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[The Batman]

HOW YOU WANT IT TO LOOK

 

 

 

 

 

HOW IT ACTUALLY LOOKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry i couldnt resist

[MAXR]

Ha ha ha...

SOD OFF! You know you’ll be jealous!😜

...I still remember your first batmobile with the grafted Exige engine lid & BIG arches!!!

[MAXR]

Let's miss the fibreglass stage and go straight for a carbon fibre clam

No point, if you hit something head on, the rear of the car would shatter! I do know a company that will carbon fibre dip a complete car though!

[MAXR]

I love everything your doing with the car Max and thanks for sharing the running commentary of your vision.....


......now drop a special vag lump in there to finish the journey off

Dunc,

You need to lend me your car to find out how good it is!

[christhegasman]

I would like to see this finished looks interesting I like it
Agreed it won’t look like a vx but each to their own

[JohnTurbo]

Reminds me of a K1 Attack. Might even end up looking good!!!

But you're high on crack Max.
Off to rehab with you!!

[smiley]

...I still remember your first batmobile with the grafted Exige engine lid & BIG arches!!!

 

[MAXR]

Yep, that’s the fella!

blimey, that brings back memories! (Not good ones!) I think I just regurgitated a little bit of sick!😂

[The Batman]

 

...I still remember your first batmobile with the grafted Exige engine lid & BIG arches!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hmm

 

i know which one i would choose

[siztenboots]

can you make it look like this please

 

[ditonics]

I'd never seen the original batmobile, he hid the evidence of his crimes well.
Thanks for sharing 😂😂😂

Interesting project 👍

[The Batman]

Lol that was when the kit arrived. The front clam hadn’t at that stage

[The Batman]

Hey look max your wheels!

http://a68.tinypic.com/xdyoee.jpg

God it needed gt hubs

Actually the rear was sorted at a later date:

http://a67.tinypic.com/14w3skg.jpg

Didn’t do the front end and ended up stripping the poor girl but then I bought flymo

[MAXR]

Minor update:

 

 

 

Due to work, I have not had a chance to do much on the front. So, just a small update on what I’ve done in the last 2 hours.

As you know, Joe kindly pointed out that the pieced together front I posted not long ago looked less than perfect, thanks Joe!

 

 

 

 

 

Guys, cutting up any plastic bumper is SO easy. I can’t believe that no one on here has just cut & welded the plastic together from another car to fit the VX. Making the front bumper was fun! Just use a hot air gun, soldering Iron & Stanley knife! The plywood base is a must though! Any holes can be plugged with offcuts of bumper! Bonus!

 

 

 

 

So, I started piecing together the cut up A4 bumper into one modified bumper, which will allow a good mould to be made. As I have had a few people mention that they may like to revamp their VX with my modified front, I have had to reset the headlights so that they will be road legal. In doing so however, it has created far more work than I originally intended. It has meant that the car will be almost 50mm longer in the front. The main issue being the bonnet. In order to make the creases on the bonnet not meet the middle of the headlight, I will now have to cut the bonnet along the black line shown in the photo to the inside edge of the headlight. The curvature from the wing will have to be lifted & remade to the new cut line. The front edge of the bonnet will extended & a new front bonnet curve re-made to align with the headlights, but still forming a ‘V’ in the middle.

 

 

 

 

 

The plastic bumper also works well on the VX wheel arches. By keeping the strengthener behind the arch & removing a 15mm section of the front fibreglass skin, the new plastic bumper can be fixed & glued with very little making good. Even the lower bulge is easy to merge into the arch.

Next, I want to make a mould of the cut down grill surround to look more like the VX opening again. I will probably fit Audi air intake vents but modify them slightly.

 

 

 

Finally, my old splitter now looks pants with the new front end. I may possibly buy the one shown in the photo below and modify it to fit the modified Audi/VX bumper and then make a mould of it. It will hopefully have a similar affect to a plywood one?

 

[MAXR]

Joe, the Green wheels are the best part on the car!

[JG]

Well i think its awesome

[The Batman]

It’s defo getting there!

[smiley]

Edited by smiley, 29 August 2018 - 06:13 PM.

[MAXR]

It's NOT going to have a flippin Audi Grill !  

 

 

 

 

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

I'm
Glad you said that max