my tube front drifter
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I know lee is a great company, but I really like where I am at now. I work in Portland at Standard- Knapp designing automated packaging systems. Its pretty sweet and different every day.
I think I still have my foot in the door over there, so who knows.
IN FOR PICS.
I think I still have my foot in the door over there, so who knows.
IN FOR PICS.
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yes and no, i bought a wizdom fiberglass bumper. i plan on moding it to fit a custom diffuser over the winter. in thinking of the idea of a removable spring loaded "knerf bar" type system to protect everything with drifting. i really wanna take a stab at time attack so i dont what to weight the car down to much, and i want to keep aero in mind
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i had some time tonight and decided to goof around and mock up some more parts. well more like place them up agains the car, here is a teaser
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front bumper needs trimming of rad ducting to fit, but will fit fine. fenders shouldnt be to bad, side skirts are gonna be a bitch and rear flares may be a bitch
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front bumper needs trimming of rad ducting to fit, but will fit fine. fenders shouldnt be to bad, side skirts are gonna be a bitch and rear flares may be a bitch
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here are some pics of the canards i plan to make, this is just a mock up/ mold peice. the real ones are gonna be made from 2x2 twill carbon fiber reinforced kevlar(the black and yellow stuff). im not gonna vacuum bag these. they will be a standard wet layup. i think this will be a good introduction into composites and will help generate frontal downforce. they will also have a 1" tall vertical edge along the outside
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any constructive critisism?
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any constructive critisism?
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got the new bumper in finaly after a month of waiting.
just kinda test fit it. imagine the bottom rail cut out and a diffuser filling the gap
ill be bring my car to the body shop in two weeks i hope
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just kinda test fit it. imagine the bottom rail cut out and a diffuser filling the gap
ill be bring my car to the body shop in two weeks i hope
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