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The picture below is of the seats I had done using Aston's modern stitching pattern but with larger diamonds and internal to the seat. I wanted actual Aston leather, but the dealer said their supplier could match the color and their leather would wear better - while it did match for a while it quickly faded to another hue and after just a month showed signs of premature wear. I traded the car for a 15 GT, but had I kept it they would have refinished the leather. So be aware and keep with Aston's supplier.
The next is of a clear paneled hood I had done with back lighting to show off the detailed Chevy 383. Similar to that which you did elsewhere.
I also had gills made (the 928's are nicknamed the shark) and had a rear view camera placed in the upper portion of the back gill on both sides... with screens installed into the dash panel. Color was the BMW Mini Orange.
Lastly I did not want a liberty walk look and instead fender widening that would look mild and factory. They actually did about 20 radial cuts in the fender, pulled it out about 2 inches, then filled and reshaped to get the car wider but in a very stealth way. The fuel cap is a Mustang part. The car won People's Choice Award at a Car Craft Summer National.
I might have to go back to AMB and get those wings.. how hard is it to remove the original ones safely?
I used a hair dryer to soften the glue, then used dental floss to slowly work the badge off followed by "goo gone" (or any de-tarring product) to remove the residue.
This is best looking V8 Mods,Congratulations,Totally worth it..
From your lips to god's ears! We shall see. On the bright side, if it ends up being too much, I won't have any problems finding someone in Los Angeles to buy it!
Just got a sneak peak of the smoked side markers (Oracle built a custom LED Amber circuit board inside instead of the single wedge bulb) and painted center caps (to match the gold emblems - I'll be overlaying a AM wings logo on top of the gold and then clear coating).
Many thanks to Tony Hall for the polished brass/black text sill plates (pic below) to match the overall black/gold theme of my project V8V Roadster. These are going on carbon fiber door sills and Tony even found me black screws for the sill plates and polished brass bolts for the carbon fiber door sills.
I'm also going to try gold plated sill plates with black etching... (Pics to follow.)
Interior gold plating looking good so far. Big thanks to AMBits and Mike at Bamford Rose for sending the electroplater the housings for my glass switch conversion and glass key ECU conversion!
08-29-2016, 07:45 AM
We shall see. On the bright side, if it ends up being too much, I won't have any problems finding someone in Los Angeles to buy it!
