My Labour of love!!

[Cefiro Panch]

Well after a year and a half of my first Jap car (Levin ae111) I decided I wanted something;

a) Turbo

b) Rwd

c) Different

So after trawling for cars for sale in Japan I got a ridiculously good deal on this A31 Cefiro!!

Spec is;

RB25DET SERIES 1 engine and box!

Kaaz 2way Diff

Japspeed Turbo elbow and Downpipe

Apexi Decat and 3 inch catback exhaust

Tein fully adjs coilovers

Camber arms

Fully ajustable lower arms all round

Uras body kit

HKS boost controller and turbo timer

Bride bucket seat

apexi oil and water temp guages and apexi boost gauge

few small extra pices that arent reli worth me typing more shit!!

Running a respectable 336.9 BHP with 330 pounds of torque!!

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Build%20thread%20photos/Shocks022.jpg

[Cefiro Panch]

So when she first arrived I needed a few simple things done for NCT,

first was a conceptua Hicas removal kit as the lockout bar meant the old ball joints were showing and even tho they didnt need to work cuz of the lockout bar they wouldnt give me an NCT,
I also needed Tyres and it was cheaper to buy wheels and tyres and i needed some spares!

So this is how she sat after just a month landed and with her NCT!

[Cefiro Panch]

So after I had the functional stuff done I wanted to change the look of the car......

There was too much white on it (and there still is) so i painted the the door dividers black aswell as the panel between the lights!

And as all I had was 50 quid for paint the wheels were painted Opel OPC Blue!!

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/A31/Shocks035.jpg

[Cefiro Panch]

Next was the interior, the agent on the phone had not told me there was no rear seats and a dashboard that was fucked, oh the joys of importing ur own car!!

So i fitted R32 4 door rear seats, super comfy and have a sweet armrest!!

Then only a few months ago, Bart from JustJap put me in contact with a lad that fixed my dash!!

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Build%20thread%20photos/dashboard043.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Build%20thread%20photos/IMG_0895.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Build%20thread%20photos/IMG_0899.jpg

[sideways shane]

defo is somethin different,best of luck with it,get bigger pictures tho:D

[Simon]

thats the spirit man... cant wait to see the new improvements on the wheels/arches..

[Cefiro Panch]

After a short time on DI I realised if I was to live the real Sedan Lifesyle I was gona have to, sooner or later, get some proper fitment!!

So when an outrageous pair of WEDS came up for sale at a good price from fellow member Copeyhagen, I had to bite the bullet and fork out some cash!!

Plus arches from Kieran (fred balls), may I say Copey and Fred are two sound lads!

So away I went at fitting them, 11.5j -5 offset was a big job!!

And I and the mechanic who helped mould on the arches were both very impressed at how clean the shell was considering the car is 22 years old, no rust at all!!

I took pics of the pieces cut off, i think ul agree thats its completely rust free!

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Build%20thread%20photos/MassiveDishuu040.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Build%20thread%20photos/MassiveDishuu039.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Build%20thread%20photos/MassiveDishuu016.jpg

[Cefiro Panch]

So this is her with the arches just done!!

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Build%20thread%20photos/MassiveDishuu012.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Build%20thread%20photos/MassiveDishuu021.jpg


And finally, I have many plans,

Carbon bonnet,

black roof spoiler

Black bootlid lip spoiler, still too much white on the car!!

Spec will be added to 1st post shortly aswell!!

[ste]

Man with those arches its really changed my opinion on it I love it.... Cant beat our 4 doors we gotta get some Dublin 4 door lifestlyer photos done.with the cars together feeds must be in attendance.too

[insejn]

great work on the arches man! wanna do mine:P

[Cefiro Panch]

Man with those arches its really changed my opinion on it I love it.... Cant beat our 4 doors we gotta get some Dublin 4 door lifestlyer photos done.with the cars together feeds must be in attendance.too

Great idea, but wait till i sort the fronts aswell:p


great work on the arches man! wanna do mine:P

Hahah thanks man but not all my own work, the guy i work with was the main man with the arches im afraid!

