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03-09-2011, 01:24 AM | #1 |
Drives: Yaris Electric Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Hawaii
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Custom front end
Aloha, I am looking for a custom front end for my 2007 Yaris 3 door hatch. I have converted it to electric and do not have a radiator and want to taper/lower my front end. (something like a Porsche 911) if you can imagine it. I will have to basically change the whole front end and head lights and wondering if Anyone here has seen such a custom conversion and where?
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03-09-2011, 01:31 AM | #2 |
Drives: 2008 Yaris HB Join Date: Oct 2008
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Wow.....just fricken...WOW....that is really cool to see....any specs on the motor...my coworker is building an electric car out of a old corolla and he would like to see this...very cool.
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03-09-2011, 01:31 AM | #3 |
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Awesome!
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03-09-2011, 01:32 AM | #4 |
I know a couple of PPL who work with fiber glass and with real CF but that's in Puerto Rico. Have you tried the shops out there where you live for something you would like to do with you vehicle
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03-09-2011, 01:33 AM | #5 |
Drives: it is kinda stock Join Date: Oct 2010
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so sketchy
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03-09-2011, 01:42 AM | #6 |
+1 & costly as well
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TRD sportivo springs,Tokico Blue Shock/Struts,TRD rear sway bar & front bar,Tanabe engine bar,MI hoses (red), MI engine cover,SRI intake,VIOS vent visors,VIOS foglights,VIOS tails (HELLA lights & the Series 5 too),VIOS radio,VIOS badge,VIOS grill,18 inch R-1 rims wrapped in nankang tires 215/35-18z,chrome handles,retrofited the headlights, SHARK body kit (VIOS), Coming soon projectors heads with LED strip, Custom seats, MI hood lifts,MI momo steering wheel, sound system :) |
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03-09-2011, 01:51 AM | #7 |
What the fart?!?!?!? You're in hawaii? Wow. Your car and mine are extremely opposite. ;)
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03-09-2011, 02:33 AM | #8 |
COOL!
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03-09-2011, 04:41 AM | #9 |
Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Oahu, Hawaii
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Ill be working on some front end stuff this weekend at Garage Js4Kix if you wanna come by.
Custom fiberglass lip/splitter, cardboard mockup below |
03-09-2011, 05:30 AM | #10 |
Drives: yaris1.33 Join Date: Jul 2010
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is this build road legal ? :)
can you post some spec of the engine, millage etc ;) cool project |
03-09-2011, 08:50 AM | #11 |
Drives: Polar White 2008, 3Dr HB TRD ' Join Date: Mar 2009
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What kind of exhaust do you run??
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03-09-2011, 10:01 AM | #12 | |
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Of course it's road legal. This will have awesome torque (100% always available).
I'm curious what your range will be, and the weight with the conversion complete. Quote:
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03-09-2011, 10:15 AM | #13 |
Drives: 2010 5 Door Join Date: Jan 2011
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I don't know about licensing in Hawaii but I'm sure the CEL is on because of no oxygen sensors. If emissions is the same as it is here in the states the plates can't get renewed.
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03-09-2011, 10:38 AM | #14 |
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That car will be exempt from emissions, just as it would in California.
http://www.dmv.org/hi-hawaii/other-t...f-vehicles.php He may or may not have to add a sound source for backing up the car -- I've heard this is now required in some states.
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03-09-2011, 10:56 AM | #15 |
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03-09-2011, 10:59 AM | #16 |
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well also it prob doesnt go faster than 35 but still
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03-09-2011, 11:04 AM | #17 |
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That picture is better than porn to an engineer like me...
For your conversion, I would treat it like a custom audio enclosure. Start by attaching blocks to points and then laying fabric over it and adding/trimming/moving blocks until you get the general shape that you want. You can do one side and then mirror the blocks to the other. Then, lay fiberglass cloth and coat it with resin.
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03-09-2011, 12:56 PM | #18 |
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Build a frame from cardboard till your happy with the shape and attach points , cover cardboard in tinfoil and then lay the fiberglass resin coated mat over that . Then build up to a useable thickness and then sand sand sand ...gelcoat
Sand primer sand paint clear coat.... Just a quick forum post but thats how I build larger custom parts for my stingrays in years past.... Oh and use a course mat to start the glass lay . |
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