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Dale, Jr. 2008 GoDaddy and National Guard Nationwide

 
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mprmprmpr



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:55 pm    Post subject: Dale, Jr. 2008 GoDaddy and National Guard Nationwide Reply with quote

I had posted these two 2008 Dale, Jr. Nationwide rides separately in the past. I figured I'd lump them together for this post since they were both done with my "downforce" mod. Extensive body/nose mods for these two. These are old pictures and the quality isn't the best. I had done the National Guard car first and thought the nose was a little too rounded so I squared it off for the GoDaddy car. I thought it looked a little more correct. The orange and green is paint on the GoDaddy car.

2008 GoDaddy.









2008 National Guard





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Jim N



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Both look very cool!
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Henryjint



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Both nicely done!!
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james p



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent work on the modifications Mark.
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Shunter



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember the two of these, excellent work Mark...love them.
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Lee "Spud" Lo



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Both are beautiful
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Jim N



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great work on the down force modifications. Both look very nice!
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where is that darn thumbs up emoticon? You'd have 5 of them if they were here, excellent builds brother.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

very slick builds...

(these pics were in the nose mod tutorial...i think...right?)
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

scooter64 wrote:
very slick builds...

(these pics were in the nose mod tutorial...i think...right?)


The GoDaddy car was the car from that tutorial..

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R.J.



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great work, very nice.
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jamie



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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2018 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mark, do you still have the link to the how-to for this mod? I had it saved in my bookmarks but it was on the WIP page from the old board...

If not, I vaguely remember how to do it so I could probably pull it off but I'd like to double check some things before I start hacking.

thanks man.
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mprmprmpr



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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2018 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jamie wrote:
Mark, do you still have the link to the how-to for this mod? I had it saved in my bookmarks but it was on the WIP page from the old board...

If not, I vaguely remember how to do it so I could probably pull it off but I'd like to double check some things before I start hacking.

thanks man.


I definitely still have the pictures from the "how to" saved so that may help. I'll post them in the order I did them for the mod when I get a chance.. They are pretty self explanatory, but I can answer questions and fill in the blanks if you have any.
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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2018 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mprmprmpr wrote:
jamie wrote:
Mark, do you still have the link to the how-to for this mod? I had it saved in my bookmarks but it was on the WIP page from the old board...

If not, I vaguely remember how to do it so I could probably pull it off but I'd like to double check some things before I start hacking.

thanks man.


I definitely still have the pictures from the "how to" saved so that may help. I'll post them in the order I did them for the mod when I get a chance.. They are pretty self explanatory, but I can answer questions and fill in the blanks if you have any.
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Mark, that would be great if you can post them I would like to know how you did this as well.
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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Okay, here we go.. these are the pictures that went along with the tutorial I originally did. You can pretty much get the idea from the pictures. If you have any specific questions feel free to ask.

First step, I remove everything on the outside of the body marked with blue tape..









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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Front and rear pieces removed and shaved the spoiler braces ..





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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thinned the areas with the red arrows and the wheel wells and cut the side skirts down..





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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I took the lower front valance I had cut off and glued it to the upper portion front bumper.


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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Then I cut a piece of thin sheet styrene to shape and wrap it around the front.






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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Getting there....



Some filler...


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PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2018 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After some sanding and shaping....


And then I added strips of styrene for a new front valance and side skirts..

And that's basically it.. Before and after pics...




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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome. Thank you! I'm working on Truex's Wrangler Chevy from 2004 (I believe you did the decals) and will be doing this mod. The reference pic I have looks like they had the downforce package on it.
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