Suzuki Vitara

[iceracer1]

This will be my next project.

In the end of March, my girlfriend will be 18 years old. This the age in Netherland that we can start with drivinglessons for a car.

Because she really like jeeps, and especially the Suzuki Escudo (Vitara in EU) I bought a kit of that.

I will make the car just like she want it.

This is the Fujimi kit I bought.





The car is very small





The upper wheels are the original wheels, and underneath them there are Aoshima rims with the original Suzuki tyres.

Don't know wich one I'll use, because I like the stock ones but also the modified ones.







The car will be painted black. That's the color she likes the most on this car.
The interior will be black also, but with some grey I think.

Kris.

[bri g]

that's a nice little kit. I would go with the modified wheels myself

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by bri g

that's a nice little kit. I would go with the modified wheels myself

I also would go for these wheels, but my girlfriend says the original look better.... The model is for her, so she decides what I must do

SO.... I'll use the original wheels.

Kris.

[jano11]

Agree with your GF, the original wheels look better suited to the car.
She's got good styling sense!

[kaho]

Stock rims looks nice!

[iceracer1]

I started with sanding the body. Some moldinglines needs to be removed.

The sparewheel cover was open on the back. I filled this up, so it's closed now.

The original wheels, have laid 2 days in ovencleaner to remove the original chrome paint. They need to be painted in a normal silver color.

After all this I primed the parts:







Kris.

[voyageur]

Hi, nice start! This should look good in black. I'd go for the custom wheels, but your GF decides...

Please - do not lower it! It just looks odd on a 4x4 vehicle!

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by voyageur

Hi, nice start! This should look good in black. I'd go for the custom wheels, but your GF decides...

Please - do not lower it! It just looks odd on a 4x4 vehicle!

It's hard for me to not lower it, but this one will be a 4x4

My girlfriend hates lowered cars, especially mine, which is nearly 4cm from the ground

Kris.

[Lownslow]

lift it she wont mind

[iceracer1]

Today I did some spraywork.

First I painted the chassis in flat black:



The wheels got some Mica Silver and a clearcoat on it.



The bullbar was painted chrome with spraycan:



The wheelcover was painted in bodycolor. The color I used is TS-14 Black.



The body also got 4 layers of this paint. I think it's a nice paintjob





And a dryfit with the other painted parts:






Kris.

[voyageur]

Nice paint! You could paint the bumpers and door trim flat black for a bit of contrast...

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by voyageur

Nice paint! You could paint the bumpers and door trim flat black for a bit of contrast...

No I like them in bodycolor. It's a kind of luxery A friend of my also have this car but a white one and his bumpers are also bodycolor.

Kris.

[TRBJ]

i rarely see any bad paintjob from TS14 gloss black..

[iceracer1]

2 days ago, I started with the bad decals. The are very crisp, so I ruined a few :S The others went on very hard, but finally it's done... Some Sol helped me

The next day I clearcoated the body. I painted 3 layers of TS-13 Clear and I'm really satisfied with the result. Next week I'll polish it.









I also started on the chassis. It's not detailed at all, but after wheatering the chassis you won't care about it. At least I wont do that

I also added the wheels to the chassis and painted the centercaps black.





And a dryfit with the bullbar and other parts:













I also painted the lightglasses already, and started with the simple interior.

Kris.

[jano11]

Looking great!
I'm looking forward to see it finished!