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An automobile club for the enthusiast who enjoys the last of the big GM cars. The rear wheel drive B and D bodys. Chevrolet Impala SS, Caprice, 9C1, Buick Roadmaster, Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, Cadillac Fleetwood
 
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Mar 31, 2012 3:31 pm

That really does look great, Justin. Even at that altitude! Smile I really dig the ralleys and RWL's!

Hurry up and get that 1/4 trim back on there! I Wink
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Mar 31, 2012 3:38 pm

HA!!!@ Als pic

Looks great Justin, your all set for spring cheers
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V8Killer wrote:
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Those are some extreme winter springs!
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Mar 31, 2012 3:59 pm

S'awful nice kehd!
I dunno, I think it looks fine at that ride height. RWL= 70s era muscle car look = not lowered...lol. With 18" Torq Thrusts and low profile tires, I'd DEF lower it all around. Would have to see more pics. Very Happy

It would look good lowered slightly up front but not by too much...that's a tall sidewall!

Methinks I need to contact Tim about some "tiyahs"

Wasn't that lifted wagon using the original frame and everything but with altered suspension and 14 bolt in back? (Some full size GM cars actually came from the factory with a coil spring 14 bolt rear...btw Wink )
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Mar 31, 2012 4:18 pm

I think the wagon "plow truck" that Fred had, and I'm pretty sure that pic is it, was on a 2500 GM pickup/burban frame.
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Mar 31, 2012 4:25 pm

Matt Trakker wrote:
S'awful nice kehd!
I dunno, I think it looks fine at that ride height. RWL= 70s era muscle car look = not lowered...lol. With 18" Torq Thrusts and low profile tires, I'd DEF lower it all around. Would have to see more pics. Very Happy

It would look good lowered slightly up front but not by too much...that's a tall sidewall!

Methinks I need to contact Tim about some "tiyahs"

Wasn't that lifted wagon using the original frame and everything but with altered suspension and 14 bolt in back? (Some full size GM cars actually came from the factory with a coil spring 14 bolt rear...btw Wink )

I would keep his rear end height but the front is a little tall ya know! Some twennny fo's would slip in there homie Laughing


There is one of those 14 bolts for sale on craigslist right now actually, it came from a FWB limo IIRC
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V8Killer wrote:
Looks much better cheers I'm not going to say anything about the height................


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Loose chrome side trim Justin. You have a winner there for sure. Looks awesome.

I would so rock Fred's old 4XWAGON. cheers
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Mar 31, 2012 6:45 pm

Looking real nice. Great touch Justin! You know how I feel about your ride height...assuming your on my level...lol.
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Mar 31, 2012 9:58 pm

1984twodoor wrote:
Matt Trakker wrote:
S'awful nice kehd!
I dunno, I think it looks fine at that ride height. RWL= 70s era muscle car look = not lowered...lol. With 18" Torq Thrusts and low profile tires, I'd DEF lower it all around. Would have to see more pics. Very Happy

It would look good lowered slightly up front but not by too much...that's a tall sidewall!

Methinks I need to contact Tim about some "tiyahs"

Wasn't that lifted wagon using the original frame and everything but with altered suspension and 14 bolt in back? (Some full size GM cars actually came from the factory with a coil spring 14 bolt rear...btw Wink )

I would keep his rear end height but the front is a little tall ya know! Some twennny fo's would slip in there homie Laughing


There is one of those 14 bolts for sale on craigslist right now actually, it came from a FWB limo IIRC

Yep, I saw that...they were offered in the commercial chassis!
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MASShole9C1 wrote:
Looking real nice. Great touch Justin! You know how I feel about your ride height...assuming your on my level...lol.

I think he's waaaaaay above it!

Matt Trakker wrote:
1984twodoor wrote:
Matt Trakker wrote:
S'awful nice kehd!
I dunno, I think it looks fine at that ride height. RWL= 70s era muscle car look = not lowered...lol. With 18" Torq Thrusts and low profile tires, I'd DEF lower it all around. Would have to see more pics. Very Happy

It would look good lowered slightly up front but not by too much...that's a tall sidewall!

Methinks I need to contact Tim about some "tiyahs"

Wasn't that lifted wagon using the original frame and everything but with altered suspension and 14 bolt in back? (Some full size GM cars actually came from the factory with a coil spring 14 bolt rear...btw Wink )

I would keep his rear end height but the front is a little tall ya know! Some twennny fo's would slip in there homie Laughing


There is one of those 14 bolts for sale on craigslist right now actually, it came from a FWB limo IIRC

Yep, I saw that...they were offered in the commercial chassis!

