First build complete!

[bartock]

Thank you all for contributing to the forum and help steer my process.
After 7 months I have my first MK4 done!!! Well mostly. I still need to skin the door cards and get it titled next week and waiting on some trim rings for the roll bars before final installation. I havent done any cutting/buffing yet so thats on the to do list but as far as having a fully functional roadster, I am happy to call this one complete!

Chassis 11037 Complete kit with IRS
ordered 3/27/24
completed 05/11/2024
delivered 5/19/24
First start 9/7/24
Painted 12/19/24
Completed 1/7/25

Gen 1 Coyote with TKX
Power steering
Northracecar AC
Breeze front battery tray and fan shroud
IE 427 turn signal
Trunk gas struts
275 17s on front and 315 17s on rear

I went with black chrome for the overriders, gas cap, louvers and headlight outer ring. Left the rest chrome for contrast.

Cant wait to drive!
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[Sarcasticshrub]

Nicely done! Love the color and what I assume is an ahooga horn up front!

[bartock]

Nicely done! Love the color and what I assume is an ahooga horn up front!

It most certainly is an ahooga horn!

[cob427sc]

Looks great, although looks like the hood needs a little adjustment at the front!

[bartock]

Looks great, although looks like the hood needs a little adjustment at the front!
I put some D weather seal but it's thicker than it should be so waiting on some thinner seal. Sits flush with just the rubber bumpers but seeing if I can get this to work.

[Mike.Bray]

I put some D weather seal but it's thicker than it should be so waiting on some thinner seal. Sits flush with just the rubber bumpers but seeing if I can get this to work.

Try some 93085K67 and 93085K14 from McMaster Carr.

https://www.imagecoast.com/images/MichaelBray1/20240419182554mediumrotated.jpg

[Blitzboy54]

How did you wire your digital rear view mirror? I don't see any wires in that photo. Car looks great!

[GoDadGo]

N-N-N-Nice!

[bartock]

How did you wire your digital rear view mirror? I don't see any wires in that photo. Car looks great!
I havent found a permanent solution but for now the wire runs underneath the car through the trans tunnel and back through a grommet in the firewall. It is accessible and I can pull it out and plug it in when needed. I am trying to find a better looking way to run the cable up the windshield post and along the top. Right now I just have it attached to the windshield with a universal suction mount. I didnt want to do anything permanent until I knew for sure where it would stay. I was thinking about getting a top for it and wanted a corvette style rear view that runs off a camera feed.

[wallace18]

Congrats!:cool:

[MaxVmo]

Well done! And quickly, too!

[bartock]

Well done! And quickly, too!

Thanks! Still need to tweak a few things but will go to the DMV Monday and hopefully get everything 100% squared away. I work for an airline so I end up with blocks of days off, and mostly home half the month. If I was doing a Mon to Fri job with only the weekends to work on it I would be nowhere near done Im sure.

[Theshandman]

Fabulous!

[bartock]

Try some 93085K67 and 93085K14 from McMaster Carr.

https://www.imagecoast.com/images/MichaelBray1/20240419182554mediumrotated.jpg

Thanks the smaller bulb seal was enough for both doors and hood. I used the thicker part around the back and transitioned to the 5/16 down the sides and front. Lifting the back hinge just a hair let it sit down right.

Thanks!
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[Bill Elliott]

Great color combo, super fast build.

[gbranham]

Congrats, and looks great! Are you wishing you would've cut and buffed before mounting the body and all the external accoutrement?

Greg

[Blitzboy54]

Looks fantastic. Nicely done.

[bartock]

Congrats, and looks great! Are you wishing you would've cut and buffed before mounting the body and all the external accoutrement?

Greg

After a full month the clearcoat has shrank about all it is going to. It looked fantastic the first week then developed some texture as it cured. I only had to pull off the back overriders and tail lights to wet sand and buff those areas. In some ways I wish I had left it on the buck until it was 100% but having it on the body keeps it from moving around while I'm applying pressure. All in all I think having it on the car makes cutting and buffing easier even if slightly messier

[FarmerDave1321]

Congrats, looks fantastic!

[jcarcustom]

Congratulations! Awesome car!

[sasteel43]

Looks awesome! Can you talk about the black chrome? That's the look I'm going for as well.

[bartock]

Looks awesome! Can you talk about the black chrome? That's the look I'm going for as well.

I lightly sanded the gas cap, overriders and headlight rings, and used this...
https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-343346-Automotive-Spray-Metallic/dp/B084WCNCCT?th=1

Its an almost black, dark gray metallic. It looks like black over chrome. I thought it was a nice accent. I left the wiper arms and windshield chrome but may do them in black chrome later. The exhaust was a black high temp ceramic paint.

[kevin j sullivan]

Nice! Drive it, drive it, drive it!

[cv2065]

I lightly sanded the gas cap, overriders and headlight rings, and used this...
https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-343346-Automotive-Spray-Metallic/dp/B084WCNCCT?th=1

Its an almost black, dark gray metallic. It looks like black over chrome. I thought it was a nice accent. I left the wiper arms and windshield chrome but may do them in black chrome later. The exhaust was a black high temp ceramic paint.

You can also get a black chrome powder coating if so desired. All looks great! We'll have to hook up in Orlando at some point once I get to the end of this thing.

[bartock]

You can also get a black chrome powder coating if so desired. All looks great! We'll have to hook up in Orlando at some point once I get to the end of this thing.

Heck yeah! Im getting close to my first 100 miles!