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Re: Robo's Lowrider Boogie Van
RoboforcerX2000 #748008 May 04th 2019 8:40 pm
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Man, I'd love to but it is a bad time for me... Besides the long trip I'm so busy at work that I can't take any days off and after 10-11 hour day I can't do much on the van either. Today with big hangover I took my windshield out and started welding around perimeter. I have to finish it till Sunday evening as Monday SpeedyGlass guys are coming to install new windshield. I need at least 36 hours in a day...


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Re: Robo's Lowrider Boogie Van
RoboforcerX2000 #748310 May 12th 2019 11:48 pm
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Finished cutting my rain gutters. Still need some filler but that's coming later.

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In the process I manage to feckup my driver's door window.... I guess I didn't tape it properly and welding splatter went under frown

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As I mentioned my windshield was leaking due to rust around the perimeter so it's time to get that sorted. I cut external rubber trim and got pretty scarred what I'll find underneath,

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but to my surprise there was only few rust-through holes and the rest was just a surface rust that was easily cleaned:

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After weekend's worth of work SpeedyGlass guys came on Monday and installed my new windshield. I painted pillars and front dash part before the windshield went in as later there's no chance I can do that.

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As a part of my minimalistic looks I asked them not to put that fugly outside rubber trim so they put a universal small trim instead that I think it looks gazillion times better. There's the difference between them two:

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Two thin long holes under my grill are annoying me visually, so I welded them shut. They don't do much for radiator so airflow restriction is so minimal that it won't be noticeable in engine cooling, especially when I have extra airflow due to my grill mods.

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Re: Robo's Lowrider Boogie Van
RoboforcerX2000 #748311 May 12th 2019 11:59 pm
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Nice job on the windshield frame repair. Looks good as new

Re: Robo's Lowrider Boogie Van
RoboforcerX2000 #748314 May 13th 2019 5:46 am
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100% agree on the windshield rubber looking better than the original. Front end is looking awesome as well. I'm going to have to do the same on my windshield channel, not looking forward to that task at all.


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Re: Robo's Lowrider Boogie Van
RoboforcerX2000 #748316 May 13th 2019 7:00 am
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Nice work. I got the same windshield problem.


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Re: Robo's Lowrider Boogie Van
RoboforcerX2000 #748881 May 25th 2019 1:23 am
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Did my tail light mods last weekend.
Here's the original that I didn't like:

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So I got a pair of LED tail lights from 07' Jeep Wrangler and trimmed them a bit to have flat surface. Left one is trimmed:

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I didn't want them to be screwed on from the outside so I epoxied bolts in the lights, filled the holes and put primer around so they can be bolted on from the inside.

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I cut existing lights' pockets, welded a piece of sheet flush and cut the right size holes.

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And there we have it:) Also I put a small temporary LED side marker at the bottom coz I'll be cutting out and welding flush existing side markers. Regulations say that I have to have reflector side markers so I'll be integrating old ones into my future fiberglass bumpers after body panels are replaced.

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Re: Robo's Lowrider Boogie Van
RoboforcerX2000 #748883 May 25th 2019 7:28 am
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Looks good tail lights look super nice, they turned out great

Re: Robo's Lowrider Boogie Van
RoboforcerX2000 #748927 May 26th 2019 10:28 pm
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Cheers bro!
I want to move my windshield wipers to the top so they can be hidden under visor cap (or whatever you call it:) and when I mold my hood so it will be one piece and covering wiper section. Before I do that I had to move my windshield washer can to the left. On my fiberglass hood there will be air intake scoop going inwards so windshield washer can will be not in the way. I'm not making my hood yet but to hook on washer fluid the can had to be moved anyway so I don't do things twice.

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Next I had to draw a super detailed and well engineered wiper geometry plan:)

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Cut the holes, bolted wiper motors in, sealed, as well as the tubes for washer fluid.

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These are stand-alone boat motors that are swinging 110 deg and coming back/stop at the same position and all looked awesome until I finished my work. When all was done only then it hit me- what if they swing in wrong direction??? And when I powered them up- of course they do, damn it!!! They were supposed to be bolted towards the center and swing the other way... In that case my motors' "stop at the same position" feature goes out the window. I couldn't figure it out connection either. On them motors there's 3 wires- pos, neg and signal. And on original wiper motor there's 5- 1neg and others are pos or signal. I came to a dead end and just powered them so they are either on or off and for them to stop at the top I have to switch off my switch a certain position:) It is inconvenient but I do not want my wipers to swing the other way. The way they are now I'll get the most cleaned area once I'll get my longer wiper blades.
Also wiper motors inside the van sticking down past the top of the windshield. They will be covered by overhead console, but I'll have to sacrifice around 2 inches of windshield at the top. From the outside visor cap will definitely cover them 2 inches so on the inside I'll button up my overhead console right to the windshield.
In other words all this turned out not the way I planned and imagined but there's nothing I can't re-think so no big deal here. It will be covered by visor cap anyway, smth like this:

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Re: Robo's Lowrider Boogie Van
RoboforcerX2000 #748939 May 27th 2019 7:15 am
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Awesome work !


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2012 Chevy Van , 2020 chevy van
2020 Chevy van Sapphire Sweet.
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