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gohan i did get your pms,sorry i been a bit busy lately....however what your asking is a only a one off job for me and i would have to charge you a large sum....i understand more people may want the products but i am really not that interested in trying to get money out of people as most people want stuff done for a bowel of rice these days!Not saying you do,just not interested in making moulds and modifying them for such a job and then trying to work them

no wuckaz, so even for 'a large sum' you wouldn't do it? could you possibly point me in the direction of someone else i may be able to talk to about what i wanted done?

anyways, all the best for the rest of the car assembling. ;)

updated pics....i ended up fitting a few extra things such electric fans,lap counter switch as per nismo MFD and an intercooler sprayer setup so i opened up the factory loom and wired it all in...it came up really well in the end,you would never know these parts are not standard.I used fans from a ford falcon controlled by a small device that taps into the vehicles original sender so no messy wiring or extra senders to fit....this unit is also adjustable in the temp department.

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ok update.....Now that the mechanicals have been fitted we hang the doors,gaurds,headlights and bonnet on.We then get all the gaps right then disassemble the car again....this time we leave the door hinges on the vehicle.Then we dry rub the car with 240 grit paper taking extra care where our repairs were to shape the vehicle nicely.Then we dust the vehicle over with black dust from a 3M guide coat power sponge,this allows us to see where we are wet sanding which we do with 400 grit wet.Then the car is dryed off and wet rubbed again using 800 grit wet

i had no idea how much work goes into repairs, crazy stuff but sounds like a very high quality repair.

i didn't really want to post this in here, but it's easier for you to reply here than PM, so how's $2000 cash upfront for the body kit work? front/rear bumper? Am i ball park here $ wise? (can edit/delete this later if something is worked out, keep the thread strictly ur repair updates)

yeah, pics would be nice. wanna see all this black dust, wet sanding, 800 grit stuff. :rofl:

yeah pc is crap....will try upload some after....the first few coats of paint will be getting applied hopefully on the weekend so i will try and get some shots of it being done by one of the most talented tradesmen in the painting trade...this guy is a damn robot!!!!

you gettin sam to paint your car? thought you were gonna do it yourself?

if it is sam doin it on the weekend can i come watch n take pics? i promise i won't get in the way :)

:) for posting this thread Troy, I think its really opened people's eyes about repairs, particularly after the flack that MD took for looking at the same solution.

One of the race cars I used to run was a full cut n shut too, and it handled no worse than the other cars. I would much rather have new, straight parts than straightened old ones any day :(

Guys, you have to remember that not all shut 'n cuts are done with the same tender loving care that Troy takes in preparing his own car... Panel beaters and dodgy habibs in their backyards aren't going to undo the spot welds along the chassis rails of two cars and then seam weld them back together like you have done. They'll take two half cuts and weld them together straight across the width of the car and cover it up with underbody tar.

I don't think it's too much of a leap of faith to say that most cut 'n shut jobs are absolutely unroadworthy.

I take this type of care in preparing any car i work on.....so do all of my mates with panel shops....i do get your point but you have to understand mine....if i dint post these pics here what would you think if you heard the car was in half???you would think it was dodgy right?

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