Update on the new Cadirat v.2

Oh my! Thats gooood!

When you do daylight pics, don't forget another Before pic of it on the trailer.

That really is amazing how great it looks.

Sweet lookin caddy

what a BIG F%^&@* CAR!

WOW is right
and if it looks good under fluorescents, daylight will be heaven
Please advise... where does the Line form?

bowtiepimp wrote:

what a BIG F%^&@* CAR!

Exactly!!!

sdstick wrote:

WOW is right
and if it looks good under fluorescents, daylight will be heaven
Please advise... where does the Line form?

^^^^See that dude!

And here are some overcast daylight pics...








A couple close ups...






Amazing.

I can't wait to see it in the sunlight!

And here's a before as suggested pic...




Thanks again, Chris!

Looks sweet.
T-56/4.10 combo.

I hear it has never been done to a fleetwood.

Lots of angles, but I STILL couldnt see the FOR SALE sign.

IMPALADAKID wrote:

Looks sweet.
T-56/4.10 combo.

I hear it has never been done to a fleetwood.

You heard wrong. And you're half right... So how about that???

sdstick wrote:

Lots of angles, but I STILL couldnt see the FOR SALE sign.

...wait for it...

OK, so I have the baby moons on it. Not sure I like it yet. Will definately look a million times better with the front dropped about 3 inches.







I really want to like 'em. I really do. But... something's not right. I think it's the ride height. I NEED to drop it. Gonna cut the fronts at least one coil and throw the eibachs in the rear.

I think if you widened the white wall it would look a little better, I mean everyone does that but I think it looks good still. But I think the front about 2-3 inches would deffinitly set it off wide whites or not

LandMaster wrote:

I think if you widened the white wall it would look a little better, I mean everyone does that but I think it looks good still. But I think the front about 2-3 inches would deffinitly set it off wide whites or not

Yeah, a nice set of wide whites, raise the ass a bit and get the front down, maybe 1/2 a coil and it'll look even better.

I agree on the wide whites. But if not, at least paint the wheel weights.

The moons look good on there! I like it without the trim ring.

GasTT wrote:

I agree on the wide whites. But if not, at least paint the wheel weights.

The moons look good on there! I like it without the trim ring.

Yeah, I'm gonna paint the weights. Haven't had time yet. And it's been raining anyways.

Not sure I want the wide whites yet...

And the trunk is loaded with the old rims and tools and shit now, so it's sitting low back there. But I like it! I may throw a couple cinderblocks in the back to keep it low! lol

I think a nice set of trim rings would make a huge difference. imho anyway.

No Moa wrote:

I think a nice set of trim rings would make a huge difference. imho anyway.

I have them. Might try them. Don't think they'll help. But they were the original plan. Once I painted the wheels though, I thought it may look better without them...

drop it! drop it! drop it!

bowtiepimp wrote:

drop it! drop it! drop it!

Workin on it!

I would loose everything in the rear, and cut that coil out of the front, or just get a set of stock SS springs all around. I am not sure if the babys and painted rims go with the car. Once dropped, you will know.

toomanytoyz wrote:

bowtiepimp wrote:

drop it! drop it! drop it!

Workin on it!

Buy my springs

MASShole9C1 wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

bowtiepimp wrote:

drop it! drop it! drop it!

Workin on it!

Buy my springs

I have Eibachs for the rear and will cut my stockers up front. I can get it low enough for damn near free.

And the ss springs won't be low enough for what I want.

toomanytoyz wrote:

MASShole9C1 wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

bowtiepimp wrote:

drop it! drop it! drop it!

Workin on it!

Buy my springs

I have Eibachs for the rear and will cut my stockers up front. I can get it low enough for damn near free.

And the ss springs won't be low enough for what I want.

I already figured as much. Some one will need them at some point(keep telling yourself that Brian)lol

"spring" time i will need them when i drop the fleet in march...

so hold ya horses or springs for that matter

After looking at the car, I think some hubcaps like the ones on the original cadirat. Full old school cadillac caps with wide whites.

toomanytoyz wrote:

I really want to like 'em. I really do. But... something's not right. I think it's the ride height. I NEED to drop it. Gonna cut the fronts at least one coil and throw the eibachs in the rear.

Of course its the ride height, look at it all rear heavy & snooty with the nose up
At least in those 1st 2 pics. 3rd pic angle hides it a little
Once you drop it it'll frame those wheels differently resulting in

IMPALADAKID wrote:

After looking at the car, I think some hubcaps like the ones on the original cadirat. Full old school cadillac caps with wide whites.

Yeah, you're not the first person to suggest that. But then I think it'll look too "old traditional Cadillac" for me. I'm looking for for "cool, ratty, Caddy." And yes, I now realize that I may have started with the wrong car for that...

sdstick wrote:

Of course its the ride height, look at it all rear heavy & snooty with the nose up
At least in those 1st 2 pics. 3rd pic angle hides it a little
Once you drop it it'll frame those wheels differently resulting in

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. I'm gonna try trim rings today. Will probably help...

On a brighter note, me and Al worked on the suspension last night...

We swapped out the stock rears for the Eibach's I got from Mikey. They went in pretty easy. One of the shock bolts fought us, but it didn't break. And the springs were rusted to the lower perches! LOL! I had to hang my full weight on each tire to get the old long springs out, too! LOL! Anyways, here's a comparo of the Eibach's and stock FW springs...


Those springs "dropped it on its nuts" as Al said. And it looked awesome! But since we ran into trouble with the fronts, I had to pull a Timmy and max out the rear air shocks to bring it back up to where it was sitting before. Let's just say a whole lot of those moons disappeared when it was on the ground!