Maybe that's the rear end I need in my two door! study
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySun Apr 01, 2012 9:22 am

Thanks guys! I'm really digging the combo. Even got a couple thumbs up on the way home cheers

Also, how do I cut front 9C1 springs Twisted Evil

1984twodoor wrote:


*sniffle* I think my nose is bleeding and my ears just popped looking at it. I almost never say lower a car, but for the love of the B-Body gods LOWER THAT THING! Shocked

It was a bit floaty on 93, and I also may have driven over a Smart. Not sure. Laughing

V8Killer wrote:
Looks much better cheers I'm not going to say anything about the height................

It's like we're twins!

toomanytoyz wrote:
That really does look great, Justin. Even at that altitude! Smile I really dig the ralleys and RWL's!

Hurry up and get that 1/4 trim back on there! I Wink

Thanks Crocodile! But all the belt line trim is coming off. It's peeled, ratty, scrached and more nasty than Lindsay Lohan's unmentionables...

Matt Trakker wrote:
S'awful nice kehd!
I dunno, I think it looks fine at that ride height. RWL= 70s era muscle car look = not lowered...lol. With 18" Torq Thrusts and low profile tires, I'd DEF lower it all around. Would have to see more pics. Very Happy

It would look good lowered slightly up front but not by too much...that's a tall sidewall!

Methinks I need to contact Tim about some "tiyahs"

Get em quick. I think Tim said my 235's may have been the last set before they went out of stock.

toomanytoyz wrote:
I think the wagon "plow truck" that Fred had, and I'm pretty sure that pic is it, was on a 2500 GM pickup/burban frame.

Yeup. It was on a 2500 'burban. He said it was a bear to drive too lol

MASShole9C1 wrote:
Looking real nice. Great touch Justin! You know how I feel about your ride height...assuming your on my level...lol.

Not quite, just a little. Arrow
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySun Apr 01, 2012 11:16 am

You cut the bottom of the front springs. The tangental end, not the square end. If you cut the spring 1" shorter you'll get near a 2" drop.

In this photo the springs are upside down. The bottom of the spring is at the top of the photo.

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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyTue Apr 17, 2012 2:35 pm

Small update.

Ordered my exhaust components yesterday. Just going to run a stock single for now. That way I can put some more money towards paint and body lol!

New quarters should be getting installed this weekend. Tried fixing one with Bondo hair. It was an exercise in failure. But the driveway has plenty of fiberglass on it now Mad Laughing

And now the best part of this bump:

I may be getting a new motor after all. Friend of my father has a 350 he built and never installed sitting in his garage I can have includes some type of aluminum head and a mild cam iirc. Was built as a daily driver/ weekend strip motor. Shocked
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyMon Apr 30, 2012 10:03 am

Another bumpy.

All the exhaust parts are here except the muffler. Still debating what to go with. But im considering some sort of turbo muffler. Either a Dynomax, Thrush or Cherry Bomb.

Also. The white rims may not stay that way for long. The wheel clear I used sucks out loud and is already peeling. Plus the wheels are a magnet for brake dust. Look like shit in a day after cleaning. So I was bored and tried this on for size:

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I kinda like it.
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyMon Apr 30, 2012 11:20 am

Way back, I used those for winters....cut the crap & figure those wheels out!!!

Get some better pads or install dust shields...wateva

Car looks to good for those caps
(ya I know they look ok....GM thought so too....but that was STOCK)
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyMon Apr 30, 2012 11:31 am

sdstick wrote:
Way back, I used those for winters....cut the crap & figure those wheels out!!!

Get some better pads or install dust shields...wateva

Car looks to good for those caps
(ya I know they look ok....GM thought so too....but that was STOCK)

I am. This'd be temporary. I hope Laughing Just dont have the time to take them off, strip them and do all that bs... again. Mad
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyMon Apr 30, 2012 1:00 pm

I like those hub caps, they look great polished up. My biggest complaint about them was they constantly made noise that drove me nuts. You could only hear it with the windows down though.
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyMon Apr 30, 2012 1:05 pm

95brmw wrote:
................ My biggest complaint about them was they constantly made noise that drove me nuts.............

Ya...noise as they jump off the wheel & roll by you Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyMon Apr 30, 2012 3:21 pm

Just go stock argent silver with rings and shiny caps man! Arrow
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyThu May 03, 2012 4:42 pm

Found some dust shields, going to order those and hopefully they help.

Also arrangements have been made for...................... REPAINTING cheers cheers cheers

Going to go in either end of June/ early July for a fresh dip of GM white with a fresh clear coat to boot. I am so pumped right now.
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyThu May 03, 2012 5:14 pm

Cadet57 wrote:
I am so pumped right now.

This is NOTHING...wait until it come OUT of the booth...... Shocked

Absolute BEST feeling in the world. New paint & good weather...lokking forward to seeing it
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sdstick wrote:
Cadet57 wrote:
I am so pumped right now.

