Yeah i used a dremel with a cutoff wheel, but that didn't work as well as a carbide sanding drum. which is like a regular sanding drum, but instead of sandpaper it is chunks of carbide, so it never gums up or breaks off. It cuts pretty easy but makes a nasty smell and a powdery mess haha.

I bought this one here:
http://www.micromark.com/3-piece-Tun...-Set,6929.html

 

Took the car in to have windows retinted, drivers side window replaced, drivers side door resprayed w/ rear quarter panel blend and clearcoated, poly Nismo V3 painted, and Impul sideskirts painted as well. Should look like a new car when it comes back.

 

Sweet man, cant wait to see the finished product! How long until you get it back?

 

Looking forward to the pics!

 

About a week at the body shop, and probably a day at the tint shop, so its time to clean my garage i guess haha. I'll see if i can stop by the shop and sneak a few progress pics, its a couple miles away from my house but i gotta walk there cause i have no car lol.

 

Any updates??

 

Yeah!! I just got back from checking in at the body shop 20 min ago. The paintless dent repair guy took out all the door dings and dents on the whole car (that was a pleasant surprise)! The skirts and bumper were almost ready for paint, all the highs and lows of the poly had been filled in, and the hard edges from the mold and trimming were smooth. He said they would either get primed tonight or first thing tomorrow. That leaves painting the skirts and bumper, priming/painting the door, installing new drivers side window, and going to the tint shop. If i have time tomorrow i'll go back in the evening and take some photos for sure.

 

Appreciate the update Ogee...how long until all that will be done? A few more days?

 

Well its been in the shop since two Saturdays ago and he said it should be done by the end of the week. I'm so anxious its killing me. Then ill have to go in for tint sometime too.

 

Went back to the shop today, unfortunatley the parts had not been primed yet and the door had not been sanded either. Snapped a few pics while i was there, not much to see but better than nothing. I'll go back tomorow and take a few too. Also recieved an OEM upper and lower plenum set from a partout, and will be polishing those as a long term project. This way there is no down time on my car. Then ill swap them out with my current plenums, polish those and sell them.

 

Did u have to do anything to your crash bar or foam??

 

The foam that covers crash bar helps support the bumper cover and neither needed any modification. The foam that is wedged between the radiator support and headlights both needed to be removed, and also the foam that was, if i remember correctly, under the crash bar and between the undertray and fenderliner needed to be removed on both sides as well. So, all in all, all the foam needed to be emoved except for the long piece as pictured that covers the crash bar. I'm sure you could have cut the other foam peices to fit, but they are not neccesary so i just removed them.

 

This killing me, I'm stoked to see this thing when it leaves the shop.

 

You gottal love body shop follow thru, they can make a 2 day job last a month!
Gary

 

Yeah no kidding, I am really hoping they get it done by Tuesday! I called on Friday, and it had been primed and he was test fitting the parts again before spraying color and clear. The tint shop will probably take their sweet time too lol.