My major project!

[S3TH]

S3th if you really want your arches rolled I better get an arch roller!! Remember I borrowed the one I used! Anything is possibly once I have my done!?
As you have probably gather shortage of time is my main problem!

Ah yes Leeroy, will certainly be needing your expertise..... Think I\'ll be getting the burnout rear arches too.... just replicate what you\'ve done with yours :o.... I\'ll email you when I\'ve got the arches, we\'ll have to discuss your rate & find out when you\'ve got time!

One thing about coming down south is fear of crossing paths with that Old-man.....

[leeroy_25]

where exactly are you based Nik??

[Nik da Greek]

Eh? Me? Darkest Worthing, since you ask. I\'m not that old, either, I\'m just saving time by starting on my second childhood without ever really finishing my first! Next week: mid-life crisis!

[S3TH]

Course not, I\'m just playing after all.... Took u a while to say it outright though- \'i\'m not old\', I admire that. Oh I should get out more.... :Giggle. If I go down south to see leeroy I\'m definitely popping by yours for a bit of banter whether you like it or not! :rollin.

[Nik da Greek]

Anytime you\'re passing, Young Boy, feel free to drop by for a cup of your good English tea with added banter! You can explain to me exactly how I\'ve managed to upfcuk the missus computer again, since you seem to understand these newfangled sorta things!

Sorry about him spammin up your thread with random, er me abuse, Leeroy, I think he means well, bless him!

[leeroy_25]

Well your not too far from me then. I work in Bognor.
We will have to arrange some kind of meet when I am finally road legal! Are you in the sussex Jap Car Club?

[Nik da Greek]

Yeah, sounds good! (meetin up, that is, not Bognor; that sounds less good!). I\'ve not joined the Sussex Jap Car Club, though I keep meaning to, I\'ve heard good things of them. I never seem to get the time, what with work, the little \'un, fixing the bloody car every other weekend, and the bike racing season being on, car shows, fixing the window frames on the house, etc, etc.......I remember sleep, it was something that happened to me back in the 80\'s lol!

But, yeah, I\'ll get my sh!te together and sort out joining some day. I think some other local guys on here are members, I believe there\'s a couple of FDs in Brighton, Lancing and that.

[leeroy_25]

Okay guy\'s..
I think it\'s is finally time! The pictures/post you have been waiting for...
... Stage 1 is finally complete! (When I say complete I have no MOT yet, Still need to fix the bumper mesh in properly and haven\'t fitted the AD9 bonnet-that can be stage 1.5!) Stage 1 is completion of the exterior. So it actually looks like a finished car from the outside. I will need to finish the basics of the interior next week to get it through MOT. Then it will be onto 1.5 most likely so prep, paint and fit bonnet, then stage 2 and 3 which will be the under bonnet and a bit of tunning and the IC build. Not sure which order I will do that in yet!
This weekend was basically flatting and polishing the REA wing and fitting it. then doing the same to the tailgate and bonnet. And then fine compounding the entire car by hand to remove the swirl marks from the machine polishing! Still needs to be waxed but by the end of the day I had sweated so much it wasn\'t funny! I was very pleased how the old bonnet and boot lid came up. After a flat with 2000 wet\'n\'dry they came up a lot better that I expected. The tailgate I won\'t need to repaint unless I run a different wing and have to fill the holes in it. (Although from the voting I think the REA one just had the edge!?) The bonnet is only temporary and only notices up close that the paint is a little dull and tired cmpared to the rest of the fresh paint on the car! Well without further ado here she is...











To make a slight understatement I was very pleased when I rolled it out of the garage to take these! Shame the sun is in the wrong place by that time! hence a bit of glare. I will get someone with a good camera to do some pics when I get it rolling and have the bonnet on.

Just for comparison.. This is what I was aiming for when I started the project. The kind of vision I had.. Less the 1000\'s of pounds of course!

Can anyone photoshop my car onto the same background by any chance? Please!!?

[karl_tate]

i love it, carnt believe the transformation from when you got it.

love the way you have got the same angle picture, wheels etc of your inspiration pic lol

i think the wheels need to be sat in the arches though

[interloper393]

do u use a block for flattning? if you look at a sde angle on my skyline doors it kinda looks rippled :S

cars looking stunningby the way

[ENVYD]

looks stunning mate! very well finished and all parts of the kit seem to fit very well together, even the wing!
 
2 sec photoshop aswell
 

[Macer]

All your hard work has definitely paid off - it looks stunning! :Thumbs-up

[shaunwil]

Fantastic. The Bonnet line is just amazing !

Shaun

[dandan]

That\'s top notch work there, looks really really good. I still think it is a shame that black seems to hide the awesome shapes of the burnout arches, they always look bigger on brighter coloured cars to me, still, it\'s a minor niggle when you compare it to the stunning result that you have, want to come and have a go at mine and rich\'s troublesome pinky white oxidised roof paint?

[leeroy_25]

Well.. Where do I start!! Thank you for all the positive feedback.. To be honest I am chuffed that everyone else thinks I have done justice to the car. Yet alone please with myself! Big Thank you to Envyd for your photoshop effort.. I need to get a version of that for my pc!

Karl.. when you refer to the wheels sitting in the arches.. do you mean lower?? I will play with the suspension set-up a bit more once I have got it on the road. I want it to be practical.. but would like to lower it a touch more!
Hopefully the AD9 bonnet will add a bit more to the looks too!

Interloper..  I do try and use a rubber block to flat where possible.. Obviously need to be very careful on edges and corners. The best trick is to mist on a contrasting colour over the area you are rubbing back. then when you have rubber all the colour off your panel should be flat!

Dandan - We will need to meet up some time!

Thanks again guy\'s. Especially for all the help along the way putting the car together and getting her running!

Lee