Tom5190's Flat Arch - Progress (16.09.2013)

[Tom5190]

Page 1:How It Started, Tinted Rear/Head Lights + Side Repeators, Black badges, Tinted Fog's
Page 2: De-wiperd
Page 3: New grille, Headunit + Speakers, Rear Sax-p sticker
Page 4: Boot Build, Sax-p Window stickers
Page 5: More Rear lights
Page 6: Window tint finished, Front end lowerd, New Aerial
Page 7: PiperX Air Filter, French Plates, Smooth boot Handle
Page 8: Rear Lowerd
Page 9: Rear shocks
Page 10: Rocker Cover Sprayed, Alloys on the way
Page 11: Alloys on
Page 12: Photoshoot with JAM
Page 13: De-Pinned, Front Wide-mouthed VT* Bumper, Wheel Bolt Covers, Rear Ibiza Splitter
Page 14: Rocker Cover Badge, Boot Popper, Front VT* Brakes
Page 16: Black A, B, C pillars & Sunroof console
Page 18: Damage pictures, Black Headlining, Sunvisors, Smoothed ariel, Re-sprayed boot handle & VT Bumper
Page 21: More damage! New Headunit, Meshed bumper, final pictures?
Page 22: Loads Fixed, BMC, Uprated Linkages
Page 23: Custom Backbox + Video
Page 24: L.E.D Bulb's, De-cat, Spax PSX, 70mm Pi Springs
Page 25: Photoshoot
Page 28: Photoshoot
Page 29: Stickerbombed and Standard parts fitted
Page 30: 6000K H.I.D's
Page 32: Photoshoot
Page 33: RW - High Tech 1's
Page 34: 306 Half Leather, Disc beam
Page 35: Donor Car
Page 36: 16V Engine, green cotton filter
Page 37: OMP Upper Brace
Page 38: Raceland 4-2-1 Manifold + race centre section, New cam covers, Dimma grille, Magnex rear box
Page 39: New Photos
Page 40: Vts Box, Vts Shafts, 708's
Page 42: CatCam trial, 743's 144bhp
Page 43: JP4 cam covers, New centre pipe
Page 43: 151bhp, Port & polished TB
Page 45: Back from the bodyshop, Quickshift, Detail
Page 47: Photoshoot with Jeffchiz
Page 49: Supersprint, Piper & video, SMD Blue/White Dials
Page 52: 141bhp Dyno Dynamics RR
Page 55: Santa Pod/Fast show update
Page 56: 266mm Brakes, Powerflex Mount, Gearbox Trouble
Page 58: Supersprint 2" Rear box, ASW Photos 'Oxford'
Page 63: New gearbox, clutch, linkages, beam, braided hoses etc
Page 65: Olite rear beam, Piper 3" Inward rolled rear box, Powerflex rear beam mounts, R-tec Grill
Page 66: General repairs, engine bay tidy, change in direction
Page 68: Start again

I decided id put a spec list up of the car, i will update this as new mods go on with the car, as it is now this is the spec list:

Spec:

Stats:
Power - 151bhp/127whp
Torque - 114Lb/ft
Weight - 832Kg
Power/weight - 181bhp per ton
Quater mile - 15.1s
0-60 - ??

Interior:
Sony Xplod CD/USB/BT Headunit
2 x JBL front tweeters
2 x JBL front comps
2 x JBL crossovers
Black A, B & C pillars
Black Sunroof Console
Black Sun visors
Black headlining
Boot popper
De-pinned
106 Gti Front seats
Blue SMD White dial Vtr Clocks

Exterior:
Rw - High Tech 1's Custom painted
Black bolt covers
Tinted fog lights
Tinted headlights
Tinted side repeators
R-tec grille
Black rear badges
De-ariel
De-wiperd Rear
Smooth boot handle
French Pressed plates
Aero Wipers
1.1i side badges

