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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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I did mine for less the $50...probably even less than that. The 3" mandrel bent exhaust tubing cost $30...

AND I DIDN'T CUT UP THE FENDER.
hmm..how does it work? where did you redirect the airflow?
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 05:47 PM
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I did a WHOLE write up on it...
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Old Jul 24, 2010 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBluePile
I did mine for less the $50...probably even less than that. The 3" mandrel bent exhaust tubing cost $30...

AND I DIDN'T CUT UP THE FENDER.
Cowl, fender .. whats the difference its all good .. my fender was ..or is already beat up and been repaired ,somewhat with bondo.

plus i have a couple nice ones just in case..
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Old Jul 24, 2010 | 08:44 PM
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ohh i did work on this thing a bit today .. along with finishing the dual battery, installing the pa for the CB.. and removing my radiator .. and trying to fix it .. ended up poking a hole in one of the tubes , got mad and started melting the core with my torch..


time to order a new one ..
damn !


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this will house a K&N filter i ordered ..
ended up using a drain grate deal from home depot for the mold . was the perfect size to the oem toyota one .

The green one in the pictures.

still need to sand it and drill some holes or something for the air..
still havent decided what to do about that..
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Old Jul 24, 2010 | 09:17 PM
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so happy with the work youve done, about how much has this project run you?

ive honestly never thought about making one from fiberglass before
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Old Jul 24, 2010 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by VSU_4runnin
so happy with the work youve done, about how much has this project run you?

ive honestly never thought about making one from fiberglass before


thanks ..

1 gallon resin $35 .. still have a little less than half left
3 bags 9sq ft each fiberglass cloth $7 each .. still have a little left of the last bag.
about $60 all bought at home depot.
and alot of time ..
i actually bought this stuff for another project i was going to do a while back but ended up not doing it .. finally found something to do with it .
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 01:24 AM
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Looks good man!!
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by BigBluePile
Looks good man!!

I agree, looks awesome. Can't wait to see it finished. Keep it up and keep us posted!
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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-wow,,,
-congrats again..!
-thanx 4 sharing ..!
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 03:51 PM
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RMA, let me know when yo want me to come over to help you paint it and match it to your runner. unless you want to make it neon green or something.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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lets get this done..
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 10:02 AM
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Thats freakin amazing man... so many ideas now with fiberglass which i have plenty of... cant wait to see it all finished
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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dark_fairytales
RMA, let me know when yo want me to come over to help you paint it and match it to your runner. unless you want to make it neon green or something.
Thanks man ..i gonna use some spray bed liner i think.



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lets get this done..

HAHA i wish man .. ive been super busy this week been getting home pretty late , lots of side work right now.
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Thats freakin amazing man... so many ideas now with fiberglass which i have plenty of... cant wait to see it all finished
be sure and let us see what your making man .. i was using the cloth type but i think the other kind the one with the little pieces (dont know what its called)would work better for the corners and such.
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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 05:04 PM
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oh ok
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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 06:32 PM
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subscribed! looks cool, how does it feel to chop a hole in the body? nice work so far, lets see some pics when she's done!
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 10:32 AM
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Updates??
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 10:50 AM
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After all that Rhinoline it throught and i like seeing people do new things with them keep it goin man cant wait to see it done
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 11:36 AM
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you got any finshed pics
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 1990yota-pickup
you got any finshed pics

havent finished it yet .. so close but not yet ..
ill post up some mor epics when i work on it some more.
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 03:53 PM
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good make me one when your done... bedliner will be just fine..

gotta spruce up the 2wd...
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