Dirt Late Model Body Panel Install
  • Dirt Late Model Body Panel Install
    Cutting the composite material is easy with a pair of tin snips. You can always cut more, but you can’t put material back, so Cook kept enlarging the hole for the air cleaner a bit at a time until he had exactly what he wanted.
    Cutting the composite material is easy with a pair of tin snips. You can always cut more,
  • Dirt Late Model Body Panel Install
    Cook fabricates braces, to help the hood hold its shape, out of pieces of aluminum. A hand shrinker is used to give the braces a gentle curve.
    Cook fabricates braces, to help the hood hold its shape, out of pieces of aluminum. A hand
  • Dirt Late Model Body Panel Install
    Here, you can see how the braces have been fabricated to match the curve in the top of the fenders.
    Here, you can see how the braces have been fabricated to match the curve in the top of the
  • Dirt Late Model Body Panel Install
    The braces are riveted to the hood to give it strength and a curve that helps it match the slope of the car.
    The braces are riveted to the hood to give it strength and a curve that helps it match the
  • Dirt Late Model Body Panel Install
    Don’t forget to install the lower half of the airbox because it will probably require trimming to fit underneath the hood.
    Don’t forget to install the lower half of the airbox because it will probably require trim
  • Dirt Late Model Body Panel Install
    [27] Here’s the hood in place right after it has been drilled for the hoodpins. We still need the deflector for the air cleaner, but that’s a project for another night.
    [27] Here’s the hood in place right after it has been drilled for the hoodpins. We still n
  • Dirt Late Model Body Panel Install
    The finished product. All that’s left to do is peel away the plastic protective coating that covers all the body panels and apply the decal wrap. CT
    The finished product. All that’s left to do is peel away the plastic protective coating th
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