So, update for the New year soon to be upon us. After lots of saving up this is finally booked in for a full makeover in April, can't wait to have it done, get it built and be driving it again.
Plan is to keep the style the same but make sure the whole chassis is mint and rust free, add some more strength to the chassis (frame rail extensions etc.) some improvements to the engine bay (pretty much all cosmetic only) it will be rebuilt with some upgraded parts and I also plan to remake the interior wiring that goes to the rear and tidy up the front harness side of things better than I left it after the conversion.
Was planning on leaving the style alone but every now and then I question myself should I add flared arches (would make wheel choice much easier) should they be the bolt on style or the same shape but fully smoothed in and made from metal? Thing is if its not done now it never will be. My main reason for doing it would be performance, not cosmetics.
Also need to decide if the underneath should be done body colour or black, I certainly want the wheel wells in black but not sure on the rest.
Got this to remake.
Got sound deadening ready for down the line
Some new parts, not sure why T3 don't make all the parts the same colour, I'll probably aim to fix this. Still got to decide if I want the undercar parts to be gunmetal grey or black. I'm thinking grey if the floor is black and black if I go body coloured.
Car is pretty much ready to go, just got to drop the diff and thats all thats left to take off with still leaving it a rolling shell:
Carbon hood fits well (it wont be staying that colour)
Also need two new wheels, will probably stay the same, but was debating Watanabe R Types, but can't be sure they will fit, at 16x8 ET0 running 225s they will be quite far to the edges, especially as I would need a 4mm spacer on the front to clear the brakes thus making them -4 offset. Standard Watanabe F8s should fit better but I don't like the look as much and can't be sue they will clear front or rear brakes. I would like to experiment with a drag setup running 8.5" Watanabe F8s in +15 offset allowing me to fit Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tyres in 245/40/16 under stock arches.
Will be so nice to finally driver her again late in 2019 hopefully, once on the road I need to sort out my over-boosting problem so I can run full boost again, been stuck with low boost for a while now. Luckily shes still a lot of fun even on low boost.