My 1987 RSR Conversion
 

Here are some pictures of my 1987 RSR conversion that I wanted to share.

A few months ago my brother in-law "Evill Ed" and I did an carbon fiber RSR body conversion on my car using GT Racing components. I had to do something to get those 17" x 11" and 17" x 9" Fiskes on my car. The fenders, hood, tail, and bumpers are finished in polished carbon fiber and fastened to the original steel using mil-spec stainless steel fastners and custom made brakets fabricated by Ed.

The car has a SW chip and the exhaust system is European Racing Headers flowing into a custom made magnaflow "double barrel shotgun" exhaust. Loud as hell and love it that way . Should see the facial expressions of the mini van moms as you pass them at full throttle

I posted a couple of pictures.



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looking fantastic! Love the rear-end shot.

Nice! How about an underside shot of the exhaust?

Looks awesome! I love the look of those RSR tails.

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Say what ??:confused:

Ed

Here ya go.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1149905753.jpg

Man, that exhaust looks sweet, and LOUD from the pics. Great job.

Them sure is some sweet flares... Mmmm mmm.

man that thing is bad-ass! Good choice with the finished carbon, I love seeing the weave!

Nice ! can you post some close ups from the fenders ? i would like to see how you mounted them. I have a set of flairs for a 73 rsr laying around maybe i,ll do mine the same :cool:

Cheers,

Nice. How was the fitment? We did a bumper from them a few years ago and it was a rough fit, more befitting a race car then an everyday driver.

Ed go to the webshots link in my signature and click on Mark's album. I have some pics of how I fit the flares and fasteners.

Ed

The flares actually fit nicely to the fenders. the bumpers were a little rough. It took alot of trimming and aligning to get a nice fit. The brackets I made move and align the edges of the bumpers to keep the fit even with the flares.

Ed

I do like that look, although I think on a car with a similar color like black, the carbon fiber panels would look sweet. I'd have to see it for a while for it to grow on me.

Looking good

Looks like your RSR project came out great!!

not to hijack the thread, but hey Ed, is that you in the avatar with the big brow implants?

Could be.

Maybe.

Sort of.

Why?

No, it is a pic I pulled from somewhere on the net. I find it amuzing. I often wonder how many people think that is what I look like.

I'm a regular looking guy.


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1150028842.jpg

Ed

Just wondering, because I frequent the website that picture was most likely taken from, and was wondering what that guy would think about being your avatar... :confused:

the car looks great and I also plan on doing the bolt on flare thing. =o)