This is NOTHING...wait until it come OUT of the booth...... Shocked

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After paint it's going to have to get some of that Meekins shine Arrow
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyThu May 03, 2012 7:53 pm

Be patient....Chris will tell you how long to wait
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sdstick wrote:
Be patient....Chris will tell you how long to wait

But I need instant gratification!
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyThu May 10, 2012 12:54 pm

Got a nice green "5" sticker on my windshield today but the guy at the inspection place hinted that it's going to be time for a new muffler soon. So I came home and got ready Twisted Evil



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Cadet57 wrote:
......... but the guy at the inspection place hinted that it's going to be time for a new muffler soon.........]

The guy might be happy that you got a muffler for your vehicle....but....that MAY NOT have been what he meant Laughing

PS: whats with the clamp & the 4" extension?


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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyThu May 10, 2012 1:15 pm

If you're going to do the exhaust, should do a 9C1 y-pipe & cat (or test pipe).

Regular TBI is 2 1/4" at the merge to the Cat, the 9C1 is 3" cheers

I just did it to the OCC Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyThu May 10, 2012 2:11 pm

sdstick wrote:


The guy might be happy that you got a muffler for your vehicle....but....that MAY NOT have been what he meant Laughing

Then he should have specified! Laughing Also, my nosy, bitchey neighbor will love me. This will be payback for the time she called the cops on me at 5pm on a Saturday when I was using an air ratchet. Twisted Evil

sdstick wrote:
PS: whats with the clamp & the 4" extension?

Stock muffler is 23". The Dynomax is only 18.5, hence the 4" extension. Arrow

V8Killer wrote:
If you're going to do the exhaust, should do a 9C1 y-pipe & cat (or test pipe).

Regular TBI is 2 1/4" at the merge to the Cat, the 9C1 is 3" cheers

Huh, weird. My car has the 3" Y. Exhaust is original too. Is your OCC a 5.0 or 5.7?
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyMon Jun 18, 2012 4:27 pm

Exhaust is in. Sounds great. But a little more quiet than I was hoping. Ah well. Quarters still haven't been done, so paint is being pushed back. No big deal atm. Have a slightly bigger issue atm:

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Noticed a wet carpet a couple weeks ago. Couldn't trace down the leak so I cleaned it out as best as I could. Then last week I noticed a gross smell eminating from the rear of the car. Mold had started growing under the passenger seat Rolling Eyes Ripped out all the seats and carpet to find the rear floor SOAKED. sucked it all out with the shop vac. Then powerwashed the carpets with simple green. Smell and look fine now. Also had to pull out all the old padding as it was soaked and musty Mad

Anyways, spent yesterday and today grinding out all the rust and thankfully no holes and everything is still solid. Also tracked down the leak to the corner of the body. Plugged with a tube of roofing tar and tiger hair.

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Now that that's done, tomorrow I'm going to start painting the floors with this:

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Let's see water cause problems again. Laughing
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Wow, that sucks, what was the hole, rot or was it just like a seam that blew open? I know all too well the issues with water leaks, I think every car and truck I've owned aside from the white Caprice has had one, including the black Tahoe! So glad I caught that one before it did anything. It was a pinhole in the seam sealer!

Where'd you get the SEM from? And I always hear of Tiger Hair, what is it, like bondo with fiberglass in it?
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyMon Jun 18, 2012 5:29 pm

Matt Trakker wrote:
Wow, that sucks, what was the hole, rot or was it just like a seam that blew open? I know all too well the issues with water leaks, I think every car and truck I've owned aside from the white Caprice has had one, including the black Tahoe! So glad I caught that one before it did anything. It was a pinhole in the seam sealer!

Where'd you get the SEM from? And I always hear of Tiger Hair, what is it, like bondo with fiberglass in it?

It looks like a hole in the seam sealer that just got bigger over time and then formed a rust bubble. Tiger Hair is a bondo and long strand fiberglass mix. It works the same as regular bondo. VERY strong patch material.

I got my Rust Shield from Auto Craft Sales in Springfield. They carry the full SEM line and even has the RS in stock. Plus they can mix the interior cans on site. Arrow
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Matt there is a place in Wilmington RIGHT before the Woburn line on 38 that sells SEM products. It's directly across from the body shop that did the roof of the caprice. Check it out they might have it!
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Good thing you caught the puddle now. A leak like this is what caused the rust master to loose its rear floor pans.
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^I always thought that car rotted from the bottom up, into the car? LOL

A leak, or leaks, did in my green Impala. Water leaked in the back window on pretty much EVERY old 60s and 70s car I've seen. My 74 that I have now leaks, but I keep it out of the elements. I still need to get it rectified though so I can stop worrying about getting caught in the rain. Someone told me it was because they used butyl tape or something instead of a urethane seal?

