On holiday and too much rain =

[nismo]

Hi m8 , as you can see from the white floor it was all sprayed in the garage. I was hopeing to have it on the road early april gut due to the fact I have had too strip it down so far and spray everything seperatly, it has taken so much longer. Still should be done end off May.

[DanS14a]

That is really nice, top job. Have you done the front bumper, am looking forward to seeing it on the car. I like the idea of taking the indicators out. Top job keep it up

[N22_DCE]

Nice one Chris! been waiting to see that bumper sprayed up and its stunning!
car looks awsome in the flesh too, should look sweet with those wheels on her

good luck on the assembly.... hope you got a good memory

Dan

[Squares]

That does look fantastic mate, you have done really well there.

Loving the whole look, cannot wait to see it out in the sunlight and finished!

Keep it up.

[nismo]

Thanks for that, I cant wait to get it finished aswell.

[avinall]

As I thought that rear bumper looks really nice! Good job!

[200jim]

look spot on . how the hell did you spray in there . must have nearly died from the fumes

[Petrol]

look spot on . how the hell did you spray in there . must have nearly died from the fumes

I bet your feet were sticking to the floor with all the tacky overspray Have to say you are doing a fantastic job of this

[nismo]

look spot on . how the hell did you spray in there . must have nearly died from the fumes

I sprayed a bit at a time and used a proper vapor mask, feel OK at the moment!!

[nismo]

I bet your feet were sticking to the floor with all the tacky overspray Have to say you are doing a fantastic job of this

The floor did get quite tacky, going to have to repaint that once its all finished.

[kingj]

This is coming along nicely mate,youve certainly put some work in!!

[dan mkii]

looks great mate, how did you do the back bumper did you leave the whole surround on like the number plate and the fog light surround bit ?

[Davey3legs]

looks great mate, how did you do the back bumper did you leave the whole surround on like the number plate and the fog light surround bit ?

I was just about to ask a similar question, is the number plate surround custom or a modified original??, would love to see a couple of close up pics if thats ok?.

I want to make up something custom to replace the standard surround, the bumper needs spraying and i hate that big lump of plastic on the back.

[dan mkii]

great minds ahh? lol

[nismo]

This is how I did the rear bumper.

Remove numberplate surround

You then have to cut down the surround to fit snugly inside the bumper, you have to cut off the fog light parts. Then cut about 10mm all the way round out off the bumper if memory serves me wright.

I got some 4mm abs plastic and cut it out to fit where the fog light holes are.

Then using some abs plastic as backing strips screw this to the inside off the bumper and the plastic filling peices and surround. Also bonded in place using seam sealer.

This holds all the parts flush.

Then with a sanding wheel rough all surfaces and fill with flexible filler.

Then it should look something like this

[IKRAM]

This has to be one of the best S14 arse ends ive seen



Awesome job mate!

[Davey3legs]

/\ /\ /\agreed, looks much 'cleaner' and deeper as it should, the standard looks too narrow and fussy with the plastic surround.

[nismo]

I could off started a new trend !!

[Mr G]

Looks awesome! What are gonna do for a fog light?

[nismo]

Looks awesome! What are gonna do for a fog light?

I am going to change the right hand reversing light in to one.


Some more progress.

Front bumper finished and fitted.



Also fitted underdrive front pulley and mocal oil cooler.