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Bash Bar, Street Splitter, and Quick Fasteners!!!

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This is going to be long.  save your riddicule, and read... but first enjoy this sweet ass gif.  Bashbars and Diffusers The fun part about building a car that doesn't just reside on the track, or car shows is all of the cool research you get to do in the process of tackling something yourself. I would like to build a splitter for my car, but I also want to build a new bumper support bar that will host a few items as well. the window banner is an inside joke. I just wanted to design something off the looks of my actual car. (symmetry isn't my fine point in pen sketching)  In the end I would like to powdercoat everything for longetivity, but I want the car to look as streetable as possible. Obviously the images below are some outlandish examples, I am a huge fan of Sam Ipman's diffuser setup. It's simple and can take a beating if needed, the only issue I think is it's rivited to the bumper directly and not braced by his chassis anywhere. I haven'...

Parts Salvage, Door Latch repair, and Clutch Fans

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I have a lot more to post about then I originally anticipated. A few weeks ago a good friend of mine Chris Licup as you may know as Frederic Asbo's biggest fan or you may just actually know Chris let me pull some much needed replacement parts off of his S14 he's building for the track. I originally was going to take his heater core too, but I didn't feel like taking his engine apart to loop his coolant hoses for the box I wanted to remove so I left it be. Chris Licup's Zenki S14 at Garage Life getting caged up Won't need the stuff to the right of the box anymore.  And I came up on a replacement door panel with mis matching fabric. Legit!  There are a few reasons why I grabbed the hvac equipment. 1. I had plans on doing something similar with my a/c install that Toby Broadfield did with his s13 , weather it's going to be as expensive or extensive as his setup remains to be seen. I still have a lot of other loose ends I need to resolve. And one of the...