I have paid for yearly memberships on other car sites and I've never paid more than 20-25$ a year. This would be my ceiling.
Think of it this way: 100$ a year is almost a Netflix membership, amazon prime, motor trend on demand... etc.
Also to answer some earlier questions I did do a metal mini tub, it wasn't pre made tubs I hand made them from sheet metal. I wanted to be able to lower the car with the big tires so the mini tub was necessary.
Sorry guys I havnt been getting any of the posts forwarded to me until today.... My entire build to date is here:
http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?280900-Another-455-V8-Regal-Build
I havnt had time to work on the car lately, I've been planning to get back to it in a few weeks as I'm...
Thanks, yeah I'm into this for about $400 with the paint. I ended up using a can of vht roll cage paint. It's supposed to be a single stage paint with an etch mixed in. I etch primed the cage first just in case but the paint worked nice. 2 cans did the whole thing.
Yes I commented on them above, we will see if I pass tech, If not I have a lot of grinding ahead of me but I am certain I penetrated.... live and learn I guess.....
I double checked all the welds prior to painting today... the pictures really make them look poor they are way flatter in person. I think when I wire wheeled them to clean them to paint the glare off of them made them look more pronounced than they actually are. Heres a few more pics for...
Lots of good advice, I'm certainly not thinking your "hating" I did take some creative license.
The welds are done with a miller 211, they penetrated, I chose to spot them in and lap each weld rather than drag the pool across the seam. Way more time consuming obviously and more material pools on...