that is one wiiiiiide mothafucka
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that is one wiiiiiide mothafucka
Thanks dude, you keeping the stagea ?Quote:
Originally Posted by PeterT
So I had a spare hour and decided to see what way the skirts would line up to the wings and quarters, suprise, suprise, shocking was the answer, there seems to be a pretty decent gap on both sides, now it is even however I don't know whether to cut the skirts in the middle and move them forward to close it or leave them as is, there is strain on them already and I'd be afraid of the joint cracking tbh.
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I reckon the easiest thing to do is use filler to build up the recess however still leave a joint and that should prevent the stress of making the skirts longer without cracking... So I then threw on the rear bumper, worse fitment than the front but I was hardly shocked, was thinking of binning the whole kit until I pushed it back in the garage, the presence of the car in the garage sold me, its going to be a long few months of work but I reckon it'll be worth it :)
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You could cut and extend the skirts and then re mold a fresh set. Bit of a long way round but would be worth it.
Too much work for so little return, if I was going to start copying the parts may as well do the whole lot... There will be alot of sanding and cutting ahead...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ptank
So I spent an hour or so heating and twisting the bumper :
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First issue was the bonnet line, the bonnet wouldn't close, anyone who has fitted an aftermarket from bumper to an RX7 knows that the bonnet line is the hardest to get right :
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So ground back the front of the bonnet just a shave, pinned the bumper back from underneath and finally ground back the bumper just enough, the wings aren't lining up to the bumper at the sides yet but 3hrs was more than enough of looking at this thing :
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Jesus you have some patience! Fair play for stickin at it, I can't believe a new kit that was probably expensive enough, would come like that, the rear bumper is miles off looking at it from the back! I'd be tempted to send it back.
Anyway it should turn out unreal if any of your other projects are anything to go by! Good luck with it!
Its an epr kit from the uk if I remember correct, fitment is always shite with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by niall s14a
Gald your not ditching it though, will have awesome road presence.
More like I'm a stubborn asshole :)Quote:
Originally Posted by niall s14a
Ya I heard that but the RX8 kit was factory fit, went straight on no issues until I wanted to make it wider of course LoLQuote:
Originally Posted by Boguey001
Anyways I got some good news yesterday, the Meisters have arrived from Japan, the baked beans diet is nearly over ha, ha... Collecting them in 2 weeks so should be interesting to see the fitment under the BN Sports Kit :)
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So finally got some time to go up and collect the wheels but Romeo wanted to play hide and go seek instead :
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The thing is I bought 11jj's for the front but beside the 15jj's they looked crap so we put some 13jj's in the middle, so now I have 13jj's for the front and 15jj's for the rear ;) Bye, bye 11jj's :
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Phoebe whose Caesar's girlfriend jumped in for a quick pic :) :
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And here she is, 13jj up front -34 and 15jj on the rear :
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THAT ASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That is going to look bonkers! I love it! Ha