Engine/Performance:
1.6 16V TU5J4 Single Plug
Raceland 4-2-1
Supersprint Race centre section
Piper 3" Inward rolled Rear Box
Carbon Fibre Enclosed Filter
Red Rocker cover badge
JP4 cam covers
Port & polished Throttle body
Catcam 743's
Re-mapped @RS Tuning
Red Engine Detailing
Powerflex Bottom Engine Mount

Transmisson:
Vts Gearbox
Roller bearing upgrade
Vts Split shafts
Compbrake Quickshift
Stainless uprated gear-linkages
Solid leaver bushes

Chassis Components:
266mm Bosch Front Brakes (Type 1 Bosch)
Front 60mm Spax Springs
Front Spax PSX shocks
Rear lowerd 40mm
G-max gas Shocks Rear
Olite Disc axle
Powerflex rear beam mounts
Earl's braided hose's


Hi, thought i mayaswell start one of these off, ive got a Mk2 1.1 desire at the moment (first car), not planning on doing any engine modifications to it as i am HOPING to get a vts this time next year. ive done a few mods to it so far, got a few more planned.

Havnt got any of the car as i bought it, but it was standard, basically these picture's minus the lights and petrol cap sticker.

So here it is last year:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/Exterior2.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/Exterior5.jpg

[Sneakydevil89]

your pictures dont seem to be working for me. but what youve done sounds ncie!

[Tom5190]

The first thing i did was to ditch the sticker and the lexus lights, i tinted my old standard lights on the lighter bit (wanted to keep it subtle), and also blacked my badges and tinted the side repeators with the extra spray.

Rear :

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/RearDarkenedLightsBadges2.jpg

Side:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/SprayedSideRepeators.jpg

Next was to change my grille and headlights, followed the guide to darken the inner bits, was pretty happy how they turned out heres pics. (there is abit of glue on the lights on this pic its on the outside i hadnt washed it after i had re-fitted them)

Headlights:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/HeadlightsNewFitted.jpg

As you can see the grille is missing, i had a go at making my own, the mesh i bought was shite really and to thick to fit into the standard grille, so for the time being there is no mesh, looks abit of a mess but the citroen badges are sprayed black, and im hoping to sort out some black mesh this week.

Grille:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/OnRamps.jpg

any ideas or pointers from any one would be great

[MrHouston]

Use photobucket mate, faster and will probably work. Imageshack is slow and crap lol

[Tom5190]

thanks alot amte ill give it a whirl, how do i edit that post now tho to put the new links in ? (soz newbie haha)

[MrHouston]

Think you need 100 posts to edit

[Tom5190]

aw nightmare lol. maybe thats why the pics arnt showin up too? owell ill get chance to get the window tint done for some new pics before i get 100 posts

[Bladen]

just start a new thread dude. Ask mods the to delete this one. :)

[Tom5190]

how do i contact a mod?

[Sammy-Boy]

how do i contact a mod?

Go to the bottom of the page where it says 'Staff' in white letters and in the middle of that section is a link called 'Forum leaders'.

All the mods are there :y:

[Tom5190]

finally sorted out the pics in first post, managed to do a few more things today aswell. as i painted the rear badges first, they started to flake so first thing was to remove paint, then remove the silver paint, was guna use T-cut but i used Wet+Dry to remove black paint this took the silver off to. heres some pics. i think it looks 100% better :

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/BadgesPainted.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/BadgesStriped.jpg

After this i decided to tint my fog lights, had to wait for my mam to finish usin oven to melt the glass back on lol. so no after shots yet but ill get them up tomora:

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/Front03112008.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/04112008255.jpg

[badasssaxo]

very nice mate, glad you got rid of pony lexarse lights, grill will look top notch when you add black mesh to it

[Tom5190]

very nice mate, glad you got rid of pony lexarse lights, grill will look top notch when you add black mesh to it

aye im hoping to get that sorted come friday.. pay day lol

[jamiecee]

i like it :) where are you getting your mesh from because im doing the same with my grill but i dont know where to get my mesh...

