Parker Gen

Here is a thread in the Car Chat section which has a bit of background info, and what is going on thus far. Thought I'd share around.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...ml#post4418320

All work is done by me, and is in progress. Parts needed to be adjusted to fit, you can't buy this.

Anyway, more pictures will be put on here as work goes on, within the next few weeks.

Happy to answer questions. (just remember this is work in progress, still a lot to do)

I just figured out, I need to make a detailed route plan for when I go out to shops etc now lol. It is quite low, and I'm sure there will be a lot of reversing down one way shopping centre lanes haha!

cyco

I'm guessing that is a corolla front end? I can't wait for the end result! what is the plan for the car anyway?

trukn1

I see alot of custom fabbing to get that later styled Camry front bumper to fit well. Keeping in mind that it is a work in progress, the new bumper really throws the body lines off quite a bit. Good luck with it.

Parker Gen

Yeah, that's because it's white and stands out like a ummm, horse with 1 leg.

BadViper22

Damn you Parker! Gotta go be all awesome with this custom fabrication, making us without body kits look bad.

Hah, I kid, But I'm going to watch this like a hawk. I love the way that the new bumper looks and once it matches the body lines right I think the final project will be sick. Make sure to show us the pics throughout the whole transformation!

tuan92129

A 00-01 Front end would've been easier to do

Parker Gen

I got to say, people look at my car coming head on and stare... like what the hell is that? I quite like it myself, I remember saying when i first bought the car a few years back now, that I wanted to go VIP. But I think it'll end up half way between race/show/VIP haha. hmm. There's all these little things I want to do, so the list is in my head, just got to see where it all goes.

trukn1

LOL,, am sure that is EXACTLY what they are saying. That bumper has more meat on it than the entire car. LOL!! Will be very interesting to see what spin you put on this to pull it all together. Good Luck!

Parker Gen

Styling Cues????

DixonPai

iTrader: (3)

thats not bad idea using an oem bumper.

Yea it does look a little big, but if he adds side skirt and a rear it should look just fine =D

Waiting to see how this turns out

trukn1

^^Exactly my point. Sides and rear would def be needed.

Parker Gen

Sides yes, I agree he should do that!
Rear... I've got something else planned for that.

Parker Gen

Found a supplier... www.houseofkolor.com.au but these are just the first I found that have decent information on the job, along with some online calculator which is suppose to figure out what products are needed for the type of paint and colour that you select. Only thing is, the selection only allowed for large or medium sized car, and I'm only doing half the car (giving some of my work away now ), so the price looks too extreme for just the paint products to me. Especially when I only need maybe half that amount, not even.

BC25 Black
Bare Metal Respray for Medium Car

The products for your paint job are shown below:

Part Description Size Avail Unit Price Qty Subtotal
1. KP2CFAG KWIKURE EPOXY PRIMER KP2CFA 3.8 litre A$221.73
2. KP2CFBG KWIKURE EPOXY PRIMER KP2CFB 3.8 litre A$195.76
3. BC25 Black - Shimrin Solid Kolor Base945 ml A$102.42
x7 $716.94
4. UFC35G POLYURETHANE FLO-KLEAR UFC-35 3.8 litre A $351.15
5. KU151Q SLOW EXEMPT CATALYST KU-151 945 ml B $124.55
x2 $249.10
6. RU311G MEDIUM REDUCER RU-311 3.8 litre A$95.74
x4 $382.96
Total (excluding shipping & handling): $2,117.64
Shipping & handling (to Australian destinations): $0.00
Total, including shipping & handling to Australian destinations: $2,117.64

If I reduce this total by a third, it should be more reasonable to quantity I need. Volume wise.

$2117.64/3= $705.88




Ok so I got my new HID XENON lights from an eBay store seller. Was well worth it, at a very good price. (extremely good)
I will post up some picture that I'll take tonight. They are 6000k Blue/White.
Only thing is they are lacking strength, you need to use high beam in a non lit road. Maybe this will be fixed when I buy new headlight housings.

Anyway, the front end of the car is still in the design stage. I have decided to fibre glass a mould to the bar to fill the gaps beneath the headlight housings. There are a bunch of products needed for this, and the process is pretty straight forward, but can be tricky. The good thing is, that you can virtually design your own product and style. Imagination is your limitation.

There are fibre glass kits you can buy for around $25 USD and will cover approximately 0.5 sq.m of area. They come with all the products needed to apply the fibreglass and let it harden.

I will make this more of a write up style once it's all done and when I know exactly what I used and the process I went through to do it.

Thanks for reading.

Parker Gen

eyezack87

iTrader: (4)

What the?....

Dude, take apart your headlights and clean them. The glare and stuff is horrible

Heres what normal lights look like up close. These were my 10 year old halogen bulbs


Here are with Cliffud's HID kit after cleaning of the projector bulb and stuff. Far shot but you get the picture.