zxrlocost
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| posted on 18/12/05 at 09:00 PM |
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advice on an every day kit
Hi
builiding my Mk at the mo no intentions of it going anywhere but need a good daily car
Im well into my Rarer smart cars like a 300zx Supra or Skyline
thing is although the money isnt really a problem I cant be wanting to give my £3000 to insure the above cars like I did with my Z twin turbo..
even a year later at 22 it didnt make any change to the insurance about 200 quid less for renewal
I really like Keith Kirks Dodge viper replica the new gt2 coupe ( and the whole kit is only about 8k)it has really come on from only a few years ago
when I thought all these super car replicas had the worst body fitments ever and really high suspension!
any thoughts or pics anyone on any other kits
dont really want to go past the 15k mark because I would buy a TVR cerbera for this money 
ta chris
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froggy
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| posted on 18/12/05 at 09:50 PM |
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are you sure your on the right forum?
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 18/12/05 at 10:01 PM |
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very sure! plenty of the people on here go to all the shows throughout the year and may have seen a kit I havent come across or forgot about
afterall Im talking kit car not the real thing
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smart51
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| posted on 18/12/05 at 10:04 PM |
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The GTM Libra can come with a hard top and is probably close to being practical. It's said to handle as well as and elise and can have any K
series engine including the V6s. also the T series 2.0 turbo and the civic type R.
The styling is a bit to taste, but then what isn't.
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Genesis
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| posted on 18/12/05 at 10:27 PM |
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Must agree - personally I think they are a lovely vehicle.
Going fishin'
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Humbug
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| posted on 18/12/05 at 10:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Genesis
Must agree - personally I think they are a lovely vehicle.
Me too - yum yum!
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ditchlewis
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 09:42 AM |
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I like the GTM to, you can pick up finished ones for a little over £10K
then there is the Mini Marcos, not in the same league as a skyline and as ugly as Sin but fun
if you are into body conversions, there is the Veranti a rebody of the Mk2 MR2 a bit boxterish or the Italia a rebody of the MX5 that looks
1960's ish ferrari. these have plenty of tuning potantial, practical and proberbly a lot cheaper on insurance even with turbo chargers or
superchargers fitted.
but lets be Honest a nice skyline MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM would you realy be happy with a fake?
Ditch
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emsfactory
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 10:17 AM |
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extreme do a 360 conversion built onto a pug 406 coop. all the panels look bang on. 6k for the panels. could maybe do the full thing fo 12k
Also do the 355 mr2 conversion,tidy but getting common.
360 is new so nobody will expect it to be a replica.
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emsfactory
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 10:19 AM |
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I almost ready to start my covin. Got some 964 bumpers and clear lights.
Think i'll keep that as my run around.
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 10:25 AM |
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I saw that at donnington and I must admit it looked fantastic
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zilspeed
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 11:25 AM |
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Rear suspension on Libras is not the most long lived IIRC (hopefully ferg will correct me on this). Certainly, it has been modified because the
multifarious joints wearing out prematurely. My old GTM K3 was a daily car and had over 100K on the clock when I sold it.
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smart51
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 11:57 AM |
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The Libra's rear suspension was redesigned not long ago by MG Rover's X power division. If you bought the newer components, you'd
probably be OK.
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Ferg
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| posted on 21/12/05 at 07:47 PM |
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The Mk1 rear suspension is OK, but rattles a bit in time. The ball joints are cheap to replace though.
Point of order...I don't think you would fit the T-Series in and ALL Libras are hard topped.
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ettore bugatti
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| posted on 21/12/05 at 08:26 PM |
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The extreme bodied 406 is not bad at all to look at. Only the rear part of the hood is off.
Very convincing
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smart51
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| posted on 21/12/05 at 09:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ferg
Point of order... ALL Libras are hard topped.
All libras are hard topped except the open topped spyder. How pedantic do you want to be? A spyder is an open topped libra right down to the ugly
front fog lights and the questionably styled side air intakes.
[Edited on 21-12-2005 by smart51]
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Ferg
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| posted on 22/12/05 at 06:38 AM |
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Well........
Pedantic perhaps, but the Spyder front clamshell is different to the Libra. The light layout is completely different and the Libra front has a
seperate moulding for the air intake.
The doors are different.
The rear clamshell is completely different
The central monococque is very different.
I think the engine frame is the same, although you can't have a V6 in a Spyder and the suspension is basically the same.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 22/12/05 at 09:13 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ferg
Well........
Pedantic perhaps, but the Spyder front clamshell is different to the Libra. The light layout is completely different and the Libra front has a
seperate moulding for the air intake.
The doors are different.
The rear clamshell is completely different
The central monococque is very different.
I think the engine frame is the same, although you can't have a V6 in a Spyder and the suspension is basically the same.
This is exactly why I qualified my rear suspension statement. 
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