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Get moving on this!!! can't wait to see it all finished up. :thumbs:

haha thanks...tell me about it...

 

another hurdle yesterday when I have been told running runflats on these is not recommended so had to re order new tyres today and will have to shift those old ones soon

 

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Here we go with a few more updates,in between Christmas and New Year plus a cold managed to get the project moving again

 

as mentioned before my run flats were not fit for the wheels so reordered some new tyres,

 

found a good deal on Michelin Pilot Sport Cup for rears and went for it,size 325/30/19

 

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took them to my local tyres centre for fitting

 

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and then I got the car up on stands,removed the old wheels and front bumper

 

it will only come down again once it is ready

 

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taped and marked where the cuts will be made on rear panels,decided to go for 40mm on both sides plus had to cut the rust out

 

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had a fair bit to cut and sort but managed in between to also get a test fit of the rear wheels

 

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I have decided after playing around with the welder that my skills are not perfect to do a very tidy job on welding the arches together so I will be using a metallic filler instead

 

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happy with the rear arches on so sealing is the next job then moving to the front

 

before I get the front bumper on I had to respray the front crush bar so did it in between working on the rear panels

 

cleaned and did a few coats of grey primmer

 

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1 coat of black gloss

 

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4 coats of black gloss

 

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will be doing a few coats of clear lacquer as well to finish it off

 

also got myself a headlight restoration kit

 

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more updates and pics to follow soon

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today I wanted to cut the front wings and see how it lines up with the RB fenders/wings

 

thought I will try and minimise the whole cut as some of the chaps on youtube and see if I can get away with it...but no,just had to cut , cut and cut a little more until the fender will fit

 

once it was in place I have decided to connect the front bumper as well and line them up

 

used a few metal self drills to keep it in place

 

although it is lined up the front bit needs a bit of tidying up so left it for later in the week

 

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fair play to ya m8 :notworthy: ......i am sure many on here will be shocked at the lengths it goes to ,to make this kit look right.....personnally i dont think i can bring myself to cut my zed.

 

truely awesome build thread m8..well done :teeth::yahoo:

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Good progress mate

are you planning to extend the inner arches or just do away with them?

not sure at the moment as I didn't get the chance to measure them good all round the fender but I suspect with a bit of fiddling they will be fine
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fair play to ya m8 :notworthy: ......i am sure many on here will be shocked at the lengths it goes to ,to make this kit look right.....personnally i dont think i can bring myself to cut my zed.

 

truely awesome build thread m8..well done :teeth::yahoo:

thanks Bob...I will be honest with you, I was more worried about cutting the rear arches rather then the front ones although the front cut is way bigger and that is because it is easy to get front wings and side steps and refit but difficult to sort the rear arches as it will involve welding
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fair play to ya m8 :notworthy: ......i am sure many on here will be shocked at the lengths it goes to ,to make this kit look right.....personnally i dont think i can bring myself to cut my zed.

 

truely awesome build thread m8..well done :teeth::yahoo:

 

Shocked indeed! At the amount of cutting, the level of effort and not least the damn width of those rear tyres :scare:

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