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Originally Posted by Godspeed Brakes
Im going to go widearch on mine so doesn't matter to me
if i got 5 in the next couple of days I'll fit them on the 4 door and see |
Not sure on spacer size , would have thought somewhere between 30mm to 50mm , I'll make hubcentric spacers , i can make them exactly the size i need , i would imagine wheel bearings would not last as long as they would without spacers , but it wouldn't get driven like a rally car as its going to be a road car .
There aren't any uprated bearings as far as i know , when i ran a Gp N car , we just fitted standard bearing. The Hatch wrx has a better front bearing so i could use hubs from them on the front , or even fit widetrack hubs as the bearings on those are even better , i could make spacers to suit either hub . It's going to be a bit of trial and error , but others have done WRC kits before and I've not heard of anyone having bearing issues. |
What with your engineering skills/resources, you have every option covered, whatever. :thumb:
I'm the first UK owner of my MY99 STi, and have had her for over 7yrs now.... No sign of any rumbling bearings as of yet. |
Loving those wheels in 18", very similar to the Speedline ST2 that I have in 17", you can see the difference in offset with the flush centre on the 18" version
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Ordered the Carbon Fibre WRC body kit for the type R a week or so ago so no turning back now ! Should be ready to ship to me in a couple of weeks time , so can book it into the body shop to start ripping my car apart , seems such a shame to have to cut off perfectly good rear quarter panels , but looking at the bigger picture it will be well worth it once it's finished.
Most kits available are a wide arch panel that is bonded onto the standard rear quarter panel , and you cut it away so you cannot see it under the arch , the kit I have bought totally replaces the full quarter panel , and is bonded on where the standard panel is spot welded on. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psmq9zflox.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psvbmhktu5.jpg The sills are bonded on , and are a perfect fit into the perfectly fitted wings http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psbvcxv2rm.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psz0aw9q7a.jpg The wings are the best fitting ones I've seen , and after bashing my old WRC about on rallies , i've tried a few different makes and nothing seemed to fit http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psmeohwfeb.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psap9imwo3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pseljd3yqm.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pstjrv1iwy.jpg Bumper were also an issue , or at least finding good copies , but these are very good also http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psqetuv2bt.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psgvnrcdbt.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psoj4l7fy5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pskcypufpg.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps8bf4hxlt.jpg This kit is by far the best quality I have seen advertised , and costing nearly as much as the base car , it should be ! The interior is staying standard , there is no roll cage going in , I'm only modifying the outside , along with the Speedline wheels already fitted , will be fitting coilovers to get the ride height right for the arches , obviously big brakes front and rear , will be looking at doing something different , so perhaps fitting RAR front and rear brakes , we'll see on that. Was going to stay white for colour , but the more I look at photo's of wide arch cars , the WRC blue still gets me , so that's 99% chosen. I'll be adding to this thread and including pics along the way. Cheers Ian |
Awesome project Ian looking forward to seeing the end results.
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That's an awesome looking carbon kit you've got there. Who made these if you don't mind me asking?
Cheers Rich |
Had delivery of the kit from Ireland today , look very good quality in the flesh !
It was never going to get damaged ! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps0z11uep7.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psxdu00kr6.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps3ftrd52r.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pswgoh47oa.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pswug8zqzy.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psxdu00kr6.jpg Jamie over in Ireland , who's done these , sent photo's of his own car with these panels fitted in place straight off the press , no fettling has been done , just clamped in place , and the fit is amazing , much better than anything I ever bought for my old WRC car , pity these weren't about when I needed them. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psyiix1cvp.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psoiaybydi.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psi3bhot9j.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pscz30r38a.jpg Looking forward to making a start now , going to get the car stripped down , going to remove the interior , glass , and all bolted on panels myself , and then it's off to the body shop to have the rear quarters removed , fit the kit and get it painted WRC blue. I'll get it back to my workshop and refit the interior and glass , and crack on with the other stuff , suspension , brakes , and getting the wheels filling the arches nicely. |
This is the guy I had it from
Facebook Post Cheers Ian |
Looks like Facebook and photobucket are being knobs today !
Search for The Project on facebook , he has a page dedicating the last 2 years to make this kit Or this thread http://www.type-ra.com/subaru-forum/...13#post-181276 Cheers Ian |
Made a start on stripping the Type R down yesterday , it's looking a bit sorry for itself now , looks like it's been stolen recovered !
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps2wl15zbh.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psfi7hb6td.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pskzphxuc2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps6mgyktwa.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psvyryqga7.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pslasklwp7.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pswusqn2f7.jpg Bumper bar was well rusty , so ordered new front and rear ones yesterday from ICP , so should have those Tuesday , can start fitting the wings and front bumper , they all need drilling to bolt them on. Got an auto glazier coming Wednesday to remove all the glass , then it's off to the body shop end of the week to have the rear quarter panels removed , and they can fit the full carbon kit on properly , they are also fabricating the rear inner arch tubs , and extension plates to allow for the extra width . So all moving in the right direction. I didn't want the car going to the bodyshop with my new wheels on , so swapped them with the RA's wheels , the RA looks very nice with the WRC rep's on http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psqdiaif4e.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psqfipchtx.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psxqtsacfj.jpg |
Ordinarily i'm not a fan of white classics, but these look class. This is some great progress coming along here! That body kit will be epic! :thumb:
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How very dare you! (I have a white STi 5). :razz: :D
- Actually, once the body is all sorted, Ian's going to be having it painted in the correct Works cars' genuine shade of WR Blue. So it's all good. :cool: |
Managed to get a wing on this afternoon , none of the holes are drilled in the wing , spent a bit of time marking it all , check , measure , check measure !
