GRAMBO IS UPDATING IN YER WEBSITZ AGIN (Post 54 2011 Update)

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Post by ejclide » Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:04 pm

Amazing work :D I'm drooling. Even more ironic, as I was reading through this I heard a boxer engine go by :)
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Post by grambo » Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:15 pm

She's coming along. Thank you.
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Post by J-Villa » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:07 pm

Good to see you are well!

Subie looks great. Love it wingless!
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Post by OB » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:30 pm

grambo wrote:Thanks man. I appreciate the compliment.

If you would like to see a true work-of-art...

look here...Demitri's car is INFucINsane
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... ?t=2076296
^Wow that car is fantastic!


Hey Grambo!! Car and work look great man, you're coming right along over there. Still need a test drive!
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Post by grambo » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:09 am

J-Villa wrote:Good to see you are well!

Subie looks great. Love it wingless!
Damn...J-Villa..whats up OG?! Thanks for the props man.


^Wow that car is fantastic!


Hey Grambo!! Car and work look great man, you're coming right along over there. Still need a test drive!

Yeah, D's car is legendary. A total ground breaker on so many levels. He's years ahead of the rest of the big-dogs on the Subie show circuit. Wire-tucking a Subaru is no minor taks like a Honda.

I'll be at wekfest Sunday dude. You should show up.
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Post by NeonOn19s » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:56 pm

Loving the work you did to your car man...

How long did it take you to get the fenders lined out all the way?? I have done some cutting and rolling, but still a lot of rubbing in the rears, and when I have more then me in the car.. LOL
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Post by grambo » Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:21 pm

NeonOn19s wrote:Loving the work you did to your car man...

How long did it take you to get the fenders lined out all the way?? I have done some cutting and rolling, but still a lot of rubbing in the rears, and when I have more then me in the car.. LOL
My car took me about 18 - 20 hours because it was the first one I ever did and I needed it driveable daily. I'd work a little everyday. Then I broke both garnish pieces on seperate occasions so I had to wait for those. Then I had problems with the adhesive, etc.

The car I did for my buddy (White 07' STI) that took third at Subeifest in his class....ugh... His was a rush job on a weekend. I rolled both fronts, did teh crazy grinding and cutting on the rears, and teh custom brake ducts with electric fans over the weekend. We started on a Sat morning and the car went home Monday night after the glue was dry on the garnish. He raced that following Sat.
His were the most aggressive rears I have ever done. We had to keep constant heat on the garnish so it would bend to the curves of the flares when they were drying. Crazy...

The blue car was a recent one for wekfest. This car was flawless. Looked like he waxed it daily. Rolling the fronts is child's play. I did his rears the saem way I did the white car's with a less aggressive flare. I'd say his came out around 1 3/4" instead of the 2 1/4" the white car had. About 20 hours cuz I barely knwo the dude and didn't want any issues.

This is a guideline but, I take it a step further in terms of interior fender work. You could easily fit 275's on the white car all day.
http://t3hclap.com/archives/49
You'll see they do SOME grinding. I do ALOT of grinding. I remove all of teh spot welds and seperate the two sheets of metal. Then I cut away about 2"of the interior sheet leaving the outer-painted metal intact. Then its rolling, hammering, heating, hammering, and shaping time. (All the while taking notes and measurements to match the opposite side. Its a shit-ton of work. :tardbang:

I'd say my fender work is 2x as aggressive as th3_clap's
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Post by MoxHair » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:25 am

Grambo needs to roll my rear fenders so I can not worry about rubbing my 275s anymore.
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Post by TheRandom1 » Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:19 am

I had that same thought yesterday about my car and whatever size I could run.

Grambo US tour? :lol:
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