Do you notice whats different about this 99'?

[Amphiron]

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If you didn't see, I removed the trims lines. Looks so much better, thinking about doing this to mine before I repaint it.

[stealthee]

Looks too bland in my opinion.

Filling all those lines would be tedious, demanding, and make swapping body parts a total bitch that will destroy the paint.

[Lithium]

Not to mention using some type of filler on body lines will only crack with time. If you even hit a pot hole on the highway it could crack, My advice don't do it.

[CoreyB]

I like it.

[Amphiron]

Not to mention using some type of filler on body lines will only crack with time. If you even hit a pot hole on the highway it could crack, My advice don't do it.

What about metal or fiberglass filler? I don't think I would ever use bondo to do body work. I think trimless looks great on the later generation cars. The trims lines are okay on the 1st gens but I feel like they make the later models look dated. Oh and I don't care about switching side skirts, I like the 2nd gen stealth ones and thats what I'm sticking with forever.

[boosted3s]

It has a 97-98 hoop as well.

[Amphiron]

only the 99 VR4's have the combat wing. N/A 99's have the hoop.

[Austin@STM]

Dont do it, it never works.

Something as simple as jacking up the car will crack it all right away. There is to much flex in the unibody to allow this to work. Plus you could never take the fenders off, or bumpers.

Also just for the sake of looks it would be horrible in real life. The trim panels on the doors stick out, so you would still have a line there anyways after you filled it.

[Amphiron]

Dont do it, it never works.

Something as simple as jacking up the car will crack it all right away. There is to much flex in the unibody to allow this to work. Plus you could never take the fenders off, or bumpers.

Also just for the sake of looks it would be horrible in real life. The trim panels on the doors stick out, so you would still have a line there anyways after you filled it.
I was well aware that it's going to be more complicated then just shoving the trim lines full of bondo. I'm not sure exactly how I would do it most likely by adding some metal to the door and making it one piece. Then extending the quarter panels down as well then filling in all imperfection with lead filler or fiberglass. I think that would eliminate the stress points as the uni-body would still be able to flex as normal. Anyways I'm just trying to gather interest on the idea and mainly how people think it looks.

[CoreyB]

As said prior it will crack. You cant expect metal or fiberglass not to for the simple reason that the side skirts are poly and the doors are metal. They expand at different rates.

[CoreyB]

If you made the skirts out of metal you could weld them on. I like the look and think there is a solution if you are willing to do a lot of work.

[Alan92RTTT]

It has a 97-98 hoop as well.


only the 99 VR4's have the combat wing. N/A 99's have the hoop.

Their are 99 VR4's with the hoop. A local guy has one.

[Amphiron]

If you made the skirts out of metal you could weld them on. I like the look and think there is a solution if you are willing to do a lot of work.

I have no problem doing Mitsubishi's unfinished work for them lol. Now I understand why the 3000gt were discontinued. The 99 was the furthest they could push the model with out the styling being too dated with out a complete redesign of the platform. So instead of paying for the redesign, they discontinued... perhaps?

[Amphiron]

Their are 99 VR4's with the hoop. A local guy has one.

And this is stock? But I'm still right I said ONLY the 99 VR4's have it, not VR4's only have the combat wing. hah! lol.

[stealthee]

No, it was a niche car that was getting far too expensive. It couldn't compete for the price, and people weren't paying the price. They were smart to get out when they did.

[CoreyB]

And then they decided to come out with a four door rally family car in its place.

[stealthee]

Um, the EVO was around long before it debuted her in the US. Its also half the price of what a VR4 was starting to cost 11 years ago.

[Amphiron]

Um, the EVO was around long before it debuted her in the US. Its also half the price of what a VR4 was starting to cost 11 years ago.

Easy mistake to make tho, the EVO is now Mitsubishi's only performance model, oh wait theres the Eclipse I'm surprised thats still out. It looks horrendous. I agree on it being a good thing the GTO is gone it went with glory before it could be destroyed by the all too common ugly engineering fads of this millennium.

[stealthee]

How is it an easy mistake? The first EVO in the US was called the EVO VII, then they changed to the EVO XIII, then EVO IX, and now the EVO X. If you cant figure out that those are generation designations, then I don't know what to say.

I guess you didn't know that the STI was out long before it came to the states either?

[93STLTH]

I have a friend who's tried this. It all cracked very quickly and he had to have it done over. Now it's cracking again. As was said before, you can't bond metal and poly together.

[Amphiron]

I have a friend who's tried this. It all cracked very quickly and he had to have it done over. Now it's cracking again. As was said before, you can't bond metal and poly together.

Have any pictures while it looked nice?

[IPD]

my $.02

this has been a long-time goal of mine. i plan do do this to the bumpers & door caps. the rest i'm leaving as is. the bumpers are urethane, so i plan on having them "plastic-filled" with urethane (plastic-welding). the doors and caps are dissimilar materials, so that one is still up in the air. the key with the doors is that you don't have the stress/flex of the sideskirts/fenders.

even if i find the door caps to be insurmountable, the fact that the 3g front bumpers are "creaseless" and the rears aren't bugs the crap outta me. i hope to have the first "creaseless" 2g rt rear bumper.

p.s.

it's a base guys. the wheels are a dead giveaway.

[Greg E]

Their are 99 VR4's with the hoop. A local guy has one.

Was this car posted in the 3si classifieds last year? I remember a one owner red 99 that had the hoop swapped on at the dealer when it was new.

[PearlWhiteR/T]

Doesn't look good IMO... way to plain. If you somehow get it to work without cracking good for you. I see this being a very frustrating venture in terms of money spent and results.