So its finally time for Bodywork and Paint!

[Stewi]

Finished car pics are here ...https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?p=446880#post446880

Ok im just going to keep posting pics of the progress. I started working on it a few days ago and so far the car is almost totally stripped to the point where I can begin fitting the JDM parts and making the needed changes and then the whole car will have every panel completely repaired before a seal coat, primer, a ton of wetsanding and finally the new color. I already tack welded the "pockets" for the JDM sidemarkers, this week I will finish welding them and grinding it all smooth. The fenders and hood were replaced because there were a good amounts of little dings and stuff in them and rather than trying to chase down every ding and filling up the front with bondo, I opted to just replace the parts. I also replaced the passenger rear door for this same reason because it had a huge dent.


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008002.jpg

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[02redgalant]

nice work..what color have you decided on?

[Stewi]

Mercedes-McLaren SLR Laurite Silver Metallic

[mrjaydeeone]

very nice Brian. Gonna watch the progress on this for sure. Can't wait to see all done.

[IceDouTGaLanT]

yeah, shes going to look great. Nice color choice how long is it going to take?

[Galante]

Nice work dude.. Good luck for the rest of the process. Can't wait to see it done.

[Ivory8g]

wow that car is gonna be O.G. status once done!

[Stewi]

yeah, shes going to look great. Nice color choice how long is it going to take?

it all depends on how long I take. Im doing a majority of the work myself. Tomorrow I need to finish gutting the passenger side doors. Then monday im test fitting all the parts JDM rear bumper, extensions and side skirts. Once I get them to fit to my liking I gotta pull them and get them ready for the body work. The rear bumper and sides need very very little body work, but the front bumper is a little rough, plus im shaving the license plate pocket and relocating the plate to the corner (like the EVO). I think I have about 1-2 weeks worth of body work before primer and paint, then another 1 week to re-assemble everything. So being safe, roughly 1 month and it will be done.

[99 galant]

wow you have a hand full there. good luck man

[9G]

Hot paint! fo shizzle

[lonestar22]

gonna be cleeeeeen... shave the engine bay

[Stewi]

gonna be cleeeeeen... shave the engine bay

LOL

Whats funny is this time last year, I was talking about getting a FG JDM bumper, FG fenders and hood, molding it all into one piece and then wrapping it in CF. Then I realized if I ever got into a minor fender bended I would be effed and have to redo the whole damn thing.

[Stewi]

Ok so I got more work done today, nothing big as right in the middle of working my boy got a call to do a tow. so I went with him, im making another thread with the accident pics as they are pretty cool. here are the pics from today. I finally got my headlights/grille to fit really good. Tomorrow im gonna trim the bumper a little more, in the lower "vents" its still rubbing the intercooler pipes a little.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008015.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008009.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008014.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008012.jpg

[galant350z]

nice

[greddy]

Looks mean!

[4g63lover]

I love you!

[greddy]

I love you!

:smt007

[xd_01]

that zenki grill is tight it gives a different look

[fatal1]

nice

[SkylineG1]

finally

[RafalGTZ00]

the grill looks awesome with that front end, what color will the whole car be? (Hopefully black)

[SkylineG1]

the grill looks awesome with that front end, what color will the whole car be? (Hopefully black)

Hell NAH!!!! Silver G powa!!!

[4g63lover]

Hell NAH!!!! Silver G powa!!!

werd

[Stewi]

Silver FTW!!

[RAZ_76]

Looking good dude.

[Stewi]

Ok so a while has gone by without any updates so here we go. I have been really busy as its crunch time, car almost done, wedding in 3 weeks and trying to make it all happen on schedule. So far I removed the dash, and steering wheel. All the JDM parts have been fit and mounted, the side skirts still need to be sanded and evened out where I had to add on to them. The body work on the left side and hood will be done tomorrow, the trunk and right side should be done either thursday or friday and by friday night into saturday, we should be in primer. Im hoping to be totally painted and ready to put it back together beginning of next week. I also started working on the interior, see pics below.....


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008019.jpg


I cut this from a damaged 2008 Expedition front bumper...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008023.jpg


Viola!!!! I tacked it in using a plastic welder (glorified soldering iron) and then bonded it
fully with SEM Problem Plastic Bumper repair epoxy. This stuff is EXPENSIVE, but its the BEST money can buy. A tube of this stuff is about $35-$40.


