Thanks man
Thanks buddy. The spikes are big-rig lug covers. I picked them up for a different project, but they ended up not being what I thought they were, so they found their way onto my strut shafts, haha.
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Thanks man
Thanks buddy. The spikes are big-rig lug covers. I picked them up for a different project, but they ended up not being what I thought they were, so they found their way onto my strut shafts, haha.
Russianred
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Haha nice, I thought that's what they looked like! I seen plenty of them over in Oklahoma a bit ago lol.
Frisky Arab
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How do you close your hood? From looking at the pics it doesn't seem like you'll have clearance.
Very nice work on the custom fab by the way. I really wanna do this to my car as well.
JordanFleenor
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Excellent idea on this. Maybe sometime do a write-up on this for us?
Strut spikes look killer. Hopefully look forward to a painted engine bay
Strut spikes look killer. Hopefully look forward to a painted engine bay
swollen_cu
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Maybe you could do a small group buy on the actual metal pieces you made??!
This looks awesome. I had this idea in my head for a while, but I don't have access to metal benders.. Only welders
This looks awesome. I had this idea in my head for a while, but I don't have access to metal benders.. Only welders
truWarier02
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A pic I found while researching. Those boxes are so nicely done.
For sure, that's where I got the idea actually. I saw a custom 18 wheeler sporting 'em and I copped a set!
Thanks duuuu. The hood closes, no way I'd take the time to build these and not think about the hood haha. I built these about as tall as you can get before they interfere with the hood.
Thanks Drowzee!Sick work as always man.
For sure, I have tons of pictures I've taken along the way, but the limiting factor for most DIY guys is the tooling required to get the right bends. I agree, a shaved/painted bay would look ridiculous, but I'm not painting it just yet. Maybe in the near future thoughExcellent idea on this. Maybe sometime do a write-up on this for us?
Strut spikes look killer. Hopefully look forward to a painted engine bay
Thanks man. The issue with producing these is that the set I built was designed to clear my custom UCA's, so a CG with stock UCA's would most likely require different clearances and a different filler box shape. I'd really have to have a car here to build them to fit right out of the box.
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Yeah those are beautiful. That's by far the best execution I've seen to date, all the pics I've come across had some weird/unnatural looking tower mods. No way that guy can run a hood though!
Started working on the driver side today. I stopped at the last pic, but it still needs a little bit of fine-tuning. It should look pretty stock once it's painted.
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truWarier02
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Wow, that looks great man. Nice work!
So there's no chance of UCA coming in contact now?
So there's no chance of UCA coming in contact now?
^Not a chance! There is another spot on the back of the strut tower that may become a problem in the future, but for now, it's fine. I know those of you who have the stock UCA's also have a spot on the front of the tower that hits, so to be 100% effective in eliminating contact, you'd have to notch that portion as well.
