tadz0rz wrote:Really hope to catch up with you at a meet when your kit is all done. Want to see what its like in person
Thats the plan mate.
I was going to go to the next eastside meet but it looks like I am going away for the weekend.
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Time to fit out the front lip!!!!
I came across a couple of hurdles during another dry fit
The plastic screws that hold on the plastic inner guard are not suitable for fixing the Lip to the car so I swapped them over for some slide on steel clips and black button head screws.
Then I drill out the dimples on the lip where it wraps around into the wheel arch
The holes line up perfectly with the OEM holes
I came across a couple of hurdles during another dry fit
The plastic screws that hold on the plastic inner guard are not suitable for fixing the Lip to the car so I swapped them over for some slide on steel clips and black button head screws.
Then I drill out the dimples on the lip where it wraps around into the wheel arch
The holes line up perfectly with the OEM holes
Last edited by lukeaday on Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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And here is the dry fit!!
Hurdle No_2
I have to fit some fog lights before I fit the lip to the car because the lip cover all the OEM mesh panel except a circular cutout for future fog lights.
Hurdle No_3
Factory paint jobs SUCK
Not sure if you have noticed but just about every car getting around with plastic bumpers seem to be a shade or two different colour to the main body. This is due to the plastic sucking in the pigment on the bumpers in comparison to the metal body when painted in the exact same colour.
It looks even worse when you get a colour code match for the car and paint out a body kit. Yes, It matches the car but not the bumper it is going on.
Never to mind. I have plenty of paint left over so it looks like I will be painting the front and rear plastic bars again.
Probably re paint the front and rear lips after fitout to get the same colour throughout.
Hurdle No_2
I have to fit some fog lights before I fit the lip to the car because the lip cover all the OEM mesh panel except a circular cutout for future fog lights.
Hurdle No_3
Factory paint jobs SUCK
Not sure if you have noticed but just about every car getting around with plastic bumpers seem to be a shade or two different colour to the main body. This is due to the plastic sucking in the pigment on the bumpers in comparison to the metal body when painted in the exact same colour.
It looks even worse when you get a colour code match for the car and paint out a body kit. Yes, It matches the car but not the bumper it is going on.
Never to mind. I have plenty of paint left over so it looks like I will be painting the front and rear plastic bars again.
Probably re paint the front and rear lips after fitout to get the same colour throughout.
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Luke, that looks AMAZING!!
Now need to lower the car and perhaps some nice GOLD rims!!
Now need to lower the car and perhaps some nice GOLD rims!!
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Cosworth Panel Filter w/ RA Intake | SuperCircuit 4-2-1 Headers | Creat’d Ti-tipped SS exhaust
BC BR-type Coilovers | UR + Whiteline Bars
EBC GreenStuff Pads | RDA Rotors
Cosworth Panel Filter w/ RA Intake | SuperCircuit 4-2-1 Headers | Creat’d Ti-tipped SS exhaust
BC BR-type Coilovers | UR + Whiteline Bars
EBC GreenStuff Pads | RDA Rotors
Deano1964 wrote:Looking good!
I reckon all it needs is a black out bumper, to match all the black accents on the kit. Match the bumper and top frame to the fog light accents
The wife doesn't like the blackout
I was thinking of paint the upper grill suround the same colour as the car.
If not then the same colour as the rest of the black.
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