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    Default How to build a SEMA car in 20 days: Batlground Diary

    Ok, so we get the call that KONIG wants us to pimp Dans car out and put it in their booth for SEMA.

    Well we felt it would be cool to show you what we are going through to get the car done, especially since most of you wont be going. So this is a piece of SEMA coming to you so to speak.

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    Updates will be done weekly, we have till the 24th to get her done!

    1 week ago the car looked like this and drove:


    TODAY:

    Sanding primer sucks




    Holes welded up, Enjay bay smoothed and tubbed



    Inside stripped





    Doors


    Shop Dog eating his lunch


    Ready for Paint





    BACK FROM PAINT

    Engine bay and interior got done last night/today. Battleship GREY i think is the color. Today we install the LEXAN windows are awaiting the body kit before it goes back for exterior paint.

    BACK FROM PAINT









    The NEW KONIG GANGSTER WHEELS


    Dan has been doing the wiring harness for the last few days, i dont even know where to start.

    Hes been cutting a bunch of wires out, almost 200, so the car will only run on what is absolutely neccesary and make the wire tuck that much easier. TO give you an idea of what a project it is:






    Today we are fitting the body kit:



    BIG THANKS TO PETER AKA INITIAL_EG FOR COMING BY AN LENDING A HAND!

    Ill have more pics by the end of the day

    TOdays progress

    GOt most of the body kit done, the front end conversion was a PIA.




    The Dash got dropped off Courtesy of B@D @PPLE thanks JUSTIN!



    AN this is my body guard eating the biggest steak sandwhich ever



    FRONT END WITH NEW HEADLIGHTS




    Lexan windows with the Metal Brackets we had to make




    TODAYS PROGRESS

    Polished the Intercooler and random Aluminum pieces



    Wrapped the Fire Wall



    Test fitted and installed the Suede Wrapped Dash




    Body Kit Primed and Ready for Install



    Paint booth waiting on the car


    And last but not least, our Lead Tech, Sub-Zero



    LAST NIGHTs PROGRESS 10-17-07

    Taping of the car for Paint








    Removing the exhaust ,last part before paint



    10-18-07 ARRIVES AT PAINT











    10-19-07

    Got the car back from Primer and installed the motor late last night after cleaning it.





    Switching over all the lines to AN and we should have the car cranked, wet sanded and the body parts put back in in time to have it sprayed Monday

    Props to Superstar Customs for the valve cover
























    10-22-07 FIRST COAT OF PAINT at 1am











    This kinda sums up how we all feel at the moment. Poor Dan watching paint dry


    10-23-2007
    Back From Paint













    More pics of the Dash




    The new tailights


    Final assembly is going on now, more pics up soon

    Here some quick pics i took
    Installing the Decals


    Finally cranked the car and messed with the AEM


    This is why we keep dan so skinny and small (IE we dont feed him) Hes perfect for those tight wiring jobs





    Heres the 4in Aluminum Exhaust we made, straight pipe, loud, shin kicker

    Last edited by Mr. KiDD; 10-25-2007 at 05:14 PM.
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    man can wait to see how it turns out...are you sanding the rest or no????

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    awww yeah tracy gettin down and dirty in the white powder... this is a cocaine dream come true for me! lol

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    yes the outside is being painted and sanded now
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    coming along, cant wait to see more!

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    WRATH! The most awesomest dog evar!

    Thanks for calling me back Mike, you ass!

    Car looks good thusfar!
    --RIP Leisa. Forever In Our Hearts--

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    Quote Originally Posted by HalfBaked
    Anytime I'm driving south of I-20 in the perimeter, I play spot the white driver.

    Generally I don't count past 10.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BTLFED
    WRATH! The most awesomest dog evar!

    Thanks for calling me back Mike, you ass!

    Car looks good thusfar!
    ill call you tomrrow.

    every day this week and last has been midnight or later so im
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. KiDD
    ill call you tomrrow.

    every day this week and last has been midnight or later so im
    Hah! Your girlfriend must be pissed!
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    Quote Originally Posted by HalfBaked
    Anytime I'm driving south of I-20 in the perimeter, I play spot the white driver.

    Generally I don't count past 10.

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    Oh dang! And it begins! We are stressing the time frame, but eh......we are ballers, we can do eeeeeettt!
    Val for president!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tracy
    Oh dang! And it begins! We are stressing the time frame, but eh......we are ballers, we can do eeeeeettt!
    Have you not seen it? lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by HalfBaked
    Anytime I'm driving south of I-20 in the perimeter, I play spot the white driver.

    Generally I don't count past 10.

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    want me to throw some pimp **** in there somewhere??

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    Quote Originally Posted by BTLFED
    Have you not seen it? lol
    No I have seen it. I'm just saying the thread begins.
    Val for president!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tracy
    No I have seen it. I'm just saying the thread begins.
    Oh LOL!

