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  1. My friend is a graphic designer. He can use a whole host of creation/editing programs and wants to get into a design related position in the automobile field. I believe he said that he is capable of working with a program called "maya" as well as CAD. How can he get into this field with his skills? Does anyone know somebody that he could talk with? Thank you,
  2. Las Margs has the La bamba nachos, they are to die for (steak). They are unlike any other nachos at most mexican joints.
  3. I asked the guy who I bought the from. He said no modifications were done to the car to fit them
  4. the stuff in a lot of restraunts is half prepared.. plus, what about cleanup? PS - i am lazy.
  5. c5 fitment no actual pics, but these are the same size, width, and backspacing. http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/680/p1230031.jpg
  6. I was referring to the car for sale section. But as a whole, the drift scene in Ohio has grown a lot in the past 5 years. You can find somewhere to go nearly every weekend. I have noticed that the sites activity is 1/50th what it used to be... But I don't mind it. I'd like it to get to 1/10th...It used to be too crowded... Now it's too lightly populated.
  7. dont you watch mythbusters? it doesnt work like that....
  8. i wouldn't do a thing, the guy probably knows that it leaks. don't be the guy on the newer rendtition of "S.W.A.T." who orders a "soydog" in the montage where Hondo picks his new crew......
  9. So, i got a sweet deal on an Origin-Lab aero kit for my s14. Yes, i will be running a "body kit". There were a couple touchups that needed to be performed on the fiberglass so i figured i'd try to fix it myself. Not knowing the slightest thing about bodywork i tried to think about what i would bo if i were a bodyman. Here is the sideskirt that is damaged. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt1.jpg First things first, i wanted to clear away all the loose FG material from where the skirt had been bashed. the problem area is abotu 5 inches long. I used sandpaper and a block of wood. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt2.jpg Logic told me that i should strengthen it from the inside out. so i put tape over the outside in case any of the bondo were to seep through... though i found out that the bondo is actually very thick. Thicker than i thought. I also wanted make sure and not press the tape to the destroyed area so that if bondo were to seep through, it could help reform the new outside... though it did not seep through. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt3.jpg Then i bondoed the inside nice and thick using a walmart bag over my finger to apply it. I used twice the reccomended hardener so that it would set fast. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirtbondo.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt4.jpg then i went to the outside and cleared away more debris once the inside hardened.. and was stronger. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt11.jpg I then removed the blue tape and puttied the outside, layed it on thick, but in a uniform concise matter so that i would not have to sand a lot of surface area. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt5.jpg I then sanded down the excess after it dried with a block and sandpaper to conform to the rest of the body line. Turns out i didnt go thick enough the first time. second pass with the bondo http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt9.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt6.jpg Finally, i spray painted the fixed area... thinking, that the paint would do 2 things. One, it would fill in any small gaps (then i would resand). And, it would allow me to see how "even" it looked. I layed it on super thick (notice the runs???) so that I could sand it down and even it out even further once the paint hardens tomorrow. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/skirt8.jpg Not bad in my opinion... but like i said, i am no expert. ...and its good enough for my track car. More progress to come later. Iwill go over it again and post pics after the paint is hard.
  10. i normally throw a winter hat over it between driving it...
  11. Did some modification to the front fenders for tire clearance when i dump the front. .... 9 bucks for some 20 gauge tin sheers at lowes (cut without any resistance)... and aa hammer. If you are going to do this... make sure you do it to fenders with paint on them so you can block sand the ridge to even out any dimpling. I am repainting the fenders obviously so i could be pretty aggressive with the hammer. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/Fenders1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/fenders2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/fenders3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/fenders4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/fenders5.jpg I contemplated many ways to roll the front fenders. This way makes me feel the most comfortable regarding tire clearance since it basically folds the lip upwards to make the fender arch nearly paper thin. Looks bad from the back, but good from the outside. I sanded the arch down and spray painted them to protect the exposed steel as well as look for any imperfections from the outside.
  12. Got my new knob and boot. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/Shiftbootfendi.jpg
  13. can you do this to my fenders? cut a line, and weld in a 1.5 inch bar?? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/Fendervent.jpg
  14. heres a pic of the tabs on the turbo... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/s15driftking/GARRETT.jpg
  15. i dont eat out because the food is much better than i can cook... I eat out because I dont have to spend time making it as well as spend time to have to clean up. Kindof like hookers, i dont pay them for sex, i pay them to leave.
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