The front fought us. Couldn't even get the cotter pins out of the balljoints. And the LCA bolts looked too rusty to attempt. So we gave up with just replacing the sway bar endlinks that broke when we tried to take them off. I went out today and bought lower ball joints, shocks, and an idler arm. Hopefully we can try it again soon. But at least we know what we're in for now.

lets se some pics of it slamed in the rear..

96slowss wrote:

lets se some pics of it slamed in the rear..

Not yet. The shocks are full right now anyways. Gonna have to wait til it's lowered.

So now... I think this looks MUCH better! Still needs lowering though! Soon!










I apologize for the crappy cell phone pics and the idiot's shadow, but you can only do so much without a camera with ya! They give you an idea though. So what do we think? Better?

I even got 2 compliments on the rims today while out and about. One punk looking kid in a hoodie and a flat bill cap told me the rims looked "tight." So I think that's cool, right? I told him to straighten his hat and pull up his pants. Am I getting old? And another old white dude told me "those baby moons and trim rims look good. Look good!" And I know that's approval!

Now it looks finished!

Those bumperets have got to go.

IMPALADAKID wrote:

Now it looks finished!

Those bumperets have got to go.

Jeesh!!!! Give me some time!!! I've only had it a couple weeks! And only been driving it a week! LOL! I had planned to do it today, but went junkyarding instead. So *raspberries* to you!

toomanytoyz wrote:

IMPALADAKID wrote:

Now it looks finished!

Those bumperets have got to go.

Jeesh!!!! Give me some time!!! I've only had it a couple weeks! And only been driving it a week! LOL! I had planned to do it today, but went junkyarding instead. So *raspberries* to you!

You got those bumperets off yet?

Looks awesome! Lowering will make it perfect!

96Brougham wrote:

Looks awesome! Lowering will make it perfect!

Thanks!

I still can't believe this is the same car I dragged home on the trailer!

Looks pretty effin sweet. It will look the sweetest lowered!

Looks very nice.

wide whites you know you want to

You've got to spray bomb the inside of those inner fenders.

dam i cant even see the clear spots on the hood! when we finishing it?

GasTT wrote:

Looks very nice.

wide whites you know you want to

You've got to spray bomb the inside of those inner fenders.

Thanks, Timmy. Not sure if I want the wide whites on this one... Still thinking about it. And good call on the inner fenders. Maybe tonight.

bowtiepimp wrote:

dam i cant even see the clear spots on the hood! when we finishing it?

That's cuz I washed it again today. I can't believe that friggin car is getting washed way more than the Marshmallow and the Slut! Not sure when we can finish it up. I need to paint the bumper filler and maybe the leading edge of the hood...

Calling dibs now, so when you are ready to sell it.

That car is hawt!

IMPALADAKID wrote:

I would loose everything in the rear, and cut that coil out of the front, or just get a set of stock SS springs all around. I am not sure if the babys and painted rims go with the car. Once dropped, you will know.

Speaking of ss suspension, what works on a box and what doesn't?



The car LOOKS AWESOME!


Also lower it

1984twodoor wrote:

Speaking of ss suspension, what works on a box and what doesn't?

Everything works. If you didn't know, these cars chassis is the same 77-96.

u need to undecoat the pinch weld..

96slowss wrote:

u need to undecoat the pinch weld..

Yup. And I will.

Oh yeah, and I went out last night and bought my bumperette delete kit.

Don't care what anyone says, trim rings FTW

toomanytoyz wrote:

96slowss wrote:

u need to undecoat the pinch weld..

Yup. And I will.

Oh yeah, and I went out last night and bought my bumperette delete kit.

Well it's about time Now change the wheels

V8Killer wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

96slowss wrote:

u need to undecoat the pinch weld..

Yup. And I will.

Oh yeah, and I went out last night and bought my bumperette delete kit.

Well it's about time Now change the wheels

Shut up.

And... workin' on it.

GasTT wrote:

1984twodoor wrote:

Speaking of ss suspension, what works on a box and what doesn't?

Everything works. If you didn't know, these cars chassis is the same 77-96.

I knew that but I wasn't sure if it was all just able to swap in and out easily.

Looks Shahhp!

al you have no say til you get your caddy you slacker!

Another quick update... I tried to take advantage of the warmer weather today and get some paint work done. I decided to try the front bumper filler that had the major clearcoat issues. I was pressed for time, so it was a super rush job...

I started by taping off as little as I thought I could get away with and sanded it down with 320.


Then I wiped it down with a rag soaked with brake clean (It was all I had here!) and sprayed the Plasticoat Medium Garnet Red Metallic from a rattlecan. It seems to be a shade lighter and redder than the original. And I seemed to have a little "metalflake pooling" issue in a couple spots. Oh well. The Duplicolor appeared to be a better match. Live and learn. Took 3 color coats to cover it "enough for me" (because I had sanded through the paint in some spots to make it sooth and had dark areas show through) and then I laid down three coats of 10 year old rattlecan clear, too. Hey, at least it was Dupicolor too!!!!


I took a few minutes to take off the grill and try to JB weld it to make it look decent til I get a good one. It looks better, but you can see the repair if you look for it. Took a couple screws and a piece of plastic to make it strong enough. Then I threw it back on the hood and slammed it down (gently) and took a look at my work...


Not bad for an hour's work for a hack! Like I said before, the color isn't a perfect match, but it looks better than it did. I was also looking at it under fluorescent lights, so maybe it'll look better in daylight. But for a beater, it'll look fine either way.

And yes, I will be getting rid of the bumperettes ASAP!

looks fine from here........ nice job

Hard to believe that was the car you picked up up here. She looks great.