Not your momma's race car. ; )

[soapra]

This is a project that Ernie has been working on and now it will become the shop race car. Dunlop has sent 40 tires for us to start with! :aigo: Keep looking back as we make more progress on the race car.

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[chopstickz]

oo what car is that?

[upgradedsupra]

You have to at least give some details as to what you're doing with this car. ;)

Duane

[Rennat]

AND its RHD... this should be a good build.

[soapra]

You have to at least give some details as to what you're doing with this car. ;)

Duane

I will! All in due time. :naughty:

[PROJECT N00b]

I know what it is but I'm not going to say :p hahaha.

[A-to-the-J]

OHHHH YEAAAA! :boink:

[JASONA70]

OHHHH YEAAAA! :boink:

:word8kn:

[808mkiiisupra]

looks like a rhd jdm cressida idk

[PROJECT N00b]

^^^lol

[soapra]

So we looked at colors today and scheduled sand blasting for Thursday. Car will be back from sand blasting on Friday ready to paint the engine bay and the inside oh and the trunk.

[Ckanderson]

info on metal used?

[soapra]

info on metal used?

Metal? :1zhelp:

[kotu100]

for rollcage maybe?

[juan jz]

Man I love the role cage work it has, it gave me a whole bunch of new ideas how to finish mine

[soapra]

info on metal used?

DOM CK!

[soapra]

Updates! Car came back from sand blasting on Friday. We have started prep and primer of the chasis and of all other panels. We got house of colors paint and dupont/ppg materials $$$$:aigo::aigo: I will try to have more updates as this week goes on. I hope paint goes on before Friday! :evil2:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/onebad7m/Project%20D/Shopracecar027.jpg
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[Ckanderson]

cage work looks nice!

[soapra]

Updates!

Ernie's Friends from Hawaii came at the begining of this week to Help us paint the car. These guys are by far the best paint and body guys I have ever been around. They painted two cars in the span of one night. We worked around the clock all week!

The shop door never closed and we worked in shifts to get all this work done in a short amount of time. wile they painted and prep cars for paint, the rest of the Kaizen team worked around the clock to finish other cars. We are headed back to shop right now after a 5 hour break and we are going to finish 2 S13's tonight and I have custumers coming in tomorrow for three Lexus swaps and another S13 with a VQ and a G35 with an LS2.

I want to thank the guys that painted their asses off today! One of them now lives in Arizona, and the other in Hawaii, if anyone wants paint done, please give me a call, I can get you guys in contact with them. Prices are good with the quality of work they do and quality of materials they use. If you live in Cali I can have these guys come back to paint any car you would like painted. :naughty:

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[soapra]

More Pictures! We still need to color sand the car and buff it. The first car they painted is the 240SX in the back of the first picture in this post. If you have been following the thread you can now see what kind of car it is. If you dont know, Its a R33 GTS-T with a R34 GTR front end.:aigo: Power plant is still in the works. I should have something together for it by the end of the month. :naughty::biglaugh::sarcasm:
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[emission]

it's rockin' milano colors. lol

sick ride.

[Big Wang Bandit]

4 Door skyline. Thats hot shit!

I <3 4 doors

[A-to-the-J]

wow :love: can't wait to see it in person.

[emission]

Knowing you guys, I think you guys are starting a trend of 1J powered nissans. I wouldn't be surprised if you did or expect any less. =)

[soapra]

it's rockin' milano colors. lol

sick ride.

NO WAY! :nono: These colors are far from his. Three stage paint, not even close to Milano's car Ernie says!

[Mibba]

hmmm, R33 4door? what will power this sucker?

[emission]

NO WAY! :nono: These colors are far from his. Three stage paint, not even close to Milano's car Ernie says!

I guess, I'm use to Ernie in a blue or black car. 1J and a fat ass turbo will own in that thing. :naughty:

[soapra]

New update!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/onebad7m/Project%20D/DSC05912.jpg

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[Allpurposbrwnguy]

Yeah, looks like Gary and Rei did a great job...Js4KIX and (1) Garage repersent!!!

[rayray]

sweeet! this green is madness! the crew from hawaii really did splendid work. definitely going to call them out if i need paint. btw, when the guy comes to do the glass, i need to fix mine!

[ma71tt]

That is some top notch work right there, will definitely have them do some work on my car:icon_bigg.

