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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #802713 April 04th 2023 12:49 am
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Such a work of Art. bow

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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #802736 April 05th 2023 1:41 pm
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This looks incredible. Great work

Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #802738 April 05th 2023 9:10 pm
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Looks great man.


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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #802745 April 06th 2023 4:40 am
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Great work, you got the skills to play the bills.


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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
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Since the show, I made the decision that if I wanted the roof done RIGHT, it needed to be installed BEFORE the walls, so I opted to "gut" her again, and take everything back out except the bed frame and aft electronics. It was a bit depressing, but I figured it was necessary. I laid out, sprayed, and installed the cream headliner, and wrapped it around the edges. This was a challenge in and of itself, as that large of a piece of material (over 10 feet in length) would NOT be simple to apply without it sticking where I didn't want it to, thereby ruining the install. My solution was to mask off the center dark stripe, then stand the panel up vertically against cabinets. I "blocked" off everything with spare sheet lexan, chipboard, and wood panels, arranging them in a sequential order. That would allow me to get the entire mating seam done first, ensuring it would line up, without the remainder of the headliner sticking. Once that was done, I went to the beginning point, removed the blocker, and smoothed the material onto the panel. I removed the next blocker, continued to smooth the material, and worked my way along the whole thing. Once all of the blocking sheets were removed, I laid it down and made sure all areas were smooth and adhered. The entire panel was rotated, and the process repeated for the opposite side. The pictures may clarify what I'm rambling about. Upon completion, cutouts were made for the sunroof holes. At that point, the roof was ready for its final install. I came up with a plan to attach it, which was to use 2" velcro across all of the bulkheads and aft edge. However, I knew from experience that if I just left both sides bare, it would want to "stick" instantly, and be essentially impossible to adjust to where it aligned to both front and rear sunroof cutouts. This would be complicated further with the fact that the thing is so large, pretty flexible, and also working against gravity. So I experimented a bit and came up with a plan: I covered each bulkhead with 2" masking tape, starting from the outer edge and ending at the mid-point. Then I "double backed" on it, extending the tape back out to the outside edge again, leaving a long "pigtail". I mirrored the process on the opposite half of the bulkhead, and repeated the process for all of the bulkheads. Doing so allowed me to adjust the entire panel without any velcro adhering because it was covered by the tape. Once I had it aligned, I screwed the sunroof frames in. Prior to doing so I masked off and applied a black bead of RTV around the sunroof frames and accompanying rubber strips, allowing it to fill any voids, which would then be cinched down once the perimeter screws were tightened. Once that was done, I took each pigtail, which was hanging down below the panel, and gently pulled, drawing the tape from the center to the outside, until it was completely removed, and the bare velcro could adhere to the mating face.

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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
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Before I did the roof, I set about getting the slider panel wrapped and installed. I knew that I needed a cutout for the door lock, so I simply took some of the vinyl and glued it onto the door so it would look finished. I used the same process that I did on the walls, using both snap in clips and velcro where appropriate. You can get a glimpse of my "slip tape" install on one of the bulkheads in the picture.

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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
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Next up was to take the beat up sun visors to Bill's upholstery along with some headliner material and a cheap auto parts store mirror to get them wrapped. I had previously done an interference check and knew that they would hit my tweeters in the A-pillar corners, so I trimmed one to clear and instructed them to do the same on the other. I took the mounting rods out of them, sanded them down, and painted them with the same can I used on the dash vents. I also wrapped my fiberglass section that I laid up for around the passenger B-pillar and slider guide, and then backed it with velcro. After attaching the counterpart loops on the sheet metal, I mounted the piece, which fit well with the roof, the B-pillar panel, and the OTHER laid up piece that houses the tweeter, which I also installed and connected speaker wires to.

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Re: Progress on the "Fish Out of Water"
Leakbox #802754 April 06th 2023 9:34 pm
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Nice. Will definitely have to hit you up on that upholstery shop when I do my visors.

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