KHGC110 project

[Mr Camouflage]

LOL. You had me re-reading some old posts on classiczcars.com looking for some actual proof they were manual, since I couldn't find the scanned magazine article, and believe me this is mild compared to what went on over there. 

[BenZed]

I'll have to look for the magazine then. Mind you, it wouldn't be the first time Wheels got something wrong. Calling the P76 car of the year for one...
The Ken-Mary shape seems to be getting a bit of attention these days:
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/03/02/gallery-gt-gt-the-best-of-ken-amp-mary.aspx

[BenZed]

Trial-fitted the flares and wheels today. I'm going to run 17x8.5 +4 at the front and 17x9.5 -19 at the rear. The C110 flares don't give you as much room at the front as you get on a Zed, so the 17x9 -13 wasn't suitable. Once it is lowered this combo should sit just nicely inside the flares without too much tyre stretch.

[BenZed]

Fitted some low springs and shocks to the back of the car today. A pair of 10kg/mm 200mm springs seem to sit just right, while modified MX5 rear dampers were a good match. As you can see the 17x9.5s are actually an easy fit at the rear.

[Zedman240]

Ben, you know how to make people jealous....that's evil!

[gav240z]

Looks fantastic Ben, the C110 shape is so under appreciated really. I don't think it helped that the normal C110 rear wheel arch had the shape it did. With the flares its a massive improvement.

[kalium]

Trial-fitted the flares and wheels today. I'm going to run 17x8.5 +4 at the front and 17x9.5 -19 at the rear. The C110 flares don't give you as much room at the front as you get on a Zed, so the 17x9 -13 wasn't suitable. Once it is lowered this combo should sit just nicely inside the flares without too much tyre stretch.

Is it just me or does that first photo make it look a lot like a 180 SSS ?!

[BenZed]

You and dazzed apparently. The GT-R grille is pretty similar to the 180B SSS, but the rest of the car is a lot more angular

[BenZed]

Actually this is what a 180BSSS looks like 

[BenZed]

Getting ready to paint the bare shell now. I'm sure once it looks pretty my enthusiasm for the project will get a boost 

[luvemfast]

It's looking pretty as it is now.
What size rim are going in the rear of this thing, there is HEAPS of room!

[BenZed]

It's looking pretty as it is now.
What size rim are going in the rear of this thing, there is HEAPS of room!

The rears will be 17x9.5 -19 Rotas, might still need a spacer to fill it right out.

[BenZed]

I have a Restored carbon bonnet waiting to go on and they just released carbon bumpers, so I'm getting those too. Then I asked about replacing the stainless trims around the grille an tail-lights and they are going to custom-make those for me. I seem to have developed a carbon fixation 

[BenZed]

Just got the shell back from the paint shop. Not exactly a show-quality job as I only paid $3K, but I got the engine bay, sills etc done so it looks pretty good. I chose a silver colour off a V35 Skyline they had sitting in the paint shop, has very fine mica. Don't know the name but the code is KYO. The flares and rear spoiler are still off the car as they're getting painted gunmetal grey. It's nice to have it all shiny, keen to put it back together now.

[BenZed]

Finally got the flares back and screwed back on, so I put some tyres on the Rota wheels and bolted them on too. As it turned out I needed 20mm spacers at the back to get the wheel sitting where I wanted it. This makes the rears 17x9.5 -39 offset   
The tyres are 215/45 front and 235/45 rear. There is about 2mm of clearance to the flares at some points, but they don't hit so that's all that matters.