FTO AUSTRALIA

Righto... While the car has 8 weeks off road i've been fiddling with it..
Installing massagers into the rest of the seats, etc...
Anyway, i noticed that Brutus in the UK modified the standard front bar..
I've been looking to get a Bozz front but they are more common then veilside now in qld... So i have been trying to find something with a nice open mouth for the intercooler and not common...
Solution... Modify the standard one...
I have the bar off and in my garage...
I have plenty of Fibreglassing gear
I have some mesh to use as a guide
I have way too much spare time.

Plans are to cut away the middle bar, use the mesh as a guide and then fibreglass over it.... fill the rest with body filler, sand it back nice and smooth, then get DMD to paint it when they do my side skirts...

Only catches are...
- I have limited experience with fibreglass and none with body filler
- The front bar it already pretty wrecked. Needs some plastic welding done on 2-3 cracks.
- front bar needs a respray anyway.

Anyone got any advice before i start? (hoping Brutus will read this)

if you need a hand with it I can come round & help out ... my experience is probably about the same as yours is, but 2 heads are better than one right? it'll help me out when I get around to doing mine anyways... haven't even gotten as far as cutting the middle section out yet.. :S

or... if you wanted a front bar to practice on before mucking yours up I have my partially damaged one that I'm planning to mod.. (it has a small dent in it & slightly bent out of shape..)

Sure mate...
Pop round one weekend and we can do it..
My bar is McRooted anyway. So i dont mind hacking it up.

got any designs drawn up?

hks bumpers are similar to the standard one with the middle piece removed... i think i like the standard bumper better though
http://www.mitsubishi-fto.org/aero/kansai/kansai-00.jpg

I've always liked the HKS front bar wouldn't mind getting one when I get a FTO again

Hahaha.... i told u so much to keep your fto rob.... i told you... over and over....



Lukas (nosman) has caught the RWD bug and is contemplating selling his...

Help me persuade him otherwise bretheren!!

Don't do it! Trust me! lol
it may seem fun at first, but the novelty soon wears off...took less then a month for me haha.
I've already found one...almost bought it, just working out a few of the finer details

P.S lukas don't do it!

Rob,

Just out of interest, what RWD did you swap into?

I owned a R33, but I was also driving a 200sx, 180sx and an S13 during that period, all turbo. FTO was much nicer to drive.

Well i think the bug is over lol. I think i might get an evo 6 or 7

I dont know yet.

Why not evo 8?

topao wrote:Why not evo 8?

why not an enzo...

1- cant afford an evo 8
2 - cant afford an Enzo either

Im not rich lol just wealthy

nosman wrote:1- cant afford an evo 8
2 - cant afford an Enzo either

Im not rich lol just wealthy

Well champ... If your planning on moving, i'd say move before u buy a new car..