I don't think its possible to do a better job resto-modding a gt4. Seriously good job, it all looks awesome!

Thanks I am trying my best. Getting very frustrated with the painting and lack of progress at the moment.

And now I will never be able to enjoy my own car ever again. Thanks Nial!
Haha awesome work man, can't believe all the job you've done!

The project has been on hold for a few weeks whilst I rewire the garage, and add some lights





Back to spraying again tomorrow.

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Cheers bud I just wish I could work faster. I sometimes think I will never get to drive this car

This post has been edited by Nial: Jul 30, 2016 - 11:41 AM

YOUR MAKING great progress. as long as you have a goal time in mind you will get it finished. a member who had the curren front end and was planning to do the awd turbo conversion didn't have a goal time for when he'd complete it and several years passed more than 4 im sure) and never finished

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Aug 1, 2016 - 9:41 AM

Sorry for the lack of updates, i do minor updates on my facebook page, had a few mistakes along the way, mostly silly things like forgetting to put hardener in the clear coat etc. But ,aking some good progress now.....at last.

Starting to get some colour down its only the underside of the bonnet, but a successful step for a diy novis paint sprayer



And the Toms front lip done



And getting thebrear crash bar refurbished



This post has been edited by Nial: Aug 28, 2016 - 3:49 PM

Man that is an awesome color! Can't wait to see more updates, regardless how slow it is. Sometimes that's just how it goes!

Thanks, i just wish i had more time, but with a eight month old daughter priorities change.......a bit.

That is an interesting colour, kind of blueish-grey looking. I like it.

Managed to get the front bumper sprayed, not perfect but it will be soon, a couple of runs and some dust but easily sorted with a bit of wet n dry.

Now it looks more greenish-grey. I've seen that color before, think it was on a TVR.

Its a blue grey with a slight metalic in it, the colour tends to reflect whats aroind it slightly, on sunny clear days it looks very blue, on dull days it looks almost battleship grey, it probably looks green as its reflecting the grass a bit.

I really like it, subtle and mysterious. Can't wait to see the car done.

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Niether can i, although i must admit i will be a bit lost when there is no more painting to do as pretty much everything to this point over the past four years has been prep for painting.

Coming along nicely. Although today I learned don't close the bonnet before attaching the bonnet pull cable........does anyone have a bonnet pull cable for sale

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SS4 bumper turned out great man!

Thanks, i am bery pleased with it. Maybe a few very minor things on it could be better but for jownit will do

Starting to put things back together now. the bodywork needs a bit of flat polishing to get it perfect like a mirror, i have done the roof and it has come up amazing, well pleased.

getting closer and closer.
love the color.

Thanks a little progress every day soon mounts up. Still a few bits to spray but I am taking a break for a while now.

Hi all. Had a few ups and downs over the past couple of months. The engine still isnt done although waiting patiently for it. Wheels should be here in the next couple of weeks. I noticed a dent in the rear quarter panel so had to strip the paint off and start again, although its winter so will wait until the summer. FMIC has arrived although not fitted yet.....theres nothing to fit it too i have been doing some messing around with the rear spoiler, nothing serious, i dont know if it will make it onto the finished car or not, but it helps pass the winter months. I always had a soft spot for the Ferrari f40, especially the GT version and its "different rear wing" so i thought i might have a go at replicating it on an old wing inwas going to throw out. So i cut the centre section out.





I then bought myself a double stack cheapo universal rear wing from ebay. It was too wide and i didnt need the end plates but otherwise it was perfect. So i made new end plates.



Then bolted it all togther, pretty easy stuff. I still need to attach the oem wind ends to it but i am waiting for a delivery of epoxy resin to come. So i did a quick mock up. It still needs all bolting togther and mounting on the raiser blocks, but you get the idea.



I am sure it wont be to everyones taste, not even sure if i like it....i like it more than i thought i would, but i dont know if it will make it onto the finished car or not or just be a bit of fun, will see what it looks like when its finished.

Cant remember if i posted this already, but i also fitted one of the oil coolers, but this has been removed to refine the mounting positions as i found some perfect rubber mounting blocks on ebay so just waiting for them to arrive. I also have to move the welded on FMIC mounting points...doh.... which are only 20mm out, but if its not right.....its wrong



This is the wing i am trying to replicate



This post has been edited by Nial: Jan 14, 2017 - 4:02 AM

would love to see the finished product. but i really like it. would be great if the wings could be adjustable

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It is adjustable, both as a whole and just the top bit on its own.

Oooh the F40 is one of my favourite supercars. The adjustable wing will be cool.

These will cool the engine oil and the gearbox oil. all stainless fittings and correctly rubber mounted.





In front of those is the FMIC also with stainless fittings and rubber mounted.





Oh, and the finished....ish, rear wing.....dont like it.

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not sure if i like it or not, will leave it for the time being until i decide what to do with it





But enough of that, back to the serious stuff.

wow great stuff. the wing looks similar to what mr2 guys are doing.

perhaps that f40 style rear wing would look better on a TRD spoiler.

oh wow no A/C okay....

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I live in England, its never that hot

But you need the compressor to take care of the condensation from all the rain.

As far as the wing goes I think it'd look better with the center insert lowered in relation to the front of the posts so that the bottom slat is equal to the tops of the posts in the front, more like the F40 pictured. Hard to tell from the pictures but lowering it maybe two inches/50mm or so would seem about right.

This post has been edited by Box: Feb 9, 2017 - 8:06 PM

Lowering it was one idea. Looking at the F40, the front slat is lower than the side supports so it might need dropping even further, will have a mess around later, at the moment o am building driveway gates and a lamp pod

Lamp pod building begins