RoyBoy7 Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 (edited) Hi Guys I bought my Aerotop back in April, in a sad state. It had been parked under a tree for months (9 or so). My head said walk away but my heart said this car needs a new home,so I bought it. CRAZY I know. So started with a little bodywork So far its been despoilered, do-luck style front bumper, the handles have been resprayed. A leak fixed (Thanx Paul Whiffin). Had to replace the alarm . I have changed the wheels. So a freind and have decided to have a little comp . Buy A car and do it up for £15000. Im doing supra, he cant decide. So when he gets a car may have to rethink the money. Will be doing an ice install( £1000 Max before it comes from my budget) I will be keeping a photo diary of the progress. This is how she was when I got her Edited August 15, 2013 by RoyBoy7 Adding pictures (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 For 15K you could have brought Paul's black single and have 2K spare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBoy7 Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 Wanted to do things a little different and its £15000 over time not in 1 hit. Also wanted to learn and enjoy the process . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 You will learn that starting with an NA and building a single turbo will be far more expensive than buying a well set up single in the first place, but what do I know Good luck, hope your mate does not buy a single GTR or you will be left with a fair bit of catching up to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trebor69 Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Wanted to do things a little different and its £15000 over time not in 1 hit. Also wanted to learn and enjoy the process . Good luck with the car pal ...... doing it the way you are means that you'll know it inside out and its all your own work , thats what makes it special ........ making it how YOU want it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBoy7 Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 Mate , you are proberly right . But plan to have fun along the way. I always wanted an Aerotop aswell .If he buys a gtr I'll break his legs until I catch up, only joking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Mate , you are proberly right . But plan to have fun along the way. I always wanted an Aerotop aswell .If he buys a gtr I'll break his legs until I catch up, only joking If Aero top is a must, there are a couple of MINT ones at BPU level for sale on here at 8-9K, the 6 K would make then single,job done I know you want to do it yourself but the NA is not a great base car for this project IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBoy7 Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 If Aero top is a must, there are a couple of MINT ones at BPU level for sale on here at 8-9K, the 6 K would make then single,job done I know you want to do it yourself but the NA is not a great base car for this project IMO I always seem to do things the hard way. Love the car .So must make the best of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Dont listen to them! I have loved doing mine over time. That said 15k is big money to spend. My total spend is around, 2.5k right now including the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 yea evrybody said na was a bad place to start to me also, i know there rite and a tt is a better foundation but iv loved bulding up the car myself. working on and tinkering with the car is more fun to me than driving it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Mitchell Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 yea evrybody said na was a bad place to start to me also, i know there rite and a tt is a better foundation but iv loved bulding up the car myself. working on and tinkering with the car is more fun to me than driving it well said, thats my argument so lets do it our way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Another aero project GREAT. Looking forward to seeing your progress mate. Personally I thing the only way you know for definate you have a minter is build it yourself. If you need any pointers at all I'm more than happy to point you in the right direction. If you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBoy7 Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 (edited) Thanx guys. Start to think what have I done . I just looked at the gz at the time They were £9-11 . Just thought what can i do so saw this car £2000 later it was mine. We see where the journey take me . A lot of lessons to be learned Im sure . Edited March 11, 2011 by RoyBoy7 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemmjonny Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 lol and theres me thinking i was doing somthing different. good luck mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBoy7 Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 Here is an up date to my car . Having got back from holiday . The Car had the skirts and spats done . Before I went on holiday Dave (Supraloopy ) did the headlights , they look great . So a huge thanx to Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caracol Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 nice change bro. here in Portugal i usual say that having a supra is not luxury its a lifestyle, and only supra onwers know what this sentence means . Keep the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Good good. I love these aero threads, means i can steal ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBoy7 Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 Just had the Bonnet done , so back to red. Before anybody asks it was painted black when I bought it . Cant decide whether to keep the doLuck front or not . At the mo just waiting on Keron to get a TT sorted so I can do the conversion . The money is burning a hole in my pocket . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBoy7 Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Update . Well not much been going on with my car . Returned the front back to std with a rmm carbon lip . Had it meshed aswell . Have had a set of Hsd fitted aswell ! Late last year bought a TT engine and had to collect some bits for the TT conversion to be completed . Thats where it all started to go wrong car is with Keron as we speak ! He got the car running after about 5min it lost a whole lot of water , checked the dipstick and found a good water oil mix ! Not the news I was wanting . But such is life ! Hoping he gets the Head off this week to see if there is any damage and what to do next ! Will let you all know what happenned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Keep the faith dude, keron knows his stuff. I'm sure he'll sort it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Ouch, not good. However, there's too many aero builds, please stop it people, aero's are supposed to be rare:d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraMan Mk4 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Ouch, hopefully it'll get sorted mate. Keron's a top bloke so its in safe hands. Keep the faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIL007 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 this looks great fun, it ll be worth the effort when its done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-_-b Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nice to see the car progress in all different manors, will be good to see the new approach with the front bumper when you get the car back. hopefully the engine issue gets sorted out soon sure it will & you will be back to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Listen to Hodge mate...he has been through this and come out shining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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