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008024.jpg

JDM Rear Bumper and Extensions are on...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008022.jpg

Even tho the hood was new, it had 2 small dings on the front, it took me about 10 mins worth of looking to find them, but they were there.....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008026.jpg

Fender needed more work than I thought. The problem is the metal is so thin, when you weld it warps a little, even though I was using low heat and doing spot welds, it still warped a fair amount, but wtf, I will have flush fit JDM sidemarkers.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008029.jpg


The body work master Rohan doing his thing.....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008028.jpg

Steering column covers and airbag covers color changed.....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008025.jpg

Steering wheel color changed.....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008030.jpg


Dash color changed....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008027.jpg


I have to do the rest of the interior over the next few days. All I can say is that SEM makes amazing quality products. I painted my A pillar pod with their paint last year and it came out like total shit and it was all my fault. I didnt properly prep the surface and I didnt use the correct paint. They making something called SEM Color Coat Vinyl/Plastic paint. Its AMAZING. Its not cheap, but well worth it. All the stuff you see in gray was painted using an aerosol can, anything black was sprayed from a HVLP professional paint gun. It sucks because the gray is only available in aerosol, I would have liked to spray it all with the HVLP as you can adjust pressure, material volume and fan width.

[RedGalant2k1]

Looking great!

Thats one color I wished Mitsubishi put in our 8Gs, was black. It would have been tits with CF.

[9G]

nice!

[4g63lover]

looks like its going great Brian!

cant wait to see it done.

[99 galant]

wow. i cant wait to see this done

[IceDouTGaLanT]

looks awesome man! Dash looks perfect

[Blackstare]

Can't wait to see it finished!

[fatal1]

damn man moving right on along...

[SkylineG1]

looks good Brian. That dash is sex.

[ricky_db]

lookin good

[galant350z]

nice

[wright06jhs]

Very nice car, keep up the good work

[galant305]

nice, i cant wait to see the finished product

[Stewi]

Ok so im not even sure where to start. Alot has gone on since I last updated this thread. All the body work has been done with the exception of "shaping" the JDM sides where they meet the fender so that there is no gap, that will be done over the weekend. The entire car has been primed, the door jambs and all the edges have been painted for the color change. As of tonight 80% of the wetsanding has been done. The car has about 10 hours of wetsanding into it and another 2 hours of wetsanding to take place tomorrow before the final paint can be sprayed. The color I went with has alot of flake in it! How much flake you ask?? Well the paint formula consists of only two components, an aluminum silver flake and a semi transparent "binder" so to speak. To mix a gallon it takes 3 parts flake and 1 part binder, I cant wait to see this thing in the sunlight. I also opted to use a high quality D-BASF Glasurit clear coat. 1 gallon of clearcoat with the appropriated catalyst was $525. I talked to as many shops as I could and they said this particular clear is the best money can buy. I also found several cars that appeared on the covers of Super Street, Modified and Import Tuner that all use this same D-BASF clear coat.

The plan is to finish wetsanding tomorrow, clean everything up, re-mask it all and shoot the color and clear. The base coat im using is a honda/acura silver that has very fine flakes. The problem with the color I am using is that the large flakes dont cover well, so to try and completely cover the primer I would need alot of material and alot of light coats. By basing it in the acura silver, I can get full coverage with 2-3 coats.

here is how it all went down over the last week and half....



http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork001.jpg

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All the parts getting edged out, I am wearing a mask because there is paint in the air. This is just the acura base going on, the car was in the booth baking the primer on, so once it was done baking, we rolled out, put all the parts in the booth and shot the color coat and clear coats then baked them.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork012.jpg

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http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork013.jpg

Alot of time went into making the shaved license pocket straight.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork014.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork016.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork018.jpg

still waiting to be wetsanded. a black guide coat is used so after your done wetsanding, if you still see any black, you know you have a low spot that needs to be fixed prior to the color being sprayed.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork019.jpg

the entire left side is wetsanded with 400 then with 600 and is ready to be cleaned

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork020.jpg

right side almost done being wetsanded.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork021.jpg


this pic doesnt do the color justice. I dont even want to put the heatshield back on, thats how nice under the hood looks.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork022.jpg



One thing I will say is this, if I could do this ALL over again, I would have done all the primer and wetsandind and stuff with the motor/engine harness out of the car. When you wetsand, that dirty primer filled water gets EVERYWHERE. I bet I will spend at least an entire weekend cleaning out the engine bay from that stuff because it gets stuck in all the seams where the spot welds are.

