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I think i found my new toy!
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:17 pm
by Austin
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 5:22 pm
by TimmyD
Comments... i dont like the boot lit... looks outta place w/ altezza lights.
but i do like the carbon fibre bonnet.. looks SxC... ginving me ideas for my fto
Tim
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:23 pm
by JagerMarty
I might be mistaken but carbon fibre panels aren't roadworthy yeah?
Other than that looks like a sweet ride, just wish it was manual.
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:42 pm
by smorison
only other problem is seeing as its a turbo it will never get complied in australia anymore
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:58 pm
by D-TRAIN
JagerMarty wrote:I might be mistaken but carbon fibre panels aren't roadworthy yeah?
Other than that looks like a sweet ride, just wish it was manual.
I think carbon fibre panels are alright. Maybe it's a rule that varies from state to state. But I've never found any thing in the rules for the RTA (in NSW) that mentions carbon fibre is illegal.
Some cars are produced with carbon fibre bits like the M3 CSL straight from factory.
Yeah that FTO looks like it has the Project F west carbon fibre boot lid. Incidentally, they have other bits and pieces in carbon fibre.
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:04 pm
by smorison
there is something about crumple zones or soemthing that can defect them... We are currently looking at making Evo style bonets for the FTO (with engineer's cert), would anyone be interested?
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:49 am
by Austin
depends how dodgy the compliance place is!!!
brent
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 10:45 am
by smorison
yeah i think these days with the new laws you'd be hard pressed to get it done. and it has to go over the RTA pits...
"yes sir i always keep my hair dryer in the engine bay"
ummmmm...
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:24 am
by Bluntman
Ive got my hand up for a carbon fibre bonnet (plenty of vents i hope)
If u need a bonnet for a mold let me know i might be able to lend mine to you for a while.
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:39 am
by Austin
Yes Sir, it was an option in the accessory catalouge
brent
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:52 am
by smorison
yeah brent
sure brent...
hey bludger you coming on sunday????
i'll give you a wakeup call about ohhhh 7am
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 5:06 pm
by d_stroy_r
I had to change my bonnet (i had the fibreglass bonnet) and get a custom new one. It comes in black and looks awesome, especially with the gt wing
. but my car colour is silver. ill show you if someone can host the pic.
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 6:25 pm
by GPXXX
ummm, yeah good luck bringing that car in its current trim from japan... you'd be spending prob half the price of the purchase of the car to rip them out and replace them with OEM parts first before you can get it rego'd for the road, LOL...
the turbo job looks pretty neat though (too bad it's tiptronic). but i'd be curious to knwo what sort of mumbo it can produce under the hood, hehehe...
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 2:14 am
by akuma
yeh evo bonnet, i have interest in it yep
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:41 am
by Biot
depends which style evo bonnet.
"EVO" is very generic these dayz
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 5:39 pm
by GPXXX
i think everyone is referring to the Evo-5 copy job...
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:47 pm
by D-TRAIN
Is EVO 5 the same as EVO 6?
What about the Supra TRD bonnet style?
Personally, I like something subtle like the bonnet from the Aston Martin Vantage.
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:58 pm
by rxboy
D-TRAIN wrote:Personally, I like something subtle like the bonnet from the Aston Martin Vantage.
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That's the one from the last Bond movie right? Not that I'm picky, but isn't that called the Aston Martin Vanquish?
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:06 pm
by D-TRAIN
Yeah there are 2 models, Vantage (V8 ) and Vanquish (V12). Vantage is the newer model but both have the same style bonnet. Good pick up
The Vanquish was in the Bond movie.
I love these cars. Pimpin ain't easy!
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:41 am
by GPXXX
i wonder what the Poms will think at the Aston Martin HQ when they see us comparing our Jap toy with their flagship models, hahaha...
but geez, never realised how striking the similarities are esp at the front... guess we should be flattered that they copied our front-end eh? hehehe...