Thatcher's 993 RSR clone build project thread!
Jan 28, 2010 | 09:57 PM
#25
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okay time for some updated photos. i've been putting in early mornings (sometimes) and long nights to get this car finished in the near future, and it's paying off. seeing some good results so far.
ready for primer:
awlgrip 545 primer plus awlgrip high build on the parts with bodywork
rolled the car outside for a bit to shuffle things around inside
sanded to 400 and ready for primer:
can't get paint on the adidas!
and finally, base & clear:
Picked up materials to build the kevlar carbon roof today, and ordered my seats from Recaro. Going with silver double sitch leather pole potitions, again. I should have the roof finished this weekend and the car ready for paint in about a week and a half, two weeks at most.
ready for primer:
awlgrip 545 primer plus awlgrip high build on the parts with bodywork
rolled the car outside for a bit to shuffle things around inside
sanded to 400 and ready for primer:
can't get paint on the adidas!
and finally, base & clear:
Picked up materials to build the kevlar carbon roof today, and ordered my seats from Recaro. Going with silver double sitch leather pole potitions, again. I should have the roof finished this weekend and the car ready for paint in about a week and a half, two weeks at most.
Last edited by Thatcher; Jan 29, 2010 at 05:07 PM.
Feb 4, 2010 | 02:07 AM
#28
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update time..
my good friend Rob (Flipside Customs), welded the headlight squirter holes shut on my front fenders. if any of you guys need custom fab work done in the Seattle area, he's your guy.. he does amazing work. Welcome to Flipside
waxed and masked off the roof on the early 911, then laid out the kevlar. I cut the kevlar an inch from the edge of the roof, then cut the carbon and carbon vail exactly to the edge on the sides, and past the edge on the front and back.
colin and i laid up the roof earlier today. We wet out the first layer (kevlar), second layer (carbon), third layer (carbon vail), then peel ply. cures over night, i can release it tomorrow.
(colin):
my plan was to build 18" Kinesis Supercups.. well i've changed directions on that. Decided to re-configure a set of 18" RH 3.6 turbo wheels that I had sitting around. Building them to be 18x9.5 18x11.5. still undecided about painting the centers a medium grey, or color matching them to the car (polar silver). thoughts?
meanwhile, my wheel collection has been growing. it's been getting awfully hard to walk around my apartment..
Tomorrow i'll release the composite roof, trim it up, and fit it to the car. Everything is coming together; Ordered my seats from Recaro the other day, they will be finished in four weeks. KW V3's on the way from Germany, and various parts from Brad at BW Motorsports.
my good friend Rob (Flipside Customs), welded the headlight squirter holes shut on my front fenders. if any of you guys need custom fab work done in the Seattle area, he's your guy.. he does amazing work. Welcome to Flipside
waxed and masked off the roof on the early 911, then laid out the kevlar. I cut the kevlar an inch from the edge of the roof, then cut the carbon and carbon vail exactly to the edge on the sides, and past the edge on the front and back.
colin and i laid up the roof earlier today. We wet out the first layer (kevlar), second layer (carbon), third layer (carbon vail), then peel ply. cures over night, i can release it tomorrow.
(colin):
my plan was to build 18" Kinesis Supercups.. well i've changed directions on that. Decided to re-configure a set of 18" RH 3.6 turbo wheels that I had sitting around. Building them to be 18x9.5 18x11.5. still undecided about painting the centers a medium grey, or color matching them to the car (polar silver). thoughts?
meanwhile, my wheel collection has been growing. it's been getting awfully hard to walk around my apartment..
Tomorrow i'll release the composite roof, trim it up, and fit it to the car. Everything is coming together; Ordered my seats from Recaro the other day, they will be finished in four weeks. KW V3's on the way from Germany, and various parts from Brad at BW Motorsports.
