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Old 06-23-2021, 02:43 AM   #1
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Thanks to NASIOC's broken image hosting site, all photos from the first two pages are vanished. Skip to page 3 for current pics.

Hey Nasioc,

I don't plan on doing a full build thread with loads of boring specs, but here is a little photo history of my '98 RS.

Hope you enjoy!

Body kit pre fitment work complete, running and driving mock up before sending it off to body shop.




Color samples.




At this stage I sent the car out to a body shop that specializes in custom vehicles and has extensive experience with both custom fab a fiberglass.


Some first steps, closing in the rear quarters (inner wheel housings).




They did beautiful fab work on these, note that the flange on the outside is scribed to the inner quarter panel creating another bonding surface for the quarters, not an easy task.




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Old 06-23-2021, 02:44 AM   #2
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Unfortunately missing shots of rear quarters being bonded. These are post bond seam seal photos in the cabin and wheel wells.













More details.





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Old 06-23-2021, 02:47 AM   #3
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Lots of blending work here and the tail lights were also pulled out flush to the body.
















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Old 06-23-2021, 02:51 AM   #4
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Fitting rear wing to decklid.













Body work on roof panel. Note that a carbon roof was purchased but never received, luckily got one of the last three roof panels left at the time. There are no longer OEM roof panels available for these cars.




Antenna delete.



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Old 06-23-2021, 02:54 AM   #5
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Old 06-23-2021, 02:55 AM   #6
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^thanks!

Doors had to be cut for proper clearance over rocker covers.











Back half poly and prime.





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Old 06-23-2021, 02:56 AM   #7
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Moving forward and frontward, gapping and flushing of things.
Fenders needed a bunch of glass added on the back side so they could be sanded flush to flow with A-Pillars where they meet.





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Old 06-23-2021, 03:03 AM   #8
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Hood








The reverse scoop was a mess.







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Old 06-23-2021, 03:04 AM   #9
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Front bumper beams fab'd, and front lip bonded.















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Old 06-23-2021, 03:04 AM   #10
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Wheel arches up front had to be trimmed for wheel fitment (18x10 +24). The following photos document the process of making new lips after cutting back the arches.



new lips made from molds


Pre fit


Bonded


Glassed then dura-glassed




Sanded


Fit to vehicle and body work

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Old 06-23-2021, 03:05 AM   #11
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Went and visited her today...










Got some adjusting to do on the ol' Stromung when I do the final assembly, in like another year lol. And of course will be grabbing a set of JDM tails.




Can't say enough good things about the body shop and their work.

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Old 06-23-2021, 07:28 AM   #12
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Front Inners










After lots of debating I've decided to cut the rockers at the forward door line to keep the fenders removable.

Skirts/Rockers. Updated 4/14/22









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Old 06-23-2021, 07:28 AM   #13
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Now with rear view mirrors. My first look as well as yours.




All in Primer...







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Old 06-23-2021, 04:29 PM   #14
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There's more but I'm getting the dreaded 'upload error' on NASIOC's hosting site... Bummer I can't figure out how/why the server won't accept the photo uploads.
Your photos would present better, and possibly even avoid upload errors, if you'd hit the Enter key twice between image links.

You're doing a great job on the car. Gotta love a '98!
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Looking forward to the day I can finally build one of these. Looking good. Looking forward to seeing the progress
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Old 06-23-2021, 11:35 PM   #16
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Your photos would present better, and possibly even avoid upload errors, if you'd hit the Enter key twice between image links. Like so...

You're doing a great job on the car. Gotta love a '98!

Thanks for the tip and done. The upload problem is with the image hosting site, might try a different one.

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The upload problem is with the image hosting site, might try a different one.
Hmmm... that's odd. Over the last couple of years since its inception, the NASIOC image host has handled absolutely everything I've thrown at it.

Is there something different about the images of yours that won't upload?
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Old 06-24-2021, 12:00 PM   #18
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Nice work, looks really good!
I've had a ton of issues with the NASIOC image hosting site as well recently with nothing that I can pin down - all JPGs under the size limit.
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Old 06-24-2021, 04:33 PM   #19
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Nice work, looks really good!
I've had a ton of issues with the NASIOC image hosting site as well recently with nothing that I can pin down - all JPGs under the size limit.
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Old 06-25-2021, 07:53 PM   #21
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Looking forward to the day I can finally build one of these. Looking good. Looking forward to seeing the progress
Hope you get a chance soon as finding them in decent condition is getting tough and nearly every interior and exterior trim part is discontinued and no longer available. I purchased every replacement exterior trim piece possible over a year ago, which wasn't everything, and some of those are no longer available today.

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Okay, second email sent.
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Old 06-25-2021, 10:12 PM   #24
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Lightbulb Why are there upload errors?

I asked umscooby to email me some images of his that wouldn't upload, so that maybe I could discover something about them that was causing upload issues/errors.

I received three images, and the first thing I noticed was that every image had a different extension... jpeg, jpg and JPG. What this told me was that different methods of acquisition and/or editing/saving were occurring.

This was confirmed when I checked the metadata for each image. One image had no metadata, and the other two had metadata which indicated that two different iPhones had been used to take the photos (6S and SE), and different software (Windows Photo Editor and unknown 13.7) was used to save the images.

All three of these images uploaded no problem to the NASIOC image host after they were imported into my photo editor (IrfanView) and simply re-saved with no further modification.

I suspect there's something funky with the compression scheme being utilized by certain types of photo conversion/editing apps. This may or may not be a problem specific to iPhones (and the way the images are formatted/saved).

It appears the simplest solution to the upload issue here is to find a photo conversion/editing app that doesn't trigger an upload error, and then stick to using that particular program.
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