Mitsubishi Super VR4 - Printable Version

Mitsubishi Super VR4 - Printable Version

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Mitsubishi Super VR4 - Chri5 - 12-05-2018

For the rattle cans I also warm them in boiling water before commencing Wink

good job so far
looks so much cleaner and less SOT :thumbup:

Mitsubishi Super VR4 - Mazz - 25-05-2018

PART V

With the new rear lip fitted, the Powerflow exhaust that had been fitted was now too short.

However, our other VR-4 has a Blueflame exhaust, which sits a lot further out from the exhaust.

A quick removal of the two exhausts:

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And installation on the other car, and the exhausts sit much nicer now on both cars:

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Eventually a dual-exit system will be made, but this is the best compromise for now. The other cut-out in the rear lip will soon home a fog light.

Next up... audio!

Mitsubishi Super VR4 - Mazz - 25-05-2018

cheers Smile

yes thats why we went for the twin cut out, cost us about £20 more for it, but its soooo worth it!
pitty non of these rear lips will be made again as these are one off;s Smile

Mitsubishi Super VR4 - Mazz - 25-05-2018

in fact the rear lip is only 1 of 2 in the world! Big Grin

Mitsubishi Super VR4 - Mazz - 25-05-2018

tis good, but a PITA if anything should (god forbid!) happen!

Mitsubishi Super VR4 - garyskisplym - 26-05-2018

very nice

like the rear lip.

Will look mental with twin exit exhaust

Mitsubishi Super VR4 - Mazz - 29-06-2018

sorry iv been a bit on the quite side, been a bit busy with the car.

bit of an update to add, but in short she has tax and test......

now..... Big Grin

PART VI

Not only the exterior had cosmetic differences on the Super VR-4. The differences extended to the interior, where it gained red carpet, red/black gear lever & handbrake, red/black Momo steering wheel, purple-tinted dash gauges, and "carbon fibre" effect dash surround. Also on the list is are red/black door cards, rear seats, and matching Recaro fully adjustable front seats.

Most of this, fortunately, is present, other than the Recaro front seats, which have been replaced with other seats following a similar patterning to the doors, but only in blue, rather than red!

The steering wheel, too, has seen better days, with the red part VERY faded and damaged.

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So, the aim has been to try to acquire the Recaro seats, a replacement steering wheel to restore the interior to factory "Super VR-4" standard.

Unfortunately for others, but very fortunately for us, we have managed to acquire not only these parts, but also original front canards, and sideskirts - from another complete Super VR-4 - this time, however, a Galant saloon:

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And, now, the love-child of our other two Smile

Unfortunately, this is how it was delivered to us...

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The damage is, regrettably, terminal.

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(We would like to meet the person who did this to the car... and punch them in the ovaries)

However - every cloud has a silver lining, and in this case, it means that the Legnum can now have the correct OEM parts - Recaro's, skirts, canards, and a steering wheel in better condition than the one currently there.

The plus side, too, is that by breaking the saloon for parts, we'll be able to make a bit of money back on it.

Every time we've gone outside today and seen that parked up there, it's made us feel physically sick seeing the damage to it, and knowing we can't fix it Sad

Mitsubishi Super VR4 - Mazz - 29-06-2018

and thats not all!!!.....

MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

PART VII

Super VR4's came with an option for tri-spoke wheels.

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They're not the official optional wheels, but instead some Ray's 3-piece split wheels - and they give the car a completely different look.

Mitsubishi Super VR4 - Mazz - 29-06-2018

oh and this.......

PART VIII

Now that the Super saloon has arrived, it's time to pillage for parts.

First on the list, as they're the easiest & cheapest to prepare, is the sideskirts.

The facelift skirts fitted in an earlier update are of course not the correct parts for a Super, so, they've got to come off again.

Unfortunately, the saloon has had quite a bad time in it's life, and quite a few bits are quite battered (other than the obvious rear end damage, the driver's side rear quarter has been previously repaired, as in some parts there is now 2-3mm of body filler visible, and flaking off!)

Additionally, the passenger sideskirt has been previously damaged, and repaired with filler. Some of this was flaking off, so we removed the damaged bits, and set to repairing it again ourselves.

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Fill, sand, rinse, fill, sand, rinse, repeat...

And then some paint:

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Brackets to hold top of skirt to body:

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Plus some double-sided tape:

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And on they go:

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Mitsubishi Super VR4 - SHAHZ - 29-06-2018

Nice work :thumbup::thumbup1:.....mmmmmm loving the saloon, shame about the rear end, coming along nicely now Confused

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