[kotu100]

looks like those guys do some really good work w/ paint. they know how to save themselves some times wetsanding and buffing. lotsa smooth spots and very little orage peel from what i can see.
you said it was 3 stage paint, what is the 3rd stage?

monster rb26dett FTW

[emission]

You would first spray a color base, then a pearl coat, then the clearcoat

[kotu100]

i know what 3 stage paint is.... im asking what his 3rd stage is. yea he used green base coat, then _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , then clear. im wondering what the middle one is. im gonna guess a silver pearl.

[soapra]

i know what 3 stage paint is.... im asking what his 3rd stage is. yea he used green base coat, then _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , then clear. im wondering what the middle one is. im gonna guess a silver pearl.

I think it was a silver pearl.

I got a new update!

Got tires

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/onebad7m/IMG00014.jpg

[A-to-the-J]

damn, guess i should bring my weightlifting belt. I know I'll most likely be the one moving those around since RayRay wont be around today.

[PROJECT N00b]

O_O wow, thats a hell of a lot of tires! lmk if you guys need help ;)

[roadwarrior87]

wow...that was quick! flipping sweet guys. i'm gonna have to drop by sometime soon to see with my own two! reminds me of this though. http://www.nicekicks.com/images/undftd-jordan-5-3.jpg

[emission]

notice those items on the left, sitting on the bucket :aigo:

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[soapra]

what Items! Those are for testing purpose only! The Faith of the powerplant is not yet set in stone.

[emission]

I guess this will have to wait. :squirt-mo What a tease.

[ma71tt]

He Didn't say no!, haha:evil2:

[JZ_killa_t68]

+1 for Gary and Ray & JS4KIX.

[SupraMaster]

Sexy little beasty you got goin on there. Can't wait to see this progress report in action.

[foreverpsycotic]

RB30 block with the rb25 head please.

[pimptrizkit]

1jz plz!!! Don't lie we see the matching coil pack covers.

[soapra]

Hi everyone, sorry to keep you in the dark on this one. It will be well worth it. I think next week we are going to work on the rear end. Engine choice is still in the Air. All I know is that we need this think running ASAP!

[SuprA70]

:icon_frow :icon_frow Am I the only one that misses the Soapra?

[HIDPLANET]

:icon_frow :icon_frow Am I the only one that misses the Soapra?

No

[Zerocool]

:icon_frow :icon_frow Am I the only one that misses the Soapra?

I miss the soapra and Jose I need to make a trip to cali one of theses days Silv is to many months away :cry:...

[soapra]

:icon_frow :icon_frow Am I the only one that misses the Soapra?
I miss it! :cry:

No
Hi, I miss you too! :love:

I miss the soapra and Jose I need to make a trip to cali one of theses days Silv is to many months away :cry:...

You are welcomed any time dude! Just call ahead of time for reservations! :biglaugh:

[pimptrizkit]

updates?

[soapra]

updates?

Ernie changed the rear Xmember of the skyline, and Added a GTR Rear end and eliminated HICAS. that's it. We should have some more updates later on this week.

[pimptrizkit]

Any pics of that drive train yet?

[soapra]

Not yet. Ernie is now a Formula D judge so the plans for the car have changed. :(

[Dylan JZ]

Ernie changed the rear Xmember of the skyline, and Added a GTR Rear end and eliminated HICAS. that's it. We should have some more updates later on this week.

Man cant wait to see more pics.

[Suprizim TT]

Man cant wait to see more pics.



Forget the pics i can't wait to see the car in action and in person. :aigo:

[SuprA70]

Once upon a time there was a running Soapra with a JZ engine in it...

Finish the story Jose, SILV is fast approaching!

[Suprizim TT]

I agree, jose I now that you want your soapra there and the entire supra community :sarcasm: wants your car there., sooooooooooooo? are we going to see your car at SILV 08'

By the way when are you going to give the car that started it all "The MK2" the Kaizen Motorsports treatment?

[supra_stephe]

I was so hoping for this so be something cool like a chaiser, but no had to be another ordinary skyline........j/k

[Pyrite]

So what happened here been a real long time since any updates?

[soapra]

Ernie ran out of time for it. He went back to school for helicopter mech and also Formula D keeps him busy.

[Pyrite]

thats too bad. The chassis looked like it was really coming along.