{"id":339,"date":"2025-06-13T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/?p=339"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T13:01:53","slug":"welding-cutting-banging-lather-rinse-repeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/welding-cutting-banging-lather-rinse-repeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Welding, cutting, banging, lather, rinse, repeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I picked up some decent-ish front fenders on our recent road trip which meant I could sacrifice my existing front fenders.\u00a0 The front left fender wheel arch on the rear right quarter panel, fits not too bad.\u00a0 \u00a0Could stand to drop a little further at the back end and I&#8217;ll have to abbreviate the front end of the arch and blend it into my &#8216;rockers&#8217;.\u00a0 See: &#8220;Not doing a museum level restoration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250612_172809610-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250612_172809610-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250612_172809610-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250612_172809610-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250612_172809610-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250612_172809610-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250612_172809610-660x371.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As far as the drivetrain part of the project goes, I&#8217;ve received the controller from Ireland, a case and connectors from Aliexpress, and an inverter wiring harness from California.\u00a0 \u00a0Also got a throttle pedal from a Honda Fit.\u00a0 I need to start crimping pins and wiring up the controller and then I should be able to spin this thing up on the engine stand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250605_190236812-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250605_190236812-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250605_190236812-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250605_190236812-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250605_190236812-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250605_190236812-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PXL_20250605_190236812-1-660x371.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also started documenting the wiring connections between the inverter, controller, throttle pedal, and transmission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/zombie-954x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/zombie-954x1024.png 954w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/zombie-279x300.png 279w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/zombie-768x825.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/zombie-1431x1536.png 1431w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/zombie-1907x2048.png 1907w, https:\/\/www.beer.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/zombie-660x709.png 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I picked up some decent-ish front fenders on our recent road trip which meant I could sacrifice my existing front fenders.\u00a0 The front left fender wheel arch on the rear right quarter panel, fits not too bad.\u00a0 \u00a0Could stand to drop a little further at the back end and I&#8217;ll have to abbreviate the front&#8230; 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