Believe it!

[aircougar1]

Originally Posted by rouar

re: the hood: Check the hood bumpers (or whatever those little rubber things behind the headlights are).

ElKy had this problem when he got his CF hood at Spring Zing. It would not close because those bumper things were set too high - he twisted them to be a little lower and the hood closed great.

Actually, I removed those completely... There is NOTHING in the engine bay right now. No bolts, clips, trim, etc..., so I just think the latch needs to be slightly adjusted. No big deal

Originally Posted by frenchblueC2

That's a nice harlequin Cougar you got there.

j/k man. Good to see you're finally getting the work done on it.

HEHE, kind of like the Harlequin GTIs that VW came out with a while ago... not the new ones that are white, grey and black, but the Red, yellow, Green ones!

Originally Posted by fordrule

not to thread jack......what did u use to seal the trans halves together? TH said if u used something other than the red gasket maker that it will leak...mine is so i need to pull mine and reseal it

-> Greg...........
is that a cougar there....i thought u just worked on CSVT and other peoples cougars......

awesome work man, she is going to look awesome. good choice on the WW grill with the 01-02 lights...thats going to look hawt.

i got a couple questions, are u painting the headlights black, laser red or keep stock? and u ever thought of getting the grill wrapped by topshop? another question about ur hood since its giving you issues, why not have it open from the front like kenny's old one?

headlights and sidemarkers are staying chrome. I wanted to do black, but not yet. Maybe later on if I get sick of the chrome...

Grill is staying black i think, and I really don't want to drop more money on wrapping stuff in CF... I have plenty of Cf as it is!

And GMK's hood hinges were unique, But I NEVER liked the idea... just my opinion, but if I have to work on the engine at all, or anything like that, I want to be able to access it without the hood in the way, ya know?
I'm going Supercharged, so if anything goes wrong, I need to locate things quickly....
I'll fix the hood latch issues, no problem... I think that becuase it wasn't bolted to the hinges, the latch may be sitting wrong and preventing the inner part of the latch from closing all the way... it'll get fixed!

I have a bunch of work to do for this Saturday coming up! Casey is coming by Saturday to start body work, and we should have it finished by Monday night if things go well... so I HAVE to finsih up the door hinge alignments, which BTW, I found zerk fittings that I think are going to work well!
Scotch-brite the engine bay, door jambs, and line up the WW side skirts...
Then finish cutting the second exhaust hole for the rear bumper, and making a template for the CF for the roof!
Great thing is, I have a set of electric metal shears, and they cut CF PERFECT!!! so all I have to do is trace everything for the roof and apply it to the CF sheet, and then use the shears to cut the piece out... My new favorite tool!

Hopefully Wednesday I will have some more time in the afternoon to get this work done!

[cannondalemtb]

Originally Posted by aircougar1

HEHE, kind of like the Harlequin GTIs that VW came out with a while ago... not the new ones that are white, grey and black, but the Red, yellow, Green ones!

I took this pic at the WPI show last year.


I think you should stick with this color scheme

[Sham]

you own a cougar???!!!?

[ctmystique]

Originally Posted by cannondalemtb

I took this pic at the WPI show last year.


I think you should stick with this color scheme

What I like about those is if you get a dented panel or door you can get any color you want and not have to worry about matching paint.

[cannondalemtb]

Originally Posted by ctmystique

What I like about those is if you get a dented panel or door you can get any color you want and not have to worry about matching paint.

haha yeah that wouldn't be a bad deal

[Tcougar]

Originally Posted by Sham

you own a cougar???!!!?

i agree.... must be photoshopped....

[aircougar1]

Originally Posted by Tcougar

i agree.... must be photoshopped....

Brian and Josh have seen it in all its stripped down glory!

I just pulled all of the fenders, hood, rear tailights, headlights, grill, off of the car again today. Was supposed to scotch-brite the engine bay today but didn't have enought time!
A friend came by for a while, and I went to Lowe's before that, so i only had about 1 hour to install the grease fittings into the hinges, and figure out what kind of stoppers I need to fit into them to hold the door from openning up too far or not enough...

BTW, Roger, I got a new Impact Wrench!! 525 ft/lbs!
also a few new 1/4" socket wrenches, and a 3/8" wrench... got a set of deepwell sockets for the 1/4" wrench, but they are standard sizes!!! they were on the wrong hook at the store, so I'll have to return them on Friday, and get some metrics...

I have ZERO time to do anything during the week! Saturday we start body work, too!

[brapple]

Originally Posted by aircougar1

Brian and Josh have seen it in all its stripped down glory!

lol, I have touch the mythical cougar and it has changed my life













I'll try to swing by Friday and/or Saturday to lend a hand. And if you have a few minutes to help me pin point my mtx fluid leak that would be great ... or maybe sunday since it suppose to rain tomorrow and saturday ....

[ctmystique]

Yeah, I know how you feel about not having enough time.


Naked Cougars FTMFW

[aircougar1]

Originally Posted by brapple

lol, I have touch the mythical cougar and it has changed my life













I'll try to swing by Friday and/or Saturday to lend a hand. And if you have a few minutes to help me pin point my mtx fluid leak that would be great ... or maybe sunday since it suppose to rain tomorrow and saturday ....

Friday I won't be able to work on it for long, as it all depends on when Dawn get home from her Appointment at 2:30pm... I still need to place the stoppers into the door hinges and get those perfect before anything else is done.

I could definitely use help Saturday though!