Such a little and improving mod would be ridiculous not to allow! what a shame if so :( fine effort McGee regardless.

If you are worried about paint damage some guys are using whitecoate from por15 makers and its pretty much scratch resistant stuff that can be applied with a good roller also with no runs, orange peel or skill :)

available anywhere in oz now about 280 for 4L.
http://www.por15canada.com/can/faqs/faqwhite.html

http://www.timeattackforums.com/forum ... /2678-my-2006-wrx-12.html

I believe the rule is going to be changed to allow EM to run cages to the towers. I havent seen any official documentation, but it could be out.

CAMS sent out warnings a while ago regarding cages, warning that the cage min specs were changing. Cars already in the build could be registered with CAMS by 31-12-11 if the cages didnt meet the new 2012 specs. This is so cars turning up for cage compliance in 2012 could still be issued a logbook.

The cage extention to the towers could have been part of the new min cage specs.

To try not get get bogged down in a regulation debate. I'm not worried. I feel I have sufficient coverage from the eligibility officer, which has apparently discussed and agreed at a National level also.
If you want to debate it, then I recommend you add a post over at IPRAforum, I'm sure you will get a healthy discussion there.

It will be another couple of weeks before I finish the paint work. Going to have another go at smoothing the panels tomorrow and then will shoot the white next weekend. I've got a couple of runs in the white on the cage. Man that was a pain in the arse to paint.

I have enjoyed the challenges this build has thown up and am pretty keen to get the car on the track some time this year. Maybe not for all the nsw IPRA rounds but fingers crossed I will make a couple.

brush on that stuff I linked on rollcages would have been less pain maybe? :)

yeah If i had my time again I probably would, or at least pay someone else to do it.
I only have one area that needs a bit more paint so I may as well persevere with what I have done to date.

No worries I bought a 1ltr container to find out how good it its and Im convinced theres is no better paint for the backyarder or pro as it can be sprayed also but often ruins blocks your spray gun if you dont clean it quickly enough.

Your coupe is the best colour as far as Im concerned and the
ca18det is one of the best combos for it. The 1zzfe toyota engine has solid lifters that fit straight into it by luck of chance as done by another racer who is campaigning a celica with the ca18det. He is on Ozdat with that info and Ill never forget it as that engine is coming in often at wreckers in yaris and similar corollas.

I did some more painting today.
Finished the outside of the body with colour but have not sprayed the clear over the top yet.
Here are a couple of pics. Pretty happy with the results, how I hope I can keep it off the wall long enough to enjoy the fresh paint job. It is almost too good for a track car :)

Hey Bryan,
looking good mate - I can hardly believe it! Maybe I should have kept the old coupe after all ...........
Keep the momentum up - won't be long now
Cheers

That looks great! Good work and i like the blue.
Pat on the back for you. Keep it up

Ive sprayed the clear coat and started on the colour sanding.
I cut the paint back with 1200 grit and then used Autoglym 04B, finishing with autoglym Super Resin Polish.
It turned out pretty good, but does show up how poorly the panels are underneath.
Time consuming process but isn't really that hard to do.