[Tom5190]

im not sure mate, ive already got some but its shite, the holes are too big in it too. got it off ebay for a 10er. i think halfords sell some better stuff with smaller holes guna go and have a look there when i get paid

[Predator_R32]

looking very tidy mate :y:

[jamiecee]

im not sure mate, ive already got some but its shite, the holes are too big in it too. got it off ebay for a 10er. i think halfords sell some better stuff with smaller holes guna go and have a look there when i get paid

tell me if you manage to get some decent stuff from there..

[Tom5190]

will do mate ill post it up in here when i finally get some, ill get some pics of the sound system up too and fogs hopefully tomora if i get time at college to take pics

[Tom5190]

looking very tidy mate :y:

thanks alot mate

[mjLvts]

looking good i aint seen u around.

[Tom5190]

looking good i aint seen u around.

dont really drive unless i have to haha, its been standard (apart from them lexarse lights) until about 2 weeks ago anyways

[mjLvts]

yeah me niether.., argh probley why i aint noticed you.

[Tom5190]

yeah me niether.., argh probley why i aint noticed you.

waitin to finish college to get an S hopefully. urs looks tidy. good job

[mjLvts]

Thanks bud..:)

[Tom5190]

Thanks bud..:)

no bother, wot size engine coupe do you have? love them cars

[mjLvts]

2.2.. crap mate! really slow, but then it is a big car :/

[jamiecee]

smogie i went and got my mesh and badge plus other stuff today take a look at my progress forum you can get the link from my sig ..

[PSPDan]

Looking good. I need to smoke my lights :P

[bamp]

nice one mate!

[bamp]

oh and glad u got rid of them lexus lights, new ones look the part;)

[Tom5190]

Right finally got use of a hacksaw today at college, got it de-wiperd.

Before:
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/04112008265.jpg
After:
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/04112008266.jpg

ill get some better pics up wen its cleaned

[Tom5190]

smogie i went and got my mesh and badge plus other stuff today take a look at my progress forum you can get the link from my sig ..

cheers mate ill check it out

[Tom5190]

Right i finally got time to clean it today, so i took some pictures. i started making a false floor for the boot yesterday just waiting on some carpet to arrive and ill fit it all, will get some pics of that up by end of the week hopefully.

also need some help, im this first picture you can see that citroen decided to abit crazy with the glue when they fitted my grille, and since ive take the black plastic out of it, you can see white glue everywere, ive use a scraper to remove almost all ov if but now its left white stains. what would be best to get rid of these? got some mesh sorted for the grille aswell should have that done by end of week if i get time.


http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/10112008307.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/10112008305.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/10112008304.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/10112008301.jpg

[adamf0707]

car looks alrite

[dj_tingle]

you got that mesh done yet mate?

[Tom5190]

not yet mate, mite do it tonight if i cba

[jamiecee]

finished my grill mate ill get a pic up soon ;)

[Tom5190]

nice one mate ill av a look

[Lewball98]

like ur car m8 dat porsche is cool too :) what else u gt planned 4 ya saxo?

[Tom5190]

nice one, got a false floor for the boot ready to go in this weekend and gotta sort out that grille, then lowering next hopefully, dont wona say anymore than that cos its cummin up to christmas so im guna be skint lol, mods will have to go on hold for a while.

[Tom5190]

Right i got chance to give it another good clean today, cleaned up the grille wit T-Cut to get rid of the white glue marks, then got my mesh fitted in

Before:
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/10112008307.jpg

After:
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/16112008311.jpg

Got my flase floor finished and fitted to but to dark to take pics will put some up tomorow. also used the T-cut to sort out some minor scuffs and scratches on the paintwork, and gave my wipers a re-spray too cos they were rusty.

[Sammy-Boy]

Smogie great looking car mate. 1.1 owners FTW!!

How did you smoke your headlights?

