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Rear Diffuser - just ordered....
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fair call, but when you ellucidate on the phone, saying", "hey, I want the same as the picture, that nice charcoal grey", then alarm bells should have rung out....
Anyway, in matt black it looks like undercoat and not finished. The Toyota Deep Metallic Grey paint I chose should look good, be a nice compliment to my champagne colour (and equally with any of our colours, except the greyish-looking blue car).
krz, I did see the additional flange for mounting the dummy tip... thanks, it will be ground out quite quickly to accommodate the extra exhaust tip, but will have to leave it empty for now! Its up to RPW to get in that LLT Racing copy going quick.... either that or I might have to just get the LLT Racing axle-back... unsure of price.
fair call, but when you ellucidate on the phone, saying", "hey, I want the same as the picture, that nice charcoal grey", then alarm bells should have rung out....
Anyway, in matt black it looks like undercoat and not finished. The Toyota Deep Metallic Grey paint I chose should look good, be a nice compliment to my champagne colour (and equally with any of our colours, except the greyish-looking blue car).
krz, I did see the additional flange for mounting the dummy tip... thanks, it will be ground out quite quickly to accommodate the extra exhaust tip, but will have to leave it empty for now! Its up to RPW to get in that LLT Racing copy going quick.... either that or I might have to just get the LLT Racing axle-back... unsure of price.
Had the diffuser painted locally, in a deep metallic grey (Toyota colour). This cost $130.
Technically, I should have cut the left exhaust hole flange before I had it painted, but I needed to get it to the panel beater directly to ensure it was done prior to Xmas day.
I would be careful cutting the left aperature, even with a steady hand and a dremel... take your time and leave the cut proud, finishing with a dremel grinding wheel to make it perfect and smooth....
Wear eye protection and also a mask, fibreglass is terrible stuff...keep your lungs clean!
I am going to steal some images here, to show you before;
This is the image of the bar from talon, it comes with two exhaust tips and some black mesh, which is easily retained by self-tapping screws into tabs that are pre-cast into the resin.
Mine was matt black and not gloss like this one.... imagine it looked much more terrible~!
This is an image of the left hand exhaust hole, with the flange for mounting a dummy (not connected to exhaust) tip.
Compare to the right-hand side, you can see what needs to be cut out..
Now, when you fit it, best have the car on stands to raise it up (or a hoist better). I have a 90-degree angle attachment for my drill, so I could drill the four mounting holes from under the car without lifting.
The diffuser is only held on with four self-tapping screws. This is plainly not enough to draw the kit perfectly onto the rear bumper, leaving unsightly gaps. They are only a millimeter to two, but its not good. Much trimming and fitting would need to be done to get this perfect or you could use a small P-section or bulb seal to get a nice finish.
Sikaflex is a good idea here too.. not so much to retain the diffuser onto the car (although there will be some adhesion), but to dampen any vibration.
The problem with fibreglassing is that the mold must be very, very stiff to make perfect parts, all the time. Shrinkage in the mold (and once out) can cause it to either become better or worse fitting too... fibreglass has a mind of it's own in this regard. I have seen (and heard) boats release themselves from molds and the cracking sounds is incredible...
So, in keeping with the trim on the front of my car (matt nose with chrome trim) I decided to break up the colours with more chrome strip.
I think it is quite effective (although surely not to everyone's taste.... I don't need to hear about it if it is not to your liking... I accept you may not like it !!)
The trim breaks up the grey and gold effectively and keeps the front and rear of the car somewhat similar.
The left-hand exhaust hole looks lonely at the moment and will be all good when RPW gets their twin-outlet single muffler assembly up and running (hopefully shortly)!
Here is the rear;
The hole which has been dremel cut;
Price? Well, the kit delivered and painted is $450, the chrome tape and sikaflex ran another $24. Fitting free, mad skills here! (unless it falls off!)
The dual-exhaust will run me another $600-ish, so it truly is a grand-affair (pun intended) !
I will get some more profile images of the car after Xmas, I hope this mod lends itself to the wonderful lines of the Lancer.
Enjoy!
Technically, I should have cut the left exhaust hole flange before I had it painted, but I needed to get it to the panel beater directly to ensure it was done prior to Xmas day.
I would be careful cutting the left aperature, even with a steady hand and a dremel... take your time and leave the cut proud, finishing with a dremel grinding wheel to make it perfect and smooth....
Wear eye protection and also a mask, fibreglass is terrible stuff...keep your lungs clean!
I am going to steal some images here, to show you before;
This is the image of the bar from talon, it comes with two exhaust tips and some black mesh, which is easily retained by self-tapping screws into tabs that are pre-cast into the resin.
Mine was matt black and not gloss like this one.... imagine it looked much more terrible~!
This is an image of the left hand exhaust hole, with the flange for mounting a dummy (not connected to exhaust) tip.
Compare to the right-hand side, you can see what needs to be cut out..
Now, when you fit it, best have the car on stands to raise it up (or a hoist better). I have a 90-degree angle attachment for my drill, so I could drill the four mounting holes from under the car without lifting.
The diffuser is only held on with four self-tapping screws. This is plainly not enough to draw the kit perfectly onto the rear bumper, leaving unsightly gaps. They are only a millimeter to two, but its not good. Much trimming and fitting would need to be done to get this perfect or you could use a small P-section or bulb seal to get a nice finish.
Sikaflex is a good idea here too.. not so much to retain the diffuser onto the car (although there will be some adhesion), but to dampen any vibration.
The problem with fibreglassing is that the mold must be very, very stiff to make perfect parts, all the time. Shrinkage in the mold (and once out) can cause it to either become better or worse fitting too... fibreglass has a mind of it's own in this regard. I have seen (and heard) boats release themselves from molds and the cracking sounds is incredible...
So, in keeping with the trim on the front of my car (matt nose with chrome trim) I decided to break up the colours with more chrome strip.
I think it is quite effective (although surely not to everyone's taste.... I don't need to hear about it if it is not to your liking... I accept you may not like it !!)
The trim breaks up the grey and gold effectively and keeps the front and rear of the car somewhat similar.
The left-hand exhaust hole looks lonely at the moment and will be all good when RPW gets their twin-outlet single muffler assembly up and running (hopefully shortly)!
Here is the rear;
The hole which has been dremel cut;
Price? Well, the kit delivered and painted is $450, the chrome tape and sikaflex ran another $24. Fitting free, mad skills here! (unless it falls off!)
The dual-exhaust will run me another $600-ish, so it truly is a grand-affair (pun intended) !
I will get some more profile images of the car after Xmas, I hope this mod lends itself to the wonderful lines of the Lancer.
Enjoy!
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