1JZ E30 Vert Build Thread with Pastry filled wheels

[B C]

Your ingenuity rocks!

[Jdesign]

suspenceful said:

Was just sound for me.

Lame. Well your not missing much, its a video in the dark going down a back road at 1am lol

Snap said:

Your ingenuity rocks!

Thanks snap, that means a lot coming from you. 

[Jdesign]

Well teh body guy stopped buy and was going to grabs some parts from Bryan and I intended on giving him my mini hood to get painted. I mounted the small nose piece of the hood I cut up to the car for the first time since I had Chris weld a strip of metal along the back side. Needless to say the added material caused some warping and rigidity in the small body panel. Both of the front corners were higher than they needed, causing misalignment with the fenders. Nothing a good sized 4x4 and muscle couldnt help correct. I flexed it back into alignment and added some bumpers on the back side to keep it fixed into place. here are some pics of it before it goes to paint. 

[GunMetalGrey]

It looks so funny popped up and tipped forward!

[Bassboy3313]

Will make a nice little drink table at car shows when popped up. 

[Earl]

I absolutely love that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[straight6pwr]

[m42b32]

I was initially skeptical of the hood thing, but that's actually pretty cool

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

It looks so funny popped up and tipped forward!

I know! hahahah

Bassboy3313 said:

Will make a nice little drink table at car shows when popped up. 

Except that it pivots

Earl said:

I absolutely love that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks earl!!

straight6pwr said:

OMG Johnny 5 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!   Hey lazer lips, your momma was a snowblower!!!!

m42b32 said:

I was initially skeptical of the hood thing, but that's actually pretty cool 

Thanks Man!!

[Daggerty]

Put some hydraulic rams on it and wire it into the brakes so it pops up for drag to slow down.

[Jdesign]

Daggerty said:

Put some hydraulic rams on it and wire it into the brakes so it pops up for drag to slow down. 

Im actually afraid to open it alone in fear of it swinging around and smashing my headlights. So much in fact that I machined an aluminum lock that bolts to the hood release lever inside the car.

[straight6pwr]

going to be annoying to get pulled over by the fuzz, though.

[GunMetalGrey]

straight6pwr said:

going to be annoying to get pulled over by the fuzz, though.

But Officer, it does have a hood!

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

But Officer, it does have a hood! 

Already the 5th or 6th person to bring this up, and that's totally going to be my argument. I wonder if he will notice my license plate is painted to match too? 

Im just asking for it at this point. 

[Jdesign]

So... I got some thangs in the mail today....

I was super sketched out because they were shipped in single walled boxes that were absolutely beat to shit. All I could think of is here we go again. So I snapped a million pics of me opening them. Luckily the 500-600 sheets of bubble wrap Leonard wrapped them in did a really good job of keeping everything safe.

I also tossed all of them on the truing stone just to make sure.

[Jdesign]

Thangs I got in the mail were wrong. The holes don't align the faces. Super bummer. But on the plus side, the machinist has been very responsive and helpful to make the situation right. I might have to make the front wheels a little wider now due to no one having 5.5" barrels in stock, which actually might help me with tire selection anyways.. 

Uggggggghhhhhhhh Why is this such a pain in the ass. I think this month, Between myself and Bryan, we have had 10+ orders show up that have been messed up, no shows, or damaged. WHAT IS GOING ON?!?!?!?

[Jdesign]

I assume since no one has said anything, that the general public is not surprised by my headache of buying rare wheels from Poland that no one has parts for.

[B C]

We cant come up with any good polish jokes.

That is super sucky though. I am dealing with a similar problem right now at work. How to get an accurate circular bolt pattern on a 20 foot diameter flange with a tight tolerance.

You could start a new trend by lacing the wheels with zip-ties since bolts don't line up. If nothing else just please do it to troll the automotive community

[Earl]

Just take a dremel and slot them

[Jdesign]

Zip tie the faces. What a brilliant plan. (devil emoji)