S13

[appleseed]

I was really excited when this kit came in the mail today. However, that excitement was short lived. As it turns out, the body of the car received some pressure at the roof resulting in the body panels flaring out just a bit. Well... not really... alot. It was close to an eighth of an inch on either side that was pulled away from the chassis of the kit. I tried to use a blowdryer to coax it back into place but i only achieved to bow the A pillars. Needless to say I got a bit frustrated and decided to make it into a wide-body kit to *hide* the already flared out body (I still have to figure out a way to fix the bowed pillars as they do not sit well with the clear plasitc windows in place.)

Four to five hours later, Here I am. I only wish I had a better body to begin with.





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[soldsep]

Sorry to hear what happen, Good luck looks like you got it handled though.

[Jurva]

That bumber is nice.

[flyonthewall]

Off to a fantastic start

[Porsche Carrera]

sorry to hear that, but that bumper looks sweet!

[tonioseven]

Great to see you in action!! Don't feel bad, mine came like that as well

[drifter_fan]

Too bad about the body but atleast it did not break. You'll be able to fix it.

[ImolaEK]

Ouch, my EG6 came like that from HLJ and they sent me another body. Did you get it from HLJ?

I like the shape of the front bumper, looks like its going to be another sick body kit. What kind of filler are you using there?

[appleseed]

Thanks guys. The putty is Eurosoft Glazing for autobodies. Its some pretty good stuff. Its a bit messy as you can see from the dabs that I lumped on but it sands quite well. But it works out in the end as most of the front bumper is styrene sheet.

Still deciding what I want to do with the rest of the bodykit. I don't really want to make it a widebody but if that's the only way to hide the bowing of the body, then that's the route I'll have to take... ahhh... the joys of online auctions...

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[nis.k.a.]

At least the front bumper is turning out nice. Good job thus far.

[WeaPoN [X]]

Originally Posted by nis.k.a.

At least the front bumper is turning out nice. Good job thus far.

Your custom body kits kick ass. Keep it up.

JeFF

[Feint Motion]

Wow, that looks very good! Sad to here about your little problem.

[appleseed]

I'm still trying to figure out what to do to hide the body warp. On the other side, the front bumper is mostly done. A couple of body lines needed to be put in and the front end should be done. However, if I decide to go the widebody route, I'll end up modifying the bumper again.

This is probably the fastest I've done any custom work to a kit

So any thoughts about how to fix the warped body other than heat from the hair dryer/hot water? Maybe rear flares would do just the trick in hiding the body panels .



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[Feint Motion]

Just Incredible! Looks Perfect. I have no idea on how to hide the bodywrap. I think you should take the widebody route.

[ImolaEK]

Wow! That front bumper came out perfect! Any pictures of the damage on the body?