[VegasMatt]

I am going to put a grenade in your car and blow it up for payback from xbox the other day....

Lookin good tho. :)

[IceDouTGaLanT]

wow that looks great! very clean work and attention to detail, wish i had a shop local to me like that without charging an arm and leg.

[fatal1]

damn man... a lot of work done since ive seen it last week...if you need a hand on the reasemble to get it done in time for next week let me know....if im off i will try to come through

[mrjaydeeone]

that looks great Brian. Can't wait to see more

[4g63lover]

I cant wait til you finish this thing dude.

[Stewi]

Ok so it is finally PAINTED!!!

Now some good news and some bad news. The good news, even with large flakes, the color laid down very evenly and smooth. The bad news is yesterday I asked the painter if he wanted to shape the sideskirts now or wait until after the car was painted, he didnt want to do it then, so he said to wait until it was painted. We baked the car for two 45 minute cycles at 150 degrees in order to get it to cure. The painter tells me an hour later that he wants to test fit the sideskirts, we do and bam it scratches the bottom part of the fender. Not a big deal because once its installed, it covers the scratch, but he is going to fix it tomorrow anyway. Even after baking it twice, the clear is still soft, so we need to give it a few days.The next issue as we are taking all the masking tape off, we see a small dent in the right front door, WTF!!!! We spent 15+ hours wetsanding this car with guide coat, when I left last night, where wasnt a single flaw on this car. So then one of the prep guys fessed up that he was trying to clean the roof and he leaned up against the car, but he said he didnt notice a ding or else he would have told us before we painted it. The good news is, the ding is above the door reinforcement bar but below the body line, so we have full access to it from inside the door, we are going to have a paintless dent removal guy take it out on monday, so that will be gone. More good news, this clearcoat is AMAZING. Its worth every god damn penny. The shine this car has straight out of the booth is insane. My first 8g and this one never shined like this, even after a full polish/detail. I could honestly say that if I wanted to, I could skip wetsanding and compounding the clear coat and just leave it as it, thats how well it shines. Being that the paint is still "soft", my plan on starting re-assembly tomorrow has been changed. I am not touching this damn thing til monday, I want to wait at least 48 hours for that clear to really cure.

So here are some pics.

this is the acura basecoat being applied...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008031.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008035.jpg

damn even after an hour or so of cleaning, the engine bay is still FILTHY

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008032.jpg

and after a base of acura silver, 3 bases of the mclaren silver and 3 coats of clear

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008033.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008034.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008036.jpg

this roof was sooo dinged up before, now its perfectly smooth..

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008037.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008038.jpg


if you look at the front of the fender, you can see how sparkly the finish is, even with this crappy camera
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008039.jpg

[GALANT4U]

looking hot man the sparkle will be damn good noticible hahaha shine on boy

[Mike_Rom]

WOW!!! I can't believe i am only now seeing this thread! way sick bro! I will have to keep an eye on this

[RAZ_76]

Coming along nicely Brian. Good job dude.

[guynlidia2006]

impressed... which my paint was that well done..

[4g63lover]

fap fap fap fap

[Ivory8g]

damn dude that is a great finish! gonna me straight sex when its all said and done

[RedGalant2k1]

damn dude that is a great finish! gonna me straight sex when its all said and done

Yea, its just foreplay now...lol

Looking great!

[jimmy_o2]

amazing came out super clean

[kolio]

WOW, that is pure sex

[4-G-rim]

The paint job looks really good so far...can't wait till you get it all put together and see the final product.

All these new paint jobs recently I have seen...really really makes depressed that I can't get one right now. :sad:

[9G]

nice

[phizzalot]

wow very nice... i like the engine bay the most so far :)

[VegasMatt]

Nice...I sure wish I could play my own xbox right now...

[Stewi]

Nice...I sure wish I could play my own xbox right now...

LOL

Matt your son is NASTY at COD4. I was having a little bit of a hard time keeping up. He was always the top score, but I went 3 whole matches without dieing.

[QnzMostWanted]

looks great brian!

[Dominicano]

paint job looks great Brian, I can wait to paint my car one of these days

[99 galant]

nice work, you are going to love that car even more when its done

[underated]

wow that is amazing, definitely a great color choice

[qnz]

I need to change the color of my car. I cant compete against these other Silver cars on TGC.

Great job Brian

[Stewi]

thanks guys. im hoping to have all all back together by end of next week so that I can attend the meet

[Galante]

Nicely done bro! Looking really good.

