Roe front scoop installed

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I installed my Roe front facsia scoop yesterday. I used duck tape to mark the hole to cut. I cut the hole with an air powered 3" cut-off disc. I used the 3" cut-off disc to cut the upper plastic as well. I used a 4" grinder to make the cut edges straight and smooth. Most of the rivets I painted with primer then wheel paint so that they wouldn't be obvious when I was finished. I left the two rivets in the silver stripes original so they aren't as obvious as well. I also sprayed a puddle of paint and used the back end of a rivet to spread the paint on the yellow plastic edges of the cut nose to hide it. I painted all the scoop parts with primer, then Black Wheel paint so that none of the parts are visible after installation.

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The scoop was easy to instal and only took about an easy half day.

Next is the big front brake kit.

Ted

 

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Duct taped,

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Rough cut

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smoothing and straightening the hole edges

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I used a pair of vise-lok pliers to hold the upper plastic down while I went over it with the heat gun to reshape it. Then (not in the instructions) I used a few extra pop-rivets to add support and attach the upper plastic to the lower fascia. I feel that this will add strength to the nose (which probably isn't necessary), but I am a bit of a perfectionist.

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All the parts fit perfectly and it was a breeze to instal it.

Ted

 

[dave6666]

Good job. Can't get too much air to the radiator. Well, unless you live in Canada where there's what, 3 feet of snow to provide engine cooling?

 

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Nice. Glad to see someone using their car. Yours is no garage queen.

 

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It is a garage queen when the snow is this deep ...

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At least I can do all the little things I wanted to get done to it during the time I was driving it. Roe scoop, Roe 14" front brakes, boost guage, grease the susp. and look into installing some new sheet metal under the back of the car with some air vanes. The idea is looking good because it looks like I can cut the bumper (PVC?) from between the frame rails at the back, then instal an 1/8" aluminium plate with welded vanes. The exhaust will hang under the panel and it looks like it'll cut the bumperpanel to the fake vents.

Ted

 

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wrong pic showed up, try this one ...

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about 12 mi from home.

Ted

 

[dave6666]

Linky no worky.

 

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trying again.

 

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Daughter and I had fun. 175hp/520#. NO speed limits in the mountains!

Ted