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    Lightbulb Project Carbon 4x4

    Hi all, i thought that its about time i started a build thread!

    its a 1991 nova gsi, i bought the car back in 2006 (i think) it was my first car and i ran it for around a year. Then one day the gearbox decided to die on me so i thought it was a good time to take it off the road and start a 2litre build.

    when i first took it off the road the plans were to start the build right away but that didnt happen because i started throwing money at my gt4, but around the start of last year i started buying lots of parts for it i got motivation from looking on here again.

    anyway, it currently needs quite a bit of welding work, new arches sills etc and as the title suggests the car will have carbon bumpers, bonnet, boot, doors, wings, grille, skirts and dash. just waiting on the bonnet and boot at the moment. it will be goin into the bodyshop hopefully before summer to get it all sorted. it will also have a high spec c20let in it (500 bhp +)

    ill start getting pics up soon of the progress. ill start with pics of how the previous owner had it etc but unfortunitely i dont have any of when i had it on the road, so it will be of how it is at the moment/ last year.
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    Sounds like it's going to be something special. Hopefully this will go ahead like planned Have you got all the carbon panels? Bet that's going to cost a bit

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    Yeah i do hope so. I have everything except the boot and the bonnet just now. I think the bonnet is in the middle of being made
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    yay, big boys stuff. What colour is the car?
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    It's red mate, it's the one in my avatar. Pics will be going up sometime later in the week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bazzap8389 View Post
    Yeah i do hope so. I have everything except the boot and the bonnet just now. I think the bonnet is in the middle of being made
    I've just been reading the carbon parts thread in the trade section and saw your door Very nice! This should look awesome once done. Get some pics up.

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    No skirts weigh less than carbon ones And you get the same aero effect

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    Good man been waiting on this for a while now think il be in by yours this weekend if that's still ok get a looky an collect that vinyl

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    Sounds promising, and expensive You sticking with the red or going for a carbon friendly colour?

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    Sounds a very cool project!cant beat some carbon!

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