[boostzealot]

go brian go brian go!

lol im so glad my shit is silver. represent!

[boostzealot]

after you are done, we should make a silver G thread!

[Galanttuner10]

wow man just wow i love this car hopefully u will have it back together 4 the meet.. id love to c it

[GOOSEY2099]

I am really liking this progress of yours. Keep it up!! (not like you have another option)

[Serstylz2]

that silver is fresh

[whokilledhoughes]

very nice...

[Stewi]

Ok so the upper dash and airbags are back in, left side doors are re-assembled. All the moldings, door handles, bumpers and trim are painted.

We had an issue with the front bumper where I shaved the plate, once baked in the booth, the adhesive must have had air bubbles that came out with the heat. So we have to sand it down and re-paint the front bumper again tomorrow.

[QnzMostWanted]

saw this car in person, pics dont do it justice AT ALL

yo Brian, send me those pics of the extensions when u get a chance

[boostzealot]

any updates?

[RAZ_76]

Lets see some more photos Brian.

[JDM4G64T]

Lets see some more photos Brian.

x2,x3,x4, you get the idea!!! Good work.....

[Alexey]

Looks great! Good luck with finishing up the project and the wedding! :-D

[Stewi]

Soon there will be more photos....

I keep leaving my camera at the shop because I dont want to forget to take the pics. I did take about another 20 pics. All thats left to do is put on the front bumper, headlights, grille and install the rest of the interior trim like the pillar covers and stuff, and the seats. I am having a bitch of a time fabricating seatbelt buckle mounts for the new seats, so I might have to rock stock seats for a little bit until I can really fabricate something im happy with.

[9G]

sweet. cant wait.

[fatal1]

Soon there will be more photos....

I keep leaving my camera at the shop because I dont want to forget to take the pics. I did take about another 20 pics. All thats left to do is put on the front bumper, headlights, grille and install the rest of the interior trim like the pillar covers and stuff, and the seats. I am having a bitch of a time fabricating seatbelt buckle mounts for the new seats, so I might have to rock stock seats for a little bit until I can really fabricate something im happy with.

did you see mine brian? its a pretty basic idea...just drill a hole in the part of the bracket you want to use, then weld(doesnt need to be though obviously) a nut under the hole. and use the stock belt bracket in that location.

i will take a pic tomorrow if your not sure what im talking about

also just fyi, i know you were planning on getting them eventually. the 3g eclise belts for the back will not just bolt on. the brackets are different. you will have to somehow get the eclipse belt on the galant bracket...its probroblly pretty easy to do but i havent gotten off my lazy ass to do it lol...i really dont have people in the back often either so there is no real incentive to do it either... i will one day though lmao

the front belts however fit fine

[Stewi]

Craig the issues with the seat brackets isnt a matter of me not being able to make a bracket, its an issue of there is 1/4" between the seats thigh bolster and the center console. I need to make something with a pretty complex angle/curve, to get right into that opening, but wont rub against the seat.

[02galant]

Pics Stewi!! PICS!!!! LoL Can't wait to see a full shoot of everything when its done. So with that said HURRY UP!!!! :)

[fatal1]

ahh i figured that that was probroblly the situation...but wasnt sure since i havent seen the seats in the car.

[SkylineG1]

Brian how far are you with the assembly?

[Stewi]

ok so this will be the final update before the completely finished product is posted...

Bumpers, sideskirts and trim pieces, mirrors, moldings, egr visor, etc being painted

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008042.jpg

new glass

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008043.jpg

new carpet ftw....trimming it with dull scissors...ftl. Please if you do this, buy a good sharp pair of carpet shears, you will be happy you spent the $25 on them.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008044.jpg

center console notched out around the seatbelt buckle brackets, finally it fits

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008055.jpg

new gauge bezel I made, it came out good until we painted it. I must have had some not totally dry resin in there, once we baked it in the booth, that shit got all wavy, fine for now, soon to be CF. All the interior bezels/door switch trims are EVO MR Graphite Gray

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008046.jpg

sideskirts on. I still gotta do a little work in the back part where it goes under the door, it kinda chipped it because the door is a little low, that will be resolved tomorrow when we adjust all the panels to get good lines.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008056.jpg


anywhere you see dull, like under the sidemarker is either dust, or a spot we wetsanded to get a clear run out, again, this will be gone once the car is polished...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008049.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008047.jpg

gotta take her to the exhaust shop either wednesday or friday and get the pipe centered and have a nice polished tip put on...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008058.jpg

did I mention that I LOVE this grille...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008059.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008048.jpg

[qnz]

very nice. but now you also look like my twin. atleast you didnt paint the foglights black

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/EvoInside/BodyWork2008048.jpg
https://www.thegalantcenter.org/images/garage/attach/garage_vehicle-27-12267689741.jpg

[4g63lover]

oh god. its going to look spectacular.

