DIY advice on install of body kit for LX
#1 _kaz from adelaide_
Posted 26 June 2006 - 10:41 PM
Bring it on
#2
Posted 26 June 2006 - 10:52 PM
Good Luck!
RIM
#3 _kaz from adelaide_
Posted 27 June 2006 - 12:23 AM
Now all i gotta do is tell hubby
still havent convinced myself of a colour yet tho!!!!!I thought I had decided, but now i'm not sure, I think now the project is getting official i'd better pul my finger out.
#4 _user asked to be removed_
Posted 27 June 2006 - 01:34 PM
#5 _kaz from adelaide_
Posted 27 June 2006 - 01:41 PM
#6
Posted 27 June 2006 - 02:21 PM
if not, got to clark rubber and get the piping rubber etc..
then head to a bolt shop to ket yourself all the nuts and bolts... make sure u get stainless as well...
Rares has it as a complete kit, its costs more and also their bolts rust!!
Good Luck!
#7 _HatchmanSS76_
Posted 27 June 2006 - 09:08 PM
You won't get the bolts from your local hardware store.
You need to find an industrial supplier for that stuff. Ring around.
I got mine from Blackwoods.
#8 _munro_
Posted 28 June 2006 - 05:58 PM
tom
#9 _kaz from adelaide_
Posted 30 June 2006 - 12:24 PM
how many bolts for each piece. Do i use same bolts for bobtail, spoiler and bonnet scoop. What size r bolts.
Anyone got pics of work they did in a conversion.
Cheers.
I have finally chosen a colour, funny thing is when I told hubby he had allready been trying to trace this colour. We seem 2 always b on the same wave length, but he seems to be at the start of it and me at the end of it and we somehow meet in the middle and all works out great.
I finally got up courage to tell him of the conversion, I waited till I got himup to watch the soccer the other morning, at half time I said >'OH my boss has a set of pump up shocks for me and also a pair of SLR side mirrors for me, the mirrors will go with the flare kit I am getting from Damo and green' He just looked at me as I continued with the price comparison of new to what I had scored this for. All he said was 'SO u r going the SLR look r u?'. I figured he was already suss about it as I kept showin him pics of different SLR/A9X and L34's and askin his opinion. My screen saver was an L34.
He's into it, well he didnt really have a choice.
Ruby will not make it mallala this year. But look out 2007.
And no I didnt forget to put down my final colour choice. I AM NOT TELLIN, Its gunna b a surprise.
#10 _munro_
Posted 30 June 2006 - 12:36 PM
a little off topic'OH my boss has a set of pump up shocks for me
if you use pump ups put them on seperate lines
it will make ruby ride sweet
tom
#11 _kaz from adelaide_
Posted 30 June 2006 - 12:57 PM
#12 _The String_
Posted 30 June 2006 - 03:40 PM
Mine has a set of wrecking yard ones with the shocks set up like this.
What can happen is when you hit a bump the air can travel between the shocks, so the car gets unsettled through corners etc.
If you have them on separate lines, ie one valve per line and no 'T' piece, the air stays in each shock, so they work independantly, resulting in better ride.
#13 _timbotorrie_
Posted 30 June 2006 - 10:18 PM
they are a pain to fit no matter what
#14
Posted 30 June 2006 - 11:20 PM
before drilling any holes test fit again till your happy, then drill a pilot (small) hole first. you can then open this hole up to the size you need.
do you have access to a insert gun, they kinda pop rivet a thread type insert into the hole, much eazier then nuts.
also did you know that you have to cut the front guards and rear quarters for big tyre clearence?
#15 _kaz from adelaide_
Posted 01 July 2006 - 01:26 AM
I sort of had planned on cutting guards as she is a scraper on existing tyres, and at the moment i dont have plans 2 change mags or wheel size.
re pump ups . i sorta thought that was what u ment, but I havent had air shocks since my first car and that is long ago.
I will go and get a script of vallium for the job, not for me but for hubby. I would never do a job with me, I am a difficult customer. Once i get colour match i will start spinnin. I got the front spoiler 2 day, 2 piece from Greenmachine. Where it meets at the join how do u get the smooth finish.
#16
Posted 01 July 2006 - 03:00 AM
remove bob and make a template the same size as mark out. (paper or cardboard)
then place temp squarley over bob tail to find holes and make your holes in the template.
transfer the temp to the car and mark holes.
when you cut the rear you may have to weld the outer to the inner.
front spoiler cant comment with out pics, but im thinken mount front spoiler straight first then work flair from that.
#17 _kaz from adelaide_
Posted 01 July 2006 - 09:27 AM
#18 _kaz from adelaide_
#19 _munro_
Posted 01 July 2006 - 03:57 PM
i think it depends on who made it to how bad it is
#20
Posted 02 July 2006 - 12:00 AM
1 looks like top one will sit better under. hard to judge but see which way sits best.
2 trial fit (several) on car and mark intersection.
at this stage you can also mark mounting pos.
3 double check then bond it together. encourage those gape at the middle if your fussy by clamping and if need be screwing wood pieces in behind. ( small screws and fill holes left behind once finnished)
4 semmi final fit, mark out for trimming to get it assimetrical.
prep and final fit.
^^^^^each depends on how fussy u r.
#21 _kaz from adelaide_
Posted 02 July 2006 - 10:49 AM
#22
Posted 02 July 2006 - 09:03 PM
all thats probually useless cause i think all flairs and junk are made from fibre glass?
#23 _munro_
Posted 02 July 2006 - 10:01 PM
tom
#24 _Yella SLuR_
Posted 02 July 2006 - 10:02 PM
For front spoiler do a test fit, bolts up through the brake ducts in the spoiler, mark so you have about a 25 mm or better overlap flare to spoiler. Also test fit flares first. Front spoiler should fit fairly snug up beneath the chrome smile (lower radiator trims) if fitted. Measure many times, cut once. (Better idea follows).
You can actually fit the whole front spoiler up (so long as you don't drive it and have standard wheels on) without cutting, get all the holes done, etc, and cut later once all fitting nice if you want. (Brake duct bolts are a shit to do by the way, just warning). The rear of the spoiler needs to be cut off, as the wider wheels foul them. Even on non-flared cars with wide wheels, you find you need to trim of some inner bottom of the front spoiler.
#25 _kaz from adelaide_
Posted 02 July 2006 - 11:35 PM
what do u mean pretend(pretend you are unique).
this one is fiberglass.
Edited by kaz from adelaide, 02 July 2006 - 11:39 PM.
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