The cage is complete! Right, right…pictures. I won’t even waste your time talking about what we did today, but before we start, just know that there are 20+ pictures so if you’re not on a high speed connection…go take a nap.

This pretty much sums it up:

It’s round 4 of the cage progress pictures…let’s get started!

First up, here you can see the door X tacked in place (no gusset yet) as well as the final bar in the rear that connects the bottom of the b-pillar main hoop to the rear strut:

The UPS man brought some presents from NRG today. Here’s the two boxes, the packaging is much nicer than I remembered:

Two new sponsors have joined the team and a new seat is here and ready to be test fit so we can weld in the harness bar.

First up, The Brake Man will be providing every piece of braking equipment that is going on the car including lightweight rotors, calipers, lines, pads, and fluid.

Next, Cobra Seats will be providing us with 2 Suzuka kevlar HANS compatible racing seats. These seats meet (and exceed) the new FIA 2010 requirements and are made with fireproof fabric. Here’s a few pictures of one of them:

It’s 3:30 in the morning and I just got home from the shop. Today was the longest day I’ve spent on the car yet and I’m definitely glad to say that it’s over. I’ll follow the same format as last time. First you get to see me do the hardest work on the car yet, then you get to see updated cage pictures. Let’s get to it.

What could be worse than scraping and brushing wheel wells you might ask? How about the bottom of the car. Everything is completely upside down, you have to hold a heavy saw above your head for 12 hours, and all of the crap you’re sanding off the bottom of the car falls directly on top of you. Then to make things worse, it’s the largest surface area there is.

Everyone wave goodbye to the stock block!

Before we get started I feel that I need to give you guys fair warning. This is going to be a LONG post and if you’re on 56k…go take a nap. I believe this post is going to have 30 pictures in it so don’t wait around if you’re not on a high speed connection.

First, let’s talk about the last 20 hours of my life. What was accomplished during those 20 hours? Well…4 wheel wells are now free of tar, silicon, sound deadening, and whatever the hell else Subaru sprays in there. It was the worst 20 hours I’ve spent in quite a while so I figured I’d drag you through it before I show you the “fun” pictures.

This is what the wheel wells look like:

We have some good news and some bad news. Hopefully the good news makes up for the bad news…I’ll see in the coming days.

Let’s start off with the good news, shall we? The Blouch Dominator 3.0r showed up today!

I just got back from APR with some goodies.

I immediately took the wing out of the box because I had to feel how light it was. Dry carbon is just amazing…the cardboard box it was in weighed more than the wing. It’s 2 pounds.

First off, let me apologize for the picture quality. I had to take these with my iPhone because I left my camera at home. With that said, here are a few pics of the day’s progress:

Have you ever stood INSIDE of a trunk before? I certainly haven’t. There’s a first time for everything I guess: