J's EK doin some foolay siek skidz bro (vid)

matches · Post by **matches** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:39 pm

yeah sorry i missed that.

J · Post by J » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:31 pm

Some minor updates

Last weekend (AUST)mod came over as I finally got my amp wiring kit, so now when cruisin down the strip the whole car rattles and anyone in the back seat gets a massage

I have been doing some small touches:

-got some hinges for my boot floor

-for ratbox I swapped my front and rear speaker around so now my dash doesnt have that big ass speaker hanging out

-so I dont have to pop my hood to turn on my neons, I made this switch board which is hidden from view, which will also be accompanied by some illegal horns and possibly some flames

oh and thanks to kelleigh54? I think his screen name is, I got some door trims and some headliner which I plan to re-upholster these holidays

kelleigh54 · Post by **kelleigh54** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:28 am

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:44 am

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:12 am

Nice work J

J · Post by J » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:04 pm

After ages of nagging today I finally made it out to Balcatta Bunnings so I could get some MDF for the boot of my car.

Before we left I ran some chalk where the fanbelt goes on the fan, and after a quick squirt up the street the annoying squealing sound had gone

thankyou

We went for a nice drive down the coast where we stopped at Hillary's Boat Harbour for fish n chip's, coincidentally parking just near this fe or fc (what are the differences?)

we were gettin plenty of looks

After lunch we decided to head out to Bunnings, highlight of the day were some girls at a cross walk checkin out my car (in bikini's) and you know I hit that klaxon horn

unfortunately no pictures

Also on the way we had an old Pontiac Firebird pull in behind me, cruised with him for a while.

When we got back in the late afternoon I got busy
this is what I started with

I removed the subwoofer from the box so I could trace a circle on the MDF I was using, making it nice and central by ruling a line through the halfway point and using a pencil to trace around the sub.

As I would not be able to get the backing in with one piece (too wide) I cut it in half and cleared part of it from the boot hinges, after matching it with the other side I eventually got the board to sit flat on the subwoofer box where I then screwed it to the box (covered by upholstery later in the week)

I then had to take everything apart to put the sides back in, although I did have to shape the backing boards to allow the sides to sit closer too the floor.

I am happy with the job I did, although it may have been a bit dodgy (suits my character

) and I would like the sides closer to the floor, it will all look perfect once I upholster it on Sunday

Here's a cool picture I took

Post by **Blacky** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:53 am

J , thats an FC. The earlier model FE had seperate park lights on the front and a prettier grill - just like the FB/EK , The earlier model FE was better looking than its FC sister

paroharo · Post by **paroharo** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:57 am

J wrote:We went for a nice drive down the coast where we stopped at Hillary's Boat Harbour for fish n chip's, coincidentally parking just near this fe or fc (what are the differences?)

Here is a pic of an FE, check the difference from the front.

Jon

NoMAD · Post by **NoMAD** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:39 am

Nice job on the boot there J, should be good once covered!

Looks like you need a new boot seal aswell!

Cheers
NoMAD

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:23 pm

doesn't look that bad untrimmed (better than i could do

) most things look like crap till they are covered up

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:49 pm

Great work J
It will come up a treat with a bit of carpet

Too busy thinking about the horn and no pics at the crossing

J · Post by J » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:50 pm

cheers for the kind words
anyone else notice the lime green in that fc's bumper haha

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:54 pm

Looking excellent mate. Great Job

I was worried that you would try and mount the sub to the backing board, and ditch the sub box, but good to see that you didn't go down that route

WIll look tops with some carpet to hide the joins.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:37 pm

should make some doors either side of the sub box extra storage

J · Post by J » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:57 pm

cheers for all the comments guys
will definitely look better with some carpet; and ratbox, I dont know how I am going to make a square inside a square without cutting a line from the big square so I can make a little square... get it?

Today I woke up to do some work on the old girl, WHERE THE F*#& IS IT!?!?!?

after I found it, I kicked mums jappo car out of the garage and replaced it with a priceless piece of australian motoring history (the slowest holden made i believe). This is what my working area looked like. Complete with sharp bits of metal which liked to make love with my foot.

What was I doing you ask?
customising

Most of the chrome looked like this underneath the old position for the over-riders... so a bit of polish and sandpaper and it was as good as new

This is just a picture of what I used to hold it all up

Anyway, I was done and I took some photo's
only problem was.... I used my bullet nuts on the holes in the bumper... and I didnt have any bolts to hold the rear numberplate on

OH YES, THIS IS ALL PART OF THE GRILLE THAT I PLAN ON USING
i didnt do it for fun