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This is what I started with, two years ago.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 1003
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This is where I am now, after taking out the visor and priming. It sat for all that time, got pretty warped, but a few days in a hot car and a little reshaping opened it up a little.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 710
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 893
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 779
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 829
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 821
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I hate the range finder.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 812
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 789
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After a little corrective surgery.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 822
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 790
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See, the "movie-sized" helmets tend to have an egg shape from above. And the dome I'm putting in will need room. So it's back into the car to soften up.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 691
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And here's what's goin' in it. A used army surplus helmet liner. Plastic.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 717
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 716
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 750
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Old top; new top.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 744
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Test fitting.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 702
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I haven't altered the liner yet, but you can see how it won't fit properly. I'm hoping I'll be able to stretch the vinyl.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 711
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Ewwww.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 804
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Dismantling the liner.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 792
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 771
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 780
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 769
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 743
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 732
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 747
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 726
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 758
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Cut the rim off.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 841
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 764
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Even with little sun, the car warmed enough that the sucker squeezed in there.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 753
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 838
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Seem a little too high now, to you?
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 755
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 757
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 767
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 868
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Decided to let the cooling helmet shrink down to hold onto the liner, and didn't even need any glue. Now to bondo out that huge difference in thicknesses.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 819
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 742
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Second application.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 880
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 744
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First sanding.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 767
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 775
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Second coat.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 750
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Decided to keep the turn signals.
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 787
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Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 771
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Second sanding. I'm fairly happy with how this is turning out. Except for ...
Date: 10/27/2007
Owner: Joel Tracy
Views: 844
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