The panels are to nice ( and expensive ) to bugger up. They fit very nice straight out the box , it's a shame to paint over the carbon fibre. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psee7yf6ns.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pskfujeziz.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psp6wxvgha.jpg Hopefully get the complete front end bolted on inc lights in the next few days |
Wow! That looks stunning:cool::cool: nice pair off scoobys you have, I had a mint classic 6 years ago...ended up on its roof:( I'm still gutted! Searched for about a year for another but couldn't find anything decent, ended up getting a hawkeye, love it but I'd still prefer a classic:thumb:
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Quote Ian ‘A shame to paint over the carbon fibre’. Edit ‘No its a crime to paint over the cf’
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Looking forward to seeing this project
Nice to see a good one in South Wales |
Loving your work Ian! :thumb:
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Done a bit more to the car this week , been very busy so didn't have enough spare time to do as much as I wanted.
Fitting the wings and lights on http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psvgjwzm12.jpg Cut the hole for the sidelight wiring http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psmhiydsb9.jpg Next was drilling the holes for the headlight bolts and locating pins http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps8xcap3rx.jpg Figured the best way of doing this was to use the standard wing as a template , didn't want to get this wrong and the lights being out of level , and then having to make the holes larger to fix it , put some masking tape over the standard wing and marked the holes out , as I already had 2 bolts holding the wing on , I just put the masking tape on the CF wing , lined up the 2 marked holes with the bolts , and drilled through the rest , fitted perfect first time http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps2hwvvgtk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps0m3gmmyl.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psjvdcpmm9.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps8xcap3rx.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psf51xd7zf.jpg Had to modify the sidelight to fit into the CF wing , as there is not sharp edge for the light to fit into , I cut the plastic away and drilled a hole for it to fit into http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psxohoaeoy.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps4zsya2om.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psm9t71x5u.jpg Had to take a little material away under the wing to get the sidelight in place , to be fair though , that is the only modification I have made to the panels so far , the fit is very good. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psxkt74y9n.jpg Sidelight and headlight fitted http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps0aogv9qf.jpg New bumper bar on http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pswfe6rknt.jpg Bumper placed on , it again is a perfect fit , everything is where is should be http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psa8mfsc2q.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps6vfctq7h.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pssjsh1i1u.jpg Job today is take the wings off , and re-route the wiring so its higher than the wing , I'm going to be fitting wheel arch covers , the wiring is lower than where they will be , so needs lifting http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pstorjkm9h.jpg Out in the daylight it's looking better http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psc3rafos2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pspgnlvixk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps2jqwhsrm.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psjoipokbg.jpg Had the glass taken out http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psyiwjemgh.jpg Driver seat is left in loose to get it on and off the trailer going to the body shop , i'll remove it up there and get the seat cleaned up and stored until the car comes back http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps61adgyhe.jpg Got some new side repeaters and rear number plate lights from Import car parts yesterday , so will be cutting out the holes in the front wings and rear bumper today , got new bumper indicators as well , will get those fitted as well so everything on the front end will be ready to paint , the bodyshop shouldn't have to do any modifications on the front. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psaelsgrcz.jpg Couldn't wait so fitted one of the Speedline WRC replica's on the front , as the standard wheels look a bit lost in the arches ! Look's a lot better , just need to work out the thickness of spacers I need to make to fill them out WRC style now. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psg7ftwp97.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psprom0sts.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pseqd3ftzn.jpg It will be fitted with coilovers to drop it to the height I want , and it going to have something different brake wise That's about it to date , will update further the more I do Cheers Ian |
Looking good.
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Stunning! I need this kit and a 2 door shell to go with it :thumb:
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Haven't updated the thread for a while , it did grind to a halt for 3 weeks or so , the bodyshop had a slot for me , then didn't really do anything with the car , but things have been moving the last couple of weeks , and hopefully it should be painted this week , or at least some of it will be , backs of doors boot and bonnet
The rear quarters were cut off , and prepped , getting all the gaps right , and everything fitting right before doing the tubs http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps9aey1w4s.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps1a3xwzro.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps94yehjdn.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psa79winsw.jpg Once they were happy with the fit , the tubs were made , done a real nice job of these , bending a lip on the outer edge to give the quarter a solid fixing point http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pstzstzt9e.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps5ahyyjeo.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psaoy7fwia.jpg Rear quarters now bonded on along with the sills http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psra0bszjq.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pswte6inqh.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psdtywvojf.jpg Going to have to do something at the bottom of the arch at the rear as it looks too open with the bumper on http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psq1waz1l7.jpg I'll wait to fit the 18" when it comes back to our unit and see how it looks , I could fit mudflaps to cover it rally style , but I hate them ! on the rally car I had to run them , was in the regs , through choice I wouldn't have That's all for now , hopefully have some pics in blue by the weekend Cheers Ian |
Looking fantastic Ian. Can't wait to see it in paint.
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Nearly there , bodyshop sent a pic yesterday primered up ready for paint , so hopefully next week she'll be finished ready to come back
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Nice. :cool:
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
Nice. :cool:
Love the genuine GC8 WRC body. An ex-Works WRC97 or '98 would be high on my Lotto/Euro' win bucket list. :cool: JT, so where the hell have you been, of late? :Suspiciou |
Was painted yesterday
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pssxltbbdh.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psa1b26sjc.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psezmfsdmi.jpg Couple of days left |
O...M...G...!
Amazing. :luxhello: :beer: You now must be champing at the bit to get on and finish her. |
It looks absolutely stunning Ian... can't wait to see it all back together. Very exciting times!!! :)
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