adam73bgt
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Been mulling this over for a little while as an idea for modding some of the largely unloved repmobiles of the 90's So you take your Mondeo, Primera, 406, Laguna, Carina etc. add some large multispoke wheels, think TSW Imola's. add some suitable lows, MUST be tucking the rear wheels, maybe a small boot spoiler or subtle body kit and you're done I see some cars modified with the whole race liveries and while thats cool, I thought that some of the cars above modded in a more subtle way could look quite good, like road going super touring car style I can't find many pictures though :/ might have to get on to photoshop.. Anyone seen any cars modified in this way? Got any pics? Have some touring car related inspiration
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I have thought of this, too. Trouble is that mentioned examples are basically re-engineered and ending with just a shell of the donor car. This is close in regards of stance. Wheels are obvious too posh. Does it works with some LM style wheels? There must be some out there, but it is tricky to get a simple look right.
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I've seen the 405 done, its pretty tricky replicating the proper ones as shown above though, as the front AND rear arches are significantly wider, you'd not think it looking a the pictures from this angle, but the rear door skin and wheelarch are about 3" wider than a road car that and monster tubbed wheelarches, and altered engine angles, and dry sumps...
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Last Edit: Apr 4, 2014 21:57:56 GMT by welshpug
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adam73bgt
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Aye, it would probably be hard to replicate exactly, the front wings on the Mondeo and Accord I posted look considerably different to stock (in fact that accord looks more like a japanese touring car... hmm) I've seen a couple of A4's get close including an estate one at a local meet, theres a few volvo 850 reps out there too. I was just thinking, with these cars getting as cheap as they're gonna get and those 90's alloys getting cheap too, plus a bit of cheap fibreglass for wide arch action... ^ " TSW Imola's " nice but do you remember the daddy of all alloy wheels, Yep, of course i refer to the TSW Venom's i had a set on a fiesta many many moons ago, i want Venom's so badly right now !! Maybe I'm a bit young to remember Venom's on all the cars 'back in the day' but I kinda like them in a weird way... [/guiltypleasure]
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Last Edit: Apr 4, 2014 22:05:30 GMT by adam73bgt
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Real deal Good attempt?
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Super touring is the look you are looking for
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adam73bgt
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Super touring is the look you are looking for Ah yes, indeed it is I wonder if it would just easier to take the stickers off a super touring car and somehow get it through an IVA?... And I think I remember seeing this 406 in a film I watched while in France..
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Last Edit: Apr 5, 2014 7:33:57 GMT by adam73bgt
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It made me laugh even though I had no idea what they were saying I just remember that 406 being hooned about everywhere and much french silliness (which I love)
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Compomotive mo5's are the wheels to go for if you're wanting go 90's touring car style, that's what the Omega E30's used to have when Will Hoy drove for them. Plus some other cars had them too...
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Were the latter cars like the Mondeo and Laguna not running on OZ Superturismos? Anyway, I found this looking for evidence. Works for me. Oh and some more racecar info: www.supertouringcars.net/
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Thats 90% of the supertouring look right there ^^^^ Just a little bit more negative camber at the front, a bit of tuck at the back and you're golden
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Taxi 1 Taxi 2 Taxi 3 it went very wrong in that they gave it wings (to fly with) then Taxi 4
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Last Edit: Apr 7, 2014 8:51:35 GMT by karlos01
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henrik
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Touring cars are my fetish. I like this thread The base cars of the supertouring era are cheap as chip right now, even if you go for one of the sixpot variants. Plus appropiate wheel+tyre sizes are far less exotic today. I could definately see myself rolling one these (repmobile + lows + wheels form the 90s...), especially something less obvious than an E36 or an A4 This is something a spaniard came up with: Still on 17 inches here Taken from here
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Alfa 155.... subtle Not so.....
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I would fully support this line of modification!! Particularly with the old models (406, Cavalier, Mondy) the touring car's always just looked so 'right' to me. Exactly like they should (and are, in a way I suppose) - a normal road car on steroids! I always had a hankering to take a 406 V6 and do a sort of Taxi replica too.
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I'm a child of the Supertouring age - I still lust after standard 155s... would love a BTCC rep.
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Yes ! and there are some perfect exaples of my single wipers as in my earlier thread Mk1 Mondeo touring cars were very cool, the blue and white ones. They do look cool and one sold at auction recently for over 100k
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jayzx
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Apr 10, 2014 15:45:30 GMT
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I've always lusted after a road going supertourer (ideally a 406 v6 or maybe an Alfa 155). Some of the better spec motors are getting harder to find in decent condition, perfect as a project though as you say they're insanely cheap. I think the OZ's are the wheels to go for but as others have said it would be tough to tuck on the rear as much as the look needs, though I'd do it tomorrow if money were no object... Here's one I was impressed by a few years back, DTM style really I know and I'd prefer it with no stickers but the details were pretty spot on (carbon fibre everywhere!) I'm an for detail though, that sunroof would bug me massively I think the dark 406 and the Laguna are pretty much spot on though.
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