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  1. cheers Bud

    well end of march and winter has gone and the car is 99.9% completed now my bumper i never really liked so got a new one it now has been fitted what a bugger it was to get it sitting right not perfect at the moment waiting for a day off next week hopefully I can get it bang on  any way here are the pics
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    Its been a long process as I have been in work and trying to do it dodging the rain wasn’t fun but hey its almost ready to a standard I wanted it
  2. Now almost the end of February 2014 my winter project is almost done

    Second hand gtr fuel flap bent and fitted to get a shape of where it needs to go

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    25 mm hubcentric wheel spacers delivered

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    Off to the body shop she went

    Fuel flap made as the gtr one didn’t work as expected

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    Sanded down and masked off

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    All in paint and back home still need to go back to get the rear bumper sorted going for a different style with that and the sideskirts need better fitment as the rear is wider which is pushing the skirts out of line but got this the rear each side is now 35mm wider than stock

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  3. Work has been flat out but we got it welded up one side on our dinner break cheers Martin 


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    Got the panel straight as I could took off old Japanese filler and ground the welds off primmered and bonded the one side one here it is held together and left 48 hours to set


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    Took of the masking and ended up with this


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    Another dinner break Welded up the other side


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    That night stayed on and got Welds ground off and excess cut off


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    3 coats of primer


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    Bonded on


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    48 hours later took the masking all off ended up with this


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    Drove home like this as the workshop was getting full


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    Waited a week and got some carbon fiber filler so it wouldn’t ever crack needs another layer


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    Done both sides both still need another layer to make sure it blends in nicely but got this so far bumper and sideskirts just loose in the pics for a mock up


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  4. well took the passenger sideskirt off tonight and plan was to cut the arch then i can weld them both up the same time but i have had a 3 inch crack just above my side skirt and was thinking it cant be that bad lets see whats under it big mistake my whole rear end has been coated in filler for some reason its been plastered on it as well no wonder why this side looked different im going to cut the arch tomorrow and see what joys i find then ??? also notice gaping holes where my arches were good job i got access to a mig welder and lots of tools in my new job lol any how heres the latest pics :(


    all the scraches are where the filler is look how thick it is as well

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    the rust will be sorted and so will all the filler before i offer the arches up

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    well got the arch cut out and slatted on this bad side and now ground away for welding to commence also most of the silicone crap removed from the body also took the filler down a few levels as soon as i cut the outer skin off the arch popped back to where it should of been



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  5. 17th November

    ok decided for winter project i wanted gtr over fenders but didnt want bad quality ones from shitracer so got in touch with a guy from ireland perfect fitment i gotta say and quality is second to none i decided i was going to do it by cutting out the arches *Gulp* any way heres what i done so far

    mock up of drivers side arch

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    kitted out for fiber glass trimming

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    rough cuts

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    perfect fuel flap also note side skirts are off

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    next was to remove my rear bumper and found out the last owner bonded the whole thing on as bumper is one piece no spats this was a right pain in the butt

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    but with it all removed you can see no signs of rust :)

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    next i got the grinder out and took off about 2 inches all round off the outer wing to leave me this

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    then stuck some slats in the inner wing so it can be rewelded

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    so far this is how far i have got only taken me about 2 hours to get it this far :)

  6. pic is taken from a local show for charity this is a pic of a pic so quality is not too great
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    Decided more stuff could come out to make the car lighter stuff again which I don’t need the tar sound deadning
    This is the drivers side almost done
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    All removed and painted to stop any rust forming
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    Not bad and carpet will be re fitted to retain the factory look once passenger side and rear is done
    the tar stuff is really heavy so will be interesting to find out how much i have saved yet again
    well all done and back together decided to put the carpet back to make it look better / factory looking but the sound deading weighed in at 7.2kg with most of it out now and a good thing is hardly no difference in road noise
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    with this all out and weighed i have lost total weight crap i dont want in the car so far = 46.734kg or 7.36 stone with a few more bits to do :)
  7. almost 200 miles on the clutch now god its getting better all the time so to celebrate i treated myself again this time with a set of Gunmetal Rota Gtrs i went a bit mad ordered 18inches x 9.5 allround for a nice wide wheel complete with tyres i know they are expensive but what the hell they cost £1300 with only 2 days wait and on my doorstep

    The car didn't want to lose its wheels mind took 3 hours and lots of bent and broken tools to get the studs out but did it in the end

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    bent hammer how hard was i hitting the bar to get the studs free ?

