no turning back

There are points during a project where there is no turning back. When you do something that fully commits your project from where it was, to where it will be. I'm pretty sure I passed that point this weekend.

At the drift, I noticed that almost all the S13s had the rear package shelf and rear sheetmetal that supported the rear seat removed. But, its not just a easy as unfixing a few bolts and removing the offending panels..nope, these panels are spot welded in. Not only that, the hinges for the trunk lid attach to the rear package shelf. You could remove all but the needed metal, but why? But what about the hinges? Well, instead of using hinges, use hood pins. That's what I did. Converted the trunk lid to work with pins, which was pretty easy. And since that was done, I could cut the extra metal out. Break out the torch and grinder. Most of the metal has been removed, just a few more grinds on some spot welds and a little grinding to clean up the cut edges and I'm good to go. Really cleans up the rear end. I'll grab some pics tomorrow when I'm done, 'cause it looks all racy and shit.