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Wow!!! That looks awesome!

amazing

What is the order of assembly? You are starting with suspension. What's next? Wnen do drop in the engine?

The engine is about a year or so away. interior next along with electrics and braking system.

Well, its on its own wheel at last (the other three i had to borrow )

Its alot lower than i remember it :lol:



its alos alot easier to move around



interior next....oh joy, not looking forward to the next lot of work at all, maybe i will take a break for a while

This post has been edited by Nial: Oct 12, 2014 - 1:23 PM

A whole lot of fun today, i still hate fibreglassing things. Whos daft idea was it to install a roll cage???? :lol: :lol: the top half of the plastics that frames the window will get flocked, the lower half, after a lot more work will get painted a high gloss black, along with the front door lower sections and the bottom half of the dash, dash inserts will get painted a silver.

wow, this is dedication to a car.

Without the 'roll cage' the initial excitement might not have carried you through. OMG, to see her up on tires was a magic moment, at least for me. I hope you are getting lots of photos of WIP to pass along for us 'learners' to emulate.

Everything you post is so appreciated!

But will it pass inspection when you're done?

What inspection?

he is most likely referring to the MOT

It`ll pass an MOT no worries. The only time you need anything more is if you make a new chassis from scratch.

I wish the rules were like that where I live.

If we change the suspension, we have to get an alignment to show it's still within OEM range and pass a more in-depth inspection.

Welding on the frame is considered a straight up fail.

Luckily we can do more or less what we want to, any suspension, any engine, more or less any modification you want as long as it isn't dangerous and as long as the engine passes emissions then your good to go, a few silly things would mean a fail such as having a sticker on the front screen that is within the wiper arch, or non OEM tinted windows on the front. Exhausts can't be ear bleedingly loud, some garages are stricter than others but interpretation of the rules is pretty open.

A small bit of progress tonight.

Inspired by someone on here I figured its was a good idea to remove the casting marks from the rear lights.

You can see the casting marks.....the dam things always get gunked up with wax polish.



after a rub down with 600 grit wet n dry.




Test fitted to the car along with the rear bumper to check its new duct clears the crash bar

crazy attention to detail

I love you. I'm just saying.
Nothing but respect for your build sir.

thanks. I always said you can feel the love on 6gc

Off to Toyota today to order some new brake hard lines, and a few other minor bits n bobs. Not looking forward to it as they will inevitably make purchasing parts as hard as possible.

Deliveries of paint and filler didn't come yesterday so nothing done last night on the interior. I think the next few weeks will be spent just sanding and filling and sanding prepping for a humongous paint day when I will paint the interior plastics and the interior of the shell. But as the weather is getting cold that might have to wait.

casting marks what? casting marks who?

Yeah I did that too, and they really polish up nicely. No more ugly numbers! I'm unsure of the legalities but meh. It looks great!

At least in the USA, the housing needs to have a DOT stamp to be "legal"

I'm not even sure the JDM tail lights even have that stamp.