[Tom5190]

Smogie great looking car mate. 1.1 owners FTW!!

How did you smoke your headlights?

i followed a guide on here, was ded easy to do, bought some primer and paint from halfrauds, just put the lights in the oven to heat up the glue and remove glass, then sanded down the insides and sprayed them. cost £12 for the 2 cans of paint.

[Tom5190]

Got some pictures of the false floor this mornin, i built it off one of the how to guides off here so its nothing different ive seen a few exactly the same as it. im still waiting for some carpet so its not 100% finished but here it is:

Boot Floor:
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/17112008316.jpg

got a few pics of the head unit to, will get some more pictures of the other speakers when the car is cleaned inside, its a tip at the moment.

Head Unit:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/17112008315.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/17112008314.jpg

[Sneakydevil89]

updates look good, and that grill looks tasty mate. nice job on that.

[Tom5190]

updates look good, and that grill looks tasty mate. nice job on that.

nice one ta, i used some mastic for extra strength, you can see it in taht pic but guna get rid of the bits you can see if i get chance tomora, final touches haha.

[shooorn94]

Nice 1.1 buddy, seems like you've got your head screwed on with the modifications, a simple air filter will fit onto a bigger engined car matey you just gotta know what you're doing with the 1.1 to get a vtr/s filter to fit. Ask around if you decide to do any form of engine mods :y:

What shade of red is the sax, I wouldn't say it's wicked red, but it's not venetian or persian neither :p looks different.

keep it up the boot install looks good, not my thing but looks spot on :y:

[Tom5190]

Nice 1.1 buddy, seems like you've got your head screwed on with the modifications, a simple air filter will fit onto a bigger engined car matey you just gotta know what you're doing with the 1.1 to get a vtr/s filter to fit. Ask around if you decide to do any form of engine mods :y:

What shade of red is the sax, I wouldn't say it's wicked red, but it's not venetian or persian neither :p looks different.

keep it up the boot install looks good, not my thing but looks spot on :y:

your right there it always seems to look different shades, im not 100% sure actually but i think its wicked red. ive been meaning to check cos i need a touch ups tick for a frew deep scratches. cheers for the comments mate much aprecieated.

[ccciiiiinnnnnnddddyyyy]

looks cool man! how long do u ave 2 put the lights in the oven cos that looks well good?

[Tom5190]

i put them in for about 10-15 mins, search for the guide thre is a good one

[jamiecee]

mate did u ever worry about your glass cover one the light falling back off :-" im too scared to do mine hahaha

[Tom5190]

mate did u ever worry about your glass cover one the light falling back off :-" im too scared to do mine hahaha

ye i did lol, my fogs i had to use uni bond to glue the glass back on, the headlights seem to be fine tho, thre is 3 small clips on them anyway to hold the glass on, and the glue seemed to set pretty hard afterwards

[Tom5190]

no updates as such recently, still waiting to find time to carpet my boot floor. got it cleaned up and took some pictures today (still abit wet on the pics). got my sax-p stickers, i got 2 of the website adress ones too for the windows but im trying to think of some were to put them that not many people do, dont really wona just put them in the rear quaters! any ideas?

Doorcards, Tweeters, speakers + crossover:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/28112008326.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/28112008327.jpg

Car:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/28112008329.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/28112008330.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/28112008332.jpg

Sax-p sticker on:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/28112008333.jpg

[tom130691]

did ya do ya own front lights or buy um?

[Tom5190]

i done my own bud, quite easy, made a guide to do the fogs too i used a guide for headlights on here

[tom130691]

wana do my headlights lol i dnt wana fuk it up

[Tom5190]

haha wouldnt worry about it bud, the guide on here that i used for the headlights is excellent., you could always buy a pair taht are already painted, im sure a lad was selling some not so long ago

[Jtizzle]

very nice m8

[Sneakydevil89]

those door cards look rather tasty with the tweeters.