[Stewi]

very nice. but now you also look like my twin. atleast you didnt paint the foglights black

https://www.thegalantcenter.org/images/garage/attach/garage_vehicle-27-12267689741.jpg

I wont be your twin after winter I promise. I have some serious CF work in the works.

I also shaved the front plate mount. Once I get pulled over a few times and get sick of paying tickets, I will make a bracket that mounts it between the FMIC and the driver side foglight

[RedGalant2k1]

outstanding...can't wait for the finished pics!

[Proto]

Brian your car has came a LONG way since the MD meet back in 04. Major props for the outstanding work.

[9G]

twins!

[boostzealot]

holy crap brian, i cant wait to see this thing on the rollers after its all said and done. please get some videos of that bitch rolling as well. she looks incredible so far. i have to pm you about this cf work as i know im a cf nut as well.

[99 galant]

wow that car is amazing. nice work

[4-G-rim]

http://91.121.132.199/gifs/6664.gif

[Galanttuner10]

im glad its goin so well for you man.. its come a long way from wut i can c and i cant wait for when i roll into ny when this shit is done.. and o yea ill go 2 another ny meet as long as we dont play pool lmao

[mrjaydeeone]

looks awesome Brian. I wanna see it with all the CF

[Modified]

Very nice. Wish I had the money to do some work like that.

[Stewi]

looks awesome Brian. I wanna see it with all the CF

LOL

No CF til spring......

[QnzMostWanted]

pics still dont do this paint justice.....looking great brian, cant wait to see it all together in person

[Mike_Rom]

Wow.. looking great! Can't wait to see the finished product

[Cali]

looks great man! makes me miss my white car :(

[Stewi]

so the sparco seats are installed, the car has been washed and started to be wetsanded and polished. tomorrow I will finish putting the interior back together and finish the polishing. The window tinter is also coming by tomorrow after hours to tint her up 35% all around.

[Galanttuner10]

sick dude i need 2 find a reason 2 go 2 ny so i can stop by n c it b4 u unveil it.. lots of luck man and very nice job

[qnz]

is the dash wrapped or painted black?

[Stewi]

is the dash wrapped or painted black?

its painted

I used SEM Color Coat Landau Black. The gray pieces were done with aerosol cans of SEM color coat in gray, but the dash, door panels, steering wheel, A, B and C pillar trims were all sprayed from a gun in the booth. They only offer a few basic colors that can be ordered by the quart to spray from a gun.

[xglantv699]

How'd I miss this thread!? Sounds like you're making great progress! I really need to get my ass to a meet. Love what you've done, keep it up! Can't wait to see her in person.

[Stewi]

So I brought her home tonight. I am really happy she is back home, its nice to open the garage door and see her sitting there.

Tomorrow im going to adjust the ride height and install the wheels and the rest of the interior. I have to hold off on the brembo's for now, I have all the parts, but not enough time as the wedding is saturday and im gonna spend the better part of tomorrow running around with my friends picking up the tux's and etc. I will post pics tomorrow. Its completely wetsanded and polished and then tomorrow we are going to do a final hand glaze and full detail. I will post pics after that.

[9G]

nice

[4g63lover]

can't effin' wait

[Stewi]

Ok so its finished. Let me tell you, anyone who plans on getting married, listen up. The day before your wedding will be the most chaotic day of your life up until that point. I spent morning and night working on the car while doing other stuff like getting my tux and haircut and bs stuff all day, then the rehersal dinner and shit. So yea, its finally done. I will take pics tomorrow before the wedding. I must say that my suede wrapping of the door panels sucks a big one. The wrapping itself came out pretty good, but the suede is a little too thick and it caused the handle and switch trim bezels to fit crooked. I mean for me, im fine because its only for the wedding, the car will be off the road soon and the interior will be done by a pro.

