My Epic R32 Rebuild

[funkymonkey]

So I figured I'd make some sort of photo diary of the work being done to my car at Driftline down in Campbellfield, VIC.

Having hit a runaway gate at DECA (thanks for securing the gate with a watering hose... real intelligent) a year n a bit ago, the car's been looking a little sorry and often referred to as the ghetto R32. but no more... with a fresh lick of satin black, full kit, flared fenders and some other bits, it should come out looking mint.

So first the raw materials:

Take 1 beaten up R32

Add:

1 bonnet

2 pumped D-Max front fenders from Empire Aero

2 pumped rear fender flares from Viva Garage

1 Type J Front Bumper from Viva Garage

2 vertex sideskirts and rear bumper from Viva Garage

1 open grille, 2 GTR grill clips, and 1 V-Spec bonnet lip from Laurence (gojira/dr1ft.jp)

a set of Work VS-XX in 17" by custom offsets to fill out the fenders for flush fitment

Wheels have been taken apart atm to have custom outer bands machined and have the centres powdercoated black to match the car.

Update (from a while back):

[mitch8484]

those front fenders look sick!!

[funkymonkey]

lol at the views on the pics making viva garage's website go over their download limit.

[Trent04]

will look good mate, nice

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

funky... nice work on airbrushing yourself onto your bonnet! looks like a reflection!

[funkymonkey]

funky... nice work on airbrushing yourself onto your bonnet! looks like a reflection!

well picked sir... but a flaw in your theory... i'm not a japanese bloke missing my torso.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

shit... a glitch in the matrix

we're all farked!

[funkymonkey]

the guys at the workshop decided to fit up the Viva Garage supplied rear quarters today.

I got an abusive phone call from Roshan, for supplying shit quality quarters that didn't line up with the door line or boot line. His options were "throw them away... or cut them up and make them fit"... the latter will cost a lot more time, which we don't have, so the hunt is on for better quality flared rear quarter fenders.

He said he took some pics of it on the car to show how horribly out they were. Should be interesting.

[RBLUV]

viva garage = poo

dmax for the win

[funkymonkey]

for sure, should've gotten the rears from Empire Aero as well along with the fronts... but we had already ordered the rears from Viva, so that's why we're in this predicament. Contacted Empire about getting rears as well... lets see how we go.

[funkymonkey]

well just to update, today we decided to chop the Viva gaurds (remove the lips that are supposed to go under the boot and door etc) and redo the glass.

Haven't decided on how to blend it... a full blend will require the windows out etc... which is a long and complex process. probably won't go with the option... this means we'll have to go with a more ghetto look for the rears, with the panel edges visible

[Craved]

well just to update, today we decided to chop the Viva gaurds (remove the lips that are supposed to go under the boot and door etc) and redo the glass.

Haven't decided on how to blend it... a full blend will require the windows out etc... which is a long and complex process. probably won't go with the option... this means we'll have to go with a more ghetto look for the rears, with the panel edges visible

thats not very Epic Shan..

go the whole hog .. no point spending the cash for a ful spray and leave that little bit bugging you forever.

[funkymonkey]

if we were to take the glass out etc it'd extend the timeframe by two weeks... its the main deciding factor...

we're gonna try and do some tricky stuff to blend it in... without blending it in. it'll either turn out shit... or epic

the respray is only the outer panels and edges n door jams etc... engine bay's already black as is the inside of the boot etc...

the other alternative is to flare the metal out... but cos of the track damage on the driver side it's pretty hard... easier to just cover the battle scars with fibreglass.

[Craved]

fair call Shan

dunno what teh flares look like so cant really guess at how it would blend in.

[funkymonkey]

Some pics from early on

[Craved]

P plates suit it shan

good luck i can see now why it'll be tricky to blend them.

[funkymonkey]

lol the P plates was a shock to me too... then I realised I had to get my cuz to drive my car to the shop cos I was in brissy, so he had to put em up. hope he didn't munt the clutch like last time by riding it.

[DJRIFT]

the guys at the workshop decided to fit up the Viva Garage supplied rear quarters today.

I got an abusive phone call from Roshan, for supplying shit quality quarters that didn't line up with the door line or boot line. His options were "throw them away... or cut them up and make them fit"... the latter will cost a lot more time, which we don't have, so the hunt is on for better quality flared rear quarter fenders.

He said he took some pics of it on the car to show how horribly out they were. Should be interesting.

i recently brought a full r32 viva garage kit from a friend for $200. i will be throwing the sideskirts away as they are so bull shit its not funny. rear bar was the best fitting after i cut and shut it heaps and the front bar needed a fir bit of time aswell. well the front bar was almost straight. had to fold the sides in heaps. pretty crap realy. worse for the bloke i brought it off as it cost him $1200 and sat in his shed for 12 months.

sorry to hijack just thought i would emphasise that fact

[dori34]

rear guards look like a fantastic fit

[GTS4WD]

There's alot of space under the guards now..

What offset/width Work VS-XX's?

Theres nothing worse than wrong offsets