SRX8 2012/13 Project

[Kruizer]

That front pic...holy hell

Chunky monkey

So nasty!

Like your sig

How do you plan on doing the bumper?

With a positive attitude mixed in with hopes and dreams

This is crazy! Keep it up!

Can't wait to see this complete!

One day

[YUNoLoTed]

Can't wait to see this complete!

[Brian.]

This is crazy! Keep it up!

[244Brick]

How do you plan on doing the bumper?

[rsingh3g]

So nasty!

[RolledAndPulledG]

That front pic...holy hell

[Kruizer]

Man, I love this build

Cheers fella...

I love that damn spoiler.

It is coming along slowly...

In for more goodness!

Welcomed for more pic's

Approved!

Copper pipe....

So I collected the wings and 4 doors from the panel beater last weekend, didn't wanna squeeze in the bonnet in chase I damaged it, I have to say I'm very happy, there are 3 good layers of DeBeers 2pac primer on so the panels will just need to blocked and painted. As the car wont be going for paint for a while this will give me a good idea of th end result rather than a load of colours mixed / mashed together.


Took out the engine last night as I'm pretty much sick of filler / fibreglass atm. I want to prep the engine bay and interior for primer/paint.


So before I wrapped up last night I fitted the wings to get a proper idea of how wide she was, all I could think was "Beast Mode : On"


Rolling Arches tonight and setting suspension on a mates car so it will probably be next Monday before I'm at it again

[magnumleigh]

Approved!

[2.oTAWD]

In for more goodness!

[Miroteknik]

I love that damn spoiler.

[loekaaz]

Man, I love this build

[Kruizer]

Gimme more! Gimme more! I am totally hooked on this thread!

I may even have to re think selling my RX-8...

There is a dude on No Rotors doing a 6.0L T56 build you could check out

So I've been tipping away on the AE86 spoiler the past few evenings, although matt black looks cool as f**k it is an absolute f**k to sand off, it eats pads and time but got it off anyways, chopped the spoiler a bit more so it was closer to the boot and cut two lines into the rear so as to give more of a vertical rise while keeping a clean line on top.


Some bonding agent and pop rivets later she was stuck down.


To keep maximum strength in the joint I had pre sunk the rivets into the spoiler so they could be left in, add the bonding agent and some fibreglass matting this sucker should never crack.


Over that I then used a 50/50 mix of filler/fibreglass for more strength leaving the two corners till last as I had little or no idea how they would work out.


Using fibreglass matting and tin fibreglass to keep weight down rather than filler I built up a skin from the boot edge to the spoiler that flowed with the line of lights without loosing the lines of the spoiler, there is a 2mm gap between the base of spoiler that sits on the quarter so closing wont cause any cracking issues, also the spoiler looks flushed on the top front edges however its just the camera angle, I was able to keep the flat lines of the edges and carry them through to the boot and quarter. Should be back on this Monday evening again.

[Purple]

Gimme more! Gimme more! I am totally hooked on this thread!

I may even have to re think selling my RX-8...

[Kruizer]

youre crazy! this is gonna be so good. You know i have a thing for overly wide mazdas...

You and me both buddy


So I got a bit more done last week, chopped up the AE86 spoiler a bit more to give a sharper rise at the rear. Then got out the bondo and pop rivets, still more to do but you get the idea.


Stipped off the bonnet, wings and 4 doors so I could drop them out to the panel beaters garage, should all be back by the end of the week in primer. He is fixing up the car park dents and this frees me up to focus on the other bits.


Even the dogs decided to chip in to get shit done, from the left you have Caesar, Nibbles, Phoebe and Romeo hiding in the background.


Its mad how far back the engine is and oh ya how bare the car is now



Next up, finishing the boot/spoiler for primer and move onto the engine bay and interior.

[RolledAndPulledG]

youre crazy! this is gonna be so good. You know i have a thing for overly wide mazdas...