Spiral
04-11-2010, 07:06 PM
I figured I would show my weekend progress on the contour svt I bought from Grenade. Since I bought the car I bought a transmission from a 98 CSVT and had the differential installed into it along with no bearings.
I bought a carbon fiber hood and new rear bumper that has been painted and both installed. I stripped the roof down to bare metal and re-sprayed it (not hard but extremely time consuming).
:badidea:The hard part has been reworking the front bumper. When I bought the car the front bumper had three good tears in it and had deformed a little. I used a heat gun to move the plastic back to its original shape and used Duramix 04240 to glue the torn and cracked pieces back together. with that done I have been using some Rage Poly-Flex filler to clean up some of the low spots and deep scratches.
It has been a lot of work but I definitely think it is worth it, I was not able to find a good used one and new ones cost over $1,000...
http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs367.snc3/23657_392749180002_577260002_4098670_4182685_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs427.ash1/23657_392749435002_577260002_4098671_2206632_n.jpg
I bought a carbon fiber hood and new rear bumper that has been painted and both installed. I stripped the roof down to bare metal and re-sprayed it (not hard but extremely time consuming).
:badidea:The hard part has been reworking the front bumper. When I bought the car the front bumper had three good tears in it and had deformed a little. I used a heat gun to move the plastic back to its original shape and used Duramix 04240 to glue the torn and cracked pieces back together. with that done I have been using some Rage Poly-Flex filler to clean up some of the low spots and deep scratches.
It has been a lot of work but I definitely think it is worth it, I was not able to find a good used one and new ones cost over $1,000...
http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs367.snc3/23657_392749180002_577260002_4098670_4182685_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs427.ash1/23657_392749435002_577260002_4098671_2206632_n.jpg