Vanne's lightweight/ interior modification thread

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:57 am

APR CF mirrors showed up today in a huge box with stuff from the US..

Liam22 · Post by **Liam22** » Sun Feb 02, 2020 1:16 pm

Do you have a target weight in mind?

Or are you just doing EVERYTHING?!

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 6:41 pm

Lol , pretty much whatever doesn't need to be there is getting the toss.

Did some work today...

Finally cut the uprights.

RedUn · Post by **RedUn** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:30 pm

Do the uprights fit to the boot floor? They are going to need some serious bracing if not

love it!

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:49 pm

The uprights dont fit all the way to the boot floor as then it would be impossible to open the boot. Flossman has (on my request) pre-cut the sleaves and slots for the wing. They have also inserted their re-inforcement panels in the insert and reaches to the bottom of the boot lid. . Its actually very nicely done and no way in hell i would have been able to do that myself, as this is done during the layup so that it becomes part of the boot lid structure.. to say its solid is an understatment and a testament to how flossman's quality has shone through this kit from the beginning. (pictures i will take when i get around to mounting it properly, its just taped in atm to see what it would look like/how ill fix it.) Pretty glad really that i asked them to do it as otherwise the boot lid just comes as a blank..

but yeah, its gonna need to be strong.. the wing is big..

its this GT2 wing...

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Wed Feb 05, 2020 4:14 pm

Test fitted the wing today.. thought it was going to be super wide at 180cm, but it's Def not too wide..

Liam22 · Post by **Liam22** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:49 am

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:50 am

Yep..

This pic also shows that I fitted the dash back in, although it has to come out again untill the cage is painted. Mirrors frikking tiny, but looks very mean when on the car. I test fitted those on the upper door yesterday before heading off to Geneva. I'll probably drill in the door to socket and weld the mount in from the underside, that would be much much cleaner..and I would think stronger too. At any rate, lots going on. Apperently the new springs are arriving today at DriftHQ, and they will ship them together with the missing upper control arm parts. I ordered a set of helper springs/spring seats too, just to keep the flange in place when there is no load.

Not shown on this pic are the front and left guard mounting brakets i fabricated last week. it really is sold as a rock now as the original guards attatched at the front where the lights attach, but as these are much wider there, there is no OEM mounting point. There is now.

Estetically were getting there slowly... Then it's mechanical and tuning.. man, were a long way from home...

RedUn · Post by **RedUn** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:09 am

Looking epic!! What you going to do for the arch liners? Does the kit come with some?

beanie · Post by **beanie** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:41 am

Looks absolutely mental in these pics!

Not sure if you’ve mentioned it already but have you decided on a colour?

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:34 pm

Red, nope the kit does not come with liners. thats ok, prob will fab something myself if it needs it., ive been thinking a bit about it of late the only real reason i can think of for liners is to protect the abs pump at the front left. aside from that, i am not totally convinced this will need liners, but we will see. without liners, there is much more airflow through the hood area, which is a good thing.

Colours? yep, already got that set firm. though the final paint job prob wont come untill after testing is complete..

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:38 pm

Off to the cage shop for rear strut bar/mount re-inforcing (due to rear coil over)

Cage getting the cross bar and guards getting cut /welded a bit.

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:18 am

Finishing off the cage and rear strut bar/rear strut mount re-inforcing.

Rear strut bar in place

The whole strut tower wrapped/re-inforced. With just two pipes left to weld to the rear cage bars from the strut tower.

Closer up.

Top view.. here you can see the initial top mount steel re-inforcing plate from AKG, and then shows how the side nicely wraps around.

These were the plates before welding.

Will need sand blasting before paint.

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:04 pm

Rear strut bar and support finished.

B-pillar strut finished. Cage complete. Next stop.. paint shop for interior.

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 5:05 am

Paint shop update.

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