Wayne Presley/VeryCoolParts Build Thread H6 power

[wleehendrick]

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[818dennis]

Wayne, Super nice job. I hope I'll be able to build one also. Again Great job. 818 Dennis

[Aloha818]

The dash looks great!!! (along with the rest of the car obviously), looks like the door panels are covered similar. Can you elaborate on source and spec for those materials? Thanks for sharing your build with those of us following!

[FFR-ADV]

Wayne,

Thanks for posting pictures of your soon to be AWARD WINNING 818S next to your Lotus Elise!

Have fun at SEMA

[wallace18]

Super job Wayne. The bar is definetly set high.

[longislandwrx]

Nice. Maybe this will motivate FFR to get the door liners finished up. I'm guessing they'll be wrapped like the dash?

Not to beat a dead horse, but as it been on the dyno YET?

[Wayne Presley]

The dash looks great!!! (along with the rest of the car obviously), looks like the door panels are covered similar. Can you elaborate on source and spec for those materials? Thanks for sharing your build with those of us following!

I just started working on the door panels last night and they were not on the car for the pics. The dash and doors are wrapped with a black vinyl and black carbon weave fabric.

Nice. Maybe this will motivate FFR to get the door liners finished up. I'm guessing they'll be wrapped like the dash?

Not to beat a dead horse, but as it been on the dyno YET?

No dyno, that will be after SEMA.

[WIS89]

Wayne-

Just a fantastic job! You must be very pleased at the result. I know we all are very pleased to be looking at your build.

Everything turned out awesome! It is really terrific of you to share your build with us.

Enjoy your achievement. Just awesome!!

Regards,

Steve

[blueoval_bowtie_guy]

It is really beautiful!

[gwader]

Very cool!

[Xusia]

The dash and doors are wrapped with a black vinyl and black carbon weave fabric.

I had a similar idea. Do you mind sharing the brand [of materials] and source?

[Olli]

Very nice Wayne.

Olli

[Quiny]

Wayne it looks amazing great job. Just out of curiosity why didn't you use the rims that you had in your very first post on this thread?

[Wayne Presley]

Wayne it looks amazing great job. Just out of curiosity why didn't you use the rims that you had in your very first post on this thread?

XXR sent me a set of wheels since the car was on display at SEMA. I still have the Enkei's

[Canadian818]

Take a bow sir, take a bow. Very nice.

[tony chiles]

The doors look like they would be very receptive of a VCP logo on them

[philly15]

thanks for making me depressed that it's going to take me 5+ years to make my 818 this nice on my college budget haha! i love the paint job, i never liked any kind of orange on a car but you definitely changed my opinion!

[Wayne Presley]

Thanks guys, I'll get some interior shots Monday

[WIS89]

Wayne-

You are going to make us wait until Monday? UGH!!

Love the build!! I know there are lots of 818 builders reconsidering staying with white only bodies!

Regards,

Steve

[Wayne Presley]

Wayne-

You are going to make us wait until Monday? UGH!!

Love the build!! I know there are lots of 818 builders reconsidering staying with white only bodies!

Regards,

Steve

Sorry but I'm at the Historic races at Savannah Thur-Sun, dropped the car off to have it cut and buffed and the door panels at the upholstery guy and will pick both up Mon morning.

[bbjones121]

Thanks for pics with Lotus Wayne.

[4wheelspin]

The car looks great. Lots of attention was paid to the details.
Wayne, time wise how many hours would it take to build a 818?

[Xusia]

FFR is saying 150 if I recall correctly.

[Bob_n_Cincy]

The car looks great. Lots of attention was paid to the details.
Wayne, time wise how many hours would it take to build a 818?

Wayne, just the average builder, don't tell us how long it takes you, it will just make us feel inferior.
Most of us measure 6 times, test fit 3 time, hesitate to cut anything, spend a weekend adjusting suspension, do brake lines 3 times, take the motor in and out 4 times.
Wayne can do all this in his sleep.

Ok, you can tell us, I'll just close my eyes.
Bob

[Silvertop]

FFR is saying 150 if I recall correctly.

Well, it seems to me that FFR has been suggesting 200-250 hrs for a builder with reasonable skills. But I figure it's going to take me 500.

[Wayne Presley]

I'd say that I could build the car in about 150 hours, not counting paint and body work. A nice white one

[Mechie3]

I think a lot of it depends on how far you want to go with it. I have hours and hours spent cleaning up parts to better than brand new OEM. If I just unbolted hubs and bolted them onto an 818 I would have saved much time.

The car does go together very well (well, once FFR fixed the early issues) and with many builds before you, most troublesome spots have been identified with solutions documented.

[flexer]

Wayne

Several people have asked you to post info on the dash material, which you have ignored. I would then assume its secretive and proprietary or just don't want other people to copy what you have done. Interesting.

J. R.

[Xusia]

Or he missed it? Or was too busy getting ready for SEMA to look up the information (my money's on this one)? Wayne's been very forthcoming about, well, pretty much everything. I don't think he'd purposely ignore something. If he didn't want to say, I think he'd probably just say he didn't want to say.

[Frank818]

Wayne

Several people have asked you to post info on the dash material, which you have ignored. I would then assume its secretive and proprietary or just don't want other people to copy what you have done. Interesting.

Didn't he say it was part fabric and part something else?

[THE ITALIAN]

XXR sent me a set of wheels since the car was on display at SEMA. I still have the Enkei's

530"s 941"s ? super light and pretty awesome-just guessing………

[Wayne Presley]

Wayne

Several people have asked you to post info on the dash material, which you have ignored. I would then assume its secretive and proprietary or just don't want other people to copy what you have done. Interesting.

J. R.

Answered in post 562,"Dash got dropped off with CF fabric on top and black on the face"
Answered again in post 564, " Originally Posted by 07FIREBLADEWhat type of cf material are you using? 3m dinoc wrap or something similar?



It's not a wrap, it's fabric."

I fail to see how the question has been ignored since that was one page ago.

Or he missed it? Or was too busy getting ready for SEMA to look up the information (my money's on this one)? Wayne's been very forthcoming about, well, pretty much everything. I don't think he'd purposely ignore something. If he didn't want to say, I think he'd probably just say he didn't want to say.

Only 12-14 hours a day for the last 10 days getting an engine in a Lotus and finishing the 818 for SEMA and travelling to Savannah for 5 days for the Historic races there. I got the fabric 4 years ago for the X-terminator dash from my local upholstery and do not know the source or brand of the fabric.

Didn't he say it was part fabric and part something else?

Yes I did Frank, it's a vinyl fabric with CF texture. Nothing special, purchased at a local upholstery store.


So the dash fabric question has been answered 6 times now. J.R., you owe an apology.

[Frank818]

lolll that Wayne is awesome.

[Erik W. Treves]

wow...really?? Nice entrance (2 post) ...and now for your next trick.... uncool.

Back on thread....

Wicked nice dash WAYNE!!!

[thestigwins]

Wait.. I noticed some sort of carbon fiber material on the dash. Wayne what is this stuff?

[Canadian818]

I think it's fabric. Hopefully it's on the door panels too.

[Mechie3]

The dash is certainly cool!

[Xusia]

I know, right? I just wish he'd tell us where he got that awesome fabric...

[Wayne Presley]

I know, right? I just wish he'd tell us where he got that awesome fabric...

If I told ya I'd have to kill ya Aw crap, I already told ya, gimme your addresses so I can start...

[Erik W. Treves]

ya know where you can send the rest of the stuff right?