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Some serious body mods

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:19 pm
by Nissanman
I've spent the day with a local pro sorting out the body work. First we did the bonnet - both the bulge for the higher engine, and the extra bits for the intercooler pipes - still a work in progress, lots more smoothing to do and the left side hole has been sorted as well, but you get the idea. I like the way the curvy lines of the Stylus have been kept...



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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:21 pm
by Nissanman
And the view from the drivers seat, farily minimal bulge, and as I'm 6 foot I can easily see over the top


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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:30 pm
by Nissanman
We also cut the rear wings and widened by 2 inched to make room for the 235's going on the back


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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:31 pm
by Nissanman
And we've even toyed with the idea of a few Testarossa fins on the doors - though they probably won't make it though the final 'naff or not' test :D :D :D


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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:18 pm
by stylussprinter
I like the rear view of the rear arch widening ; not sure what's happening in front , i.e. by the door shut :?: :?: :?:
Rob.(wouldn't it have been easier to RT arch the rear?)

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:25 am
by Nissanman
The door shut area will be fairly square off with a mesh infill, we won't be doing the fins :D :D

And no - not easier to use RT arches, first, got to pay for them, and secondly all that work only look a couple of hours, another day on it will have it all filled and sanded down. And this way we get exactly the size we want.

Easier ?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:33 pm
by stylussprinter
Nissanman wrote:The door shut area will be fairly square off with a mesh infill, we won't be doing the fins :D :D

And no - not easier to use RT arches, first, got to pay for them, and secondly all that work only look a couple of hours, another day on it will have it all filled and sanded down. And this way we get exactly the size we want.
Fair enough :)

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:26 pm
by Nissanman
Here's the latest on the bonnet - it's getting there now - just needs filler, all the glassing is finally done - and I'm still itching :)


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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:03 pm
by Pete&Matt
it looks like it has nipples lol!!

Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:18 am
by Nissanman
Give me somthing to fondle when I'm bored :)

Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:06 pm
by Nissanman
Thought you might like to see it with the wheels - we had to trim the front of the wheel arch to make them fit prperly, but thankfully my measuring worked and we had extended the arch out by just the right amount.


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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:12 pm
by Nissanman
And from the back.....


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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:24 pm
by whiterabbit
Well that solves the age-old problem of door-to-rear-wing fit then! :lol: :lol:

Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:24 pm
by se7ensport
lovely wheels (had the 5 spoke versions on my old 7 with 235 tyres!), be sure to space your bump stops as it dosn't look as though they will fit within the arch (or i could be the angle of the photo).

Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:46 pm
by Nissanman
Is the picture angle, they fit inside the arch with room to spare, we've jumped up and down on the rear arch to make sure :D :D