dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 hi all im new to the club but thought id start a build tread for my first na supra. i bought her being a front end cat c right off as you can see in the pics her chassi was quite bent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 after straightening out the chassis i got to space framing the front i went for welded joints as i couldnt find anyone with a big enough pipe bender at the time but the welds will be ground down and smoothed out before painting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 once i had space framed the front end i got looking at the engine and even though i plan on doing a tt conversion at a later date i wanted the engine to look show worthy so i desided to take the engine out giver her a clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 i also deep cleaned the engine bay then desided to take it a step further and give the engine some paint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 You have taken on a lot of work there, good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 and also desided to paint all the intake bits and rocker covers - - - Updated - - - You have taken on a lot of work there, good luck. thanks mate shes coming along quite nicly just waiting on parts then wont be long till shes finished lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 and as i had paint already mixed up i went and painted a load of other engine parts and engine bay parts ready for fitting after painting engine bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 after all this had been cured i set to carfully rebuilding the engine as much as possible before putting engine back in and this is the result of the painted bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 after this had been done i coundnt continue with fitting the engine back into the car as i need a drivers wing a pair of head lights and a radiator so that i am able to fit fixings onto the space frame before painting the engine bay so instead i started on the bodywork of the rear arches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 i was going to go for normal flared arches i had even got them all shaped out and welded as you can see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 but then i had a thought that i had seen flared arches on a supra before and thought i want to make this one a complete one off something totally different from the rest so i decided to go back to the drawing board and completely custom make a wide arch body kit myself from scratch and here's how it has come together so far, bare in mind its taken alot to get the rear arches the same and there still not finished lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 in between all of that aswell i cut the vents out of the old bonnet as it was fiberglass and had a massive split in it and i have started to mould them into the new alli bonnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Hi Dan, will be interesting to see how this comes out this time Not sure about the shape at the minute, think it would help if you could get a bit of curve from the shoulder when looking from behind, it looks a bit straight from shoulder to the edge of the arch It's good to see something different being tried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Hi Dan, will be interesting to see how this comes out this time Not sure about the shape at the minute, think it would help if you could get a bit of curve from the shoulder when looking from behind, it looks a bit straight from shoulder to the edge of the arch It's good to see something different being tried hi mate thanks and yer i get what you mean its still in progress at the min plus im no photographer lol so camera angle isnt good its totally differant in person so might have to get a better pic to put up as this one really dosnt show off the curves i have put in lol but yer wanted to try somthing a bit differant lol thanks for the feed back ill keep the tread up to date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Mate that looks ridiculously wide, im not even sure how well the suspension components will work once you find a wheel tha fitts, Keeping the shape you have but about as wide as the flared would look alot better I think, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Mate that looks ridiculously wide, im not even sure how well the suspension components will work once you find a wheel tha fitts, Keeping the shape you have but about as wide as the flared would look alot better I think, thanks for ya feed back mate ive researched about the suspension and as it was unrated before i owned it ive been told it should be fine also im keeping the wheels its on now and having spacers custom made also i didnt wanna just got for the flares i waned to just try somthing differant lol as i flare loads of arches in my daily job haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Nice, someone already beat you to it , http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?246108-She-might-just-make-an-appearance-this-year/page3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Nice, someone already beat you to it , http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?246108-She-might-just-make-an-appearance-this-year/page3 nice supra but not the same as mines going lol ive cut out the original side vents as im relocating them also the arches are alot rounder then what im aiming for lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsia Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Love the original colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Love the original colour. thanks yer the original colour is nice but its not staying as its gotta be changed else it will always be known as the previous owners car lol but ive got some really nice colours going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Looks very interesting Dan, it's very bloody wide that's for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Looks very interesting Dan, it's very bloody wide that's for sure! hi thanks yer i wanna make it stand out from the crowd and as i do this as a daily job i wanted to try something new so this is what i came up with still a lot of work to go though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike33 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Subscribed! you have got your hands full with this project!! Looking good though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkddav3 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Looks good so far mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Subscribed! you have got your hands full with this project!! Looking good though! thanks mate and yer its all good fun though wouldnt be a car lover else haha more pic will be up soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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