Water leaked onto the floor of my old green one as well from the windshield. That rotted the front floor pans, then water came in through that rot and rotted the rears, the water leaking in the back window actually even ran along inside the tops of the quarter panels and rotted those, all kinds of weird places. Leaks suck!
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyTue Jun 19, 2012 12:53 pm

Justin, did you check that area I talked to you about?
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyTue Jun 19, 2012 3:47 pm

MASShole9C1 wrote:
Justin, did you check that area I talked to you about?

I did. Its there and leak free Laughing

Laid down the first coat of Rust Shield. That stuff rocks. Goes on very easy and hardens up very fast. I did one coat so far Very pleased.

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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyTue Aug 07, 2012 3:48 pm

I can't let Ironfistdog have all the fun in here now, so a small bump. Laughing

Drivers quarter is getting welded in Sunday. cheers I'm going to try and repair the passenger side to save the welding. If not, that one will get done either Sunday, or another day.

Just about finished filling/grinding out the trim studs where the stainless is. Once those are filled I'll pull the stainless for good.

Installed some HID's. Man they're bright. Not obnoxiously so, but still better than stock. Also going to install the cornering lamps and Fleetwood horns.

After that, just have the paint and he'll be done. Arrow
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptyTue Aug 07, 2012 9:34 pm

While it may not be noticeable with the HID's installed as much as without, I was surprised at how much of a difference they made!

I need to do the horns now I think. One of the originals may have gone down the tubes, only one of the two horns is sounding (worked, stopped working, worked again in and out the other day and now it doesn't) and it isn't very authoritative...I might have just knocked a wire loose when i did the cornering lamps however...
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 4:00 pm

This weekend is bodywork weekend! Arrow

The guy who was supposed to paint my car flaked out (not surprised really...) So now I have to find a new painter, my father gave me a couple names to try. One is a shop he worked at for like 15 years and a friend of his is the manager now.

Anyways...

Monday is *the* day, quarter(s) are being welded FINALLY. Everything is set to go. Weather looks good. Today I pulled the stainless off and took about a half hour with the orbital sander and finished the rest of the studs. They are SMOOTH. The stainless is gone for good! cheers

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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 4:09 pm

Good. Now lower it.
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 4:11 pm

MASShole9C1 wrote:
Good. Now lower it.

Just the nose, 9C1 springs cut 1/2 coil Arrow
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 4:19 pm

Sounds good to me
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 5:42 pm

What did you do to initially remove the studs? Mine are all intact still and im hesitant on beginning to remove them. Body and paint look like shyte and I wanna get started on priming before winter (would love to paint caddy and wagon together) any tips?
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 5:50 pm

Ironfistdog wrote:
What did you do to initially remove the studs? Mine are all intact still and im hesitant on beginning to remove them. Body and paint look like shyte and I wanna get started on priming before winter (would love to paint caddy and wagon together) any tips?

Dremel tool with a couple packages of cutoff wheels. lol!

Cut them off as close to flush with the body as you can, then just clean up with the orbital. I would say I only have to hit maybe 20% of them with a bit of bondo. The rest cleaned up perfect.

Heck, when you want to start them, lmk and I can give ya a hand. Arrow
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 5:56 pm

Sounds good. I got some 36 grit flap discs and some 80, 220, 320 grit paper for the DA. Was gonna try and just zip them down with the 36 and then polish out progressively.
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 9:05 pm

I heard the way to get the studs off was to use vise grips and give a quick twist. Supposed to break em off damn near flush every time. Wink Then sand em...

Oh, yeah... And lower it. Wink
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 9:08 pm

toomanytoyz wrote:
I heard the way to get the studs off was to use vise grips and give a quick twist. Supposed to break em off damn near flush every time. Wink Then sand em...

I tried the vice grip thing. Either I was too stupid (a distinct possibility!) to do it right. Or they're a lot tougher than people say!
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 10:36 pm

Cadet57 wrote:

I tried the vice grip thing. Either I was too stupid (a distinct possibility!) to do it right. Or they're a lot tougher than people say!

No....your not stupid.....maybe your just to girlie? tongue ...Razz

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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySat Sep 01, 2012 11:21 pm

^^ lmao. It's gotta be the pink baby tee
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PostSubject: Re: My Wagon Project Thread (Again...)   My Wagon Project Thread (Again...) - Page 2 EmptySun Sep 02, 2012 9:03 am

sdstick wrote:
Cadet57 wrote:

I tried the vice grip thing. Either I was too stupid (a distinct possibility!) to do it right. Or they're a lot tougher than people say!

No....your not stupid.....maybe your just to girlie? tongue ...Razz

It's because I have these tiny hands...

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^^ lmao. It's gotta be the pink baby tee

HAS to be. Laughing
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