Building a sport luxury interior + other mods (Page 24/26)
Chris_86GT AUG 27, 09:13 AM

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Originally posted by KOS:

great build! This was one of the builds I came across that inspired me to do a waterfall console in my car. Although I used the stock dash. Mine didnt come out quite as nice but I am real happy with having a tablet in the car now (well at least when I get it working again!)




Post a pic if you like. I would like to see how it came out.

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I just followed the link to your build; it blended nicely with the stock dash. Nice job!

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KOS AUG 27, 02:17 PM

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Originally posted by Chris_86GT:


Post a pic if you like. I would like to see how it came out.

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I just followed the link to your build; it blended nicely with the stock dash. Nice job!




Thanks! I am happy with it. I hope to get it finished up soon. However the stock back part of the console will have to stay as is for a while until I get more time to build that half of it. I am just going to enjoy having an updated interior for a while before I tackle anything else!

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Build Thread

Chris_86GT MAR 26, 03:01 AM
Finally I had some fun making new things for the car

Last weekends I started the completion of the side scoops. First I make them out of cardboard. Then cut the forms to a flat sheet of fibreglass I made (single layer 400-450 grams cloth). Spot glue them together with hot glue for the final adjustments.









And the rocker panel for. I cover the cardboard with tape, fibreglass doesn’t stick to it and it’s easy to release. Of course you don’t have a perfect finish, but for my case worked fine and I don’t mind the extra time I have to spend to fix all the blemishes.


First I make the round end. Then use my “mold” to take the final shape.
Chris_86GT MAR 31, 06:59 AM
Glassed the fins




Primed


Finished product




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My Build thread

carbon MAR 31, 09:27 AM
Those scoop vanes are awesome!
TXOPIE MAR 31, 07:14 PM
Sweet...love them!
Chris_86GT APR 03, 03:15 AM
Thank you all!
And the finished setup from inside...
I can direct the aluminum pipes either to the brakes or the motor. For now the driver side directs air to the ignition module and the other side to the alternator.
carbon APR 03, 12:14 PM
Wait... are the lower scoops going to the brakes or something else?
Chris_86GT APR 04, 03:23 AM

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Originally posted by carbon:

Wait... are the lower scoops going to the brakes or something else?



The driver side directs air to the ignition module and the other side to the alternator.
JohnWPB AUG 13, 10:19 PM
Wow, nice build... too bad almost all the photo's in the middle of the build are just broken links to where images used to be I am doping a custom interior, and wold loved to have seen some of your progress photo's along the way.

A lot of people gripe and complain about PFF Image poster. I see all the time, "I use Photobucket", "I use Imageshack"... and years, if not months down the road red X's and broken iumages are showing up everywhere .....At least with PFF image poster, this never happens. I have over a hundred photos in my build thread I started 4 years ago, and not one single broken image. Sure, it can be a pin, but in the end it's worth it.


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Originally posted by Chris_86GT:

Some pics of the almost finished exterior panels.












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Originally posted by Chris_86GT:

The only thing left for the ECM cover is to find an open/close mechanism for the door. Maybe I will copy the mechanism from the original.




The fitment isn’t perfect because is just sitting there. When I put the screws it will be ok.


This was sent to the upholstery shop as a guinea pig and the results were disappointing. I wonder what the quality of the job you are getting is; does anyone have pics from his interior so I can see the work done on the stitching?




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Originally posted by Chris_86GT:

With the primer on it starts to show gooood....




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