After waiting and battling for about a year with my body shop, they agreed to repaint the car. While it was there, I had any and every last dent removed, shaved the rear antenna, removed the GTC side skirts, rolled the front fenders (back is already rolled) painted the carbon hood black and had an RE-A N1 nose put on the car, replacing the old FEED Type II which split in half after I hit a rock (split the oil pan in half too!)

I went over to the shop yesterday to go over the car and have any errors fixed so I'm hoping to have it back in two weeks time. They didn't bother to realign the fenders or the passenger's door and there were a few paint errors which need fixing as well.

Overall I'm pretty happy. I would, however, like to replace or refurbish some of the trim. The door seals around the windows look good. They managed to damage the two that run along the outside of the window's base (pass and driver side) but the other mouldings look good. The front windshield and rear window seals are brand new. The sunroof's seal needs refurbishing or replacing and I'd especially like to replace the windshield wiper cover plastic, the one that sits in between the back of the hood and the front of the windshield. Also the wiper arms are pretty worn from debris. Should I just pull those off and paint them? They look anodized? Would it be easier (and hopefully not too expensive) to replace them? If anyone knows a good vendor for exterior trim, chime in!

So after almost two years she has or will have shortly:
new engine, zero hours, almost a $9K buildup (just the engine!)
new wheels (well sort of, powdercoated Volk SE37A's, zero miles after coating)
new paint
new carpet (yeah, the group buy!)
new seat covers
redone interior plastics
new brakes (disks and pads)
rebuilt/painted calipers (AP Racing)
new Mocal oil coolers/lines
new tires
new battery wiring
lots of stuff redone, rerouted, plummed, etc...

There's not much left on the car that's original. I'll more than likely go with a set of FEED sideskirts and if I can find one, a FEED rear wing. I'm also debating an A-spec GT500 turbo kit. I have a decent turbo on there now (probably very similar to the GT500 sans ball bearing CHRA) but IMHO, it's not the complete package.

I couldn't get very good images due to the time of day and the fact it was sandwiched in by two other cars on either side but here are a few. Last image is of the car as it existed prior. I had the side skirts removed as they didn't bolt right on and never fit right. The body shop refused to fit them for me so I always had issues with them. It's the same hood, just painted black.

 

looks good michel, i miss seeing your car around town... Who did your body-work in naples? Im looking to get a paint job somewhere in SW Florida.

 

Eagle Auto but I've had so many issues with them I cannot recommend them. Most of the shops in South Ft. Myers seem to be a whole lot more competent.

 

yah you told me about them to me before, they were very expensive and the guy was a real jackass to me.

 

Yep, that pretty much sums up that place.

 

Nice looking car, what brand is your ks hood?

 

Your front bumper doesn't seem to be lining up with the hood headlights. I take it is a Pre-Auto replica?

 

It actually lines up pretty well. The fenders are what need adjusting. It's far better than the Rotary Extreme FEED I had on there prior!

Hood is from RE.