Team Chihuahua SR20 RX8

[Kruizer]

@ Classy : Looks a bit Rocket Bunny for my taste

@ Speedfab : Thanks dude, have alot of skilled mates

@ Adam P : Thanks dude

@ atli126 : Cheers fella

@ Plex : No offence but f**k you !

@ markfluko : Really ? Didn't realise

Hmmm I haven't updated the thread in a while, not much has happened but I'll bring you up to speed.

I needed to line up the rear bumper section I cut off, so used some metal from a bonnet I chopped and pop riveted it on to hold the shape.



Caesar invited his bitch over to chill while I did the work of course.


So I had to give the garage a bit of a clean as it was wrecked, threw the car back in and I have to say I felt sorry for her.


So with a burst of new interest pulled her back out of the garage Monday and got back to some sanding / stripping.



Unfortunately this is the slow part making sure the lines look good and everything fits like it should, removing the wiring from the doors and unnecssary clips. However I have enlisted the help of a mate (panel beater) who will be repairing any of the dents in the doors and priming them. Also we will be finishing the bonnet and wings to get them ready for primer. All of the above should be primed by early next week, then its a case of finishing the bumpers, skirts, spoiler and boot and having them primed. Once all the exterior bits are finished and ready for paint the engine bay and interior will be attacked, this is how the car sits now :


More updates to come

[Kruizer]

So I got a bit more done last week, chopped up the AE86 spoiler a bit more to give a sharper rise at the rear. Then got out the bondo and pop rivets, still more to do but you get the idea.


Stipped off the bonnet, wings and 4 doors so I could drop them out to the panel beaters garage, should all be back by the end of the week in primer. He is fixing up the car park dents and this frees me up to focus on the other bits.


Even the dogs decided to chip in to get shit done, from the left you have Caesar, Nibbles, Phoebe and Romeo hiding in the background.


Its mad how far back the engine is and oh ya how bare the car is now



Next up, finishing the boot/spoiler for primer and move onto the engine bay and interior.

[Kruizer]

So I've been tipping away on the AE86 spoiler the past few evenings, although matt black looks cool as f**k it is an absolute f**k to sand off, it eats pads and time but got it off anyways, chopped the spoiler a bit more so it was closer to the boot and cut two lines into the rear so as to give more of a vertical rise while keeping a clean line on top.


Some bonding agent and pop rivets later she was stuck down.


To keep maximum strength in the joint I had pre sunk the rivets into the spoiler so they could be left in, add the bonding agent and some fibreglass matting this sucker should never crack.


Over that I then used a 50/50 mix of filler/fibreglass for more strength leaving the two corners till last as I had little or no idea how they would work out.


Using fibreglass matting and tin fibreglass to keep weight down rather than filler I built up a skin from the boot edge to the spoiler that flowed with the line of lights without loosing the lines of the spoiler, there is a 2mm gap between the base of spoiler that sits on the quarter so closing wont cause any cracking issues, also the spoiler looks flushed on the top front edges however its just the camera angle, I was able to keep the flat lines of the edges and carry them through to the boot and quarter. Should be back on this Monday evening again.

[Adam P]

corolla trd wing ?? Love it!!!!!

[Tictakman]

Little off topic but it seems like u know your body work...  There is a mounting point that broke off on my fender that my front bumper mounts to.  What is the best way to reattach that so it wont break again?

Ive tried using the 3m fiberglass they sell at the autoparts store but that didnt work.

Z

[Kruizer]

@ Adam P : Sure I had it spare, no point letting it go to waste

@ Tictakman : Would you email me pic's mate and I'll take a look or link me to pic's ? kruizer666@yahoo.com

So I collected the wings and 4 doors from the panel beater last weekend, didn't wanna squeeze in the bonnet in chase I damaged it, I have to say I'm very happy, there are 3 good layers of DeBeers 2pac primer on so the panels will just need to blocked and painted. As the car wont be going for paint for a while this will give me a good idea of the end result rather than a load of colours mixed / mashed together.


Took out the engine last night as I'm pretty much sick of filler / fibreglass atm. I want to prep the engine bay and interior for primer/paint.


So before I wrapped up last night I fitted the wings to get a proper idea of how wide she was, all I could think was "Beast Mode : On"


Rolling Arches tonight and setting suspension on a mates car so it will probably be next Monday before I'm at it again

[atli126]

good lord man, this is amazing! Keep up the GREAT WORK

[Cker7]

Great Build, Can't wait to see more...

[Kruizer]

@ atli126 : Cheers fella

@ Cker7 : Appreciate it

Decided to get off my lazy hole and fit the primed panels back to the car, next up is the boot door, still have to collect the bonnet.


Spoiler shut line is working well with the original shut line of the boot.



Fat arse on her.



Caesar having a sniff in the background.

[Kruizer]

So finished off the boot door and tackled the sideskirts, they were straight so they needed to be twisted to match up with the new arches, after some chopping and fibreglassing I got there in the end, threw a few more bits on like the mirrors and petrol cap and I think she is starting to come together slowly






So the boot, bonnet and skirts should be back from the bodyshop Sunday or Monday

[markfluko]

Looking good! You using the stock gas tank?

Also... did the oil soaking sound proof work well overnight? Or would you say it didn't do too much? I see that you got it off, but was it any easier than not using the oil at all? I need to remove some sound deadening, and I've done the dry ice method, it's a lot of work. So I am tempted to try soaking in old oil... it just seems like it could be a bad idea to get oil everywhere...

[Kruizer]

Looking good! You using the stock gas tank?

Also... did the oil soaking sound proof work well overnight? Or would you say it didn't do too much? I see that you got it off, but was it any easier than not using the oil at all? I need to remove some sound deadening, and I've done the dry ice method, it's a lot of work. So I am tempted to try soaking in old oil... it just seems like it could be a bad idea to get oil everywhere...

 
I am, just uprating the fuel pump for now.
 
Not really, I'd say you'd need to do for a week or more, just a chisel and hammer should do it and then clean with thinners...
 
So I got the bonnet, boot and sideskirts back from the bodyshop, all are primed now so there is only the two bumpers that are left to do from a bolt off / bolt on point of view. Happy with how the skirts turned out, the fit turned out well as nothing is holding them on front or rear, just in the middle. Enough words, more pic's :


Got enough vents ?


Looks good...


AE86 spoiler :




Next up, the rear bumper :

[mech-head]

I am liking this more and more.  Keep up the good work, the finished product will look great.

[Russell Walker]

How far forward did you move the rack? doesn't look like you'll get much steering angle before it binds.

[cool]

You've got one hell of a vision. This thing is way cool.