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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #88 on: June 07, 2012, 09:28:43 PM »
Quote from: italianknightrider on June 07, 2012, 09:19:20 PM
This is great motivation for my next Vacation , i have not had much shop / shed time this year ...great to see you make it to this stage , specially with the donor you choose ,i know nothing about the MR2 ,so this is motivating ,seeing another donor being used 

Thanks IKR.   I'm really surprised at that though.  I would have thought you'd have had some involvement with the MR2 doner.
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #87 on: June 07, 2012, 09:19:20 PM »
This is great motivation for my next Vacation , i have not had much shop / shed time this year ...great to see you make it to this stage , specially with the donor you choose ,i know nothing about the MR2 ,so this is motivating ,seeing another donor being used 
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #86 on: June 07, 2012, 09:15:17 PM »
Looks great, one color makes a big diffrence.
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #85 on: June 07, 2012, 09:13:58 PM »
The beauty of One uniformity  ::toothy Awesome Work. Can't wait for more pics of the rest
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #84 on: June 07, 2012, 09:02:02 PM »
OK....Got to work and primed the front clip.  I'm really happy with the results and most of all, I'm so glad to see one color again.  Brings it into perspective again.  Talk about motivation.   Oh...and p.s.......    The hood isn't latched down, so the gaps aren't final in these pics.   

         
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #83 on: June 06, 2012, 05:30:42 PM »
It will look a thousand times better once it's all one color, even if it's just primer, believe me.  It's good that you took your time to find all of those hollow edges you don't want for stuff to star chipping after you have painted it.  Good job brother  :)
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #82 on: June 06, 2012, 05:04:56 PM »
Headed into the booth tonight for epoxy primer and then filler primer on the front clip.  Sealing it all in and taking a look at what I've done so far.   For anyone that doesn't know how much work this actually takes,  This front clip took me and another very talented body man about 70 man hours.   And its just about 90 percent corrected.  I'm sure there will be a little more filling and blocking to get the last 10 percent out of this.  But.......This is a big step forward!  I'm really excited about what I'll get to see.  ::bounce
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #81 on: June 06, 2012, 04:57:32 PM »
Finished up the chassis work and now I have the body back on for the final time.  All's fitted and bolted down.  I pray I never have to remove it again.   Anyways, with that done, I kept on working the front clip.  Lots of hollow edges in the sharp corners of the lower spoiler.  Ground them out and fiber filled and then body filled over that to smooth it out.  This took a lot of time to make sure I didn't miss anything. 

       
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #80 on: June 06, 2012, 04:51:11 PM »
Thanks guys....Again.   But I'm behind on my progress updates.  Been working the body these past few days.  Started on the front clip. 

     

Took the time to fix that dropped, rounded nose the G28s have.  Ground the surface with 80 grit.  Then used fiber fill filler first for the heavy fix.  Then multiple coats of filler to float it out just right.   This took so many attempts to get it looking straight and right.   I'm glad that's over.  It looks so much better now.   I left the sharp edges during the blocking to give the best reference for straight.   I will scuff these sharp edges down before filler primer.   

Heres a before and after of the front bumper and that dropped edge. 

 
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #79 on: June 06, 2012, 08:38:39 AM »
Very nice. There 's is such a small percentage of the population that can say they built the car they are driving. And what a car!!! Beautiful work.... ::bounce ::bounce
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #78 on: June 05, 2012, 11:51:00 PM »
Great Job ...  ::thumbup 8) ::salute   
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #77 on: June 05, 2012, 11:27:09 PM »
Man you are really making some good progress and those seats are spot on  ::thumbup

Now you have to put up a video of your tail lights I really want to see how those look and work.
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #76 on: June 05, 2012, 11:02:59 PM »
I made a couple of videos when I took out my car.   Had to try it out.   Just went ride down the road and to a closed business area down the street.  I wanted to finally see the car in different surroundings.   

This was short vid driving up.
Driving my build


This was a walk around of the car.  A little jumpy, shot it on my iPhone,  but you get the idea. 
My Roadster walk around.


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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #75 on: June 05, 2012, 10:56:00 PM »
On both sides the pillar on the doors didn't lay down correctly.  I cut relief cuts at the base, screwed them to the body to force the correct shape and fiber glassed them for their new correct shape.  Just another little thing that takes time but had to be done.   

     
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Re: Mitch's MR2 LP640 Roadster build.
« Reply #74 on: June 05, 2012, 10:44:09 PM »
My seats came in too.  I got them from Cipher auto.  Very nice black leather with black stitching.   Carbon fiber vinyl on the back and accents on the seat.  I think they look great for the Roadster. 

         
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