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Bingo! I was pretty proud of myself for getting this large piece off my hood in one piece. My technique got better with practice, as did my muscles! And here's what a very large pile of plastidip looks like: All told, it took me about 4-5 hours to strip the car. That includes removing...

I have a bottle of dip dissolver ... that stuff is pretty magical. There’s one spot on the car that’s really hard to paint and my dip was pretty thin. A few squirts of dip dissolver and it was a non issue.

Thanks Mesa, appreciate the tip! It actually wasn't all that difficult to remove the dip but yeah, the difference between sanded primer vs clearcoat was night/day. I could have stripped the car in less than an hour if I'd clear coated everything. I put about 2 hours in last night and was able...

That's some great before/after shots of the body relaxing! Great stuff on the power steering and brake setup. I'm really looking forward to how it plays out. Both would make the SLC an easier car to daily drive. Power steering would be handy for all these tight 90s we do on the streets, not...

I think you're right ... The SLC can wear just about any color and look awesome. Pics in a few days!

I had another fun time in the canyons; the 2f/3r shock settings seem to be pretty good for the casual pace I'm taking. With the Labor Day weekend coming up I wanted to take advantage of the time off work by getting the car repainted. The green just didn't work for me - I had expected it to be...

If it doesn’t, you can set the pedals as close as you want if you put the linkage toward the inboard side of the pedal and mount the GM sensor on the footbox wall. If you’re planning to put any panels or carpeting to the right of the pedal be sure to account for that before drilling holes. I...

Are you trying to move your pedals to the right as far as possible? You can toss the bracket and mount the GM pedal on the footbox if that helps you any.

https://socalslc.com/table-of-contents/ Under Bodywork/Modifications is a section titled "wheel well liners". There are 5 posts that I made which touch on the wheel well liners and the various modifications I made to them. Definitely takes some massaging to make work. One additional comment...

There was a gap in normal production for a period while RCR supported a movie project. I'm not sure it's been made public but my understanding is it's related to a very notable automotive related film set to open near the end of this year. This has likely added to the lead time for most cars...

Nice!

So I took the car out for another run through the canyons this weekend, bumping the suspension to 2F/3R felt great! The ride out to the canyons was definitely harsher but once the twisties hit it felt just fine. I imagine you'll want to go stiffer for really high speed stuff but since I'm not...

For anyone interested in purchasing a copy of my book you can do so here: https://www.blurb.com/b/9606140-superlite-sl-c It's 24 pages, with fairly high quality printing. The pages are decently heavy stock and have a matte finish. List price is $7/copy (my profit is set to $0) and I'm...

Winner winner chicken dinner! My wife makes awesome chocolate chip cookies, there's a fresh batch waiting for you if you're ever in San Diego! I'll look into setting it up so it's available for sale.

Have been having fun driving the car - at 1F/2R it’s *just* a touch soft for the canyon drives. I’ve bumped each corner up by one click and will hopefully have time this weekend for another drive. I’ve also lowered the rear about half an inch for aesthetics. I was at a recent car meet and the...

Congrats again Dan! Time to get some miles in!

Del - I tinted the entire side window, I went with 35% as well. I did some more reading and it seems the issue with applying film to poly is that it will out-gas with heat. Perhaps that's why I'm seeing bubbling. In any case one suggestion that seems to have worked for some is to apply a...

I'll be interested to see how this turns out and to hear more about this liner. My installer didn't use a liner and I'm getting some bubbles forming where my screws come in to secure them to the door. I push down on them which helps but they eventually return. It's an eyesore seeing bubbles...

Del recently did something similar by putting a reluctor ring on the axle and installing a sensor that he then hooked up into the VSS - I believe you're running an LS motor? I think his solution used off-the-shelf parts without much fab work...

That's really sweet - I wish I'd made a mold of my headlight buckets before I started working on them so I could make a carbon insert. I may give it another run some time in the future when I have the plastidip ripped off and I have time to do some more messing around with it. Some have told...