Progress on #782

DanEC · #1 (**permalink**) 12-01-2013, 04:15 PM

I finished buffing the car out today (well at least 98%) and put a couple coats of wax on it. It's not 100% perfect - couple sand scratches still not buffed out, a half dozen pin point pits here and there, a couple small areas in corners or on edges I didn't get all the orange peel completely sanded out - but all in all it looks pretty good.

Also installed the griller splitter today.

Next up are the windshield, emblems, bumpers, etc.

patrickt · #2 (**permalink**) 12-01-2013, 04:42 PM

That looks great. Did you notice how the front driver's side turn signal is not plumb straight? Peter insists on keeping it that way.

DanEC · #3 (**permalink**) 12-01-2013, 04:57 PM

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That looks great. Did you notice how the front driver's side turn signal is not plumb straight? Peter insists on keeping it that way.

Thanks Patrick. You know - I remember reading about that years ago in an old thread. Something about Peter's original car had had some minor nose damage at one time and when molds were pulled from it the misalignment was not corrected. It must be pretty subtle as I have not really noticed it.

avanti-176 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-03-2013, 02:47 PM

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Also installed the griller splitter today.

Looks great Dan! I wonder if you could tell me what the width of the ERA mouth is. I was wondering how close it is to my Contemporary and if the ERA splitter would work on my car. Mine is pretty much at the same stage as yours right now.

Thanks,
Dan

DanEC · #5 (**permalink**) 12-03-2013, 05:46 PM

Dan - as best I can measure on the car, the grill opening is around 26-1/2 inches wide at the splitter. The actual sheet metal splitter is 26-1/4 give or take a sixteenth. There is a metal tab bent over on the sides that secures underneath with a screw into the side of the girll opening. There are a couple aluminum brackets at the rear that secure it to the radiator supports.

Hope this helps.

Thanks

Dan

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Originally Posted by avanti-176

Looks great Dan! I wonder if you could tell me what the width of the ERA mouth is. I was wondering how close it is to my Contemporary and if the ERA splitter would work on my car. Mine is pretty much at the same stage as yours right now.

Thanks,
Dan

avanti-176 · #6 (**permalink**) 12-04-2013, 07:33 PM

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Dan - as best I can measure on the car, the grill opening is around 26-1/2 inches wide at the splitter. The actual sheet metal splitter is 26-1/4 give or take a sixteenth.

Thanks Dan, mine is just a shade under 26-1/2 so it seems as if the ERA splitter should be able to work, now to see if they might sell me one...

Thanks again,
Dan

patrickt · #7 (**permalink**) 12-04-2013, 07:35 PM

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Thanks Dan, mine is just a shade under 26-1/2 so it seems as if the ERA splitter should be able to work, now to see if they might sell me one...

Thanks again,
Dan

Uhhh, you might want to make sure that an errant zero doesn't make its way in to the price.

avanti-176 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-04-2013, 08:49 PM

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Uhhh, you might want to make sure that an errant zero doesn't make its way in to the price.

It's almost Christmas, definitely the wrong time of year for a stray zero to be messing with my desired shiny things.

DanEC · #9 (**permalink**) 12-05-2013, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by avanti-176

Thanks Dan, mine is just a shade under 26-1/2 so it seems as if the ERA splitter should be able to work, now to see if they might sell me one...

Thanks again,
Dan

Hopefully they will. You will probably want the piece of plastic chrome trim for the front of it. I understand a piece of VW chrome trim can also be made to work (it may have been the original source). I think there was a thread in the Originality Forum about this a couple of years ago.

Dan