step by step on my 2000 neon

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:29 am

It looks decent, but I think the skirts can be better. I think you should make them go outward more, or basically vertically straight down. It seems to go inward under the car just as the body is.

Other than that, nice work! Keep it up.

toddw814 · Post by **toddw814** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:17 pm

thats sorta what im going for
iwanted to lower the body without making to many body lines
basically making it look low but smooth rolling

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:20 am

nice work cant wait till the ride is fineshed

toddw814 · Post by **toddw814** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:13 am

got the tailight for 1 penny on ebay and only had to pay shipping

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:28 am

Thats cool you got the tail lights cheap.. but i dont like them IMO (I don't like chrome lights in general)

Plus with the trunk light being solid red.. it kind of doesn't fit with the tails.

toddw814 · Post by **toddw814** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:32 am

after winter breaks i will really get cracking on the car but its to cold right now but the third brake light is getting shaved in and the lights are getting tinted purple to match the paint job in the summer
and i think the crome goes with the rims but i might paint the crome black befor i tint them

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:37 am

Oh ok, can't wait to see the final product!

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:17 pm

Looks great! At least those tails aren't as bad as the meatball ones. Like UriahRR has.

toddw814 · Post by **toddw814** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:10 pm

this is what happends when w female drive a car with a lowerd bumper this is also why its not lowerd yet now i have more work to do this summer
luckly it wasnt finished being sanded and smoothed and painted
rather now then when its done
we also got a flat on the front thats why steelies are on front

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:13 pm

I mean, it's hanging SO low down there. What you expect? When you lower, it's gonna be insanely low to the ground. Trust me, I know.

You need to paint your car man.

toddw814 · Post by **toddw814** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:16 pm

i cant paint it now its to cold and i ran out of time this summer
i have alot of work till yet to do
as soon as it warms up it will be painted
i still have to lower rear bumper and finish the side skirts

1972demon · Post by **1972demon** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:40 am

better the bumper breaking now then , after you have the car painted.

toddw814 · Post by **toddw814** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:31 pm

thats my thoughts though to
i think though now it might be getting parted out or sold
the transmission just went out in it an hour ago
not sure whats im gonna do with it at this piont

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:02 pm

i say black the tails out

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:21 pm

toddw814 wrote:this is what happends when w female drive a car with a lowerd bumper

No sir. That is what happens when your wife/girlfriend drives your car with a ridiculously low bumper that has lacking integrity. Not all women....drive like that. KThnxBye!

1972demon · Post by **1972demon** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:30 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:
toddw814 wrote:this is what happends when w female drive a car with a lowerd bumper
No sir. That is what happens when your wife/girlfriend drives your car with a ridiculously low bumper that has lacking integrity. Not all women....drive like that. KThnxBye!

agreed, my girlfriend drives the nyg without a problem, and she will be dailying the sedan and it will be lower then that.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:30 pm

Plus I cracked the lip kit on my Neon this summer... so it's not women, it's just people in general doing stupid shit.

I do have to say tho, that for the bumper to have cracked that badly, either she hit something really hard or you did some shoddy work man. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but it kind of looks like something I could do with chewing gum, semen and house paint...

toddw814 · Post by **toddw814** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:34 pm

ive scraped it befor and nothing happend but she came flying into a place where she shouldnt have even with out the lowerd bumper and it looks like that b/c it wasnt dont yet right befor it got cold i put anouther layer of fiber glass on it and didnt get a chance to sand it yet and just primerd over it so it dont look green on the bumper
put it this way its rienforced with steel mesh on the back side of the bumper and fiber glassed in
it will be fixed and smoothed after it warms up
and sence the tranny is gone in it now i have lots of time with it

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:37 pm

I just meant how it apparently cracked right along the seam. If the glass work were done right, that should have been even stronger than the rest of the bumper if I've been learning this stuff right.

Again, not trying to start anything here...

toddw814 · Post by **toddw814** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:43 pm

i learned how much the bumper could take though lol
she hit hard enough you would have made a bad noise if you seen it
and its an easy fix
i think i might use tiger hair this summer instead of bondo glass