[njjfudge]

Looking great Stewi! I love that grill too.......LOL

[fatal1]

well just got home and today's your wedding day so let me be the first to say congrats

looking forward to the pics of the car as well ;)

[4-G-rim]

First I want to say congratulations to you and your soon to be wife much happiness! :cool:

Second...your car is coming along really nicely and looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Its cool to see that your 8g has its new beginning and you are too:smile:

[9G]

congrats man.

[RedGalant2k1]

Congrats on the wedding, and as a present I'll go ahead and take the 8G off your hands.

[Reelax]

excellent work bro!

[qnz]

Congrats Brian! and congrats on the car too!

[DOHCstunr]

So is your G going to have a train of oil cans dragging behind it?

[greddy]

Congrats on the wedding and the completion of the car.

[seth98esT]

Congrats on getting married man!

[kolio]

Congrats

[GOOSEY2099]

Congrads Brian!!! Mazeltov!

[02redgalant]

Congrats

[4g63lover]

congratulations on the marriage dude!

[njjfudge]

Congrats on getting married!!!!!!!!!!!1

[nycking23]

im sorry about the marriage



just kidding, congrats

[Galanttuner10]

congrats in the marriage

[Dominicano]

good luck on your wedding tomorrow Brian, heres to many years of happiness

[spdracr]

congrats brian and dont ever park your car outside the garage or you will find your new style extensions missing and you have a multi color old style ones installed on your car :D

[jimmy_o2]

wishing u the best n congrads on completing the g turned out amazing

[QnzMostWanted]

death of a playa....RIP!

lol j/k...congrats on the wedding Brian

[RAZ_76]

Congratulation on a new wife and car..:smile:

[Ivory8g]

doesnt get any better than that dude! A new chapter for you and your G. Congrats!

[HeadAche]

Congrats

[djplay]

congrats on gettin married :)

[Stewi]

Congrats

Holy blast from the past, shane is in the house.

Thanks for all the kind words guys. The ceremony and reception went exactly and planned and we couldnt be happier. Myself and my best man took the G to the church, me and the wife left from the church in the G and then drove 15 miles to take photos, then back to the catering hall and then finally home with the G. I must have caught some luck because there are still a few bugs to be worked out as well as a desperate need of a re-tune ( it was tuned at 70 degrees, now its 45 degrees out) and even with that, the car ran solid. No pics yet as its been non-stop chaos since friday. Someone took a video of me doing a small burnout leaving the church (sorry god, but the wife asked me to do it, I swear she did) I will try to get that vid and some pics up after the honeymoon, No TGC for me for the next 8 days, I will have some catching up to do when I get back.

[Stewi]

congrats on gettin married :)

Anthony Ha is also in the house, another blast from the past

Dont be a stranger around here Tony, your knowledge can help many.

[99 galant]

Enjoy man. Cant wait to see more pics of the G

[greddy]

Very nice, a fitting way to leave the church, burnout in your newly finished car :)

[boostzealot]

brian, congrats on the marriage. im very happy for you and the fact that the wife is cool with the car is even more of a bonus. i wish great years for you in your marriage. now go make that girl happy some more. lol

also, awesome with the car, we are all waiting patiently like some deciples or something. lol cant wait for the return of the monster.

[lonestar22]

im loving this thread, your car finally has the looks to match whats under the hood. keep up the good work!

[mrjaydeeone]

Congrats Brian. Glad to hear everything went well. Wishing you and your wife many years of happiness

[xglantv699]

Congrats on the marriage! Good luck with everything! :D

[xd_01]

here are a couple of vidz i took at the wedding with my new camera, its my first one so i suck at recording.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t222/XD_21/th_20081129155350.jpg (http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t222/XD_21/?action=view&current=20081129155350.flv)

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t222/XD_21/th_20081129160049.jpg (http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t222/XD_21/?action=view&current=20081129160049.flv)

[4g63lover]

fucking baller!

[Ivory8g]

haha that burnout was gangster!

[greddy]

damn, that is is beautiful, nice burnout

[IceDouTGaLanT]

congrats on the wedding, i guess the galant not going to be the leading lady in your life anymore haha..the cars looking great, came out perfect!

[boostzealot]

We want more we want more we want more!!!

[99 galant]

that dude is a GIANT!

[4-G-rim]

:smt041 I am happy for you and your new wife man...that is awsome! That must of been a amazing day for you!:cool: Congratulations!:smt109

I will show this to my fiance and see if she is cool of the idea of driving off on our wedding day in the 7g. :smt109

The car sounds amazing.....a beastly growl when its idling and a monsterous roar when WOT!

