That looks bithcin. Kinda makes me want to take mine up a notch, and forget all this duct tape and coroplast nonsense.
What's the opposite of hot rod? Eco-Rod?
You must be the king of Eco-rodding then Brucey. What have you done to achieve the impressive mileage shown in your siggy?
I have these reoccurring dreams where I'm blissfully riding in nature with my old Legacy... makes me consider buying another one, perhaps an Outback. I hear the new model is quite fuel efficient with a CVT. Wouldn't want to buy new though because I would just end up trashing it.
RIP Su
Not sure this grill block is helping my efficiency.
I'd say it's half mods, half driving style. The smooth wheels, low RR tires, and gigantic grill block seem to have had the most effect.
Zerohour: I'm not sure if I was very clear, but when I said "let off the gas" to get the torque converter to lock back up, you still have to be on the gas a little bit (15 tps or so), otherwise it will stay unlocked. (:
Pretty Close
And of course something had to go wrong, god damn flappy winged bug flew right into the paint stream and was sprayed right into the paint. Had a moth do the exact same thing with the resin. Flew into the brush.
Side project, this always bothered me about the Subaru, You can clearly see the body color on any Outback. Its exceptionally bad on a white two tone:
Not any more!
Few shots while drying:
Overall Happy, it would have taken me another solid day(10-12 hours) to get most of the imperfections out of the surface, so I gave up. lol Paint is mediocre, but I'll try to sand out the bug and my one run and see how it looks tomorrow.
Actually I've been pondering what to do with the fogs. The issue with plexiglass is simple. it comes in flat sheets and the car is not flat. I've been working up an idea for those and might just use someone else's velcro idea to cover the fogs, but I'm gonna do it a little nice. Right now I'm focused on getting the bumper block done.
Update for today: Cleaned up the run, cleaned up the bug and had to go down to primer :-( Got most everything sitting there ready to go. I'm depending on using a polishing compound and then hitting it with a clear coat. Not sure how the Napa paint will hold up. Will most likely hit up the rubbing compound and give it two good coats of wax tomorrow. Should be on the car this weekend.
Also ordered something "green" but not in this forums "green" sense. Pictures will be up tomorrow/Friday/Saturday as progress is made.
Did not get back to the project tonight, had to deal with other things. Been spending a little too much time eco modding! hahaha
Should be buffing a bit tomorrow night and some wax and on it will go. Unfortunately, tomorrow is going to be the first High below 80degrees in the last few weeks. Oh well! Pretty sure I have no concern for the overheating issue.
I am also considering hitting up the you pull it this weekend and trying to find another lower air dam setup for a caprice. I'll keep everyone updated!
You might want to try the lawn edging from home depot for an air dam. It looks pretty good and is pretty much indestructible. Plus it's cheap obviously.
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