The GT8! Carbon fibre bodied £200K 440BHP 7 Speed V8.

The GT8! Carbon fibre bodied £200K 440BHP 7 Speed V8.

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cayman-black

12,624 posts

215 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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dbs2000 said:
Looks great, dare I say, I think I like the McLaren more eek
I enjoyed the GT8 series, I pretty much binged it in one sitting smile
I like the McLaren colour more but not the car.

Shmee

7,565 posts

212 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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martinvantage said:
I will be removing the aero extensions on the front splitter and ke pin them for track days only.
Will post a picture when I collect the car.
Good shout I think, mine are going on for handover on Tuesday but I expect to take them straight off for actual use.

RobDown

3,803 posts

127 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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I enjoyed the latest video Tim, had already planned on taking mine to Topaz (they did a nice job with my Rapide) so will just make it even easier now that they have the templating done from yours (cheers!)

Will be interesting to hear how you guys get on without the lower splitters. Ealing is just wall-to-wall speed bumps so I will probably go the same way if it doesn't cause issues (I can't see why it would)


AOK

2,297 posts

165 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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Did someone here say they will look into getting a batch of replacements made? Would be a case of templating, CNCing out of circa 5mm acrylic sheet, rounding the edges and spraying to match?


TKP

127 posts

90 months

Monday 9th January 2017
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Shmee, AML just posted your vid via twitter a few hours ago smilebeer

cayman-black

12,624 posts

215 months

Thursday 12th January 2017
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rkwm1 said:
no unfortunately not mine. saw it on instagram. a few different colours starting to appear now.

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gt8/

Mine should be ready late January so will post pics then. hopefully will be able to hold its own!
rkwm1 is it this car that you have problems regarding colour with?

rkwm1

1,476 posts

101 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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|http://thumbsnap.com/Q9chdOcK[/url]



Nearly ready for collection!

Edited by rkwm1 on Monday 16th January 11:45

The Surveyor

7,576 posts

236 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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rkwm1 said:


Nearly ready for collection!
Looks great. Are you settled on the colour now or are you still having 'issues'?

martinvantage

320 posts

178 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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Fantastic choice, it looks great. Are this photos at Gaydon ? Have you arranged a Gaydon hand over ?

Jon39

12,782 posts

142 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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martinvantage said:

Are this photos at Gaydon ? Have you arranged a Gaydon hand over ?


I recognise Gaydon from those outside clues, stone wall and distinctive trees.

Do they use the doors behind for car movements?
Looking narrow compared with the GT8.






Purso

859 posts

101 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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Very nice a bit more subtle in comparison to some!!

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

229 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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Jon39 said:

I recognise Gaydon from those outside clues, stone wall and distinctive trees.

Do they use the doors behind for car movements?
Looking narrow compared with the GT8.
That's where Tim picked up his blue/orange GT8, drive straight out.

[Father Ted]

These cows are small, those cows are far away...

[/Father Ted}

Jon39

12,782 posts

142 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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Beefmeister said:
That's where Tim picked up his blue/orange GT8, drive straight out.

[Father Ted]

These cows are small, those cows are far away...

[/Father Ted}

Will a Vulcan fit through the doors with the cows, Father Douglas McGuire?





Beefmeister

16,482 posts

229 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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Jon39 said:
Beefmeister said:
That's where Tim picked up his blue/orange GT8, drive straight out.

[Father Ted]

These cows are small, those cows are far away...

[/Father Ted}

Will a Vulcan fit through the doors with the cows, Father Douglas McGuire?
That I don't know, as I can't quantify the size of the cows biggrin

Scuba_steve

573 posts

179 months

Tuesday 17th January 2017
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rkwm1 said:


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|http://thumbsnap.com/Q9chdOcK[/url]



Nearly ready for collection!

Edited by rkwm1 on Monday 16th January 11:45
Considering this is the 'wrong' colour, that is by far and away the nicest spec GT8 I've seen. (Sorry Tim :P) I love the exposed carbon option, it makes it look super aggressive and classy all at the same time. Superb choice on the satin finish. Beautiful.

I'm sure you will keep it and love it - just look at it!! Congratulations!

Side note - has anyone managed to grab a photo of the all black non aero kitted GT8 yet? Really interested to see what this would look like.

RobDown

3,803 posts

127 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Via Instagram or otherwise I've seen GT8s in virtually every colour (great to see the variety). But I can only recall seeing one without he aero kit - the grey one at the Sunday Service last year

I suspect two reasons for that: 1. Virtually all have been ordered with the aero kit, so one without would be very rare
2. The cars without the aero kit are probably less obviously identified as GT8s to casual photographers so may not be tagged properly on instagram

Would love to see pictures of some non-winged ones for comparison if anyone has any

jasonpaul

164 posts

161 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Hi my son has just put mine on YouTube, he will be film this again later if you would like to have a look go on to BA Automotive
Hope you like the colour.

Jon39

12,782 posts

142 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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RobDown said:
Would love to see pictures of some non-winged ones for comparison if anyone has any

I think this point has been mentioned before Rob, but it puzzles me why anyone would want a GT8 without the rear wing.
It forms such a significant part of the homage to the GTE racing car.

Apart from perhaps an unusually bright colour scheme, at a quick glance a wingless GT8 would probably be mistaken for a normal Vantage (obtainable at a considerably lower cost).








RobDown

3,803 posts

127 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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https://youtu.be/6Lxjo4vF4KI

Yes it's a nice combination!

AdamV12V

4,987 posts

176 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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RobDown said:
https://youtu.be/6Lxjo4vF4KI

Yes it's a nice combination!
I wonder if that one has the std exhaust? It doesn't sound anywhere near as loud as some of the other car clips posted so far...