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<blockquote data-quote="suicidekings" data-source="post: 15874442" data-attributes="member: 121833"><p>spent the weekend tracking down my fuel issues and I removed everything and worked backwards. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479586[/ATTACH]Untitled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Disassembled the regulator and found some small debris. I put everything back together and now its regulating without maxing out the adjustment at only 6psi. </p><p></p><p>So I had S550 5.0 badges back in 2015 but they are now pretty overplayed. Plus with the 363 its no longer a 5.0 so I decided I needed something different. </p><p></p><p>The Fox Saleens had "race craft suspension" and I really liked that touch. So I decided to do a little tribute to that. Since I have the full Maximum Motorsports setup I decided to have some billet badges made. </p><p></p><p>Here is what I came up with. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479587[/ATTACH]Untitled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>I really liked the way they looked but I didn't want them to stick out like a sore thumb so I decided to color match the badges. Started spraying them gray to match the molding. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479588[/ATTACH]Untitled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Next step was to paint the milled out areas to match the body. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479589[/ATTACH]Untitled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479590[/ATTACH]Untitled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>I ended up spraying the badge with clear in order to bring some shine to the red in the badge. </p><p></p><p>Cleaning up the adhesive. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479591[/ATTACH]Untitled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Here is the finished product. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479592[/ATTACH]Untitled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479593[/ATTACH]Untitled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479594[/ATTACH]Untitled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>I want to have the verbiage "suspension by" on top but im struggling to find the spacing and size that looks good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="suicidekings, post: 15874442, member: 121833"] spent the weekend tracking down my fuel issues and I removed everything and worked backwards. [ATTACH=full]1479586[/ATTACH]Untitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr Disassembled the regulator and found some small debris. I put everything back together and now its regulating without maxing out the adjustment at only 6psi. So I had S550 5.0 badges back in 2015 but they are now pretty overplayed. Plus with the 363 its no longer a 5.0 so I decided I needed something different. The Fox Saleens had "race craft suspension" and I really liked that touch. So I decided to do a little tribute to that. Since I have the full Maximum Motorsports setup I decided to have some billet badges made. Here is what I came up with. [ATTACH=full]1479587[/ATTACH]Untitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr I really liked the way they looked but I didn't want them to stick out like a sore thumb so I decided to color match the badges. Started spraying them gray to match the molding. [ATTACH=full]1479588[/ATTACH]Untitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr Next step was to paint the milled out areas to match the body. [ATTACH=full]1479589[/ATTACH]Untitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr [ATTACH=full]1479590[/ATTACH]Untitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr I ended up spraying the badge with clear in order to bring some shine to the red in the badge. Cleaning up the adhesive. [ATTACH=full]1479591[/ATTACH]Untitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr Here is the finished product. [ATTACH=full]1479592[/ATTACH]Untitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr [ATTACH=full]1479593[/ATTACH]Untitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr [ATTACH=full]1479594[/ATTACH]Untitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr I want to have the verbiage "suspension by" on top but im struggling to find the spacing and size that looks good. [/QUOTE]
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