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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #200 on: August 17, 2011, 10:03:48 AM »
Quote from: Go-N Def on August 17, 2011, 09:50:52 AM
As long as it's not a windy day.  If it is, go close it.  A moderate gust blowing from forward to aft can mess up the hinge.

It's sunny, 77 and a slight breeze. A perfect day so hopefully it'll be dried out by lunch time.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #201 on: August 17, 2011, 10:24:33 AM »
She has her spare ride (a broomstick) proping it up :)
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #202 on: August 17, 2011, 10:28:31 AM »
As Critter said, definitely use a vac to get that water and dampness out...it WILL smell like crap if you let it sit...the odor in mine has just started to go away...the sound proofing I have in my trunk is water resistant, so it took forever for the water that got under the carpet to go away LOL.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #203 on: August 17, 2011, 10:32:01 AM »
Quote from: spicy3480 on August 17, 2011, 10:28:31 AM
As Critter said, definitely use a vac to get that water and dampness out...it WILL smell like crap if you let it sit...the odor in mine has just started to go away...the sound proofing I have in my trunk is water resistant, so it took forever for the water that got under the carpet to go away LOL.
For a minute there, I thought you were talking about her lady parts! :lol:
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #204 on: August 17, 2011, 10:38:16 AM »
bad mike

new avator spikey?  I thought you fixed that.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #205 on: August 17, 2011, 10:44:26 AM »
I changed it LOL.   I needed something fresh and just saw Transformers...so I was inspired....thanks for looking out:)  I think I am secure now.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #206 on: August 17, 2011, 12:39:16 PM »
cool beans
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #207 on: August 18, 2011, 02:07:17 PM »
i picked up an ABS plastic grill the other day from a body shop. the id of the car it was originally on is totally unknown.
after some cutting i ended up with this result.
i never liked the stainless steel mesh grill, only the ABS plastic ones. plus i wanted to make it a bit thickier and give it a bigger inclination from the hood to the bumber. IMHO it looks better this way.
i know the resul,t is amateurish, but it does the job for me untill i found someone to fabricate for me a perfect grill at reasonable cost
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #208 on: August 18, 2011, 02:12:38 PM »
I'm likin' it Arabas!!!  Nice!   :thumbs:
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #209 on: August 18, 2011, 02:14:09 PM »
Quote from: ihawk95 on August 18, 2011, 02:12:38 PM
I'm likin' it Arabas!!!  Nice!   :thumbs:
thx ihawk!! that's encouraging!!!
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #210 on: August 18, 2011, 03:21:35 PM »
looks good
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #211 on: August 18, 2011, 03:27:12 PM »
Very Nice
Looks stock
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #212 on: August 18, 2011, 04:55:00 PM »
thx guys! :D
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #213 on: August 18, 2011, 05:03:08 PM »
Yes top notch!
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #214 on: August 18, 2011, 05:42:13 PM »
All I know is we need to find out what vehicle that grill came from. I've wanted to try something like that since I bought the car but haven't found anything that works. Expanded metal doesn't have the depth that the plastic grills have. Arabas, that looks great!
« Last Edit: August 18, 2011, 06:20:01 PM by Uranium-238 »
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #215 on: August 18, 2011, 06:17:07 PM »
Seriously that's real nice.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #216 on: August 18, 2011, 06:25:52 PM »
thx guys! as i said, this is amateurish job.... some zip ties are holding it into place.
this is a call to our vendors, maybe someone (i.e. DDM, Norm) could fabricate a mesh grill from honeycomb abs plastic with nice finish for the Sky and GT. i would love to send them some more pictures and help as much as i can to make this happen

some examples




PS U-238, Kelu is tall and bald, i am short and have hair. pls don't confuse me with that Romaniac  :lol: :thumbs:
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #217 on: August 18, 2011, 06:40:09 PM »
Rats, I had hoped I'd gotten it corrected before you saw it. I viewed the thread on my iPhone and I thought I saw Kelu's avatar...

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #218 on: August 18, 2011, 07:36:57 PM »
Quote from: Arabas on August 18, 2011, 06:25:52 PM
thx guys! as i said, this is amateurish job.... some zip ties are holding it into place.

You told us that why?  We're all thinking this looks fantastic and you go and tell us it's zip tied together.

I retract my previous comment.  It looks like a bunch of amateur crap.  I don't like it anymore.   :poke:  :kwh:  :kwh:

I secretly really like it.  Almost makes me want to buy a sky right now so I can do this!
« Last Edit: August 18, 2011, 08:08:30 PM by ihawk95 »
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #219 on: August 18, 2011, 07:48:39 PM »
Looks cool!
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #220 on: August 18, 2011, 07:50:44 PM »
This is really going to bug me till we figure out what vehicle that's from though. Were those three "braces" in the grill from the start or did you add them?
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #221 on: August 18, 2011, 07:50:50 PM »
Zip Ties are awesome. 
Nothing to be ashamed of with them
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #222 on: August 18, 2011, 08:00:26 PM »
That's what Elff uses for a belt - a zip tie      damn it I promised.


good call Elff, nothing wrong with them
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #223 on: August 18, 2011, 08:01:34 PM »
Professionals use duct tape.

Ok, I've zip tied my license plate on just to appease the local ociffers.  I carry zip ties in my car behind my seat.  They are even in multiple colors just in case!

Man...that's the last time I give anyone crap around here!  I really like it!  And I got no problem with zip ties actually.  Whatever works!

Tough crowd.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2
« Reply #224 on: August 18, 2011, 09:37:24 PM »
This is my three day What Did You Do:
Cleaned all the wiring up from light modifications to look like factory wiring tuesday.
Washed/waxed the car yesterday.
And just finished my 7443 LED conversion on the front tonight. Could I have just done the easy mod to the side bulbs? Yes, but that was too easy. Main reason is I like the look of bright/dim turn signals and not on/off turn signals at night so I hogged out the 194 spot and jammed an 7443 into the sidemarker spot.

<a href="http://static.pbsrc.com/flash/onSiteVideo.swf?file=http://vid1113.photobucket.com/albums/k501/ophidia311/7443LEDConversion.mp4&amp;t=1313760888&amp;os=1&amp;ap=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://static.pbsrc.com/flash/onSiteVideo.swf?file=http://vid1113.photobucket.com/albums/k501/ophidia311/7443LEDConversion.mp4&amp;t=1313760888&amp;os=1&amp;ap=1</a>
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