SRX8 2012/13 Project

[M.Doban]

Wow. This is so sick. You do some seriously nice work! Body work is no simple task either. You should be very proud of what you're turning out.

[Kruizer]

Damn dude, this thing is awesome. Definitely subbed, looking forward to this being finished.

Thanks mate, have set the finished date for Sept '14

this is pure madness.
love it man!

Appreciate the positive comments guys

[Dano]

this is pure madness.
love it man!

[Codidly]

Damn dude, this thing is awesome. Definitely subbed, looking forward to this being finished.

[Anonymoose]

[Kruizer]

Did a bit of arch rolling yesterday on a R32 GTST so gave the RX8 some fresh air.


Ground down the engine bay so nearly ready for filler.




Tipping away on the cage, not getting very far as its slow work but happy enough.



Hope to finish off the cage this week all going well.

[Kruizer]

Wow

I can't even comprehend all the awesomeness here. You are a mad man!

Thanks I think ha, ha...

i'm always giddy when i look in here

Gotta keep it fun

I want to make a trip to Ireland. just to see this

We'll go for pints

You are an artist.

Chancer more like it...

love this, I think you should post me over your standard wheels for my mazda5

Hmmmm, I dunno...

Can't wait to see how this thing turns out !

Amazing

Me too...


Rear bumper has been fibreglassed now and getting ready for filler :


Thankfully I had the old front bumper and was able to rob the bracket off it as all the supports have been cut away :


Shut line is alot better now, I can focus on fibreglassing :


Rest of the car will be going for primer at the end of the month, more focused on the RX7 atm

[MrGL2]

Can't wait to see how this thing turns out !

Amazing

[am4nf]

love this, I think you should post me over your standard wheels for my mazda5

[Miroteknik]

You are an artist.

[rsingh3g]

I want to make a trip to Ireland. just to see this

[P78]

i'm always giddy when i look in here

[aLaFleur]

I can't even comprehend all the awesomeness here. You are a mad man!

[Joltanu]

Wow

[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.