Project Astrolade

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Project Astrolade

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I'm doing this Astro for a customer. Cadillac tail lights, shaved door handles, suicide driver door, escalade front end conversion. It has a 2/3 drop, and he has 20's for it.

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Awesome! I love these kind of pics.
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Suhweeeet! =D> =D> =D>
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Watchin this one. Lots of pics of the suicide work would be appreciated. Nice work by the way.
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Great - just great - now I am not going to get any sleep tonight - dreaming about Astro Vans... and solving that current problem I have with mine.... always seem to do the best thinking when asleep... Keep up the posts that is going to be one sweet van :guitar:
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How much are these mods gonna cost your customer? I don`t mean to be rude, I`m just curious.... ?

Nice work, I`m following along....
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Any pics with more detail of the work you did for the suicide hinges before prime ?
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Welcome aboard.Nice to see such great work from a hometown guy.Like I told you,these guys enjoy seeing this kind of work.Maybe we can get together soon.

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Any detail pic`s on how you fitted the Caddi-tails ? Did you mount them high or low ?
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Rebel wrote:Watchin this one. Lots of pics of the suicide work would be appreciated. Nice work by the way.
Here are a few other pictures of the hinge install on the rear pillar
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I am still working on the door. I'll have more picture posted soon. For a nice "how to" on installing SD hinges go here. http://www.suicidedoors.com/content/200 ... ily-driver
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SoCalli V8 wrote:How much are these mods gonna cost your customer? I don`t mean to be rude, I`m just curious.... ?

Nice work, I`m following along....
His total bill is $2,000 and that is just for labor, he bought all the materials. It will not be painted either, it will be returned with the spots primered. I'm guessing he has close to $600 in parts invested.
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GEJ wrote:Welcome aboard.Nice to see such great work from a hometown guy.Like I told you,these guys enjoy seeing this kind of work.Maybe we can get together soon.

Gary

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SoCalli V8 wrote:Any detail pic`s on how you fitted the Caddi-tails ? Did you mount them high or low ?

I haven't done the tail lights yet. I will be getting fillers from grant customs, and then cutting the shape out of the filler, and equal distances above and below the stock tail light for the cadillac buckets. If that makes sence. I should be working on them by next week, so stay tuned.
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Great project idea and the results are already looking spectacular. Thanks for sharing. I can't wait for the next batch of pics.
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Here are a few other pictures I found.

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