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VAD Ferrari 458 GT3 Curseive

VAD Admin
Feb 22, 2018
2 min read

with selling our parts all over the world we don’t always get to see our product hit the vehicle, we are involved with so many private builds we never get to see the finished article, so we do rely on customers and others to forward as much as possible if it’s not a local job, and being so busy we some slip through the nett and we don’t post everything we get sent, so its always nice when you stumble across some old pictures and photos of your product.

This is one that we forgot all about, our VAD Ferrari 458 Curseive GT3 cruising in the 2017 Modball rally, just goes to show how versatile our products are, from the track right to the streets where the Modball takes you, which is all over Europe, on every type of road.

We particularly like the colour of this build, this one also wears the older 20” 21” forged wheel set up that we no longer use, but they still look good, and we love the tyre stickers “WE KNOW SHIT” as well as the number plate “2 CHILL” which is a lovely touch.

Just for reference the aero pack consists of:

Front bumper, front splitter, front bumper canards, front vented fenders, side skirts, rear fender, rear bumper, rear diffuser, rear wing assembly, arch liners front and rear, with a set of forged bespoke wheels 3 piece wheels, with a super lightweight magnesium option also available on request, front set up is 10.5x20 fitted with 275/30R20, rear set up is 13.5x20 fitted with 355/25R21, Ohlin suspension, with a hybrid exhaust.

Get in touch with us today if you fancy giving your Ferrari 458 a makeover.

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Porsche 991 GT3R for the road

VAD Admin
Feb 20, 2018
2 min read

This year will see one of our dreams come to fruition, that dream was seeing our wide body Porsche GT3R for the 997 chassis as a road going conversion on UK roads, we have seen a few road creations come to life around the world from aero kits we have supplied, but there is nothing like a home grown build and collaboration with our friend Iby from speedwells has seen that dream come to life, seeing the build stage by stage has been exciting, but being based on the Turbo model it was always going to be a bit of a challenge, but huge credit to Iby as he has been very methodical in his thinking for this build, with some lovely touches, which is what a build like this needs.

Supplying our aero parts around the world we get to meet and link up with like-minded people through our social media network and that’s just what happened with Joe AKA #997turbocab, to say Joe is a Porsche fan is a little bit of an understatement, check out his Instagram, our personal Favorite is his 997.2 GT3 4.0LTR build by the BBI team, and now he has commissioned them to build his latest Porsche, The 991 GT3R in road going form, and yes you read that correct, Joe has ordered and had delivered every carbon fibre “R” panel for his street going 991 GT3 and boy oh boy are we excited to see this one come together.

Porsche 991 GT3R Carbon Fibre Aero pack

We don’t think BBI need any introduction, they are known throughout the world building some pretty special Porsche's, and this build I'm sure will be up there as one of the best, what we do know is this is the first of its kind globally, and Joe will be using on the road as much as he can, in his own words, this is going to be his grocery getter, its one build we are really exciting thinking about, we think BBI Autosport are going to break the Internet with this one.

Joe's 991 GT3 being Dismantled at BBI Autosport HQ

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ACR Performance

VAD Admin
Feb 16, 2018
2 min read

We first came across ACR Performance back in January 2017 when we visited the Tokyo Auto Salon, and to say we were impressed was a bit of an understatement, the Vantage coupe and the Cabriolet in the flesh were absolutely beautiful, in fact we were mesmerised, it took us a little while to notice they also had a full on Vantage GT3 race car on the same stand, I think everyone that knows anything about us, knows how we feel about GT3 race cars and their look, after all we are building our own BMW Z4 GT3 V8 and our good friend Iby over at Speedwells Wheel Refinishing building the Porsche GT3R variant, so to not even notice a GT3 Vantage underlines just how amazing these Astons were up close and personal.

The conversion is a full wide body and consists of the usual parts required to turn a standard Aston Vantage to look a lot more aggressive.

The full aero kit consists of the following carbon fibre parts, Front bumper, front under tray, front splitter, front (70mm) wider fenders, side strakes, side skirts with air intakes, rear (90mm) wider quarter panels, rear bumper, rear diffuser assembly, rear ducktail spoiler, carbon rear light lenses.

The two cars on display and that have done the rounds are wearing Vossen wheels, the Monoblock directional design does absolutely nothing for us at all on the coupe, but the Cabriolet with the Black mesh is a beauty, the wheels really suit the build out of the 2 designs this was our personal choice, but as a custom forged wheel company our minds got to thinking of the wheels you could build for this conversion, the designs, styles and finishes are endless, ACR Astons wear 11x20 front with 12.5x20 rear, with wider options also available depending on the required tyres you are looking to fit, the options for wheel size, widths, tyre sizes are huge.

We also offer other options for this conversion, hybrid exhaust systems for the V8 and the V12 chassis, as well as suspension upgrades and super charger systems also available on request.

There is no disputing the Aston Vantage is one of the best looking cars to be created, it really is a beautiful look car in standard trim, but ACR have proved that if you have the funds along with the huge balls to mess around with the AMV8, you can improve those gorgeous looks even further, something we didn't think was possible.