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Exterior, Headlights, Hood Scoop, Paint, Wheels & Tires
Well we settled on a paint color... we knew we wanted yellow.... no doubt... but what yellow??
We want a similar paint job as in the attached “this color combo” picture….. i.e., Yellow, 2 wide strips (9” to 7.5”) and a pair of red team strips on the front left fender. When I drop off the eng and other parts July 9th at Unique, I’ll take some painter’s tape to lay out the final location of the red team strips on my body with Alan. Based on the picture, it looks like the leading edge of the first strip is about 6” back from the front hood seam and flows down to the ~1 to 1:30 position on the wheel opening. Based on my “scale” measurements, the team strips are 2” wide with a 1” separation. Also a simple bright (wet looking) RED paint is good here (like Porsche or Ferrari would use).
When we visited the Barber International Raceway in Birmingham, AL during Unique's Homecoming, we went the the Vintage museum there and saw, first hand, the color we really liked on a Polaris Victory Vegas motorcycle on display (there were over 600 bikes on display.... so a very good place to pick colors !) To top it off, I was able to grab Alan and show him first hand the color we wanted him to paint. When he saw the paint, he said it's either a candy or DuPont Hot Hues paint. So, we were able to visit a DuPont Hot Hue store and view the Hot Hue paint chips and they also confirmed the Polaris Victory Vegas paint colors we saw at Barber (I’ve attached several pictures in the Victory pictures attached). So if you go to the paint shop, have the guy look at the DuPont, Hot Hues under POLARIS. You’ll see other manufacturers like Harley, etc. Once in the Polaris paint section, you see the following:
The main body color is FLAME YELLOW. Paint Code SE 4404, Hot Hue Formula 780325
The center stripe color is TURBO SILVER. Paint Code SE 4801, Hot Hue Formula 780319
Since Victory took the time to match the Flame Yellow and the Turbo Silver (see attached pict's).... we're going with the same color combo, Flame Yellow main color, Turbo Silver wide race strips and the "wet" bright red team strips on the left front fender.
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Body, Headers, Frame and wheel update
My wife Mel and I visited Unique (Alan and Maurice) this past Friday. The main purpose of the visit was to review the frame before powder-coat (Maurice doing lots of extra fabrication for me) and pick-up the headers and side-pipes for ceramic coating. To provide a mounting spot for the 3rd brake light, 2nd picture below, Alan added some extra fiberglass. Take note of the “building inspector” in the third picture. On the frame, you'll note some of the modifications, e.g., X brace, Accusump and oil thermostat mountings. The two Canton oil filters will also go to the left and right of the thermostat. And finally, Maurice is making a special bracket for the ugly Accusump electric control valve and we'll "hide" that out-of-sight under the Accusump. We’re looking to the 3rd or 4th week of Sept to pick it up. Alan painted the underside of the hood a few weeks ago. We shipped it off to Killer Paint where Mike Lavelle is doing his “thing” with the airbrush. I should have pictures of that in a few days and will post in the Killer Paint thread. Once the hood is received back, Alan will complete the body paint. We also decided to paint the engine compartment the same color as the car. This should make a good contrast with the aluminum heat shield panels. I dropped off the headers and side-pipes at my local ceramic coater on our return trip home. He’ll ceramic coat both inside and out for max heat retention, flow and corrosion resistance. And finally, my wheels and tires came a few weeks ago and I had them mounted and balanced ready for the Cobra Pick-Up day (well, event for me :D)
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Front Shroud and LED lighting
I completed the front air shrouds and oil cooler install. It was much easier than I thought it would be much harder.
For the night viewers, I installed 4 low level LEDs. The photo below does not do it justice…. To the night eye you can see the Cobra just fine, but it’s not “too bright” at all.
Mark
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Custom side mirror installed
During Unique's May '10 homecoming, I saw another Unique Cobra owner with this type of side mirror install. Based on that, I didn't install the traditional fender side mirror. I bought a small billet motorcycle mirror, fabricated an aluminum bracket to attach to the top/side windshield frame and picked up some ss bolts for attaching. When standing back from the car, it isn't really noticeable.
Mark