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  1. yota4life

    yota4life Grand Toyotaholic

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    To build some corner light fillers. Hopefully it works out good lol
     
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    Lol. I did it for mine. Only made one and i never used it. Have no clue where its at now.

    GOOD LUCK!
     
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    yota4life Grand Toyotaholic

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    I kno you guys love pics so here's my first one it's to big but leaves me room for it to shrink an cut excess off. It'll be hand bend with the help of some curved pieces of 1/8th inch I made
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    Good start so far. Just go for it. get it done
     
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    yota4life Grand Toyotaholic

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    Thanx man. I'm goin to it's just late now haha plus I gotta get my welder tomoro from my brothers dad.
     
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    Dgerfan55 Grand Toyotaholic

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    Your brothers dad?????? Wouldnt that be your dad to? Cool hop you get it down patt so you can do mine.
     
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    yota4life Grand Toyotaholic

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    Lol long story about the dad thing. But ya man if they turn out good i'd probably make a few more sets nd sell them for cheap
     
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    Sounds good, cant wait
     
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    Not bad. All i used to shape them was a hammer
     
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    yota4life Grand Toyotaholic

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    Ya I figured I was gonna have to use the hammer to match the grille. The metal I got is 18ga kinda thin but easy to bend and i figured it'd be enough since it's just goin on the fender
     
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    Different dad, same mom. Or really good friends. I got a buddy with 3 bros 2 sis same mom, 3 different dads.


    Good luck man I hope you do better than I did. I could never get the decreasing radius in the taper from top to bottom as it goes around corner to look good enough to use the ones I made.
     
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    My mom an him were getting divorced an she got pregnant same time an then she remarried awhile later and her new husband adopted me. But ya I'm gonna work on these today I used some thin metal that's really bendable so hopefully I can manipulate it into the shape I want
     

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