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SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by deno 1 » Tue May 10, 2011 12:17 am

following this thread is brill...........keep the pics coming...........looks great.

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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by Minda » Tue May 10, 2011 12:00 pm

+1 more pice please! very impressive so far!
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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by saf_b21 » Tue May 10, 2011 1:47 pm

Loving this thread - takes a keen and ambitious bloke to undertake a project like this, looks like you have these in abundance Raj!

Keep us updated with the progress pics

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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by Raj » Tue May 10, 2011 2:24 pm

Thanks all for the comments and interest.

I've been sent a few more pics so will post them up later this evening.
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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by Raj » Tue May 10, 2011 11:51 pm

So finally saw the painted shell on Sunday. Looks spot on and very impressed.

The boys have started on the bodykit. A lot of prep work with the mouldings to ensure they are smooth:

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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by UrbanFlow » Wed May 11, 2011 8:00 am

Brilliant thread. Lost count of how many times I check back each day to see if there are new pics!

I see potential for a brilliant stop frame animation movie cut to Tinie Tempah's track 'Pass Out'.
"Come on... let's go... BOOM BA BA BA BOOM BA BOOM BA BBOOM..."!
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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by Raj » Wed May 11, 2011 10:25 am

Lol all. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's getting excited. You don't know how many times a day I check my emails...lol.

Sooooooo.....

The bodykits getting some colour:

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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by Raj » Thu May 12, 2011 7:52 am

Something a little different to all the bodywork.

Gie has been a big help with this whole project as he initially helped me strip the interior out and deliver it to Chris and along with the other half of the KG sala team have been keeping an eye on Phil and the boys...lol.

Well in true KG style he also sorted the lights for me with a bit of his mastery in Lamin-X'ing.

He had a full box to deal with:

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And spent quite sometime actually just cleaning the lights up as they were caked in flies from the drive down:

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Being meticulous everything laid out to start:

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1st one done...yeah:

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You can really tell the difference:

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Headlights complete:

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All done:

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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by Raj » Thu May 12, 2011 10:42 am

Even more updates. We're really cooking on gas now....lol.

Most of the colourcoding has now been done.

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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by x555 » Thu May 12, 2011 11:10 am

oooh oooh oooh more pics more pics :D :rofl: great stuff Raj keep em coming :thumbsup:
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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by pvr » Thu May 12, 2011 11:17 am

Loving it, but does this not cost an arm and a leg ... :cry:
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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by x555 » Thu May 12, 2011 11:18 am

[quote=""pvr""]Loving it, but does this not cost an arm and a leg ... :cry:[/quote]
No ....two arms and two legs ......but man it's gonna look good :D
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Post by pvr » Thu May 12, 2011 11:26 am

So how is he going to drive it? :D
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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by Raj » Thu May 12, 2011 11:30 am

[quote=""pvr""]Loving it, but does this not cost an arm and a leg ... :cry:[/quote]

I'm Indian so never pay too much for anything....lol

Negotiating is in my blood and it has only cost me a fraction of what should have been the normal costs involved.
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Re: SCR / Posh Leathers / KG & Raj Overhaul of the 4.8

Post by Raj » Thu May 12, 2011 11:31 am

[quote=""pvr""]So how is he going to drive it? :D[/quote]

Isn't that why they call it an automatic? :P
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