Awsome man..just awsome!:cool:

[Galanttuner10]

congrats again on the marriage man... damn that sounds and looks so nice.. i cant wait to c and hear it in person cuz im sure the vids dont do it justice

[4g63lover]

We want more we want more we want more!!!

x2 x3 x4 you get the idea.

[00galantguy]

congrats much on the marriage.
all i can say for the car is....DAMN!!!

[jimmy_o2]

Hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[9G]

hahha. nice exit.

[sdnavi]

nice...

[Stewi]

I am BACK from the honeymoon. Awesome time all around.

It was all overcast today and supposed to rain tomorrow, first clear day I will bring her outside for a sunny photoshoot with my DSLR, most likely friday or saturday.

[mrjaydeeone]

woohoo. Where'd yous go?

[glantv699]

best comment comes from a lady at the end of the video "OH MY GOD...." haha

congrats dude, got the girl, got the car, what more can a guy ask for?

[Cali]

congrats Brian..i got something in the works for you car!

call me when you get the chance.

[silver01g]

aww man, i was gonna do a burnout like that at my wedding. you stole my take off...lol. congrats man, beautiful color cant go wrong with silver.

[jimmy_o2]

glad ur back hehe loved the video

[kylecanthurdle]

congrats on everything brian. car looks awsome!! glad your wedding went well!

[boostzealot]

congrats Brian..i got something in the works for you car!

call me when you get the chance.


ooooohh this should be good.

glad you're back brian and glad the honeymoon went well. now we just have to wait for mother nature to stop being a bitch so we can get some pics from you.

[Stewi]

woohoo. Where'd yous go?

Went to Disney World.

Our original plan was Italy (motherland for me...lol) but its not good to go there during winter, so we are gonna go to Italy most likely in the summer of 2010. We really want to do 2-3 weeks in Italy since its not something easy to do like Disney.

[9G]

nice.

[Dominicano]

Went to Disney World.

Our original plan was Italy (motherland for me...lol) but its not good to go there during winter, so we are gonna go to Italy most likely in the summer of 2010. We really want to do 2-3 weeks in Italy since its not something easy to do like Disney.


Man I wish I knew you were going there I could of tried to hook you up with Universal tickets

[JDM4G64T]

Nice work Brian, i've been watching this for a while, congrats on your wedding, finishing up the G!!! Silver FTMFW!!!

[Stewi]

Man I wish I knew you were going there I could of tried to hook you up with Universal tickets

thanks Rich, I actually got a pretty good hookup. Me and the wife got 7 day universal and islands of adventure VIP Express passes for like $100 thru our condo/timeshare place. they also hooked us up with the disney tickets and good deals at the local restraunts.

[Stewi]

congrats Brian..i got something in the works for you car!

call me when you get the chance.

hell yes!!!

keeping this under my hat til spring, I thought you forgot about it Noel, im glad you didnt.

[DryBear]

Lucky bastard!

:lol: Congrats!

[JDM4G64T]

hell yes!!!

keeping this under my hat til spring, I thought you forgot about it Noel, im glad you didnt.

That's gotta be a big hat.......LOL..... Thread subscribed....

[fatal1]

hell yes!!!

keeping this under my hat til spring, I thought you forgot about it Noel, im glad you didnt.

nice nice....cant wait till its done

[mrjaydeeone]

Went to Disney World.

Our original plan was Italy (motherland for me...lol) but its not good to go there during winter, so we are gonna go to Italy most likely in the summer of 2010. We really want to do 2-3 weeks in Italy since its not something easy to do like Disney.

ah okay. Gotcha. We finally decided on Aruba, now just deciding on the hotel. I actually wanted to do Disney as well, but she has been there numerous times and said we should wait until we have kids to go there.

[amnbrueckner]

Looking great Brian, bout time it looks as good as it can run!!!

Congrats on the new wife.

Let me know when you go to Italy, ill try and make a road trip down there

[Stewi]

Looking great Brian, bout time it looks as good as it can run!!!

Congrats on the new wife.

Let me know when you go to Italy, ill try and make a road trip down there


I will be in your neck of the wood too. the master plan is fly into Rome, spend maybe 8 days in Italy, then work our way back thru europe, a day in germany, a day in france and a day in england, then fly from London back to NYC.

[Stewi]

Okay guys the new pics are up, here is the link

https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?p=446880#post446880