| April 10th 2006 (About 6 Months after i received the hood) |
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Vic Cutting out the Template for the Aluminum Grills |
Cardboard template traced onto sheet of Aluminum |
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Hole punching the grill part |
Drilling the holes with a drill press |
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Marking out the remaining 2 |
Here is the hood |
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Fixing small marks with some bondo |
Cleaning up the round parts |
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Picture of the ruff sides before i finished shaping them |
testing the fit and scribing them to the radius |
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Sanded up the hole |
Parts being sanded at 150 |
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Looking better |
sanding (cross grain to last grit) |
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320 gritty and starting glow |
400 Gritty and coming along nicely |
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800 gritt |
Getting ready for polish |
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A very nice looking hood that weights 27lbs. I would have liked to go with Carbon Fiber Hood but it was more than i was willing to pay.
