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Started by Darcini , Apr 22 2012 08:37 AM

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#161 Steelic

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Posted 22 December 2012 - 02:51 PM

Nice, looking very aggressive, What colour, OEM or something new? Good to see you've cured the front wheel gap syndrome.

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Posted 22 December 2012 - 02:56 PM

Wow! :wub: This is fantastic! You're not going to tell me you're not a professional at this are you? thumbsup thumbsup

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Posted 22 December 2012 - 03:01 PM

Oh fcuking yeah baby !!!! that looks amazing and how it should have been in the first place !!! Top work Can't wait to see it all clean and sparkly in of course .............WHITE !!!

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Posted 22 December 2012 - 04:09 PM

Looks awesome. How about a sill vent from the front arch :poke: Well, whilst your there you may as well! Looks nearly ready for paint.

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Posted 22 December 2012 - 04:59 PM

Wow. Looks very nice thumbsup

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Posted 22 December 2012 - 05:12 PM

Excellent work Nige can't wait to see it finished.

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Posted 22 December 2012 - 05:37 PM

Looks great, really impressed!! Are you making molds for the wheel arches?

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Posted 22 December 2012 - 08:24 PM

I love the re-use of the black plastic wheel arch trim on the rear wheel arch. I also really like the way the front wheel arch blends into the sill which is then matched on the rear. Great effort and great result. Looks like the front wheel arch needs a little addition where it blends at the bottom of the front clam, but maybe you have plans to blend it to a splitter or something like that?

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Posted 22 December 2012 - 08:31 PM

The rear 3/4 is a bit mustangesque.

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 08:08 AM

Looks great have been thinking of this myself, would you sell copies of this? How much wider will the car be on each side, approx? ,Per

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 09:40 AM

Looks really great superb work on it looks like a totally different car from the rear half. Have to agree with JG with his exacting eye, never spotted till he said though.

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 10:03 AM

maybe you have plans to blend it to a splitter or something like that?


Exactly this, I have a Dempert(?) front splitter that the leading edge of the arches blends into quite nicely, by luck rather than by design has to be said.
95% decided on a metallic grey, Landrover Stornaway grey or for something a bit lighter the Jag Lunar grey maybe.

I will have to take molds off these, they are too flexible to not cause cracking problems once painted, plus there must be kg's of filler and fibreglass paste slapped on. When replaced with nice lightweight fibreglass copies I would expect there to be a weight reduction once the original clam is cut away from underneath them. May go some way to slightly offsetting the extra weight of wider wheels and tyres....

If all goes well I will be looking at replicating a couple of sets of them if anyone would be interested, but that's a fair way away at the moment.
Cheers for all the nice comments guys.

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 10:20 AM

All very well deserved sir!

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 10:39 AM



If all goes well I will be looking at replicating a couple of sets of them if anyone would be interested, but that's a fair way away at the moment.


Yes please Nige :)

If you take molds let me know, I'll be in for sure!!

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 04:39 PM

The back end looks sooooo good. Cant wait to see what its like once its been sprayed ;) Any chance of getting a group buy on the rear light mod?!?! :P

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 07:02 PM

I would be very up for moulds of whatever you have. The coupe back in particular :) -what hinge have you got on it by the way?

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 08:10 PM

FLD is in the process of developing the coupe top based on my original mold, check his thread out as I'm sure he's looking at going into a limited production run of them thumbsup It's hinged from underneath he roll bar cover with a pair of laser cut J shaped brackets, supported by two gas struts. The arches widen the overall width of the car by approx 100mm in total. Once the car is complete I'll have time to replicate the rear light mouldings and arches if anyone fancies having a go themselves, but, be warned, the lights in particular are not for the faint hearted ;)

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 09:20 PM

The GTR has a nice metallic grey

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 09:37 PM

A thread collected with many ppl who understand moulding of component I must ask if someone can make
front arc vent which are not looking like they are sitting outside of the body instead looking like they have been there for always
like this?
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I like a set of those wheel arcs Darcini.

,Per

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Posted 23 December 2012 - 10:42 PM

JJJ, I like a lot, do you know if it's a standard Datsun colour?
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