[tom130691]

i have no front lights no mre :(

[Tom5190]

those door cards look rather tasty with the tweeters.

nice one cheers, used a guide out of the max power haynes book.....

not all max power is neones and huge body kits haha

[Tom5190]

Finally got chance to carpet the boot floor, i carpeted it, fitted the plastic window and also fitted a Black light neon underneath, plans to paint the amp in uv paint nxt week so this will light it up.

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/17112008316.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/08122008349.jpg

[denni]

wats that fixed to the bottom of ur parcel shelf?? :S

[Sneakydevil89]

wats that fixed to the bottom of ur parcel shelf?? :S

CD changer of somekind?

boot build looks good mate

[-Richard-]

like the boot build

[Tom5190]

wats that fixed to the bottom of ur parcel shelf?? :S

cd changer, i run a Sony Xplod headunit its mini disk with 10 cd changer, its rather large though as you can see lol cos the head-unit is a few years old my dad gave it to me, dont want a new one tho cos the sound it gives out is top notch.

[Tom5190]

CD changer of somekind?

boot build looks good mate

cheers, wanted to keep it simple i jsut copied it off a guide on here, got some uv paint on the way should be here soon so will get pics of the uv light on nxt week some time

[rowza]

Nice flat arch mate :y: nice one one tinint gyou rlights

[Sneakydevil89]

cheers, wanted to keep it simple i jsut copied it off a guide on here, got some uv paint on the way should be here soon so will get pics of the uv light on nxt week some time

that sounds pretty cool to me!

[Tom5190]

that sounds pretty cool to me!

aye i hope it looks ok, if it looks shit atleast ya cant see it with out the uv light so can jsut ditch the neon, gotta make some brackets to hold up the amp at the weekend tho so taht the light shines on it right.

[Tom5190]

Right the uv paint arrived today, rather earlly so i was pleased with ebay for once! i painted the silver parts of my amp as the instructions for the paint said the whiter the surface the better, i have gave it 4 coats so far, i think it needs atleast another 4 for the full effect because its still a little 'streaky'. so i am going to do that wen i get time. here it is for now

Without UV light:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/11122008380.jpg

With UV light:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/11122008381.jpg

and this is how it looks in my boot, the amp needs to be raised at the back were it is less lit up because of the position of the neon and how low the false floor is but heres how it looks atm


Without UV:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/11122008386.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/11122008382.jpg

With UV:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/11122008384.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/11122008383.jpg

Look decent or tacky? i think it looks a little tacky at the moment but ill sort out the amp supports this week to see how it looks when it all lights up

[davidandrews5343]

nice looking car, vtr alloys would look good on it

[Tom5190]

nice looking car, vtr alloys would look good on it

cheers, guna lower it soon when i get some springs so will be looking at what alloys to get ill keep them in mind

[-Richard-]

i like it mate

[Tom5190]

i like it mate

nice one cheers

[Tom5190]

Some small mods i got done today, sax-p stickers on and some new heater handles. heres some pics

Sax-p stickers:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/15122008414.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/15122008415.jpg


Was pissing me off that all saxo's i saw had the handles with white bits on so i got some for £1 lol

New handles

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/12122008388.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/12122008389.jpg

[jamiecee]

starting to get there, would you ever put a vt body kit on it

[Sneakydevil89]

hey that doesnt look half bad really! i like it.

[Tom5190]

starting to get there, would you ever put a vt body kit on it

nah not the full kit, i think if i was guna do that much work id rather buy a furio or vt* with a kit already on. i am planning on getting the front vt* bumper though, lowerd and alloys shoud be done by january so maybe after that.

[Prickle]

looks really smart :)

1.1i ftw :p

[Tom5190]

Got on with my window tint today as i had a full day free, i bought it pre-cut (which was bullshit because they wer differnet shapes and sizes for both the rear quaters.) it looks ok from a distance i suppose, not sure if im guna leave it on or not yet but here it is

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008454.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008457.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008459.jpg

seems like everything is ok all apart from the outsides of the tint, some parts have stuck fine over the enamal and some havnt, no idea why this has happened. help please if any body knows?

