just a guess. gt4 hood with the facelift bumper but the bumper is modified to fit flush with the hood? that's a mod that i am considering. i think it would look Bad @$$
i want to see the 90% but will be able to wait if i have to.

me want pics now

I think it's a RHD Curren conversion with custom ram air intake with his turbo popping out of the hood

don't show the pics until the finished product is DONE !!!!!

still maneuvering that aygo? lol, hope all is going according to plan

this thread has increased my anticipation points by 100

10 posts... 6 wants pics now... 4 finished later... I think is time to show current pics...

My project goal is simple... no more replicas... unique look only... this is evolution... this is SS-four!













As you can see it's not fully finished (hood spoiler is not installed, lower grille is missing, foglights are missing and of course still ugly winter tires on...)

finally! have been waiting for months to see this martin.. i'd like to see some bumper evolution pics from start to finish. you know what would look good to finish that loook? TOM'S lower lip.. PM me if interested

i totally guessed it
what is my prize LOL
that looks amazing. i probably would have left out the top grill but that is the definition of sexy right there.

wow looks great!

oh snap that's hella sexy. for a second i though you had the full gt4 front conversion. very very nicely done.

mad props. +20 props for malpaso

that looks great Martin ! It looks like it should be that way

I actually had the idea of making a GT-four front end with SSIII splitters and calling it the GT-III or the SS4, but it looks like you beat me to it. lol. I would never be able to afford that conversion anyway. congrats, it looks great!

very very sexy. i like. a very unique look.

Looks awesome Martin.

Nice! Can't wait to see her finished with some nice wheels on

How in the heck did you get the hood to sit flush with the bumper. Awesome work dude. Looks pure sexy and totally hit what you were aiming for, pure SEXY.

Thanks for all comments...

everything has started with idea having some kind of aftermarket GT-four style hood. Just get some more air to engine bay (that damn turbo is heat source as hell ). During PECM2007 my usual break looked like this:



So hood... but where to get it? My problem is country where I live. To find any aftermarket part for Japan car (Varis, C-ONE, etc.) is almost impossible and e-bay is not the best way all the time. So... There were two ways to go:

a) modify my stock hood (cut some holes and done)
b) to buy OEM GT-four hood

Than I found bodhi's post "hood vents for sale", send some messages and everything was clear . I had source of the most important part of my project


crashed GT-four bumper


Plus those hood vents and grille of course.

W/o his help I would not handle it at all. Big, big thanks for your Chris . I just do not know how to thank you enough...

Unfortunately after all luck has happened that "try-to-steal" accident...



..and my budget was almost ruined to repair damages . That "almost" is only thanks to Batman722. He has send me all locks and door handles for free. Thats more than 1/2 of damaged parts!!! You are my real private hero Dustin . I owe you a lot...

After all of that I have started creating list of missing parts to have everything ready. And who would be better than ''Mr.How-to'' azian_advanced? . Have you seen this topic? All pictures you have made and send helped me a lot!!! You saved me a lot of time and lot of troubles Gerald (safety hook solution, rain guard pictures, bumper supporting points solution, etc...)





Finally I went for Toyota dealer. Who has more experience with "Toyota plastic" than Toyota? And honestly to be sure I will get GT-four hood 100% undamaged is only from Toyota for me... So... Work has begun there







My aim is using only genuine body parts at last... So I have finally used as well original splitters I had at home...



Now only few things needs to be done and FINISHED . Below you may compare my photoshop plan and current status with comments:



More pictures later (hope those finished ones )

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it's a GT-four hood and a GT-four bumper. they sit flush with each other. it's when you try to use a stock hood with a GT-four bumper or the other way around that you get a gap.

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Not exactly... It's not whole GT-four bumper . Only that upper grille part is important...



...and this is what you will not need anymore



This post has been edited by malpaso: Feb 25, 2008 - 6:01 AM

oh dang! I didn't even realize that you didn't have a GT-four bumper! wow! that's crazy!

nice looking gt-4 look alike. One thing I am confused about. Why.... all... the... secrecy? I thought for weeks that you would do something like ohh I dont know a laborghini conversion or maybe some other fantastical supralesque/porshika/whatever mod.

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It's simple why... ask anyone around about Toyota's bumpers welding... Than ask about welding two bumpers together like this:



This is not some fiberglass fake copy... this is made of original Toyota bumper materials!!!

Your car looks really nice i can't wait to see it totally finished!

hey martin!

awesome look man. definately one to put in the books of "originality" thumbs up!

i agree with azian_advanced as always lol go for the tom's front lip!

-R6

Very nice Malpaso
I'm diggin it

execellent malpaso!!!!!!!
i was looking at the picture,, and i was,,, i dont see any mod,, but it looks so damn freakin cool,,,,, after some time i realized it was a 96+ bumper!!!!!!!!!!
awesome job!!!!!
but just one question
how much did you paid to get it done??

yeah... at first I was like... "there's nothing special here" then after looking some more and listen to him explain everything I was like "whoaaa... very original. nice, sure fooled me". Great work man.

no way you cut up a gt4 bumper wow i wouldnt have the ballz to cut up a gt4 bumper.......great job once again. so when are the rims going on with a nice photo shoot??

^ It was damaged, man. He had the excuse, LOL.

I gotta say that was nicely executed. I saw it, and went, "Hmmm, stock GT-4 bumper but has an SSIII bottom. Is my mnd playing games with me?" It looks awesome. I always secretly wondered how thtat mix would look and finally I get to see it. Congratulations, man.