    I need to come by the shop soon and see the madness! Plus I miss my Tracy!
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    Quote Originally Posted by HalfBaked
    Anytime I'm driving south of I-20 in the perimeter, I play spot the white driver.

    Generally I don't count past 10.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BTLFED
    Oh LOL!

    I need to come by the shop soon and see the madness! Plus I miss my Tracy!
    Yea, I'm back now. I gotta keep these b!tches in check around he-uh.
    Val for president!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tracy
    Yea, I'm back now. I gotta keep these b!tches in check around he-uh.
    You better miss me too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by HalfBaked
    Anytime I'm driving south of I-20 in the perimeter, I play spot the white driver.

    Generally I don't count past 10.

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    I don't...I mean I do
    Val for president!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tracy
    I don't...I mean I do
    --RIP Leisa. Forever In Our Hearts--

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    Quote Originally Posted by HalfBaked
    Anytime I'm driving south of I-20 in the perimeter, I play spot the white driver.

    Generally I don't count past 10.

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    niice..

    fruit loops FTL
    twoONEoh

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    This is gonna be a good thread.

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    Damn, I can't wait to see this finished!

    Bozzio for president.

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    cant wait to see the updates!!

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    right now the inside is getting painted.

    we aren't going too hard on the quarter panels, just the roofline, tomorrow.

    car is getting full Bmagic widebody and kit courtesy of www.aitracing.com , baller ass sweet ****ing paint (BASF Paint) , full Percy's Speed Glass treatment, and new Konig Wheels, as well as the old srtwanky getting cleaned up a little bit, and brightened up.

    Fruit loops kick ass by the way, you knock fruit loops again i'll knock you in the eardrum so hard with my armpit you get castrated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikespeed95
    Fruit loops kick ass by the way, you knock fruit loops again i'll knock you in the eardrum so hard with my armpit you get castrated.

    damn straight. I was looking at the thread, came to that pic, and all of the sudden, the only thought in my head was 'damn, I want some fruitloops'.

    progress looks good so far though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. KiDD
    Ok, so we get the call that KONIG wants us to pimp Dans car out and put it in their booth for SEMA.
    dude i bet that show is gonna be tight was phuck. i know the cars are on top of their game as well. good luck to you guys.
    gotta post pics from it.

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    Also the car isnt as clean as that 1st pic, it has hit several walls since then. We had to replace the radiator support, we kinda tubbed the front of the car (moved the strut tower reinforcement up about 2'' for wheel/tire clearance) , Dan welded all of the firewall shut, we had to redo a lot of the trunk thanks to "Wild and Childish" Bill Sherman, and I caught the door on fire.

    I'm gonna start posting funtime updates every day on my lunchbreak and after work.

    Balls.

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    Damn mike... How many pets you guys have.... Cant wait to see the finished product.

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    Well:
    BATLground has
    2 gerbils
    2 chachillas or something like that
    1 mikespeed
    brandon's dog
    brandon's dog's duck
    sometimes spot comes over
    sometimes neighbors dog comes over

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    Quote Originally Posted by ORGANIZATIONXIII
    niice..

    fruit loops FTL
    Tootie fruties! Get it right. And dont be a hater.

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    Looks like fun!

    SKINNY ***** I MISS YOU!!!!!!!!

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    OMFG!! i can't wait i'm soo excited. Are yo taking pic of the progress?! Can you take a pic of the sr while it's out?! What color are you painting it?! what tires are you using?! Can i drive it?! HOLY SH*T :boobies: :boobies: :boobies:


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    Mike is taking pics, I'm sure he can, Bad Ass **** ****ing Orange, Maxxis Z1 Drift, Give us a lot of money and maybe.

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    AWESOME!!!!! i can't wait to see it at SEMA. I'll be there.

    Mr.Kidd will you be there at that booth?
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    [QUOTE=Mr. KiDD]
    Updates will be done weekly, we have till the 24th to get her done!
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    thats only 3 updates. can we get a every 3 day update?

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    So the interior and the engine bay got painted last night. It will be the same gray that we have always had. It looks great! The orange that we picked out is pretty bass a$$. I will see if I can get Mike to run over and take pics of that before they start to paint the outside. Also, the outside won't have black on the top like it used to. It will be all one color.

    My car will be blue with bass boat flakes. That won't happen until after SEMA. Mine is going in the Maxxis booth the way it is pretty much...with some freshening up of course.
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    ill be taking pics almost daily. TOday the wheels, lexan showed up
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    i saw that car getting worked on when i was at BG on monday

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    Wooohooo is my lexan with it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. KiDD
    ill be taking pics almost daily. TOday the wheels, lexan showed up
    you forgot to put in the crystals

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    we want more pictures!!!!! keep up the good work!

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    http://batlground.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=181

    Here is the gallery that we will be updating. Keep it, click on it, look at it, love it
    Val for president!

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