Hi everyone, Wondering if anyone is interested but Operation K is underway. Our project starts off with a coupe shell that i salvaged from the crusher which cost me $350 a tonne. It spent the last 3 months having all the rust cut out of it which includes lower rear quarters front and back, rear beaver panel, lower door skins, lower guard skins, roof gutters in and out and steel GT-R guards. The photos show some of the steel work that we've completed.

I've decided to install an RB25det with matching gearbox, and r200 diff centre with cv rather than the uni's. R32 rotors with the quad spots upfront and California vented rears and calipers up back, all sitting on z31, 5 stud hubs.

Most of the fabrication is completed and i will post more shots if anyone is interested...

The green tape on post #13 was to show were the inner guard sits....I just used it to show the internal wheel clearance. thanks

There's not much filler in the car at all, which means we spent a $^!# load of time getting it straight...

Edited August 13, 200915 yr by KID-K

so what steps did you do from stripping to bare metal?

Mine is at the bare metal stage, i am planing to give it another rinse of POR metal ready (rust convertor/metal prep), then a non sanding epoxy primer coat (to seal the metal), then start work on minor filling

after bogging i had planned to do another epoxy prime coat to seal in any bog before doing a hi fill prime, after which i will hand off to a bodyshop to hopefully do the remaining 20% and colour

then again, i have no idea what i am doing (never done any bodywork), and piecing information together as i go

That's looking very awesome... well done... I'm not sure if I met you or your brother but I recognise the white sedan. Would love to see the black one soon!

That was me you met, GT taillights! I'm waiting to get all the front end from the powercoater, hanging to put it together...Thanks

so what steps did you do from stripping to bare metal?

Mine is at the bare metal stage, i am planing to give it another rinse of POR metal ready (rust convertor/metal prep), then a non sanding epoxy primer coat (to seal the metal), then start work on minor filling

after bogging i had planned to do another epoxy prime coat to seal in any bog before doing a hi fill prime, after which i will hand off to a bodyshop to hopefully do the remaining 20% and colour

then again, i have no idea what i am doing (never done any bodywork), and piecing information together as i go

HI......our body work was done before any primer was applied...We actually used the same 2 pak epoxy as a primer and as the high fill. 12 Litres of it....the reason for this was because, one it was epoxy...thinned down as an etch, then used as a high fill...secondly because it was black.....when it dried it was as hard as hell...good luck...body filler should go on bare metal!

HI......our body work was done before any primer was applied...We actually used the same 2 pak epoxy as a primer and as the high fill. 12 Litres of it....the reason for this was because, one it was epoxy...thinned down as an etch, then used as a high fill...secondly because it was black.....when it dried it was as hard as hell...good luck...body filler should go on bare metal!

Awesome paint job/color choice, I'm in awe of the depth of the black . . . . look into the abyss!

What psi and what tip did you spray the high fill with?

Some shots of the rear cv conversion before it gets bolted together. I used z31 turbo 5 bolt rear hubs, flanges, and half shafts, (the shafts themselves were fabricated for me by an engineer in bayswater, cost around $400)......The z31 rear flanges are much bigger than the standard 240k flanges, so the A frames also have to modified, so does the lower mounting plate for the shocker ( which now seems to fit better than standard)

ooohhh, I see. But I don't think I need CV's for the 280Z R200? what is the length of your half shafts? Could you also explain what the A frame and lower mounting plate for the shocker is?

Awesome paint job/color choice, I'm in awe of the depth of the black . . . . look into the abyss!

What psi and what tip did you spray the high fill with?

you need to run a 2.5mm tip and needle kit in your gun, Dave ( my brother) says he ran our gun at 40-45 psi. Again we used the same epoxy thinned down as an etch........

I COULD BE THE LAST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO HAVE A 240K PINCHED. Last Sunday night a very thoughtful person helped himself to my parts car....The whole thing!!!!!

Edited August 24, 200915 yr by KID-K

No good mate,

Thats a shame if I knew you had it I would have asked for some parts as I am building a 4 door and desperately need the trims around the rear lights and a rear bar. Damn for you and damn for me!!

PS some serious rust in the old girl.

It'll end up in a container bound for Kuwait