[KerryKid1JZ]

sweet bus man, iv always had a thing for the Cerifos

[git]

this is gona be a cool car with more balck on it man !

[Cefiro Panch]

this is gona be a cool car with more balck on it man !

I kno, im reli looking to get more black stuff but im conflicting my racist beliefs:D:D

[git]

this is gona be a cool car with more coloured on it man !

:D .........

[ian g sr20]

reli kool looking car lad, arches and wheels are reli kool keep it up,

[Fredericks Balls]

Man with those arches its really changed my opinion on it I love it.... Cant beat our 4 doors we gotta get some Dublin 4 door lifestlyer photos done.with the cars together feeds must be in attendance.too

This!






I never realised you did so much work to it (like with the interior) fair play. Cefiro looks brilliant now, IMHO i'd do something with the panel between the rear lights, what I dunno, I cant remember what Petes is like but otherwise the rear looks savage. I cant wait to see what you do with the fronts! Chuffed the arches went to such cool use :cool:

Keep this thread updated!!

[tomsheen]

Cefiro looks brilliant now, IMHO i'd do something with the panel between the rear lights, what I dunno, I cant remember what Petes is like but otherwise the rear looks savage. I cant wait to see what you do with the fronts! Chuffed the arches went to such cool use :cool:

Keep this thread updated!!

needs this i think you said your doing it black and then with the front arches it'll look unreal man fair. keep it going:)

[PeterT]

Oh shit! My cefs now got serious comp! I'm fucking jelous of those arches man, they look amazing!

[Cefiro Panch]

This!
I never realised you did so much work to it (like with the interior) fair play. Cefiro looks brilliant now, IMHO i'd do something with the panel between the rear lights, what I dunno, I cant remember what Petes is like but otherwise the rear looks savage. I cant wait to see what you do with the fronts! Chuffed the arches went to such cool use :cool:

Keep this thread updated!!

Ye it was annoying the light panel was painted white, its black now but im still not sure of it!!


Oh shit! My cefs now got serious comp! I'm fucking jelous of those arches man, they look amazing!

Iv got a bit of work to do yet Pete but appreciate the kind words!

The pis is how the rear looks now!!

[mick-skyline]

now THATS an arch.

fair play panch,

[Fredericks Balls]

Way better in black, good stuff!

[davemc-s13]

really cool work on the rear man..

il be keeping my eyes on this thread:cool:

[bubble1984]

love the new look, keep it up. savage bus

[LauraD]

sweet work hun the archs look savage best of luck :)

[Jimmy]

That looks bad ass man, some difference from when ya brought it in 1st

[nikkisixx69]

fucking awesome!! those arches are unreal! good job to you for manning up and making them fit:D

[Cefiro Panch]

That looks bad ass man, some difference from when ya brought it in 1st

Cheers to everyone for the kind comments, ye its slowly going in the right direction!
Nice to look back and see the big difference!


fucking awesome!! those arches are unreal! good job to you for manning up and making them fit:D

Hahahah all the bitching on the thread before I bought them gave me the attitude of Fuck all you's im gona do it in spite of you's!!

The DI neysayers inspired me!! As did pics of ur old s13 Nikki!

[bob2222]

looking well now man the black in between lights looks way better too
keep up the effort

[PeterT]

quick question, what happens when you need to take your back bumper off?

[Cefiro Panch]

Ha, before I filler the arches tomo I will make a small cut across the arch and fiberglass with an anglegrinder, then filler, primer and paint by saturday, thats the plan!!

[Darenm]

im loven it big time pimpin wagen wit da wheels and arches its goin 2 b sick keep da good work coming

[supraman3000]

VIP wagen , love it :D

[Cefiro Panch]

So I got spacers for the front, 25mil and i want to put my matching WEDS on the front but have not yet streched the tires on so still have the blue ones!!

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/IMG_1891.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/IMG_1885.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/IMG_1889.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Car.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/IMG_1886.jpg

[nikkisixx69]

looking sweet!! love the arches! have you looked for fronts?

[Cefiro Panch]

looking sweet!! love the arches! have you looked for fronts?

