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1988 Cavalier,widebody build,one piece flip ip front clip...a long drawn out build...


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couple of questions for ya. the middle pic kinda doesn't fit. Did you remount your head light assembly to allow room for the "shelf" at the bottom edge of the headlight? How did that work out aiming them up ? seems like sinking in the bottom of the light would make the beam point way down...

well lemme try to answer this..lol......on a 2nd Gen Phaze 1 Cav..88/89/90....(which is what mine is)The headlights and grille....are straight

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on a 2nd Gen Phaze 2 Cav..91/92/93/94 he headlights and grille ,have a pitche to them...

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when i made my grille...the shape i did...(from the hood to the bumper...I knew Id be using phaze 2 headlights...the phaze 2 headlights bolt to the cars body.. in the same place as the phaze 1 header panel...(at the front of each fender)so the outsides of the headlights are bolted to stock locations....but the middles are attached to nothing yet...the headlights are sitting on top of the original bumper cover...and bolted to the fenders...

that "shelf underneith the headlight is the bumper

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And You posted pics of the shelf being mudded over, but what did you build the structure of the recess out of ? Did you just fab up some sort of wood guide as a template to lay glass over? or did I somehow miss the pic where you fabbed them up...

there........the bumper and the headlights are bolted in securly....where they go.....I filled in the big gaps with Newspaper(just to make a dam) then Duraglassed right to the taped up headlight.......

Looks good man. As far as it looking more like a camaro, I can see it, although the camaro has a bit more pointy taper to the middle , but then again, you don't want it looking like you just grafted a camaro front end on the car... , but now, there is a big space of flat smoothness between the lights... you gonna do more to it or is that it... Maybe a big chrome shocker emblem , kinda like a mercedes benz round logo to mount in the middle, ( not the hood ornament , kinda like a trunk badge ) but the chrome ring holding the "shocker" manufacturer badge. hehehe... Water jet, dipped in chrome, then polished...

no shocker emblems

My MainMan,My lil Man,Dude,Bubb....My son Memphis @ 3years OldShow'em that car son..........

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beaded foam...sanded to shape

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and skimmed with a coat of body filler....to protect it from the resin

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sanded down....and line drawn out

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line taped out

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foiled....you can see the tape line in the foil.....this will later be my cut line

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My MainMan,My lil Man,Dude,Bubb....My son Memphis @ 3years OldShow'em that car son..........

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the buick needed some mechanic lovin.....so abbys brother came over to help me...

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we worked on the car while the women and children shovel rocks into rusty

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My MainMan,My lil Man,Dude,Bubb....My son Memphis @ 3years OldShow'em that car son..........

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Thanks for a very informative reply to my questions. It made me understand it, if nobody else.

BTW.... Kidding about the shocker. I don't think it would really go over well when you are out and about cruising....

2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser Voo Doo Blue

my upgrades and "build" thread.

My Kulicki Box Build

-Alpine 9887 head unit, KTX-100EQ imprint-( sound quality for dummies! ). - MB Quartz 3.5" in back pillars

-Sundown Audio SAX100.4 - JL Audio 3 way 6.5" component set XR653-CSi ( doors and dash )

-JL Audio 2 way Component set XR650CSi

- Alpine MRD - M1005 - Alpine Type - R 12" subs -- 2 - 12" s in a Pete kulicki designed box.

-Alpine High speed Ipod cable, and KCA-SC100 with Sirius sat. radio

-All wiring is Stinger 12 gauge and HPM Level 3 RCAs, KnuKonceptz Kolossus Power and ground and Big done in 1/0,

-270 sq. ft. of Damplifier Pro, 36 sq. ft. of Overkill Pro, 6 full sheets of Luxury Liner, and a gallon of spectrum-

-2 Powermaster D680 Powercells in back

FINALLY !!! I GOT IT METERED ON THE TERMLAB !!! I did a 140.2 at 42 hertz.

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Thanks for a very informative reply to my questions. It made me understand it, if nobody else.

BTW.... Kidding about the shocker. I don't think it would really go over well when you are out and about cruising....

further down the road........the headlights will actually mount,,,to the nose of the car...(once the whole front clip is 1 piece)

so eventually there will be mounts glassed into the nose....when i get thet far...ill simply stuff a light into each hole....cuz itll fit snug..........only one way......

temporarily secure it......and build the mounts....

therell have to be some random shocker emblems "somewhere" tho... :D

My MainMan,My lil Man,Dude,Bubb....My son Memphis @ 3years OldShow'em that car son..........

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damn man...so f#*cking impressive!

thank you Logan...

My MainMan,My lil Man,Dude,Bubb....My son Memphis @ 3years OldShow'em that car son..........

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