Baronsmokes build

Baronsmokes · 03-09-2018, 05:45 PM

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Working on prep for 3 weeks.Block sanding.Primer with guide coat. More sanding.After market hood and fenders not as strait as I thought.All Carbon Fiber.I will just leave a little CF showing.My taste is not to have the hood and fenders showing all carbon fiber.All in the prep for a nice paint job.I will be using a new high soild clear I have not tried but have seem great results.

Getting nice and flat for paint.Having issue with Fly1 parts.The fenders flex when you put hood down.The lip on fender to mount is thin and not as wide as factory.Added wider and thicker fiberglass lip for mounting.Modified and strengthened mounts on car.

Quicksilvers · 03-09-2018, 11:34 PM

I wish you the best of luck with your build.

Baronsmokes · 03-13-2018, 10:57 PM

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Working on prep for 3 weeks.Block sanding.Primer with guide coat. More sanding.After market hood and fenders not as strait as I thought.All Carbon Fiber.I will just leave a little CF showing.My taste is not to have the hood and fenders showing all carbon fiber.All in the prep for a nice paint job.I will be using a new high soild clear I have not tried but have seem great results.

Slugging away on the body work.Nissan put a lot of clear on but it is soft.Does not have hard glass finish.Working on rear bumper.The rear bumber has half the paint of the fenders.Why is that?

Baronsmokes · 04-01-2018, 08:17 PM

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Have had several sport cars.Older person.60.Allways liked the style of the Z.Bought one last spring.Enjoyed the car on ride home but thought it could use some more power.So the trip down the rabbit hole began.Working on car and hope to have done by spring.Motor,twin turbos,transmision,suspension,CF front clip,wheels and interior.

I would like to use stronger language.Carbon Fiber hood.I had made design I wanted to use.The factory hood latch is not good.Screws into hood. I'm running over 600HP at wheels and did not think it would hold.Put in flush mount hood pins after I did design.Should of thought of this before.As you can see it looks like Sh#t.Have been doing body work for weeks and want to paint next weekend.So will tape off pins to follow line and paint part of pins red.I may take off and redo next year but I'm so tired of doing body work and car is ready to go.I just want to shoot this next weekend.Also i have a lot of custom CF parts on car.Car is roadster with custom cf spoiler.Made mold from cut up coupe spoiler. .Making spoiler extension for spoiler.Like the power trix one.Tip of extension broke when pulling out of molds..
I love cars they keep me sane but some days I hate them.

Baronsmokes · 04-03-2018, 05:52 AM

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I would like to use stronger language.Carbon Fiber hood.I had made design I wanted to use.The factory hood latch is not good.Screws into hood. I'm running over 600HP at wheels and did not think it would hold.Put in flush mount hood pins after I did design.Should of thought of this before.As you can see it looks like Sh#t.Have been doing body work for weeks and want to paint next weekend.So will tape off pins to follow line and paint part of pins red.I may take off and redo next year but I'm so tired of doing body work and car is ready to go.I just want to shoot this next weekend.Also i have a lot of custom CF parts on car.Car is roadster with custom cf spoiler.Made mold from cut up coupe spoiler. .Making spoiler extension for spoiler.Like the power trix one.Tip of extension broke when pulling out of molds..
I love cars they keep me sane but some days I hate them.

Well this is how the hood came out.Ok for now may change in future.Shot off front bumper.That high soild clear has nice shine.Before buffing.

Baronsmokes · 04-14-2018, 06:32 AM

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Have had several sport cars.Older person.60.Allways liked the style of the Z.Bought one last spring.Enjoyed the car on ride home but thought it could use some more power.So the trip down the rabbit hole began.Working on car and hope to have done by spring.Motor,twin turbos,transmision,suspension,CF front clip,wheels and interior.

A few more pics I had on phone.

Baronsmokes · 04-14-2018, 06:38 AM

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Well this is how the hood came out.Ok for now may change in future.Shot off front bumper.That high soild clear has nice shine.Before buffing.

Still working on paint.Slow going.
Finish will be nice.

Baronsmokes · 04-19-2018, 08:45 PM

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Getting closer.
Should assembly this weekend.I know you are as tired of looking at body as I am.
Threw in pic from when building motor.

Low Rez picks since photobucket will no longer let me link unless I pay their ridiculous price.

Quicksilvers · 04-20-2018, 12:13 AM

Congratulations on the progress of your build. On the body and paint work take your time on it as it will turn out best when you do.

madwi · 04-20-2018, 12:43 AM

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Low Rez picks since photobucket will no longer let me link unless I pay their ridiculous price.

If you want a replacement, Imgur works, for the most part, really well. Mobile app for it is OK too.

madwi · 04-20-2018, 12:51 AM

Paint turned out great. I would love to be able to do that myself. Good job.

Baronsmokes · 04-20-2018, 09:09 AM

Custom CF sill plate with red light.Looking at differnt ways to post.

Baronsmokes · 04-21-2018, 09:35 AM

Continue body work theme.
Roadsters do not have Factory spoiler.I liked that spoiler look.I bought one on line that was similar look to factory but different.Some work to get a factory look.I saw CF spoiler extension for factory cars.I thought it would look good to have the spoiler red and then the black CF extension.
After 4 attempts this is the spoiler extension mock up.Clean up a few spots and make mold from this.
With luck will get CF extension that looks good roadster.

Baronsmokes · 04-21-2018, 09:59 AM

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Continue body work theme.
Roadsters do not have Factory spoiler.I liked that spoiler look.I bought one on line that was similar look to factory but different.Some work to get a factory look.I saw CF spoiler extension for factory cars.I thought it would look good to have the spoiler red and then the black CF extension.
After 4 attempts this is the spoiler extension mock up.Clean up a few spots and make mold from this.
With luck will get CF extension that looks good roadster.

Making spoiler extension has been a lot harder than I thought..I will hang on to molds.Will post the two togeather when done.

Jayhovah · 04-21-2018, 05:15 PM

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Making spoiler extension has been a lot harder than spoiler.I will hang on to molds.Will post the two togeather when done.

I love that mines style add-on for the factory spoiler... I've been hoping one of the chinese knockoff mass producers would start copying it..but seems like all you can get on the cheap is the duckbill knockoffs.

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03-09-2018, 11:34 PM	#17 (permalink)
Quicksilvers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2017 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,039 Drives: 2017 370z Rep Power: 25462	I wish you the best of luck with your build.

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04-20-2018, 12:51 AM	#26 (permalink)
madwi A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: West Michigan Posts: 31,400 Drives: Granma red Z Rep Power: 2684428	Paint turned out great. I would love to be able to do that myself. Good job.