martin-reyland wrote:I'm not going to be popular here but I think the wall to wall lights look wrong, I like the idea of extending the lights but not all the way across. I do like the guttering mod though.
Regarding filling in the arches, I saw that done back in the eighties (John Barr) but he radiused it rather than making it flat and was a good look. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the comments Martin , I have been wondering whether ive done the right thing going all accross - will probably grow on me - trouble is with modding , you never really know what to expect until its done
Luckily the centre section of 3 lens is removable , i may end up making a blanking plate but keeping it painted black and replace the FIRENZA decal in white that i had before.
Its amazing how much of a difference just extending the units by 1 lens makes
The guttering is a different matter - i dont like it
the end result (smooth finish is good) but because the gap to door frame and rear window frame is not small it shows ! Ive painted the underside black now so it disguises the poor gaps at least.
I toyed with the idea of curving the arches by welding a 5mm steel rod into the grooves - this would have given a perfect outer edge radius from front to back of arches . Fill as required etc , bought steel rod and also a 5 mm glass fibre rod to do same to front (snoot and wings)
One snag though - as i intend to keep the rear arch "spats" as well as add the cill runners , the profile of the arch spat would not accept any further outer radius curve , its pretty much flat .
Probably could have modded the spats I suppose , but decided for the easier option so the arches outer profile now matches the original spats.
Modding sometimes is a bit hit and miss - i knew the look i wanted but its difficult to envisage until its done , I now dont like the rear spoiler set up as the DTV spoiler tends to curve upwards at its centre point and has too much of a sharp rear facing edge .
I have a fibre glass RS2000 rear spoiler which has a very straight rear edge profile which i think would complement the full width lights - will be playing around with that soon to see if my theory is right
Jon