Post by onepaintedman on Apr 20, 2016 17:06:12 GMT
I thought it was about time I introduced everyone to Project Ronin properly.
Rather than write up the story so far I thought I'd bring everyone up to speed with some pictures. All of the mods to my car have taken place over a number of years. . .
As you can see, I am very much in the retro roadster camp!
My starting point. . . rolling on WORK RS Alpha wheels (Still got 'em - they are sitting in my garage waiting to be refurbed.Stupidly I mislaid one of the four original centre caps. . . they are as rare as rocking horse poop)
Racing Beat style bar . . .
Rare OEM knee pads. . . pocket on tunnel side
. . .plain on door side.
Added a Garage Vary lip
18" Racing Roundels
Hardtop was next up, along with an offset plate.
Front (and rear) tow hooks (which I sprayed up red)
Momo Prototipo (Only one wheel for me . . . I'm a big Porsche fan and these were often fitted to period 911's)
14" Panasports!
Starting to look OK. . .
Oh, and I'd added a MazdaSpeed Chrome Style/roll bar as well . . . love seeing this through the rear window!
Retro dash switches . . .
Joyfast Supershort shift knob . . . my first parcel from Japan. I was stupidly excited about this piece of metal! lol
Followed Adams (Revlimiter) excellent instructions (I wish I had the same talent for writing them) as a basis to make these TSIs. They look the bomb!
Let me suck up some air!
Dynobond (?) plastic/aluminium sandwich slam panel. . . very limited run by Skuzzle Motorsports in UK
I.L Motorsports Cobra irro - hard won on ebay!
. . .it was worth every penny!
ARC Chamber. Woohoo! This is what it looked like after some hard polishing!
Already tapped for an intake air temp sensor! It was a pain in the rear canoe to find a plug to fit!
Purchased an OEM front strut brace at around this time too. . .
Sunglasses holder . . . to replace the horrible Bongo cup holder that was sitting in the ashtray recess
Just in case. . .
Skuzzle motorsport plexiglass side window and vent
Homemade window switches (using Landwombles guide)
Chrome step/sill covers
Radyot style racing mirrors (Spun aluminum. . . stupidly light! When they were delivered I thought the boxes were empty. Seriously)
I love this photo so much . . .
M2 style pedal set . . . Mmmm.
Begs for the open road!
New OE DM mats to replace the rubber universal ones
Zoom starter button . . .
This. . .was a great day! K.G Works. Sublime.
My Roadster now feels special from behind the wheel. . .
Lets make it more retro. Bought some leather and learned to sew diamonds!!!!
Not bad. . . even if I do say so myself! (All the more satisfying when you do it yourself and it turns out ok)!
Added some 'homebrew' retro interior door handles
Things start to get serious. 60 hrs+ of sweating, swearing, fibreglass fingers, filler, leather, metal, experimentation and a little blood sacrifice (my own . . . clumsy) and my bespoke dash is born. . .
So pleased with the result (Switches from right to left: Starter button, Lights raise/lower, hazard, Two way light switch for fog lights rear/front and Rear)
My favourite place to sit an enjoy the open road
Warbirds. . . just when I was looking for dial faces Adam creates the perfect set!
Just stunning when lit with OEM bulbs. Perfect retro lighting. No LEDs here my friends.
I drive my car a lot at night for no other reason than to enjoy their glow
I deleted the tombstone and wrapped the whole dash, glovebox door, column panel and crashpad in soft grained leather. Then I built up and re-carpeted the tunnel. To finish it all off I added a chrome shift ring and sewed myself up a new shift boot.
Rather than write up the story so far I thought I'd bring everyone up to speed with some pictures. All of the mods to my car have taken place over a number of years. . .
As you can see, I am very much in the retro roadster camp!
My starting point. . . rolling on WORK RS Alpha wheels (Still got 'em - they are sitting in my garage waiting to be refurbed.Stupidly I mislaid one of the four original centre caps. . . they are as rare as rocking horse poop)
Racing Beat style bar . . .
Rare OEM knee pads. . . pocket on tunnel side
. . .plain on door side.
Added a Garage Vary lip
18" Racing Roundels
Hardtop was next up, along with an offset plate.
Front (and rear) tow hooks (which I sprayed up red)
Momo Prototipo (Only one wheel for me . . . I'm a big Porsche fan and these were often fitted to period 911's)
14" Panasports!
Starting to look OK. . .
Oh, and I'd added a MazdaSpeed Chrome Style/roll bar as well . . . love seeing this through the rear window!
Retro dash switches . . .
Joyfast Supershort shift knob . . . my first parcel from Japan. I was stupidly excited about this piece of metal! lol
Followed Adams (Revlimiter) excellent instructions (I wish I had the same talent for writing them) as a basis to make these TSIs. They look the bomb!
Let me suck up some air!
Dynobond (?) plastic/aluminium sandwich slam panel. . . very limited run by Skuzzle Motorsports in UK
I.L Motorsports Cobra irro - hard won on ebay!
. . .it was worth every penny!
ARC Chamber. Woohoo! This is what it looked like after some hard polishing!
Already tapped for an intake air temp sensor! It was a pain in the rear canoe to find a plug to fit!
Purchased an OEM front strut brace at around this time too. . .
Sunglasses holder . . . to replace the horrible Bongo cup holder that was sitting in the ashtray recess
Just in case. . .
Skuzzle motorsport plexiglass side window and vent
Homemade window switches (using Landwombles guide)
Chrome step/sill covers
Radyot style racing mirrors (Spun aluminum. . . stupidly light! When they were delivered I thought the boxes were empty. Seriously)
I love this photo so much . . .
M2 style pedal set . . . Mmmm.
Begs for the open road!
New OE DM mats to replace the rubber universal ones
Zoom starter button . . .
This. . .was a great day! K.G Works. Sublime.
My Roadster now feels special from behind the wheel. . .
Lets make it more retro. Bought some leather and learned to sew diamonds!!!!
Not bad. . . even if I do say so myself! (All the more satisfying when you do it yourself and it turns out ok)!
Added some 'homebrew' retro interior door handles
Things start to get serious. 60 hrs+ of sweating, swearing, fibreglass fingers, filler, leather, metal, experimentation and a little blood sacrifice (my own . . . clumsy) and my bespoke dash is born. . .
So pleased with the result (Switches from right to left: Starter button, Lights raise/lower, hazard, Two way light switch for fog lights rear/front and Rear)
My favourite place to sit an enjoy the open road
Warbirds. . . just when I was looking for dial faces Adam creates the perfect set!
Just stunning when lit with OEM bulbs. Perfect retro lighting. No LEDs here my friends.
I drive my car a lot at night for no other reason than to enjoy their glow
I deleted the tombstone and wrapped the whole dash, glovebox door, column panel and crashpad in soft grained leather. Then I built up and re-carpeted the tunnel. To finish it all off I added a chrome shift ring and sewed myself up a new shift boot.
le sigh