Murci G28 build "Chaos"

[usmc_butler]

Package form JD arrived while I was away also...
Still Missing:
OEM Rear grills
OEM grab handle
OEM foglight switch cover
Viper rotors
Rear OEM Lamborghini Script....

Not complaining however! I needed this stuff as well, this will leave me with a extra set of side markers if anyone needs a set.

Digibeam sure does some fantastic work! He made most of those items (excluding the OEM Markers).

[usmc_butler]

Here is something I was working on before I left for Vegas last week... I mounted a 2,000lb winch to the metal perlin

[MDMurcy2]

Definitely looking good!   Keep up the great pics.  Like Jets said.....its so exciting to see the body on after all the work to get it ready.   

[Jets303]

I remember being at this stage in my build and being so excited to see the body on. I would seriously stand back and stare at it for hours! Looking good man keep it up!

[usmc_butler]

Set my body on last night to see what all needs to be trimmed and cut to get the body to sit correctly.

Tallon, you are correct about the quarter window and the rear firewall. To make it close to OEM specs the firewall needs to be moved forward about 4"-6"...

I probably wont mess with the firewall due to leg room, will probably block off the quarter window vents and just make them for looks and put a pocket on each side of the rear window... Just an idea








The old dash needs to be cut down about 3" to get the body to sit correctly

[Tallon]

Ooh I missed the text under the map! I'm tired too.

I've never even heard of anyone refer to it as the side of the road we drive lol
strange

[usmc_butler]

We drive on the right hand but steering wheel is on the left... What am I? A Mail man...! Sorry early morning now, still tired...

[Tallon]

:S u mean LHD is red
so confused lol

[usmc_butler]

Ok gotcha! Told you it was a long day, but pictures always make more sense then words...!

[No Bull]

Ok... to avoid further confusion here is a map of Left hand drive (blue) and Right hand drive (red). 



In the USA we are technically a "right hand drive" country which references the side of the road we drive on vs. the side of the car that the steering wheel is on (this was what was confusing the heck out of me). 

My console is like yours and was splashed from a LHD console.

Sorry for any confusion that I might have caused. 

Chris

[No Bull]

Ok.. I'm sorry it was a very long weekend and I'm still recovering.  My console is like yours and for a RHD car and I need a LHD console (North America correct).  bare aluminum or aluminum covered in carbon fiber would look good in my car but I was really trying to stick with some key OEM pieces to make the car believable as a "Factory experimental race car".  I suppose that I don't have many other choices at this point other than fabricate something.

Chris

[Tallon]

I don't know why lambolambo made the doorcards without modifying them anyway since most of us have g28s and the people that do have oem bodies, they almost always have mr2 interior or some other car. He also flattened the holes where the 'door open' light, tweeter, buttons, handle, etc. goes in case we want to use different parts. Doesn't make much sense, if it's already that accurate you might as well use the oem parts as they aren't extremely expensive compared to what you'd spend on the oem parts required for the body anyway. Alpha romeo light might be hard to find though.
Even john watson is using Audi interior not murcie.
So who is using these parts without having to modify them :S

[usmc_butler]

You mean You have a RHD console? And need a LHD? Lost here...?! It's been a long day maybe I'm looking to much into it! 


And you are building a race inspired Murci (which is a fantastic idea!) so make it out of stainless?! It would look sweet for a race build... Just an idea

[No Bull]

The main part of the console I might be able to do but I'd never be able to do the top pieces or at least look like they are oem. Probably not worth trying. The g28 lid doesn't look the same and doesn't match oem console width I'm sure.

As for not being RHD, if you notice the left side has a straight edge for the handle and the opposite side goes narrow for the other piece so I'm thinking both sides have that circle. Compare to the oem interior pic.

I think the console looks just like it does in this picture.
< Flat edge   narrow edge >

I see what you are talking about now with the sides and sure enough, it's a LHD console.  Guys I'm in the same boat and I have a LHD console also (from Rob).  I think this console originally started from a part that LamboLambo splashed in Malaysia and sent over here. 

http://www.madmechanics.com/forum/mall/11834-murcielago-replica-loose-parts-lambolambo-5.html

Take a look at the picture and tell me if it looks familiar. 

So guys.... what do we do now, I'm not switching to RHD LOL!

Chris

[usmc_butler]

Some of us have looked at pics of the oem interior so much that we have to have the same look, but as for the hatch even I wouldn't notice the shocks and the angle of the hatch as it comes up isn't exactly oem. I didn't care too much about that. But I still have a lot of work to do on my hatch it doesn't line up very well It's all bodywork now. I bet some parts need to be reinforced on the bottom before sanding to match the body. I get ahead of myself and try doing a batwing when the hatch isn't done LOL

I can't tell you how many times I had visions of how I was going to build something but as I got into it, I realized that it wasnt going to work that way and I had to change directions.

Yeah Dustin looks like you're going to have to switch to right hand drive
j/k

That's my problem, I don't even have the body sitting on the frame correctly and I'm worried about interior!

You are completly right....! Anyone have a spare RHD dash laying around ?!?!