basecoat, yes there are differences, but not in the top brands like ppg dupont and h.o.k.
the clear is what makes the difference.
again its all personal preference, and mine is dupont, chromabase to be exact.
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Originally posted by rmstoico
no offense, ppg sucks. their paint match sucks, their tinting sucks.
basecoat is basecoat, yes there are differences, but not in the top brands like ppg dupont and h.o.k.
the clear is what makes the difference.
again its all personal preference, and mine is dupont, chromabase to be exact.
no offense, ppg sucks. their paint match sucks, their tinting sucks.
basecoat is basecoat, yes there are differences, but not in the top brands like ppg dupont and h.o.k.
the clear is what makes the difference.
again its all personal preference, and mine is dupont, chromabase to be exact.
I hear ya, i've always been partial to dupont myself, that's what we used on my suburban
Most just use PPG.
Willing to leak out the color yet?
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Originally posted by CLpower
I hear ya, i've always been partial to dupont myself, that's what we used on my suburban
Most just use PPG.
Willing to leak out the color yet?
I hear ya, i've always been partial to dupont myself, that's what we used on my suburban
Most just use PPG.
Willing to leak out the color yet?
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Nice work!
I'll agree with your PPG statement. We switched distributors about a year ago, and tried out PPG's Global Line, our colour matches were terrible, and it seems so transparent - even the "good hiding" mixes. We are now back to DuPont's ChromaPremier line.
Are you guys still using the 114(X) primer, or is that the new stuff (uses 12305 activator?)
I'll agree with your PPG statement. We switched distributors about a year ago, and tried out PPG's Global Line, our colour matches were terrible, and it seems so transparent - even the "good hiding" mixes. We are now back to DuPont's ChromaPremier line.
Are you guys still using the 114(X) primer, or is that the new stuff (uses 12305 activator?)
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Originally posted by CLpower
that is a wide body in todays terms. What else would a wide body be?
that is a wide body in todays terms. What else would a wide body be?
IMO widebody is when the whole rear of the car is widened. Can't believe it if you don't agree with this.
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Originally posted by SooDARK
it would be a flared cl. or a cl with molded fender flares.
IMO widebody is when the whole rear of the car is widened. Can't believe it if you don't agree with this.
it would be a flared cl. or a cl with molded fender flares.
IMO widebody is when the whole rear of the car is widened. Can't believe it if you don't agree with this.
I agree w/ what your saying, but today, 80% of people would look at that and say wide body.
i want a bimmer =(
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Originally posted by SooDARK
it would be a flared cl. or a cl with molded fender flares.
IMO widebody is when the whole rear of the car is widened. Can't believe it if you don't agree with this.
it would be a flared cl. or a cl with molded fender flares.
IMO widebody is when the whole rear of the car is widened. Can't believe it if you don't agree with this.
but i would prolly just say widebody, because it's easier