Lude Generation

Right, I've been posting quite a bit of stuff on here since I started the site and added a few pictures in to different topics so thought I would just add a fresh new build. So I can always come back to this thread.

Be patient I've got quite a lot of pics and using my phone this could need editing!







These are pictures of what it looked like when I first got it. Sorry I don't have any more pics of it in this condition. The front bonnet had rust at the front so they primered the rust all the way across the bonnet leaving original colour at the top half of the bonnet. Primered arches both sides in black primer with rust coming through.

I started off with a full oil change including oil filter. I took off the original steering wheel and added a drift style wheel with hub. This took off the cruise control.


I painted the bonnet black with chalk board paint and a roller, seems bad I know but it's extremely cheap and looks great until I get either, a new CF bonnet or a new bonnet in original colour.

Little while later the weather got better so I decided I would take out all the cruise control and air con as that had disintegrated! Pulled up at my mates house to do the work and my radiator decided to burst all over his drive way..


Hour and half later this arrived through a contact, £120 delivered in an hour and half seemed expensive but well worth it as I use the car to drive to work and back averaging 100 miles a day 4 days a week!


This is why it burst!


Hole where air con used to be.




Engine in a state before I started the work.




Random pictures before the work.
Exhaust is off a Chevrolte Comaro full back box. De-cat all the way through to a new 4-1 manifold I bought off ddoubledanny

Here is the manifold, fitted


New horns fitted as the old one didnt work.


Horn is now my cruise control button after horn button in my new steering wheel decided to catch fire and melted all the wires behind it too!


Inside the car.


Trying to touch up the rust on the arches with a mate, this is done with fibre glass and a can of paint made up by halfords in the colour of the Lude.

All done by hand...






And the end result was this:




All the work done in 3 hours by hand with sand paper, one can of primer, one can of paint and one car of laquer.


Sticker added...

Bit of CF wrap on the roof struts..




There's a few more bits I've forgot to mention but I won't bore you any longer. All this has been added on my phone and my battery is about to die, any comments are welcome and ill keep adding more pics when I can

Edu

Good job for 3 hours work on those arches.

I like the carbon wrapped roof trims.

thats a unique exhaust - off a chevy camaro you say
i like the cf wrapped roof rails - ive a bit of work to do on the roof of my 4th gen so might copy ya

Very nice car mate who's skyline is that? like the steering wheel

I too like the touch on the roof bar strips

I like the exhaust too. How cut and shut is it? Any videos with sound of it? I was toying with a 300zx one on mine

And nice Skyline too

It had to have the bottom of the boot cut out to fit the huge back box underneath it and then welded back, suprisingly the spare wheel still fits in. I haven't got any videos, but i will go through Hatfield tunnel on way home from work and do a video tonight, just for you! The exhaust was already fitted when I bought the car.

As for the skyline is my mates R32 GTR. He had it running at 450bhp, however the oil pump went so now he's completely rebuilding the whole lot even seam welding everything. Ill put some pics up:





And this is what happens when the car pops awesome flames:

Cheers bud

Tidy lude bud, some nice touches.

Nafeman: This was the lude I mentioned to you, maybe some of the others with the Camaro exhaust. First dual exit I've seen that looks good.

Ill have to take some better pics of the box underneath so it looks more clear when the weathers a bit better.

Any suggestions for things I should do to it more than welcome....

looks a great car to start with