I don't know why they keep following me home...

Almost.

Also, I love the smell of Rustoleum in the morning!

I'm always envious of any job that actually gets done in a short period of time.

Seems like I take forever with everything damn thing I do (partially due to lack of time, but also OCD tendencies.. )

Hope it survived the night & looks as good in person as the pics.

Starting a pool on how many weeks before its sold....I say 5 (5/20/13)

(Still dont get the red wheel thing.... )

I'm in, 2 months

Ummm....glad your participating...BUT....pool is in weeks not months

This is CROVO we're talking about....re-thinking pool to be in days..

sdstick wrote:

I'm always envious of any job that actually gets done in a short period of time.

Seems like I take forever with everything damn thing I do (partially due to lack of time, but also OCD tendencies.. )

Takes me 4x the amount of time to do everything.. OCD IS A BITCH

Cleaned the vogues on my Caddy yesterday... just the vogues.. took me over a damn hour.

You said weeks, so I picked 8 weeks, I think he will be smiling for 7 weeks, then it will break down, he'll get pissed and sell it. 8 weeks.

But it gets the best mileage out of everything I've got right now...?

Lol

Can I get in on the pool?

And it does look good in the daylight. The paint is smoothing out pretty good as it dries. Most of the pine needles came off, too. But there's a few that arr permanent. Doh.

Have you ever gone back & sprayed over the 1st coat?

Are the permanent needles anywhere near the proposed flames?

toomanytoyz wrote:

...Can I get in on the pool? ....

Well...lets see..aahhh...NO

At this point, it is what it is. I am NOT masking it all off again to respray anything! Lol

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That's the plan!

toomanytoyz wrote:

At this point, it is what it is. I am NOT masking it all off again to respray anything! Lol

See.....I'd have left it for respray & the job wouldnt be done.
I like YOUR method better.

V8Killer wrote:

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That would help those wheels....blend.....but then he'd have to sell it to a yahoo
On a side note...that only eliminates 2% of the NH population....

Not gonna lie, Steve... I lol'd pretty good.

Funny thing though, all my satin black creations, except the s10 (Nashua) and the fatwudy (Texas), have gone south to Massachusetts. Buncha yahoooz. Lol

How aboot a daytime pic?

Oh god! I don't know which one I like more!

On the one hand, a toasted Marshmallow is a sight to behold. But on the other a black Fleetwood makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

Thanks dude. But I can tell you, I definately like the toasted marshmallow more!

So I ran into an unexpected glitch with those rims and tires. The rear sidewalls actually rubbed on the skirt handles and standoffs. So today I flattened the handles and shortened the standoffs by about 1/3". Shoukd take care of it and gain me a 1/2" of clearance or so. Will know after work when I put em back on. I'm surprised, as you usually only have to clearance the skirts for wider tires and rims. These truck wheels must have a little less backspacing. *shrug?*

So I just snapped a couple (already) dirty, just-started-raining, daylight pics... Smoothed itself out pretty good!









Now, no more pics til it gets more lower. It's embarrassing!

For what the Caddy is and your skill level, Bill that came out pretty F'N Badass.

Hope you are now motivated to paint the other whores you bring home.

Needs flames like right now. Seriously.

1984twodoor wrote:

Needs flames like right now. Seriously.

Don't I know it!

Looks killer.

You going to keep it til you sell it?

IMPALADAKID wrote:

Looks killer.

You going to keep it til you sell it?

Billy you know a guy who needs a D-body right??? I think he lives in Dover likes boats...

1984twodoor wrote:

IMPALADAKID wrote:

Looks killer.

You going to keep it til you sell it?

Billy you know a guy who needs a D-body right??? I think he lives in Dover likes boats...

Don't think I am not thinking about it.

IMPALADAKID wrote:

1984twodoor wrote:

IMPALADAKID wrote:

Looks killer.

You going to keep it til you sell it?

Billy you know a guy who needs a D-body right??? I think he lives in Dover likes boats...

Don't think I am not thinking about it.

Guys... Guys! Hey! I can see you talking! I'm right here!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Guys... Guys! Hey! I can see you talking! I'm right here!

"Ooooh! Look! Something shiny!"


(ancient car slut mind trick)

Where?!?!

Looks real "club motto" !!!!

Bill a few suggestions:

1. If you have some red paint left, spray those damn wheel weights

2. Get some fine steel wool and use it on the rear bumper to get some of the rust stains off, unless of course it's adding the the rat rod look?

3. Dont post anymore pics until it gets more lower

Looks like the undertakers car.

GasTT wrote:

Looks real "club motto" !!!!

Bill a few suggestions:

1. If you have some red paint left, spray those damn wheel weights

2. Get some fine steel wool and use it on the rear bumper to get some of the rust stains off, unless of course it's adding the the rat rod look?

