The Ultimate wide body GTR...CarbonZilla, up in lights.

It has been a long time coming, but we got there in the end, a four page "FASTCAR" magazine feature of the awesome Carbonzilla GTR belonging to our good friend Jan Schekman.

I must say on a personal level, Jan has worked meticulously hard on this build, getting the car exactly how he wanted it, he could of took the easy option, become a Lemming, followed the crowd and just built either a Liberty Walk or Rocket Bunny over fendered riveted GTR, but that’s not what Jan is about, he wanted the exact opposite, so thats what he built.

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Rear View, Carbonzilla 75mm wider each side over the stock GTR, with the Swan Neck Voltex Rear #lordofthewings

We were extremely surprised no American publication showed an interest in getting this beauty featured, first up it’s a very quick GTR which has been lightly breathed upon with performance goodies, with the added bonus of being smothered in Carbon, and not JUST the usual hood, splitter & diffuser either, the complete car apart from the doors and the roof have been hit with the black gold, and 7" wider than a stock GTR, a pure work of art, so what is not to like, but as they say …their loss, is a Fastcar Magazine gain.

We would like to thank Jules the Editor for making this one happen, a true car enthusiast and petrol head, so a phone call with accompanying photos ,he made it happen, all we had to do was wait a few weeks to get the right slot, if you read the publication, you will know that a modded wide body GTR is quite a popular feature in Fastcar, but not a full blown wide body carbon fibre version.

Carbonzilla, looking mean & moody, with a nighttime shoot with Hafast Photography

The magazine is on sale now, it’s also available as a digital download, its well worth a read, and couldn’t come at a better time, happy belated birthday and a very happy Christmas Jan, you deserve this my good friend.

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* Special thank you to Larry from #Hafast Photography, for the killer pictures.

The aeropack is available in Carbon Fibre and FRP from stock, the kit consists of the following parts:

Front Bumper, front splitter, front wider fenders, side skirts, rear quarter panels, rear bumper.

Optional extras: Vented hood, rear wing, rear diffuser, coilover suspension, Exhausts, forged 3 Piece wheels in either 13x20 or 13x21 sizes and widths.

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BMW GT3 V8 Build, first base.

With the quieter festive time upon us we thought it was a great time to get Project Z4 GT3 V8 to first base, and that meant a trip to the wizards at Emerald M3D so this week we took the drive over to Watton in Norfolk, and catch up with the ECU gurus and entrust them with their magic, it was also an excuse to stop over at the Bentley Hotel & Spa and unwind with a beer or two.

This is the most important stage of the build as we have to make sure all of the BMW Z4 electrics, work with the all new V8 engine, it’s imperative if you want it to run with the BMW idrive factory oem set up, this is the first process we have to go through, as well as building the engine loom and ECU upgrade, whilst it sounds like not much is going on, this is the main ingredient to make sure this car and conversion works correctly, so it’s a pretty important parts of the conversion.

With the car at its new home for the few couple of weeks, it will be mid to the end of January before we get to collect the car from the Emerald crew, that’s when phase two of the build will kick in, as its off to Dynotorque, Craig can then get creative with our install, and boy oh boy do we have some Great plans for the overall finished package, pure quality being added, brakes, engine, suspension, will all come in for some changes, he will leave no stone unturned in his quest for the ultimate Z4V8 build.

We are working with quite a few people on this build, well they do say “teamwork makes the dream work” and we are happy to welcome another company onboard the build, Reflex Auto Design from Daventry, who will be responsible for the painting this beast, these boys need no introduction they are extremely well known for their paint qualities across a wide spectrum, from restoring old classics, to custom one off body work modifications, their credentials speak for themselves, so we are happy a company with this much talent are involved with the task of painting our beauty.

We have now decided on the final wheel choice and finish, and it was such a hard decision to make, a lot harder than we ever thought it would be.

Our wheel partners on this build is AVANT GARDE (AG Wheels) as we have been the Exclusive European importer for the brand for the last two years it was a no brainer, so it was just a few weeks of backwards and forwards of what to build.

The front wheels is a 10x19, the rear wheel is 13x19, and we have decided again to run with a different design on each side of the car, we have done this a few years now, it’s a great talking point, but it also shows what two designs and finishes look like on the car.

The first design we decided on was the AG F422 we like this design a lot, plus the fact we have only seen the design in the spec 3 concave profile, and we decided on the Spec 2 with reverse lip, this will be finish in the all new Monaco Copper, with a brushed matte centre and gloss inner and outer barrels, with brushed silver hardware and logo. On the other side we will be fitting the AGL23, from the Luxury line up, finished in black, with matte centres and gloss barrels, with Monaco Copper hardware and logo, we chose this design, because it’s very reminiscent of the race wheel that is fitted to the Z4 GT3 Race car, tyres we are using Nitto in sizes 285/30r19 front and 345/30R19 rear.

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This is going to be the long four months … roll on the spring.

#vad #BMWZ4GT3 #V8GT3 #agwheels #agluxury #ReflexAutoDesign #RAD #Dynotorque #Driftworks #NittoTyres #BAMDComposite

Nissan GTR Wide Body

Its been a while since we have blogged about the BPA Body shop VADZilla GTR build, as Ben has been extremely busy with his work load, so his personal project got side line, unfortunately it happens, we have had exactly the same problem this year with our own Z4 GT3 V8 project, customers cars and work take preference over personal builds, It’s just the nature of the business, but we are happy to report Ben has found some spare time and put a good few days into getting the car finish, well certainly when it comes to the paint.

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Its been a wish to see this conversion finished in white, we must admit we were hoping to see the hood painted white too, but with a carbon hood it’s a difficult choice for some, personally we aren’t the exposed carbon fans, its still carbon under the paint and exposed carbon has been done to death, but Bens choice, and one we respect.

One area which will be a little hit and miss is the black stripe through the rear panel, from light to light, personally we like it, but there has been a bit of mixed reaction to the pictures we have shared on our social network, but we applaud Ben for building the car how he wants it to look.

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This is one car we are looking forward to seeing in all its glory when winter has been and gone.

The aero kit is available from stock in either FRP or Carbon fibre, with a huge list of options, email us for more details on our wide body GTR programme. enquiries@vaddesign.com

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