BR's Car Club is officially in the home stretch to completing and unveiling it's Spirit Car!
Yes, the tired old 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse has been given new life, thanks to the passion
and dedication of the Bishop Reding students in Car Club and the automotive department!
Let's see what the last seven days have encompassed:
The underglows are in, and in order to install them under the car, two senior Transportation students traced and cut out three bumper plates which will form a recessed lip under the front and rear bumpers. These bumper plates will allow for the LED light strips to be installed without making them the lowest point on the vehicle's body. This is important so that the lights don't break off when we drive this low rider over a speed bump.
And so, with the jigsaw, some sandpaper, paint, and a hot glue gun, the underglows are soon installed...
We also had two students help wire up the underglows through the firewall and into our main
switch panel, to have them turn on at the touch of a button, alongside the amp rack Reding Royals sign behind the seats...
A few more graphics went on the car...
We then focussed on other small details. A junior student worked on carving a small piece of wood that would later be used to cover an ugly gap just below the faux intercooler. It will then be painted and installed to complete the fit.
We also gave the rear license plate our pride treatment!
To further our attention to detail, we also had Car Club students remove the wheels and touch up the inner fender panels with some flat black paint, to cover old over spray from prior work...
We also closed the ugly gap between the TV and the subs with a thin carpeted flexible panel. It allows the TV to raise and retract without displaying the inner workings of the actuator and wires.
A few senior car club students worked painstakingly on our rear hatch cover trim. As mentioned before, we had to flatten the large hump that existed before, when it covered the rear wiper motor assembly. Since ditching the motor, we flushed the panel with MDF and fibreglass, sanded it, painted it, and applied some graphics, drawing some attention to our upcoming new website for the Spirit Car's new job: On Site Special Events Vehicle!
Now, other than a few minor installations and touch ups, like the webcast system, some interior trim, and a few final graphics, our special vehicle is ready to roll!!! With the lights shut off in the room, we enjoy the warm glow of the LED strips under the car.
Once away from the hoist, the BR CAR will be itching to take a low stance at all kinds of events around the school for years to come!
See you next week!!
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