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Macca IRL's 5th Gen Lude

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Re: Macca IRL's 5th Gen Lude

Post by MaccaIRL » Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:34 am

So a new day began and my muchly desired motegi bits arrived
Got the splitter and skirts but no rear :(

So skirts were firstly silver and secondly had a few scrapes and chips
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Sanded them down
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Same with the splitter but didnt get pics of that as again rushed haha

Primed them all
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Sprayed matching black
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Post by MaccaIRL » Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:41 am

End of the night came and after a bit of an awkward job fitting everything we thought... that bonnet looks a bit rough

So you know what comes next

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Owner wouldnt let me and the misses do the bonnet sanding incase we messed up on the edges, said it would be a time consuming job so we sanded the sides and he did middle and edges

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Of course the misses had to leave her mark
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Incase you cant make it out it spells Meghan lol

All done
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Didnt get a pic of the spraying as it was around 8pm and still had to finish mine and do a few other bits so heres a lovely pic of the front

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Some blox lug nuts on too :) finished product wasnt too shabby
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Thats all for now, got the rear lip things to go on and thats all i can really do till after xmas :)
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Post by MaccaIRL » Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:14 pm

Ive a question for you guys

I have an apexi vafc thing upstairs

Worth installing or am i better waiting for hondata ?
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Re: Macca IRL's 5th Gen Lude

Post by MaccaIRL » Sun Dec 07, 2014 1:59 pm

Few more updates to follow tomorrow probably

On closer inspection the rear arch is pretty far gone unfortunately, probably will require a new one after all :(

Car is getting a respray in summer so all the work will be done together then
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Post by wurlycorner » Sun Dec 07, 2014 2:02 pm

Wheels look much better, as does the car with the kit on.

I like the blue sparkle colour on the calipers!

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Post by MaccaIRL » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:45 am

Well some more news, taking the car up to the workshop on saturday to get these arches checked... might just get it all checked over :(

Still havent got these latest pics to upload so ill do that soon

Going to a car meet tonight and so ill nab a few pics of any exciting cars there too :)

As always, comment away and let me know your opinions
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Post by MaccaIRL » Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:31 pm

So a wee quick update for today

Was a little heartbroken i needed arches... good news, passenger side is absolutely perfect :)

Drivers side... pretty bad lol

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Massive chunks :(

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Couldve cried
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Alot came out :(
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Post by MaccaIRL » Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:34 pm

Anyways down to business..

Cut out the affected area
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Hooolllyyyy good ducks!
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And no i dont have tiny hands haha

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Insde cut out and sanded
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Post by MaccaIRL » Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:35 pm

Outer bit cut away
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New bits welded in
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And the inside
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Post by MaccaIRL » Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:39 pm

Still needs to be sanded down, primed and sprayed

Also have one side flat and one side with the ridge now so gonna smooth the passengerside arch so they match


All work done was custom and i cant thank the owner enough for all his help :)

As always keep the comments flowing, recently toying with the idea of a k20a in the lude or turboing my engine (h22a5)

Decided im gonna buy a h22a jap import with the lsd gearbox and build it up... take a day and swap what parts i can and take it to a honda specialist for turbo tuning and mapping :)

This could be a very long thread haha
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