My Fullyloaded R334 Wide ass project

Well folks, I have been threatening to do it and promised myself I wouldn't start this thread until work began. Well work has begun so let's kick things off. I have always loved the looks of both the R33 and the R34 but particularly the front end of the R334. So why not combine the two and make a Wide arch kit at the same time. Now I am going for subtle instead of an aggressive wide arch. Also the body shop company I am using believes in doing things right, so the wider front wings and rear wings will be custom made out of metal, not fiberglass.

So here's what she looked like when I dropped her off to the body shop!

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Start of the rear end strip, remove rear bumper and lights. This is a 16 year old car but not in bad nick for it's age.

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The front end stripped ready for the front wings to be converted from R33 GTST to R34 GTR. The old R33 wings will be used combined with the R34 to make the right shape and fitment for the body.

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As I am going for subtle, I chose 25mm spacers and this is what the stance should look like bare in mind the arches will be slightly wider than the wheels.

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Making up the template for the wide arch at the rear.

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Rear diffuser arrived and trial fitted to the car.

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Now a picture with the rear bumper trial fitted and the rear wing taking shape.

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A little update, some prototype wings being made.

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Starting realize how expensive this conversion is becoming.

R34 wings £100 (lucky to get for that price)
R34 Bumper £350
R34 Bonnet £350
R34 bonnet hinges £110
R34 headlights £500 found some in hong kong, should be £900
Rear Bumper £150
Spacers £200
£130 fuel cap and funnel

Not to mention labour and paint
Rear of the wide arch panel trial fit


Here are the sills they are fabricating.

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Well just agreed to buy this off JDMGarage, thanks for negotiating on the price chaps, great service as usual. The R33 GTST front slam panel will be cut out and the R34 GTR Slam panel welded in.

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Picture for today, rear wide arch and side skirts coming along nicely!

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Hello and welcome mate. Quite an interesting project there. I've seen a few of these conversions done but tbh I prefer the complete look of the R34. What other mods have been done?

Also. Users are not allowed to post pictures until they reach 10 posts. I have allowed it this time as it does look like a good project. Get yourself around the forum and you'll reach 10 posts. I'm also going to move this to the project section so it can get more attention. Thanks.
 
Thanks for the comments guys, as far as mods go, a lot of them are coming off to do this project. Carbon bonnet sold, carbon boot goes this weekend, Wheels will be going, one off custom front bumper I will be selling.

The rear spoiler is staying for the moment, may go if it doesn't match the body. I have a Tomei ecu, Front mount intercooler, defi boost gauge, defi control unit, Boost control unit, wound up to 0.85 bar, Apexi air filter, Cusco camber arms, rear strut bar, Dry carbon rear light surrounds, Carbon gear surround, Dry carbon door cards, lowered

That's about it I think for the moment.
 
FullyloadedR334 said:
That's the plan mate, just need the mortgage to buy some! Finding them isn't easy as well.
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Finding them is the easy part:

http://www.imagewheels.co.uk

Paying for them is a little more difficult :)

18" x 12" 3 piece billet £626 each

3 piece cast are a little cheaper at £512 each

Tyre size will be in the 315 - 345 range. Stretched tyres would look REALLY silly on a car like this and you will need all the grip the tyres can provide.

Toyo tyres only go up to a recommended 11.5" wide rim in 18"

Yokohama do a 315/30ZR/18 in their ADVAN Premium Sport range

BF Goodrich's Drag Radials work pretty well and they do them in your size, sir :)

http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/tire-selector/name/g-force-t-a-drag-radial-tires
 
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FullyloadedR334 said:
Seen them already and none of them I particularly like and well the price????
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When you start playing with the big boys you have to have the stake in order to stay in the game :)

You are looking at big wheels and they come at a big price.

The main advantage (IMO) of split rims is you will be able to specify the EXACT offset you require, which will be important on your project. This would also allow you to go down a width size or two and still be able to fill the arches, reducing the cost of both wheels and tyres.

There are other makers of quality wheels, Superlite Wheels for example.

http://www.superlite-wheels.com/index.html

Their prices are around £386-424. Tried ringing them to find out if this included VAT (couldn't see any mention on the site) but their phone number isn't recognised!
 
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old-git said:
When you start playing with the big boys you have to have the stake in order to stay in the game :)

You are looking at big wheels and they come at a big price.

The main advantage (IMO) of split rims is you will be able to specify the EXACT offset you require, which will be important on your project. This would also allow you to go down a width size or two and still be able to fill the arches, reducing the cost of both wheels and tyres.

There are other makers of quality wheels, Superlite Wheels for example.

http://www.superlite-wheels.com/index.html

Their prices are around £386-424. Tried ringing them to find out if this included VAT (couldn't see any mention on the site) but their phone number isn't recognised!
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x2. Function over form. Surely this was thought about before you started doing the wide arches?

How about 'Work' as well? Not specifically looked, but I know they do some wide wheels. Compomotive can make to order as well iirc.
 
Prince said:
x2. Function over form. Surely this was thought about before you started doing the wide arches?

How about 'Work' as well? Not specifically looked, but I know they do some wide wheels. Compomotive can make to order as well iirc.
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I have found the wheels now that I am going for, will be getting some Rota GTR-D 12 inch wide rear and 10 inch front.
 
Some serious pictures to be added here, sit tight. The more and more I see it, I am falling in love!

R34 GTR front bonnet and hinges fitted

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Rear bumper

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Got to be the best indication of how wide she is going to be!

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R34 headlights all the way from Hong Kong

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Left hand rear started

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The wings are off the car now and the final shaping is taking place. Not an easy thing to do when the curves are in different directions and trying to match it up with the opposite side.

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The boss mucking in!

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The back axle being dropped to remove the petrol tank as the petrol cap is being relocated.

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Petrol Tank out

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Rust removed from rear arches and new wings removed for priming and welding on permanently.

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Priming the bare metal wings

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Shows how big these wings are going to be.
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Looks absolutely insane Telford lad. For me R34>R32>R33. R33 is too heavy and the lines too soft BUT I still like them.
 
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