[Customs] Better Time Management Necessary - Wheelswaps Inbound

Keeping focus is one thing, but juggling numerous tasks and attending to higher priority events makes that challenging.

The month is nearing its end. I've had the majority of August spent at work, going out with visiting relatives outside the country, attending funerals and religious rites, and the basement has yet to be fixed. As a result, almost all work on customs or anything has come to a halt. School starts in a week so activity will come to a snail's pace once again. Regrets aside, I was digging through my box of customs en queue a few days earlier to check on something, saw that 2013 release of green Carrera GT had been sitting there for months. All I wanted to do was a simple wheelswap which takes relatively no time and just that thought alone made me realize how much time was wasted over the summer. Not wanting to waste any more time, I took it out with the determination to get it done. I also took the liberty to pull out some other cars that have been sitting in queue for the Illustrious and (have yet to release) Rally series.

Since contractors boxed up all my tools in the basement, I won't have access to all the equipment I need for an all-out project, thus I kept it simple and aimed for wheelswaps only.

Those coloured tires had to go. It's nice to change things up, Mattel, but at least put some effort into it.



Grills coloured in. Never have I had such an easy time with the gundam marker. That's yucky sticky clear coat finish I use on my customs makes the marker work unenjoyable.






Nothing sophisticated with the interior. The yellow tinted windows weren't going to show much anyway.










Inevitably, I choose MBX 5-spokes over PR5s since they look more closer to the real wheels of the Carrera GT. Not only that, PR5s, while looking cooler, don't have that same level of simple elegance the former possesses. Usually they look plain-jane, but not on this guy. Think I could've got away with a coloured bonnet given how wacky of a colour bright green is on a Porsche of this class.




Ducts and vents have been coloured in with ease once again.


Better than nothing, though will probably be unnoticeable in a completed state.






2012 Heat Fleet Lancers join the party. Swapped windshields with each other on top of the wheels.










Detailing is still messy, but I'm becoming more comfortable with it.





Was contemplating between the CM6 and 10SP. They both look great on it, but I can't seem to enjoy the look of CM6s on a whole lot of cars. The Lancer happened to work quite nicely. The Speed Machines version had an influence on my decision.