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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
NOW THAT $H** IS LOW!! Awsome fab skills on the frame. And no it doesn't lay rockers, it lays DOORS!!
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
Thanks guys, I cleaned up the shop and im getting ready to start real soon......
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
UPDATE 9/5/2009
Well i removed the front and back windows and marked out the cuts for the chop 2" out back 3" up front.... Here are the pics of the marks let me know if ya think it might not work....(Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Justin
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
Does that mean it will have a rake to it,like XXL's or do you normally cut more in the front?
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
to my knowlege you cut more on trucks to prevent it from running uphill. thats what the book im using said.
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![]() Are you sure about this? Usually trucks have a slight rake from the factory to compensate for loaded beds. Since yours is a custom lowered truck(I'm assuming your not going to build a rake into your stance), I would make the roof level with the floor. |
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
now that is LOW! gotta love it and just grab the saw and start cutting that roof, lets see it happen!
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And, since you've got the saw out... how about cutting 5" and 6.5"? Go ahead... do it!!! ![]()
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You know i was temped to cut 3" out of the back and 4" up front but i want it to be barely noticeable...so i hope to have it cut tomorrow, stay tuned.... Justin
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
looking sweet man. maybe i missed where u said it, but what book are you using for the chop?
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
Not to divert Justin's thread but,,The roof on your self proclaimed"Wallet Eater" looks to my eyes to have a forward rake. Is this true? It seems,to me, to almost look like the roof is bent down in the front.. Did you use the aforementioned method?
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
Yes, there's a real rake in the roofline. In addition, the front glass has been raked back a couple of inches at the top.
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How much chop do you think this is, look about perfect to me............
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That's a lot of chop. And it's also running uphill. I'd say 5" front and back. If you go that far, I would definitely plan to rake the front windshield back 3" or so. If you don't, you end up with that very wide window frame that calls out "I've got a chopped roof"... and I think you want to be more subtle than that. Even radical chops done right maintain some subtlety by maintaining proportions... look at the car in the background.
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
ya im stay about were i said, probly going to be 3-4 chop thou... im in the progress of chopping it now, the roof is off.... pictures soon
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I agree about it running up hill but I like the wide side window frame. How would you go about getting that side window look,and no + or - rake w/o laying back the windshield? Does that extra inch out of the front pillars take care of that? Last edited by Inverter; 09-06-2009 at 07:47 PM. |
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
you would have to take 1/2 to 1 inch more out of the front
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
Gotcha,,Im a little slow today..
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
Well heres a couple pictures of todays progress got it cut and half way tack up.........
Oop did i do that! ![]() Who needs a roof anyways? ![]() Mocked-up ![]() ![]() ![]() More tomorrow!!! Justin
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
Looking great.. Are you gonna cut the rear glass ore just move it down?
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
looks good man, cant wait to see it done.
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
im going to have the glass cut down... hope to have it all tacked up today.
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Re: [Project] "Fnlow69" PART II
holy crap. It takes b@lls to do that. I know when I was about to cut my firewall, I paced around the garage for a while trying to muster up the courage.
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