SRX8 2012/13 Project

[shark tales]

Wow. Ridiculously epic. As if the is wasnt a work of art.

Seriously skilled


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[Kruizer]

Wow. Ridiculously epic. As if the is wasnt a work of art.

Seriously skilled


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Ya miss the Altezza alright, was a cool car...

Decided to get off my lazy hole and fit the primed panels back to the car, next up is the boot door, still have to collect the bonnet.


Spoiler shut line is working well with the original shut line of the boot.



Fat arse on her.



Caesar having a sniff in the background.

[pejsa]

shits mad. this is gonna rock dude

[axelillo_PR]

Spoiler is perfect btw what is your plan for sideskirts?

[Kruizer]

shits mad. this is gonna rock dude

Appreciate it fella...

Spoiler is perfect btw what is your plan for sideskirts?

Thanks mate and see below

So finished off the boot door and tackled the sideskirts, they were straight so they needed to be twisted to match up with the new arches, after some chopping and fibreglassing I got there in the end, threw a few more bits on like the mirrors and petrol cap and I think she is starting to come together slowly






So the boot, bonnet and skirts should be back from the bodyshop Sunday or Monday

[244Brick]

SO epic man!!!

[Kruizer]

SO epic man!!!

Thanks mate

So I got the bonnet, boot and sideskirts back from the bodyshop, all are primed now so there is only the two bumpers that are left to do from a bolt off / bolt on point of view. Happy with how the skirts turned out, the fit turned out well as nothing is holding them on front or rear, just in the middle. Enough words, more pic's :


Got enough vents ?


Looks good...


AE86 spoiler :




Next up, the rear bumper :

[Zic]

This is so awesome, keep it up man Will look sinister when done.

[AlexWilmot]

this is the best porn out there

[Evil Panda]

Wow.

[TheLowdown]

Seeing this picture, and being able to envision how this thing is gonna look, made me smile like a 12 year old in an ice cream shop. I have a lot of respect for this build, seeing how much work has gone into it. Keep up the good work man, its gonna be so damn worth it when its done.

[Miroteknik]

I can't look at it very long.

I like it so much.

[LCG]

I don't fancy the wing shape but what do I know..

The car is awesome!

[rsingh3g]

The ass is going to need a nice diffuser, I love how its coming along

[Kruizer]

This is so awesome, keep it up man Will look sinister when done.

this is the best porn out there

Porn is a bridge ported single turbo rotary engine, maybe I'll eventually get one LoL

Wow.

Seeing this picture, and being able to envision how this thing is gonna look, made me smile like a 12 year old in an ice cream shop. I have a lot of respect for this build, seeing how much work has gone into it. Keep up the good work man, its gonna be so damn worth it when its done.

I wanna get it finished so I can have a proper nap LoL

I can't look at it very long.

I like it so much.

Its haunting my dreams if thats any consolation ?

I don't fancy the wing shape but what do I know..

The car is awesome!

Ya its not for everyone but looks different in the flesh...

The ass is going to need a nice diffuser, I love how its coming along

I dunno man, kinda happy with where I'm at for now


So with the day job being so busy atm I don't have a lot of time to give to the RX8 however I can squeeze an hour or two here and there. I decided I wanted rid of the licence plate recess so rather than use that expanding foam crap which is so bloody messy I went a different route.

I started off by paying a trip to Flowers Forever where I normal get herself something but this time it was for my other lady in the form of the oasis blocks that are used for displays. These blocks can be sanded with very little effort and weigh nothing. So with some impact adhesive I glued in three blocks and a bit of masking tape for 15mins until it set.


Using a steel ruler I gentle sawed my way along the tlop line of the bumper to keep the natural curve and from there used the waste to fill underneath as I only used 2/3's of the width of the block and the gradual slope meant that was more than enough, end results was this. I think the lights look like eyes with a green mouth underneath LoL



Next up I will grind the edges of the recess down so I can apply a layer of fibreglass matting with a sudden rise. While all that was going I decided to keep some rear vents much like the front wings, using fibreglass matting again I reinforced space at the back and a resin at the front and left the metal plates that were original popriveted there for strength. So here is the first pass at how the rear vent looks.


Obviously still a lot more to do so will keep you posted as I go.