NEW WIDE ARCH STI 8 STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE
09 October 2011, 01:40 PM
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NEW WIDE ARCH STI 8 STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE
i just thought id show you what iv been up to the last few months after my last project was wrote off not long after it was finished
basically its a uk sti 8 shell whats been converted to a 2 door and fitted with a full apr wide body kit fitted along with a tasty roll cage etc and a whole host of other mods
some of you may reckonise the shell as james at grd racing we did buy it already converted to a 2dorr as a bare shell but due to james building for simply track focus we have had to re do every thing again inc the 2door conversion as it just wasnt up to scratch for a road going car that need to look the part also so its basically taken longer than it would ahve to start from a bare shell
we got it as a complete vbare shell so taking that in mind we have re done the complete underneth re painted and re coated every part to look as good as the rest also lightening and strenghtening all sub frames and any part we could at the same time
there is so many mods going on but i wont bore you with them hope you enjoy
basically its a uk sti 8 shell whats been converted to a 2 door and fitted with a full apr wide body kit fitted along with a tasty roll cage etc and a whole host of other mods
some of you may reckonise the shell as james at grd racing we did buy it already converted to a 2dorr as a bare shell but due to james building for simply track focus we have had to re do every thing again inc the 2door conversion as it just wasnt up to scratch for a road going car that need to look the part also so its basically taken longer than it would ahve to start from a bare shell
we got it as a complete vbare shell so taking that in mind we have re done the complete underneth re painted and re coated every part to look as good as the rest also lightening and strenghtening all sub frames and any part we could at the same time
there is so many mods going on but i wont bore you with them hope you enjoy
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09 October 2011, 07:05 PM
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09 October 2011, 07:51 PM
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Hi Mat i looked at the on the 22b forum but buy the time i decided to buy it was to late you had it now im glad you did as i prob wouldnt have wanted to do all the work you have done in the pics on 22b it looked mint you have done a great job it looks fantastic keep us posted with the progrees 
10 October 2011, 09:38 AM
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Was done before by GRD 
Looking good Matt, many times i looked at that shell at James's and thought about purchasing... Glad you got it as from what ive read i wouldnt of known where to start to sort all the problems
Good luck with the project and i look forward to seeing it finished
Looking good Matt, many times i looked at that shell at James's and thought about purchasing... Glad you got it as from what ive read i wouldnt of known where to start to sort all the problems
Good luck with the project and i look forward to seeing it finished
10 October 2011, 11:21 AM
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anger you couldnt be more wrong mate james might have well not even bothered filling the doors it was that poor it still looked like a 4 door when we had it he used all the wrong matrals so it al had to be chopped back out and re done the whole rear doors had to come out the skins on the doors re done all the blend work to make it look right had to be re done the whole conversion was a bodge all of james work has been re done inc the welding on the cage and seem welding along with the complete paint work
cheers for all the coments folks for all you who was interested in buying the shell from james i really did do you all a favour by buying it first
cheers for all the coments folks for all you who was interested in buying the shell from james i really did do you all a favour by buying it first
10 October 2011, 11:34 PM
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anger its no probs mate justy wanted to point out how much work had to be re done james is work would have been ok for a stickered up track toy but we wanted to make it that bit more factory finish and road and also so it wouldnt be so easy to break into than it was thats all
myles i was gonna post but il keep it on the sites i use the most at the mo maybe later in the build il pop some on there aswell mate cheers
cheers for all the kind comments folks and trails you hit the nail on the head mate fingers crossed it all works out
myles i was gonna post but il keep it on the sites i use the most at the mo maybe later in the build il pop some on there aswell mate cheers
cheers for all the kind comments folks and trails you hit the nail on the head mate fingers crossed it all works out
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cheers for the comments lads
few more small updates the drift works carbon spoiler is now fitted as is the carbon boot lid now fully fixed correctly with the aid of x4 aero catch fitting for easy removal
few more small updates the drift works carbon spoiler is now fitted as is the carbon boot lid now fully fixed correctly with the aid of x4 aero catch fitting for easy removal