Factory Body Fit

Factory Body Fit

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barriejames

Original Poster:

895 posts

179 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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Just a quick pic for all those considering a build, do it, you wont regret it. A quick pic of my body going on at the factory (a part of the build which I felt far better in their hands) to cheer up a miserable wet November night!!

Corsair613

260 posts

122 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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Agreed 100%. Here's my body pre-fit underway a few months back:



Ken

UltimaCH

3,155 posts

189 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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I'll be doing mine on my own shortly...

Racing Roj

488 posts

163 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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Nice colour Barrie, that will be at least 2 Kawasaki Green GTRs then.

GtrMan

134 posts

149 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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UltimaCH said:
I'll be doing mine on my own shortly...
Is it that hard to do the body fit , would like to hear some feed back who did it .

Steve_D

13,746 posts

258 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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GtrMan said:
Is it that hard to do the body fit , would like to hear some feed back who did it .
Not hard to do just requires time, patience and attention to detail.
You can't fit the panels one at a time you need to pretty much assemble them all together so you can tweak each to achieve the correct fit.

Steve

DHGTR

1,196 posts

243 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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GtrMan said:
Is it that hard to do the body fit , would like to hear some feed back who did it .
I did mine initially.. Very awkward especially if you want to truly do it alone.
As Steve say ... attention to detail. The car is not symmetrical so what you do on one side isn't necessarily what you will do on the other side.
I think it took me about 4 weeks to get the body right in the end so you need to have patience ............... and lots of thinking time about it, this is not an airfix kit lol.

Once I finished the car I was glad i had done the fit ... I built the car.

Dave

renmure

4,242 posts

224 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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Racing Roj said:
Nice colour Barrie, that will be at least 2 Kawasaki Green GTRs then.
By far my most favourite factory colour.

k wright

1,039 posts

259 months

Tuesday 18th November 2014
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It shouldn't be an option.

Make sure that you drill additional mounting holes before you remove the body and take lots of photos, make lots of markings on the parts before you take the body off.

I still love to see the shape of these cars coming together. Great color choices.

GreenGTR

4 posts

115 months

Wednesday 19th November 2014
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Racing Roj, Make that 3 Kawasaki green GTR's. Although mine is a repsray with a pink and gold fleck

barriejames

Original Poster:

895 posts

179 months

Wednesday 19th November 2014
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Very nice indeed

GreenGTR said:
Racing Roj, Make that 3 Kawasaki green GTR's. Although mine is a repsray with a pink and gold fleck

UltimaCH

3,155 posts

189 months

Wednesday 19th November 2014
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Guess we can soon organize a new Muppett Show with plenty of Kermits laugh

GreenGTR

4 posts

115 months

Wednesday 19th November 2014
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Thanks Fozzie!

Racing Roj

488 posts

163 months

Wednesday 19th November 2014
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Nice one Chris. Thanks Dan the wife got there before you with the nickname.

confusionhunter

448 posts

222 months

Wednesday 19th November 2014
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I keep thinking the green cars need ZX350ci emblazened across the side, super bike style laugh

I havent donea panel allignment but was planning on taking the back clam off, as long as I mark it should be too much bother getting it back in the right place no?

Storer

5,024 posts

215 months

Wednesday 19th November 2014
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confusionhunter said:
I keep thinking the green cars need ZX350ci emblazened across the side, super bike style laugh

I havent donea panel allignment but was planning on taking the back clam off, as long as I mark it should be too much bother getting it back in the right place no?
If you just remove the bolt that goes through the ball joint. Watch out for any spacer washers and replace them in the same place that they came from and you should be able to put it back in the same place. No probs...


Paul