I have the same wheels for the front, 9.5j +35 but havent streched the tires on, i tried a few times but nearly burnt my eyebrows off!!

I will also lower the front but need the front arches rolled, or even cut as I have the front fiberglass arches!!

But am mad for a Twincam so we'l see what happens!

[S13..KEV]

I have the same wheels for the front, 9.5j +35 but havent streched the tires on, i tried a few times but nearly burnt my eyebrows off!!

I will also lower the front but need the front arches rolled, or even cut as I have the front fiberglass arches!!

But am mad for a Twincam so we'l see what happens!

what tyres you usein dude

[Cefiro Panch]

what tyres you usein dude

The fronts im trying to stretch on are 215/40/18!

[grange]

ohhh lord thats shit hot

[S13..KEV]

The fronts im trying to stretch on are 215/40/18!

You must love hardship lad.what's on the back

[S13..KEV]

The fronts im trying to stretch on are 215/40/18!

You must love hardship lad.what's on the back

[Cefiro Panch]

You must love hardship lad.what's on the back

The backs are 255/40/18

Bought the wheels with the tires for a very fair price!!

[slithertooth]

Love this machine, so f**king cool

[mick-skyline]

try 225 on them mate they should go on that little bit easier for ya,


and do not get rid of that for a twin cam... you do and ill cut your hair curly boy

[Cefiro Panch]

try 225 on them mate they should go on that little bit easier for ya,


and do not get rid of that for a twin cam... you do and ill cut your hair curly boy

Hahaha I straighten it now Mick:wink:

Ah Mick I want to be able to have some spare money for other things aswell as a car!!

Too young to be running this car daily ya kno!!

[Cefiro Panch]

Well time for an update as its been over a year!! God time flies!

So as im sick of the kit, and its a pain putting the car on a lift coupled with the fact I want to go for a different look I've decided to overhaul the exterior of the car!

Quick pic of how she looks now, although the wings are now off the car aswell as all door handles, locks and rubber trim. Respray time!!

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Levinandpunto015-Copy-Copy.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/Levinandpunto018.jpg

[Cefiro Panch]

The kit I will be going for is the Autech version and I will also be going for Meisters so the Weds will be for sale!!

http://infinitefocusphoto.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/infinitefocus-0867.jpg


The colour I am going for will be a secret untill I post the pics!!

[broad.sideways]

lovely car lad. best of luck with the spray. the arches are done well lad

[Kruizer]

Looking forward to seeing this...

[Mayo S13]

cool car nice and different!

[Cefiro Panch]

Right last few weeks been back at this thing trying to get it ready!!

Plans have changed as i cannot get an Autech kit so back the the original kit!!

I have sold the silly width wheels so biggest job was sorting the arches!!

First pic will be how the looked after all the fiberglass was removed and the arch taken off!!

[Cefiro Panch]

The gap between the inner and outter wing was a pain in the ass but a friend of mine whos handy with a welder sorted them out that the will look back to stock just with a lot more space to lower the back!!

[Cefiro Panch]

I have more pics but not on my comp at the mo!!

The bumpers and wings are fully primered and rubbed down ready for paint this weekend the body will be primered.

But im off on holidays on the 29th so for two weeks nothing will be done, frustrating as im just getting into the swing of it!!

In october it will be 2 yrs since I have driven it on the road so getting very excited now!!

Il keep you's posted over the weekend!!

[derek89]

Decided on a colour yet man.....and was goina say how come ive never seen this around but hasnt seen much road has it! Good luck wit it dude

[nikkisixx69]

good to see this coming back! god knows there are fuckin zero cefiros left on irish roads

[suislide]

good to see you back at the car man

[Cefiro Panch]

So the first 2 pics are of the arch after being sanded down before the primer, last two pics are after the 1st coat of primer.
I now have the whole car rubbed down and may re-prime one or two areas but overall it's basically ready for paint!

[Cefiro Panch]

Fuuck how do u upload pics from I phone

[jdmjimmy]

Download the photobucket app upload to that and paste the img link to the thread


awesome 4 door btw lookin forward to the final result

[Cefiro Panch]

Thanks Jimmy!

