Neil's Aventador Build

[LP700-4]

Neil,

Amazing work on that body. I know first hand just how rough it was to start with!

[lambobuilder]

Fantastic idea! So much to learn from the builder community.

[Neils88]

I took a moment to make the headliner board. I did this by making a mold of the roof,  that way it'll fit nicely in place. It's two layers of fiberglass, so it's reasonably stiff. I still have to do the final trimming.

[lambobuilder]

Gives me flash backs. I know all the prep work that takes to get to that stage. So great to see it all one color. I should be there in a couple years.

[Neils88]

Slow progress.... but at least it's progress...

I'm getting close to priming. After endless bodywork, I just put another coat of epoxy sealer. I've got a few last imperfections that need to be corrected first.

I'm also slowly accumulating all the Wilwood brake parts. I have everything for the front brakes (14"). Eventually I'll get the rear and electric parking brake.

[★ Murcie-Me ★]

Looking at this brings back some painful memories for me, all the aligning of panels and making gaps consistent, filling glassing sanding and priming, and then doing it again and again 'til its right LOL.
People who have never built one of these could never imagine all the work that goes into what most think are the simplest things.

[lambobuilder]

This is the tedious part that everyone sees when it's finished. If only they knew of all the effort that was involved in everything under the skin. Great job.

[Neils88]

The bodywork continues... To me, this is the least fun part of the build. But it is progressing. I have a few low spots to correct and some gaps to tidy up, then I'll give it another epoxy sealer coat and a number of polyester primer coats. Then back to the endless block sanding...

I also reworked the nose emblem indent. Much happier with it now.

[wayne]

Great work Neil, your car is coming along nicely. I like the center controls and panel you made.

[Simple Man 2.0]

love the console coming along nicely!

[Neils88]

Thanks Dale. I find I have to put in a lot of extra effort to try to keep up with the high quality work of you and the others here!!

I did use some (ok... lots) poetic license on my design. For instance, I couldn't bring myself to use a 7" screen like the oem one... went with a 9" display since I thought it looked better. Also, I took a chance with the Huracan switches. They are all the correct switches, just with an updated look.... and they were much cheaper than the Aventador switches for some reason. I also have the matching light switch unit so most people won't notice. My display can start up with the Lamborghini logo. It also has a CanBUS input and is supposed to display oem climate control information. Haven't tried it yet, but that would be a bonus. I'm still working on mapping the MMI buttons and dials, but it should work well to control the display (which is also a touch screen so I'll have to figure out some bidirectional control).

[lambobuilder]

Spectacular work as always. Appreciate the updates.

[Neils88]

The bodywork is slowly progressing. At the same time, when I'm not sanding, I've been working on the interior components. I now have a "first draft" for the center console. It uses some oem Lamborghini parts (Aventador and Huracan) and Audi parts strung together using some 3d printed trim to simulate the full Aventador console. This is all topped off using a generic Android entertainment system (navigation, radio, phone, back up camera, etc).

I still have a bit more "hacking" to go so that I can make everything fully functional and appear to work as intended. I've also ordered some different color filaments for the 3d printer. I'm hoping that I can make the trim pieces closer match the oem parts.

[lambobuilder]

Now the fun begins.

[Neils88]

It's been a busy summer, so I haven't spent as much time on the car as I would have liked. I did manage to prep the car and get it covered with an epoxy sealer. I can actually (finally) say I've started the bodywork.