3. Dont post anymore pics until it gets more lower

Lol! Thanks...

1. Will do. It's on the list.

2. Nope. Not putting any time into that bumper. I have another one to swap.

3. See post above with pics. Last pics to after it's lower.

No Moa wrote:

Looks like the undertakers car.

I wish!

I know not of which car you speak.

So I got the exhaust done today. Muffler delete with glasspacks in place of the resonators and chrome turndowns. Looks good! Way too quiet though. Go figure. Hope it gets a little louder when the glass "breaks in"...

I wanted to be able to see them from the side. He didn't quite get them low enough for my taste, but probably saved me a ton of aggravation when I lower it.

Here's a couple poor lighting, out of focus, blurry and can't-quite-see-it pics:




I'll get better pics in the sunlight. I like the way it looks. The classic chrome turndown tips really look at home on it!

And I know I said no more pics til it's lowered, but the back isn't embarrassingly low, so these get a pass.

You gonna paint that belt line trim black too?

95brmw wrote:

You gonna paint that belt line trim black too?

Maybe. If I get around to it. But probably not. Ha ha.

toomanytoyz wrote:

95brmw wrote:

You gonna paint that belt line trim black too?

Maybe. If I get around to it. But probably not. Ha ha.

You'll change your mind

You're right, it looks awesome on yours.

And if mine were nice, I may spend the time and do it, but it's not. And I kinda dig the faded trim against the satin paint. I dunno. It's one of the things I'm thinking about on it. But I doubt I'll have it long enough to figure it out anyways.

Do it red to match those wheels then

95brmw wrote:

Do it red to match those wheels then

Ooooooh! That's a GREAT idea!

Again, maybe. lol

Got some more work done on it today. Replaced a roller in 3 of the 4 doors and now all my windows work! I also programmed my eBay sourced remote to the factory keyless and now I can lock and unlock it like a normal person.

Pretty much done except for the bumper, driver's seat fix, springs, and eBay tint.

I'm waiting in anticipation for the lowered pics. Do you have springs already? I might remember moogs being mentioned. I've got those chopped SS springs kicking around if there's interest, let me know.

MASShole9C1 wrote:

I'm waiting in anticipation for the lowered pics. Do you have springs already? I might remember moogs being mentioned. I've got those chopped SS springs kicking around if there's interest, let me know.

Yeah, I got a pair of those magic front Moog springs and a pair of used Eibach rears. Hope it's low enough.

Pics of your car on those cut SS springs?

As low as the rear seems to sit, I would replace the fronts, and drive it til it settles and see if it sits nice.

IMPALADAKID wrote:

As low as the rear seems to sit, I would replace the fronts, and drive it til it settles and see if it sits nice.

Maybe, we'll see. That was my original plan until I stubbed my toe on those Eibachs. And I'm pretty sure that the passenger rear spring is NFG. It wicked sags on that corner.

Chopped SS springs/ST rears

Wow. That was low. Too low for a daily! That's for sure! Looked totally bitchin, though!

Yup. Its not even a daily and it was too low lol. But the 5662/drop shocks/new isolates/zq8 helped the drive. Not the handling (yet) needs alignment still. But it handled friggin awesome when it was basically body in frame.

More betterer pic of the ezzozt?



And newest mod. Missed her.

Sure to cause some distracted driving

Nice speed hole in the bumper, if your ever in this part of NE and want one less rusty it's all yours

So, somewhat of a repost, but I wanted to get this in this thread, too...

She got more lower today!!!! I went with Moog 5662 front springs and a lightly used pair of Impala Eibachs in the rear. Swapped in a pair of Gabriel Ultra shocks up front and new sway bar bushings, too.

Here's the spring comparison between the stock Caddy springs and the Magical Moogs.




And the stock caddy rears and the Eibachs.


I saw the height difference and was like, "EHRMEGERD! I made a HUGE mistake!"

But I didn't. I so didn't.


Here's the before measurements. They were taken from the floor to the bottom of the wheelwell trim in line with the center of the rims.
LF 28 3/4"
RF 28 1/4"
RR 16 3/4"
LR 17 1/4"

And after, right off the lift and a short drive. Probably no settling. (It looks lower after my 50 mile ride home)
LF 26 1/4"
RF 26 1/2"
RR 16 1/8"
LR 16 1/4"

Car rides awesome now! No more float! Love those Gabriel Ultras! And before, the thing leaned like a mo-fo in the smallest of corners, now it easily overdrives the tires. LOL!

The car is much more pleasant to drive now, and looks just right and I couldn't be happier with the way it sits!




All I have left is to install my eBay tints and replace the radiator that started leaking today. At least I have one. In storage. Somewhere. Doh!

She's just about done!

Almost ready for the for sale sign!