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CA: What was the most challenging thing for you guys in the second half of the project? I guess the first half was really devoted, a lot of it was obviously trimming the roof off, and then the seat mechanism, the rails and all of that.
MV: For me it was the bodywork.
SB: Mike did a lot of the bodywork.
MV: There was so much sanding involved. I've never done so much sanding in all my life.
 The most challenging aspect of the install after the center seat console was the bodywork. Mike Vu: "I've never done so much sanding in my life."  |
CA: That's right, when we were there [at Alpine's headquarters in L.A. last August] you had just gotten the body kit in. And it wasn't matching up exactly like you'd hoped.
MV: Exactly.
SB: It took a lot of work.
MV: And just to get the curve we wanted, the contours, and just making it look basically flawless, which I think we did a pretty good job doing.
CA: I think you did.
SB: It came out really really nice. I mean sure, we started out — we don't really do bodywork, but it came out really good.
