My new kit, door pods and a couple of other pics (56k warning)

[Rmyers]

Well the new kit arrived last week, and this weekend we took a little time to attach the front and rear skirts onto the standard bumpers. Problem was that i had stupidly given away my old front bumper and we wrecked the old rear bar when we stuck the origional rear skirt on (not only that, but we accidentally ripped it off it's support), so during the week i had to source a pair of relatively good condition bumpers. Anyways, the rear skirt has been stuck on and currently the front skirt is waiting for the urethane to cure.

Here's some happy snaps...

Rear bar curing


Rear bar finished


Front skirt on it's own


Front skirt curing (as it sits now)



Rear bar went on almost perfectly (two little sections at the ends were fouling). Front bar needed a bit more persuasion tho. Overall i'm quite happy with how they sit, but as i said, would have liked the front bar to have gone on a little easier (which should be expected from aftermarket parts). Other problems is that the front will need to be modified slightly to accept the cooler, but that's hardly AWC's fault :P. Also we've decided to fibreglass up the rear exhaust hole and running a dumper a bit further up (as was suggested by Walkinshaw).

Since the bonnet had to be moved from it's current spot to make room in the garage, we decided to dummy it up on the car for now, but really we just wanted to get a look at it on the car.

Getting excited now...






Lastly, i installed a set of custom door pods into the ED (my daily car). I've had a set of splits sitting in my closet for around half a year now that i got dirt cheap, so about 2 weeks ago i decided that the factory set up would no longer cut it, and bought a second hand amp for it. Origional plan was for it to be a quick install, just chuck em into the standard spots and be done with it, but nooooooooooooo, the damn magnets fouled the window by about an inch. Only option i had would be to make a set of pods for it, but thought i might aswell put in a little effort which would both make the sound better and also give me a little practice with fibreglassing.

So about a week ago i started them and worked on them in any little free time i got, and eventually ended up with this.....








Very happy with how they turned out (had two spots were the staples holding the vinyl on show through a little), but other than that they turned out good and sound magnificent. Was thinking of doing them in a matching colour to the interior, but i had a big roll of black vinyl laying around and decided to use that instead.

Anyways, that's what i've been upto in the past couple of days

[FPVWEPN]

nice stuff not long now eh??

[BI6TIM]

Well done starting to look good!

[LTDHO]

Looks Good Steve.

The bonnet looks great. The car will look it when finish.

[Gunns]

Looking good Steve!

[dansedgli]

Wow! That bonnet looks pretty good!

[Dezza]

Good job Steve. The car is starting to look good.

[XRated]

Looking nice

[EFFANATIC]

Looks awesome well done! love the front bar

[mcflux]

Looking good mate ;)

[ned]

Looks great, I bet it feels good finally seeing some actual physical progress, and there's nothing better than taking pride in your work either.

[old_mate]

i see no pics :(

[Stevo]

Thats going to look awesome yet subtle

[Kenaz]

Great stuff. Can't be too much longer now.

[EFFalcon]

damn that front bars been a ***** ey :P
atleast the rear was good

i can't wait to see the side skirts on it

[Tiga_EL]

Coming along nicely. Should look sweet when its finished.

[sven]

nice. love the buldge on your car. i'm gonna have to make new door pods aswell since my new splits wont fit properley!! might nieed some tips ;D

[LUXO_8]

thats looking awesome steve......good stuff..

[-jjM-]

goodo steve, looks good mate, cant wait too see this thing finished

[EASPRINT]

i want that bonnet!....i love it!

[Rmyers]

Originally Posted by EASPRINT

i want that bonnet!....i love it!

I'll sell it to ya, for.....lets say......$5000??? lol

[Rmyers]

Originally Posted by sven

nice. love the buldge on your car. i'm gonna have to make new door pods aswell since my new splits wont fit properley!! might nieed some tips ;D

It's easy as, just a little time consuming mainly because the fibreglass takes a long time to dry in this weather. I didn't take any pics of the build up process, but the hardest part was wrapping them in vinyl. If anyone wants any tips just drop us a PM...

[snypereb]

Looking good steve nice work!!

[Rmyers]

Originally Posted by EFFalcon

i can't wait to see the side skirts on it

Yeah as i may have mentioned earlier, the side skirts are my favourite aspect of the kit. For those that are not familiar with this kit, the side skirts actually come in six sections. The main section is the bit that runs along the bottom like all side skirtz, but then there are four more sections that cover the entire bottom half of the doors, and are flared at the ends to make them flow with the rest of the kit. Hard to explain but i'll put up some pics tomorrow to illustrate it better....

[5L]

yeh there is a pair of those sideskirts for sale on ebay now, it'll look great....sort of aero style

[NC_GHIA]

I want door pods like that it would save me buying new door trims for the EAII... But I am not real handy with things like that... Do you want to make another pair for me I'll pay you cos at this rate it is going to cost me $50 a door trim they don't have to be covered in vinyl cause I am getting my car deced out in black crushed velvet (cieling and the bit around the door handles) and black suede for the floor, door trims and the parcle bit behind the rear seats oh and my dash...


So You set a price (reasonable) and I'll send you a money order but don start until you get the money order. What do you say RMYERS?
Oh and what does every body thing about my interiour idea...

[Rmyers]

Heh, sorry mate but to be honest i have enough to do as it is. They are very easy to make, as i said covering them is the hardest part.

Basically, you just cut out a shape out of MDF to be your base plate (the section that will be flush against the door, doesn;t haveto be thick, the thinner the better IMO). Then, just cut out a ring that you can mount your speaker to. After that, use a small MDF cutoff or two and angle the ring to whatever angle you require and just silicon it into place. After the silicon (or whatever you use) dries, then get a pair of stockings and slip it over the entire frame. This will create the shape of the pod. Next, get some fibreglass resin and matting (they come in kits with everything you need, drop us a PM if your not sure on what you need) and start by brushing on one layer of resin onto the stocking to harden them up, and once they are dry, cut the matting strips and one by one lay them over the pod while brushing a generous amount of resin over them till they soak it up. Make sure to get an even amount of matting on the entire pod and apply another layer if you wish (i only used one). Now, when it's dry, get a sander (grinders prolly better) and cut back all the sharp burs that will inevetably pop up in the fibreglass, then simply get some body filler and cover the pod evenly, wait to dry and sand into shape. That's basically it.

If you have any further questions about the fibreglassing or whatever, drop us a PM, but yeah as i said i really am quite busy ATM working on other things. If you had asked me a month ago than I would have had plenty of time but now i'm pretty much devoting my time to getting this damn car ready for the glenmaggie meet.

[NC_GHIA]

Thats cool I'll have a go if I have any probs I'll drop you a pm.Hopefully they turn out right...

[reded]

1 queston???

Where did u get the bonet scoop from?? i like it alot!!!!

thnx

[LUXO_8]

reded......they made it using a standard bonnet and a BA XR8 bonnet bulge.....