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well took the passenger sideskirt off tonight and plan was to cut the arch then i can weld them both up the same time but i have had a 3 inch crack just above my side skirt and was thinking it cant be that bad lets see whats under it big mistake my whole rear end has been coated in filler for some reason its been plastered on it as well no wonder why this side looked different im going to cut the arch tomorrow and see what joys i find then ??? also notice gaping holes where my arches were good job i got access to a mig welder and lots of tools in my new job lol any how heres the latest pics :(


all the scraches are where the filler is look how thick it is as well

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the rust will be sorted and so will all the filler before i offer the arches up

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well got the arch cut out and slatted on this bad side and now ground away for welding to commence also most of the silicone crap removed from the body also took the filler down a few levels as soon as i cut the outer skin off the arch popped back to where it should of been



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  • 4 weeks later...
Work has been flat out but we got it welded up one side on our dinner break cheers Martin 


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Got the panel straight as I could took off old Japanese filler and ground the welds off primmered and bonded the one side one here it is held together and left 48 hours to set


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Took of the masking and ended up with this


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Another dinner break Welded up the other side


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That night stayed on and got Welds ground off and excess cut off


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3 coats of primer


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Bonded on


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48 hours later took the masking all off ended up with this


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Drove home like this as the workshop was getting full


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Waited a week and got some carbon fiber filler so it wouldn’t ever crack needs another layer


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Done both sides both still need another layer to make sure it blends in nicely but got this so far bumper and sideskirts just loose in the pics for a mock up


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Doing very well. Really like seeing people do their own work. Make sure you really pay attention to rust proofing inside the guards when finished. Anywhere there is heat applied there will be a lack of factory protection. Are you going to use spacers on the wheels ?

  • 2 months later...

Now almost the end of February 2014 my winter project is almost done

Second hand gtr fuel flap bent and fitted to get a shape of where it needs to go

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25 mm hubcentric wheel spacers delivered

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Off to the body shop she went

Fuel flap made as the gtr one didn’t work as expected

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Sanded down and masked off

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All in paint and back home still need to go back to get the rear bumper sorted going for a different style with that and the sideskirts need better fitment as the rear is wider which is pushing the skirts out of line but got this the rear each side is now 35mm wider than stock

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  • 1 month later...

cheers Bud

well end of march and winter has gone and the car is 99.9% completed now my bumper i never really liked so got a new one it now has been fitted what a bugger it was to get it sitting right not perfect at the moment waiting for a day off next week hopefully I can get it bang on  any way here are the pics
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Its been a long process as I have been in work and trying to do it dodging the rain wasn’t fun but hey its almost ready to a standard I wanted it

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