Apple Sauce monster

[Lownslow]

just a box stock esprit 300 without the wing dipped in sauce. im well aware of the ride height issue on this car and plan on addressing it by severely lowering it to a growl.

[ian ashton]

What does "dipped in sauce" mean?

[Lownslow]

What does "dipped in sauce" mean?

Candy paintjob

[Lownslow]

did some dry fitting after trimming the rear pan

[superdog]

I'm no sportscar guy,but that is lookin' sweet!!!!!

[Lownslow]

started on this one gonna do as much as i can before i get to the suspension issue

[george 53]

Lo Lo, it's lookin good so far,bro, but what's an Esprit 300? The back half looks Lambo ish, an the Front looks kinda like a flat nose Porsche. Who makes it?

[geckoman1220]

Lo Lo, it's lookin good so far,bro, but what's an Esprit 300? The back half looks Lambo ish, an the Front looks kinda like a flat nose Porsche. Who makes it?

it was made by Lotus, one of my favorite car brands.

[Dr. Cranky]

Both body and engine are looking real good. Keep it going.

[Modellpularn]

Hmmm, dipped in sauce, eh? That was a new one for me also..... But it looks orange in those first pics. So I thought, "a new fashion color, this orange pearl/metallic" Cuz I've seen it on many cars lately. Even new ones, like the Volvo S60. And some English blokes, that have a tv show called "Wheeler Dealers" painted a VW bus some orange metallic, and it looked really good.

'Nuff of the ramblings...., it's looking good in the apple sauce!

[Rob Z]

This is looking really KOOL, the Esprit was one of my favourite cars as a teen growing up until, I discovered Porsche that is... The color, stance and engine make this one really stand out and look fabulous...

[cazxr2]

Hmmm, dipped in sauce, eh? That was a new one for me also..... But it looks orange in those first pics. So I thought, "a new fashion color, this orange pearl/metallic" Cuz I've seen it on many cars lately. Even new ones, like the Volvo S60. And some English blokes, that have a tv show called "Wheeler Dealers" painted a VW bus some orange metallic, and it looked really good.

'Nuff of the ramblings...., it's looking good in the apple sauce!

I watch wheeler dealers all the time and it's ace. And also saw the bus and it was a nice shade of orange. Ps love the lotus Ross!!!!!

[CaptainAhab]

Who makes this kit?

[Lownslow]

ahab its made by revell

time for the surgical post, its been noted that this car sits really high at the rear when finished you can blame that on revellfor sure. since im about lowered car the whole thing is gonna be low.

ive had fit issues with this car before so im well aware of where to deal with it i cut the recessed transmission lump out and shaved where the shock tower is gonna mount.

reason being is if it hits it will only add to the ride height problem, im gonna cover the hole later

good measure if you shave the shock tower too its up to you if you wanna repaint it.

i did a quick test fit and it slightly lowered it but still too high

i cut the shocks out of the shock tower,these will be mounted last after theyre modified

time for the spindles i lengthened them since i wasnt sure about the drop i wanted better longer than too short and be right back where i started.

see the dots on the styrene thats the corrected height since im going for a full drop ill be cutting above it.

here it is after a dry mock up. if you cut at the dots you should have a 2mm gap on the fenders i dont because i like my cars super low

[george 53]

Hey, that works for me! Looks good so far!

[charlie8575]

Looks great! What colors did you use?

I'm very pleased with what I see.

Charlie Larkin

[Lownslow]

Looks great! What colors did you use?

I'm very pleased with what I see.

Charlie Larkin

thanks, i used House of colors apple red then house of colors candy red over it

Edited November 23, 2010 by Lownslow