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Old 02-23-12, 03:47 AM
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Crazy Projekt. I Like !
Old 02-23-12, 01:27 PM
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Cross section welded

Seats in the car



Had to slot the drivers hinge

All slotted

Drivers door on its hinges and gas ram fitted

Still abit of work left to do
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Great projects....
Old 02-25-12, 12:37 PM
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Mock up steering wheel am after one of these

Drivers door nearly finished welding

Grills from America arrived

Gap cut in it for tow ring


Outer skin mock up

Door up

Old 02-26-12, 02:21 AM
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this is intense lovin it
Old 02-28-12, 01:54 PM
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Made metal bracket for the roof scoop

All fiberglassed

Scoop back on and window rubbers installed

Front closing panel all fiberglassed


Passenger side light trial fitted


Old 03-01-12, 01:36 PM
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Am making a rear diffuser for the car stay tuned

Pulled the car out first time its been out of the unit


Old 03-07-12, 03:23 PM
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Rear diffuser in primer

Top section sprayed

Rear of the car getting sanded

Passengers door getting filled in for better gaps

Drivers door on


Rear diffuser underside sprayed


Drivers door outer skin on
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Old 03-11-12, 06:36 AM
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Getting the passenger door all gapped up


Getting there



Rear diffuser all on



Old 03-13-12, 04:11 PM
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Got my steering wheel


The exhaust wrap arrived and front splitter supports and hew ariel

More sanding on the passenger side gaps

Better picture of the rear diffuser


Front splitter in the making



This arrived today compliments to my girlfriend :-)
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Unique project. A lot of work put into this car. Props sir
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hah that is awesome!
Old 03-20-12, 03:19 PM
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The door gaps coming along

Roof scoop all fillered

All sprayed black for the low spots

Getting there

Roof scoop back on still a good bit of work left on this

Bit more filler

Heat sheild arrived today yee haa

And my exhaust wrap stainless steel cable ties

Exhaust back on and all sealed up

Rear diffuser back on

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Nice build!
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wow thats alot of work...
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That thing is going to be sick man! Looking forward to the finished project
Old 03-23-12, 02:55 PM
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Cheers Guys

Alot of filling and sanding going on as im gapping the passenger door

The roof scoop sanding and filling

Lots of sanding here

A few low spots so re-fillered

After a few days of sanding i cut the new lines for the doors

Scoop coming along

The lines coming along

Anothe day on it and it will be ready for a skim of fiberglass
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Damn, looks so real! Can't wait to see the final result when the sleek body is all smooth and painted.
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Cheers yip its getting there the doors are the hardest to fit due to the gas ram kicking the door out due to the pressure but i nearly have passenger door done
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Fiberglassed the new door gap today easy job

Made this today



Primed the roof scoop

First skim of filler over the fiberglass

Sanded a bit

Roof scoop back on the car
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Drivers side door gapping it

Sills all fiberglassed and re-skimmed

Sills all sanded

Passenger door getting inspected for cracks and a bit of filling going on

Top section fiberglassed and fillered

Door lock fiberglassed in

Skim of filler over the fiberglass

Drivers door coming along

All preped for primer

Primed

A few pin holes to take care of

Pin holes filled in
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Re-primered


Drivers door nearly there
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welcome
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all this out of an mr2? Thats crazy!


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