RE: darthnoble's Noble M12 GTO 3R

[Brav]

Hello and congrats- can you tell me some info on the engine as to who built it, cost, etc?

Thanks

[dodgy]

Excellent - can you post some pictures of the dash?? Would love to see it - did you get the amorfend??

[gotapex]

Looks great! Have any more pictures? Seems like the only pictures of black nobles are very low resolution.

[hunttheshunt]

Very nice. Congratulations on your new arrival!

[darthnoble]

Yes, the car has paintshield on it.

pretty much the whole front end has it, as well as the area around the fuel filler cap.

I originally thought I wouldn't put the paintshield on, thinking it would obscure the black finish, but after thinking about it longer, I figured it would be better with paintshield and WITHOUT chips in the paint/fiberglass. The cost for the paintshield was $1700 installed by Greg Robb's subcontractor)

Can you see it? sure you can - but it looks purposeful and doesn't detract from the amazing car.

I don't have a dash picture handy to post at the moment. I have some better pictures, I'll upload them both soon.

[darthnoble]

http://tinypic.com/dh6qw (better picture of car from same angle)

http://tinypic.com/dh8pf (side view)

http://tinypic.com/dh8pw (front view)

It will be a day or two for the dash picture, for some reason I didn't take that pic on delivery day.

[Brav]

darthnoble said:

Yes, the car has paintshield on it. pretty much the whole front end has it, as well as the area around the fuel filler cap. I originally thought I wouldn't put the paintshield on, thinking it would obscure the black finish, but after thinking about it longer, I figured it would be better with paintshield and WITHOUT chips in the paint/fiberglass. The cost for the paintshield was $1700 installed by Greg Robb's subcontractor) Can you see it? sure you can - but it looks purposeful and doesn't detract from the amazing car. I don't have a dash picture handy to post at the moment. I have some better pictures, I'll upload them both soon.

Darth, where did you get your engine/trans from?


>> Edited by Brav on Friday 22 October 03:50

[darthnoble]

AER for the engine
Everything else was the standard package from snakebite.

[Brav]

darthnoble said:

AER for the engine Everything else was the standard package from snakebite.

Pardon my ignorance, but who/what is snakebite? Forum member or a co?

Thanks again.

[darthnoble]

snakebite is a company that is located in the same building as 1G Racing in Ohio.

[MustGoFastR]

Do we not get the Noble badges here in the US? I thought there was supposed to be one at the front of the hood?

[amg merc]

MustGoFastR said:

Do we not get the Noble badges here in the US? I thought there was supposed to be one at the front of the hood?

A good question and I hadn't even noticed - I'd have thought that fitment of the Noble badges would be mandatory being part of the corporate image - no?!

[dodgy]

There also seems to be an erratic placement of the Front badge.

Mine is not on the hood - its on the front bit facing forward. All the other Noble's I have seen in the US have it on the hood (bonnet)...except for Darth Noble's of course which doesn't have one at all...

[micknall]

There should be a NOBLE badge at the front, upper-facing edge of the hood in the centre, and another identical badge on the centre of the rear panel, below the gauze vent. In addition, the car should have an 'M12 GTO' badge, with a '3R' badge next to it, at the right-hand corner of the rear panel (in-line with the NOBLE badge). There should also be a '3R' badge at the bottom of each A-post, just behind the front wheel. And don't forget the '3R' wheel centres!

Hope this helps.

Simon Hucknall
Press Officer
Noble Automotive Ltd.

[DanH]

dodgy said:

There also seems to be an erratic placement of the Front badge. Mine is not on the hood - its on the front bit facing forward. All the other Noble's I have seen in the US have it on the hood (bonnet)...except for Darth Noble's of course which doesn't have one at all...

They all used to be on the bonnet, but then people started going for stick on number plates to improve front air flow/looks which necessitated the relocation.

I want to move mine to the front , but annoying the armorfend is cut around it so I'd have a gap, which you'd probably be able to see through a stick on plate too. Not to mention I'd like the stick on plate on top of armorfend as I dunno how much I trust the adhesives of a dodgey plate!