Evo Ix

hi guys~ this is my WIP at the monent~

the body is really well made by fijimi! they have improved~

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really like black evos~~

but the main problen of this kit is the suspension and brake
the original one kinda sucks and the ride hright is fit for a 4WD so work is needed~

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first of all im lucky to mave brought a GTR Z tune in the past~ so i'll use the standard GTR brake from that kit~

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drill the core out and cover the back
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result is ok i think! also the original beake disk would be hidden very deep in the wheels and hardly visible from outside, this brings it out a little~

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next up is lowering! will update soon

looks very good. is the black body after paint only or after a polish/wax ?

thx nomadgamer~ it's only after black paint (tamiya TS - 14)
hopefully one of these days will be of good weather so i can spray clear gloss~

Beautifull job on the black paint! I should pick one of these up sometime. Great work!

Beautifull job on the black paint! I should pick one of these up sometime. Great work!

thankx man~ still raining these days so cant spray clear gloss~
working on the suspension which is a real pain in the u know where~

Is this model the Sirokuma Garage one??? looks awesome!

rod_k2: it's fujimi~ evo 9 gsr

lookin' good man. can't wait for more progress on this.

Hey man, that is looking good....nice work on the brake conversion.:wink:

Black will suit it nicely too....

cheers
stump :aus:

lookin' good man. can't wait for more progress on this.

thx man~ im almost done with the suspension, so update soon

Hey man, that is looking good....nice work on the brake conversion.:wink:

Black will suit it nicely too....

cheers
stump :aus:

thankyou thank you~ i like black evo verymuch too~

some updates~ slow on the progress~
heres after spraying clear gloss

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wow, looks like you mastered the art of spray can painting. that is a very nice paint job, no polishing needed :)

yeah what is your secret to an AMAZING spray paint job !

wow, looks like you mastered the art of spray can painting. that is a very nice paint job, no polishing needed :)

yeah what is your secret to an AMAZING spray paint job !

haha thx guys~ it looks really shiny, buy really theres a a bit of orange skins on the paint surfece, so i will wait for it to dry for 2 weeks, in that 2 week i should finish all the interior and chassie work, then ill polish it and mission complete. hehehe~~~~~~~~~

a little bit of update~
finished lowering the rear end of the car~ already 2.5mm lower than original, but still not satisfy~~ should i keep lowering?
and having headache about the front.... what to do what to do~~
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and scratch build the inner door panel again~ the original sucks~ heres teh basic shape of it, marked out where i need to carve new lines and gonna sand the edges round afterwards.
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that looks fabulous! the ride height is good, but you need 17, or 18" rims and lower profile tires

Why those rims looks so small? I though that Evo9 has 17 inch rims in stock, not 15 like those fujimi rims seems to be. Doesn't look good with that small wheels, kinda makes your superb built to look a little bit puny.

yeh i think the wheels looks small too, but cant do anything about it, havent got others to choose from, have to live with it~

thx u guys for the tips, and some update on the interior

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filled the back of the seat with polyester putty, now i finished sanding but cant be bothered taking pictures, so i'll color it tomoro and post up pictures then.
hows the remake of the door panel?

Looks like a good start. The paint job is nice.

Winston

nice work on the paintjob! it's so shiny! :D