Ferrari 288GTO build (Page 53/64)
dobie1 JUN 09, 09:33 PM
Well I’m down to the finish line finally, everything is block sanded to 320 and ready for paint.
I decided to test fit my front grill that I got from the Water Jet company, they did a awesome job. Everything fit like a glove!!!
I need to make up four brackets that will attach to the back of the grill and then to the car to hold in place.


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I order to make sure everything still fits I had to install the bumper and one set of the driving lights

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I also decided to check the figment for the mirrors with all the bodywork now totally finished.
and checked the rear deck, everything still fits gaps are still there I’m ready to paint . Time to blow out the shop again,
need to wait a day with no rain.







The next pics the car will be all in white!!!

Stay safe
Wayne

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Trinten JUN 09, 10:08 PM
I'm sorry if I missed it somewhere -- your mirrors, are those 3D printed? Are they modeled after the actual Ferrari mirrors? That part at the bottom is that an aftermarket adapter?

.... so, yeah, basically all the info on the mirrors. If you posted about it, can you kick out a link to the post? Thank you!
dobie1 JUN 09, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by Trinten:

I'm sorry if I missed it somewhere -- your mirrors, are those 3D printed? Are they modeled after the actual Ferrari mirrors? That part at the bottom is that an aftermarket adapter?

.... so, yeah, basically all the info on the mirrors. If you posted about it, can you kick out a link to the post? Thank you!



Hi Trinten
I picked up a set of mirrors from Nick M. He sells GTO rebody kits for 308 Ferrari’s on EBay. He is located in California. Nice guy !
I did contact him recently and he didn’t have any at the moment but now requires 3 sets to be purchased at a cost of $900 per set.
The set I got from Nick didn’t actually fit my car door as received I had to modify them. Nick informed when I originally spoke to him that They are molded off a set of real GTO mirrors so they are correct.

When I was planning on and selling kits of my car I did contact a 3D printer locally about scanning and printing them for the kits
The 3D printed versions printed from my car are $900 Canadian about $700 USD.

I hope that helps.
If you go to page 3 there are a couple pics of them before the modifications I had to make.

Wayne
Trinten JUN 09, 11:24 PM
Thank you!

I've been struggling to find side mirrors that I can either modify to have the features I want or are very close to bolt on (as in make an intermediate bracket). I haven't had much luck yet. A few more production mirrors on the list that I'm watching for on ebay, trying to find ones that are non-working so they are cheaper and can do test fits.

I will keep this info in mind!
dobie1 JUN 25, 11:51 AM
Well lots going on with the build while the body is off for the last time before being bonded to the chassis.
Where to start?
Ok the running boards will when finished start at the door seals outwards to the edge of the running board. Rather than just using a bunch of bondo I made a small fiberglass part that fills the area and is bonded along with the running board.




Once the piece was made and attached I body worked them and the the running boards into the chassis.
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With the body off I was also able to do some wiring in the front trunk area, although the wiring all worked before it looked ugly and wasn’t water resistant
So all 10 relays and 15 fuses are redone into a compact box. This is for the 2 sets of driving lights,2 door poppers, 1 Front hood popper,
And the (5) push button start relays



Next I needed to modify my shock strut top mount, while the rear is off. My buddy Don O. And I’ll be modifying and widening my suspension
So this needed to be done now as once the body is installed it would be all but impossible. This mod moves the shock top over 4”s
But still on the same plane.
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These two pics show how once the modifications are done it moves the shock to a more vertical position allowing for a further extension
Outwards of the lower control arms , which you can see were done but need to move out another 2”s.





All the body pieces have been painted while and are off gassing for a week before being sanded with 800 grit sand paper.
They will then be painted red and reinstalled and bonded onto the car chassis.

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That brings everyone up to date .
Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe everyone

Wayne

[This message has been edited by dobie1 (edited 06-27-2022).]

Sage JUN 25, 05:37 PM



HAGO!
shemdogg JUN 30, 04:25 PM
The home stretch man congrats! Paint looks beautiful! Really like the control arm extensions, giving me idears.....

shem
dobie1 JUL 12, 11:26 PM
Lots going on, interesting that the last part finished is the first one painted “Red”
After bonding the outside door panels to the steel doors the window assemblies were removed for total cleaning as they were becoming
Sticky and slow over the duration off the build. After taking them assemblies out I found them quite rusty and spent the next couple days cleaning and grinding the rust off everything. I’ll spray everything with epoxy primer and paint everything black.




Then All the body work to make the panel and door one without seams.




Then came the fun step adding Color to the part, as I posted before everything is painted with epoxy primer then white single stage paint




The final step “Rosso Corsa”




With the body off the car and doing all the suspension I pulled all the calipers off the car and stripped all the paint off them in preparation for
A Color change . I should have them do in a couple days so I’ll keep the Color a mystery until they are finished.




That bring everyone up to date on my progress.

Stay safe
Wayne
dobie1 JUL 16, 11:14 AM
So more progress, never as much as I would like but still moving forward.

So the process I used for changing the calliper Colour was degrease and clean really well then scuff everything with a red Brillo tape off everything that I didn’t want painted and wipe everything down with a prewash cleaner and air dry.


Once that was finished and everything was hung I sprayed everything with an epoxy sealer primer


Then as with the red I needed to paint everything white as the value code primer as Giallo Fly is very transparent and needs the Light colour to build on.


Then two coats of Giallo Fly , they came out beautiful, once I’ll give it a few days then apply the decals and then spray clear coat on the callipers


One of the difficult areas to paint on the rear area is the inside of the fast back so it was painted Rosso Corsa off the car it will get a wet sand then clear coated.



I also had the wheels and tires dismounted in preparation for painting the wheels. I repaired all the small nicks and scuffs with the red brillo pad and hope to paint them soon.



More to come
Stay safe everyone
Wayne
andreww JUL 22, 01:04 AM
Looking so great in red Wayne!