ae86 front bar onto ae71

[Fozz]

Hey guys i was looking at an ae71 and it had a ae86 front bar and ae86 side pannels. sort of like a sil80 conversion does anyone know how to do this and is it easy like straight bolt on or not.

cheers

[Bustin_86]

Pics of said vehicle?

[Gavin]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/7/5/553356.jpg

[RObErT_RaTh]

oh snap, thats kewl, dont think it wuld be straight bolt up, but would like to see how its done

[us_ae86]

uuuhhhhh.... that whole front end is sprintaaaaaaaa.

[Fozz]

soz i couldnt get pics i found it in a jap magazine but yer it looks like what gavin posted up does any1 know how its done?

[rthy]

I think that doesnt look half bad, well except for that gaurd..

heres what I think may be involved:

- sprinter radiator support pannel or redriled ae71 one
- sprinter or ae82 headlights
- sprinter or ae82 parkers
- customised gaurds
- sprinter bumper with the edges trimmed lower to clear the lip on the ae71 gaurds or chop off the lower part of the gaurd
- bonnet ??

[hachirusto]

the guards and the mirrors make it look gay, doesn't suit the body lines of the car at all, but it would probably look good with normal guards and mirrors

[seek]

yeah guards are a negative, however it somehow reminds me of a SSS bluebird or whatever they are

[Trev084]

This one looks hot:

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[obey wan boenny]

The orange one looks absolutely revolting, red one = hot

I'd imagine some kind of fibreglass work would be needed to massage the front guards on and also some kind of custom brackets to mount the headlights and grill etc.

[us_ae86]

I'm going to do it now. PERIOD.

[Driftspec]

I don't think they are a bolt-on item, I'm guessing some body work mods are needing, not to mention what SamQ suggested needs to be modded.

That red one = teh hotness

[johl]

angle grinder+zip ties...?

[rthy]

that red one is definetly using sprinter gaurds, the part near the door needs modification to suit

I know this my friend was set on doing this and showed me that pic, its sad hes not around to do it anymore

[Konakid]

WAK

[rthy]

WAK?

WTF?

[Konakid]

It looks like ass, 86's and E7's have completely different lines.... look at the car as a whole, its looks shocking.

[rthy]

yeah I see where your coming from,

guys if you look closely you will see on the front half of the gaurd is has the original sprinter inward curved shape in the panel but at the back part they smooth it over to suit the rest of the car,

I agree that it looks out of wak like konakid says.

[rthy]

haha put a trueno front on ke70

[rthy]

I have seen it done to a T-18...

[MountainRunner]

looks ugly go quads :D