The Chronicles of Nwolb
Part II
Nwolb Reloaded...Now the crazyness begins. We had previously found a WRX front bumper which we dummied up to the EA for shits and giggles. To our surprise, it was almost a perfect fit, and IMO actually looked quite good. Since the car was off the road until i could save up the money for a 5 speed, it was decided to fit the WRX front bumper to the car. Work began on making it fit, and looking at the car more and more with that front bar on, I felt it need a set of side skirts and rear skirt. A bit of wrecker hopping found a cheap set of USC side skirts and a brock rear bar. An XR lip spoiler was also sourced from Al aka Gunns. Dummying the body kit to the car, it was evident the 16" FTR's would simply not do, and were promptly sold off to make way for a larger set of wheels more suited to the suddenly beefed up body of the car. A suggestion from a friend who was helping me paint the bodykit, was to paint the entire car. Initially i rejected the idea, but the thought seem to linger in the back of my mind more and more until i gave in to temptation and gave it the go ahead. What started out as a simple front bumper change was suddenly escalating into a much more serious project.





Dis-assembly of the car was commenced, bringing it back to what it looked like a year or so ago when she was stripped to do the interior conversion. Prep work was then started, scuffing the clear back in preparation for the primer. It was not yet decided what colour the car would be, and was a toss up between blood orange and mercury silver. Suggestions from others convinced me that she would be blood orange, and as we went to purchase the paint a final decision had to be made. Looking back and forth at the two colors and trying to picture the end result, I did a last minute flip flop and chose the mercury silver. Now when it comes to my car, i can be very suggestive, and this was the one decision that i'm VERY glad i went with my heart. The next rediculous idea i had was more of a "not entirely serious" one, and that was to put a BA bulge on the bonnet. My mate who was helping me with the prep loved the idea, and suggested we graft a real one on rather than a fiber-glass copy. A slightly damaged BA XR8 bonnet was purchased not long after, and work began carefully cutting (ie angle grinding) the two bonnets up to graft together. The bulge was welded into place, and yet another suggestion from my friend was made to build up some sharp lines beside the bonnet rather than grafting it flush. This was given the go ahead, and work began creating the new lines. A sunroof was purchased as well, but i later rejected the idea as it seemed like too much hassle, and was not keen on cutting a huge hole in my roof.








