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Originally Posted by WE3RX7
You can always flapper wheel those welds down to a nice finish if you cared, but its getting covered back up I'm assuming anyways...
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Yeah, but when you flapper them down, you remove strength, not a lot, but some. I plan on sanding the bottoms down, because that'll be seen..... sorta  Had I flipped the car upside down and welded the bottom first, I would've been able to run a continuous bead on the top, but the vertical piece still would've been a series of incredibly small stitch welds... oh well.
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Originally Posted by WE3RX7
The factory sound deadening is 25lbs+ so its all coming out on mine before LS goes down. Most of the factory sheet metal in the rear is pretty thin, I know just pulling the speaker towers out resulted in a few small holes in mine, it almost tears like paper its so thin!
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According to FedEx the 2Gal LS weighs 30lbs for shipping, I'm not concerned with weight so much anymore. I used to be nuts about it but there gets to a certain point, for me anyway, where 25lbs of weight vs something that's quieter, cooler, and better sounding is worth it. You're looking for a 2600lb FC though, so yeah, every little bit helps. The FD for example, I'll be surprised if it weighs less than 2900 lbs'. The FC is 2800 which is light enough for me.
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Originally Posted by WE3RX7
Good weather down this way this weekend though, so hopefully you'll have the same and get a bunch of shit knocked out!
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Supposed to be awesome weather up here too.... lower 40's and sunny to boot. Most of the work is done in the garage so the weather doesn't really effect me, but we're out of space until the boat leaves which doesn't look like it's happening anytime soon.... sadly. Oh well, with Alex's car here I'll be forced to devote a bunch of time to the boat.
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