So in no particular order here are the pics

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps8872f559.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zpsc476cdef.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zpsc476cdef.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zpsd31e2623.jpg

[Cefiro Panch]

And this is the colour I have chosen, it's a Ford Australia colour and the flash is on when I took the pic it is darker in person

Thinking of teaming it with matte black or bronze concave wheels when I have the cash!
So many colours to chose from let me kno what you guys think!

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zpsafd79dcf.jpg

[Cefiro Panch]

I'm hoping itl be basically the same as this

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps63475fb8.png

[ste]

i like it

[pole drift]

Hard to see from the pic but did you get much flare on the rear arches?? How wide of a wheel can you run at the back??

[jdmjimmy]

http://brickhouseproducts.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dsc04373.jpg

just leaving this here found it trawling earlier

[Cefiro Panch]

Hard to see from the pic but did you get much flare on the rear arches?? How wide of a wheel can you run at the back??

Joe they aren't massively flared, in the long run I want the Autech kit so I won't be running massive width, itl look a bit shit with the kit I have now but it can go low and with a bit of camber I'm hoping il pull it off, and if I ever get an Autech kit itl look beast!!

Jimmy that's tasty, now I'm thinking red haha this is torture

[JohnRaff]

your plans make me happy :) keep up the good work

[mick-skyline]

Thinking of teaming it with matte black or bronze concave wheels when I have the cash!


jaysus what rock you been under panch??
you selling the weds for concaves??? pm me if you are i think i might try em on the zed :evil:

[Cefiro Panch]

jaysus what rock you been under panch??
you selling the weds for concaves??? pm me if you are i think i might try em on the zed :evil:

Haha Mick iv been lying low for awhile, so embarrassed that I sold out and drive a BMW now :-(

Sold the Weds last year to sluiside on here!
And in fairness they look awesome on his or his missus 14a

This coming 2 weeks I'm hoping to get serious work done on this f@@ker

[Cefiro Panch]

Finally the thing is painted, very happy with how the colour has turned out, it looks a little dark in some of the pics but is brighter in person,

Last time to see it white........

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zpsef92dd46.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zpsef92dd46.jpg.html)

and the finished article, bumpers and skirts get done next week,

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zpsee155fca.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zpsee155fca.jpg.html)

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zpsfc306519.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zpsfc306519.jpg.html)

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps1a0beca6.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zps1a0beca6.jpg.html)

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps99995354.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zps99995354.jpg.html)

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps06bdb972.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zps06bdb972.jpg.html)

[RobbyS13]

Loving the new colour dude

[pole drift]

Looks awesome, was it hard to remove the rear quarter windows and the chrome window strips??

[Cefiro Panch]

Just a few more pics of the car out of the booth and in daylight, colour in person is so striking have to say I'm delighted how it came out!

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps88a37a8e.jpg

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps5e7fd494.jpg

[Darenm]

Looks really good man I think some CST zeros in bronze would really set this off

[Cefiro Panch]

So have been working away on this the last week after work for an hour or two a night.

So have all the door locks, handles, seals and trims on, aswell as the door cards on the inside and just today fitted the bumpers which were sprayed earlier on in the week!

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps04d52a99.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zps04d52a99.jpg.html)

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps3d8c0eec.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zps3d8c0eec.jpg.html)

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zpsb130a826.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zpsb130a826.jpg.html)

[Cefiro Panch]

So this is how she looks right now,

I will fit the skirts last as I want to have her on the lift without it being a trip to lift her!

All thats left is tires, coilover locking rings, and then get her sitting nicely without rubbing and shes ready!!
And to paint the wheels matte black.

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps21f237e3.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zps21f237e3.jpg.html)

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zps9e4dc947.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zps9e4dc947.jpg.html)

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z425/Cefiro-Panch/null_zpsa517ca89.jpg (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/Cefiro-Panch/media/null_zpsa517ca89.jpg.html)

[garyae86]

Very noice what wheel choice have you to go with it ??

[grange]

Put her together for some streeto in athlone :)

[pole drift]

Looking good!! I may pull the finger out!!!