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    bar bent this was straight 10mins earlier lol

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    had a cuppa and 5 mins then these turned up just as the last nut came free good timing or what lol

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    cleaned all the brakes up

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    fitted

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    all done

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    just rubbing slightly on the fronts think im going to try 5mm spacers to see if it helps

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  8. More updates


    had a mini photoshoot done i love the pics fair play

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    Racing clutch ordered from ebay brand new in packets and had it at a bargain price as well happy days

    its iron and carbon it can handle 740bhp it needs 500 miles to bed in tho price should of been around the £600 mark


    This assembly features our advanced hybrid iron and carbon friction material riveted to our high torque disc assembly in a six puck style. The IronMan provides outstanding stability, smooth engagement, and less wear on opposing surfaces

    The 1680 Series kit includes a performance pressure plate, a six puck high torque sprung disc with Iron/Carbon buttons, all applicable bearings, and the appropriate alignment tool.


    i paid £200 delivered for it brand new in the box gotta love ebay


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    fog light binned and put inside the drivers rear light where the reverse light was much neater than a bloody big foglamp hanging off the car


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    time for a update again took the the dash out and gave it a lick of paint while it was out i managed to sort out my blitz meters and replaced the bulbs with white smd units



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    also took a pic of the fog light in the night much better now used a led bulb so its not red in the lens

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    decided i was going to treat the car again got a engine damper from auto extreme people say they are a pig to do but got it done less than a hour and even had a cuppa while doing it dead easy to do


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    job done also treated myself to a braided clutch line ready for when i fit the clutch cant go wrong with fitting a new line and a braided one at that :)

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    had a blast today with tancho tuning thanks to fred and his amazing staff my carbon fibre clutch is installed got to say the clutch feels not far off standard no muscles needed to push i only stalled once with it lol needs revs to pull off at lights otherwise she shakes lol the instructions say a 500mile bed in period but so far so good dead happy with it


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  9. Racing clutch ordered from ac competition its 6puck iron and carbon it can handle 740bhp it needs 500 miles to bed in tho not sure how to bed it in ?


    This assembly features our advanced hybrid iron and carbon friction material riveted to our high torque disc assembly in a six puck style. The IronMan provides outstanding stability, smooth engagement, and less wear on opposing surfaces

    The 1680 Series kit includes a performance pressure plate, a six puck high torque sprung disc with Iron/Carbon buttons, all applicable bearings, and the appropriate alignment tool.


    fog light binned and put inside the drivers rear light where the reverse light was much neater than a bloody big foglamp hanging off the car


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    took the car with a few mates to a local place for some photos we found a nice pub in brecon had a shandy and had lots of people staring and taking pics and vids lol


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    also went to japfest 2 show was a bit crappy but still managed to have fun best pics i got sent to me were these

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  10. well a new walbro fuel pump now installed along with a new lambda sensor will finnish these off with a uprated fuel filter now smile.png and direct feed to the fuel pump so it can run better smile.png

    haha think i have solved the flat battery issue since i brought the car battery only lasted 2 days brought a bigger bosh one it lats about 5 days before going flat changed the lambda sensor 2 weeks ago and went to start the car with me thinking i better get my jump leads and it fired like it just been run maybe as the old lamba had bits of metal coming out of it was causing a short and draining the battery as this is the only thing i have changed recently and like i said battery has been perfect smile.png YAY is this possible ??

    next on the list hicas bar found some old car paint in the garage decided to paint it before i fit it :) didnt come out too bad considering i had to modifiy a 4 inch paint brush lol and car paint lol

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    managed to get the hicas unit off lots of swearing , hammers and ever a grinder to help lol but got there and replaced with the lock out bar :)
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    well took the car to be laser tracked today 4 wheel laser tracking done look at all the reds before and now car is a dream to drive the guy who did it said all 4 wheels were fighting each other and pulling every where oh dear lol and after adjustment he said i need adjustable camber arms now for the rear to make it spot on but no rush really as its a million times better :) thanks for coming along and taking me to the garage nitros and to celebrate a job well done met up with auto extreme for a catch up :)
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    decided to give the walbro fuel pump the 14 volt mod a try amazing difference fair play all flat spots seem to have gone car does seem to have more pick up and go and now its one less thing to do for the bigger turbo didn't take too long about a hour or so to make the wiring up and install it in the car also grounded the fuel pump as well dead easy to do just take your time and double check every thing :)
    put relay here
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    neat as i could get it for today
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    also took the hicas wires from underneath and put the here cant see them now just need another 10 mins or so to make every thing look dead neat
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