Here's the pics of Louie's hood & nose. I didn't want to post this whole message on the general page. So go get ur "happy sock" boys and start ur "happy time" with these pics...cuz' she's purdy.:Banane26:
Seeing the new hardware on there makes me wish i had planned and budgeted for painting the top deck. I was planning on doing that another year. It's gonna have to do for now though. I want to paint the pole white but black will be the color of '08 cuz' it's one more project and I'm getting sick of it.
Louie's final product has a nice, solid feel and smooth gel coat. I'm using the old, oem hood seal and the hood fits well. i got a sneaky feeling the hood hook issue is going to be a booger to mess with since i changed out the stock SN pole. the original hook location, on the SN bracket, just misses fitting inside the RN pole bracket recess. it prolly offsets them maybe 5 degrees...enought to FUBAR the hood hooks. i may just grind the lateral edges off the bracket hooks or buy some aftermarket ones...they seem thinner.
I may get some foam and fill the voids underneath the nose. I'm afraid it can get a crush injury easily...say running it under my dock or a "dolt" (like me) pushing on it. I'm doing internal fuel fill so I should never have to pull it...I HOPE. I've got one problem area and that's where the old front bumper recesses on the sides. The nose piece doesn't cover that and it cant without some funny looking mods. I could fill the area and glass it, but it will make me sand the top deck and then need painting. So NO!
Seeing the new hardware on there makes me wish i had planned and budgeted for painting the top deck. I was planning on doing that another year. It's gonna have to do for now though. I want to paint the pole white but black will be the color of '08 cuz' it's one more project and I'm getting sick of it.
Louie's final product has a nice, solid feel and smooth gel coat. I'm using the old, oem hood seal and the hood fits well. i got a sneaky feeling the hood hook issue is going to be a booger to mess with since i changed out the stock SN pole. the original hook location, on the SN bracket, just misses fitting inside the RN pole bracket recess. it prolly offsets them maybe 5 degrees...enought to FUBAR the hood hooks. i may just grind the lateral edges off the bracket hooks or buy some aftermarket ones...they seem thinner.
I may get some foam and fill the voids underneath the nose. I'm afraid it can get a crush injury easily...say running it under my dock or a "dolt" (like me) pushing on it. I'm doing internal fuel fill so I should never have to pull it...I HOPE. I've got one problem area and that's where the old front bumper recesses on the sides. The nose piece doesn't cover that and it cant without some funny looking mods. I could fill the area and glass it, but it will make me sand the top deck and then need painting. So NO!
