the flat and chrome combo works sooooooo well... still in love with this project

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Got some more done last night

Doors



Tried on some of the trim



And finally the hood

happy new year !! looks great, more please

where did everyone go?

I like it very much, except for the wheels. They are a lite bit too much out of straight position in my opinion.
But in total it looks very nice
Keep up the good work

No more updates??? This is a nice project to follow!

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yeh it's about time for an update..

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i miss the updates

Thanx

They are supposed to be "a bit too much". I want the car to look kinda "Cartoonish"
But things will happen during this spring. So follow the project and see if you like the final product.

Guys!
Long time, no see. Well, I'm back in business again.
Had a shitload of things to do at work since Christmas. No garage time at all.

But now I'm back in the garage again. Last weekend I did some "things" which I won't reveal yet

Yesterday I helped one of my friends out with his beetle, installing popouts.
Actually I am moving my project to a bigger garage after the easter holidays.
I'm going to share garage with 6 other guys. REALLY lookin' forward to this.

Tonight I'll be in the garage, so there will be some informative updates after that

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Last night I got some good hours in the garage.

I am moving the car to a bigger garage after the easter holidays so I'm finishing up the "dirty work" in my own garage.
I have modified my frontbumper and brackets to make it fit as perfect (and close) as possible.
After 2,5 hours I was pretty pleased. The bumper is also moved 17-18mm down.
I am now going to weld all bolts from the back and clean the frontside of the bumper for holes.
Also played a little with the location of my new licenseplate. I think it will end up under the bumper. Then I don't "mess up" the bumper with to many "things".

Next up is the rear bumper..




And now... a little suprise for you. My pinstriped dash







That's all for now.

Very Nice!! Did you do the pinstriping yourself?

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Actually, the pinstripe is made out of a special vinyl, which looks scary real
Got it made in the US. Was pretty expensive, but it turned out real good

And for the question, I mounted it myself hehe

The reason I didn't get it done with real paint is that I was not 100% sure which one I should choose ( I bought 3 different stripes).
And I have to paint the hole car inside if I deside to change it later. It is impossible to paint just a part of the dash because of the flatt paint.

looks nice indeed.

I hope you've got now time enough to finish your bug, because i'm pretty curious off the result .

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More work done tonight

I started on the rear bumper. Like in the front, I want the bumper to follow the shape of the car better.
First I make a slice for each inch. I only slice the bottom of the bumper.
Then I shape it bye bending it carefully until I got the shape I want. Then I weld all the slices.




Then after a couple of hours things look like this. Much much better. This is the way it SHOULD have been made







I still got to modify the brackets to lower the rear bumper as well, but I'll do that later this week.
I got something else up my sleeve reagarding the rear bumper, so stay tuned

i really like those bumpers

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Then you'll have something to look forward to when I'm finished modifying them
This is just the start