Jesse's super ghetto "I don't care anymore" carbon G5 body build
03-26-2017, 07:59 PM
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Jesse's super ghetto "I don't care anymore" carbon G5 body build
My car blew up August 3rd last year. It ran out of oil and spun a bearing. So I bought a new car, anticipating selling this one for $1000 with all the upgrades and being on my merry way. NOPE. People here are cheap af and offered $300-400 because they're retarded and don't know what money goes into upgrading the suspension on a Cobalt.
So I fixed the spun bearing. Got new rod bolts. The whole thing. Then my timing guide broke. I punched a dent in it out of rage. People still won't buy it even for $700. And I've been getting idiots lecturing me about my car's worth via craigslist email. So I took my ad down and decided to do a "F*** YOU" build. This is probably going to take a LONG time but I don't care since nobody wants the car anyway. I'm doing a carbon roof right now, and plan on doing front fenders, a one piece pin on hood and trunk, the quarter panels, and even cutting out some of the floors/trunk floor to replace with carbon. I'll be ditching all but the drivers seat. Since no f***s are given, I'm riveting the new panels over the gaping holes I'm going to make in the body. Here's my progress so far:
Putting resin on the first few layers
Looks perfect. I'm keeping it as disorganized and uneven looking as possible. I want to keep that orange tape if I can.
The roof has seen better days but who cares? I sure as hell don't.
So I fixed the spun bearing. Got new rod bolts. The whole thing. Then my timing guide broke. I punched a dent in it out of rage. People still won't buy it even for $700. And I've been getting idiots lecturing me about my car's worth via craigslist email. So I took my ad down and decided to do a "F*** YOU" build. This is probably going to take a LONG time but I don't care since nobody wants the car anyway. I'm doing a carbon roof right now, and plan on doing front fenders, a one piece pin on hood and trunk, the quarter panels, and even cutting out some of the floors/trunk floor to replace with carbon. I'll be ditching all but the drivers seat. Since no f***s are given, I'm riveting the new panels over the gaping holes I'm going to make in the body. Here's my progress so far:
Putting resin on the first few layers
Looks perfect. I'm keeping it as disorganized and uneven looking as possible. I want to keep that orange tape if I can.
The roof has seen better days but who cares? I sure as hell don't.
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03-29-2017, 05:02 PM
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I like this "build". makes me want to do more drastic things on my dgaf daily beater
03-29-2017, 05:15 PM
#21
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I want to say others were pushing for a carbon insert for the sunroof, not the metal roof, which just a quick calc assuming a certain gauge steel can get you close to the number you got with the scale.