Also tided up my old lights, lexus ones. tried tinitng them all black a few weeks ago and left them to dry in the cold (doh!) so they looked like this:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/28112008335-1.jpg

so i cleaned them up, masked them off and sprayed them again to look like this:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008466.jpg

here they are on car
Old:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008467.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008468.jpg

New:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008469.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008470.jpg

What you rekon is better?

Also fitted some blue sidelight bulbs, i know these are illegal but i never drive with just sidelights on, and they give the wona be hid look pretty well haha

Sidelights:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008482.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008477.jpg

Also statred making my own circuit for boot and footwell neons, should finish this tomorow jsut gotta link up the earths and should be sorted, will put pics up when done.

[Sneakydevil89]

some nice little updates
those rear lights could be better, but for what they are dont look too bad

[-Ashley106-]

erm tint film is a simple one u need a heat gun or hair dyer on it that will sort that out then press in around the enamal dots with ur finger or a credit card or sumfin

rear lights look good i dont rate tinting spray prefer to use lots of laguer and a bit of gloss black looks shinyer

[Tom5190]

some nice little updates
those rear lights could be better, but for what they are dont look too bad

im not keen on em myself will be keeping the old ones on, you rekon them lexarse could do with being abit darker on bottom?

[steven1451]

not to keen on the new lights boot liek the car and the progress mate keep it up still havnt got round to smoking my headlights got to do it soon

[Liam-westcoast]

your car is coming along really well mate, it looks really nice

[mattbarnes34]

did you tcut the "citroen" and "saxo" badges and that made them black or paint them
and where did you get tint spray from for the rear lights?
also your doing great things with your car keep it up!!!!!

[Tom5190]

did you tcut the "citroen" and "saxo" badges and that made them black or paint them
and where did you get tint spray from for the rear lights?
also your doing great things with your car keep it up!!!!!

I painted them first and it looked shite so i wet + dry'd them to get the paint off, and the silver came off with it. T-cut works just as good though, and T-cut would be a better way to do it as well, the wet and dry damaged my paint work abit as it scratched. got the tint spray from a motor factors, it was £12, i think you can pick it up for cheaper but not sure were. nice one cheers

[mattbarnes34]

thats cool to know did you not take the badges off to paint or tcut them then?
if you did how do you stick them back on...
and im now on the look out for tint spray!
cheers mate what are your future planes?
i got vts alloys the other day which i am begining to refurb :)

[Tom5190]

thats cool to know did you not take the badges off to paint or tcut them then?
if you did how do you stick them back on...
and im now on the look out for tint spray!
cheers mate what are your future planes?
i got vts alloys the other day which i am begining to refurb :)

nah didnt take them off to paint them i hand painted them, that was why they looked so shit. and to wet and dry them i also left them on. if ur guna t-cut them all you gotta do is clean the car, then take abit of tcut on a cloth and rub onto the badges till the silver comes off. depending how much you use u may need to do it once of twice.

and future plans are to finish the window tints, install a switch for interior neons and lower it, have that done hopefully by end of january.

cool will have to get some pics up, i havnt decided on the wheels i want for mine yet!

Got the two front windows tinted at the weekend here is some pic's, hopefully should have the rear window done by this weekend. heres some pics so far.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/29122008495.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/29122008496.jpg

[jamiecee]

saxo lights are better imo mate

[Adam_Q]

oooh.... those tints look illegal dude!

and the neon's are a big no no on here ;)

[Sneakydevil89]

good luck with the front tints, i would stay away from them IMO, too much hassle. doesnt look bad though.

[Tom5190]

saxo lights are better imo mate

i agree, i stuck with the saxo lights, guna see if i can make them look abit better, going to tint them again (did a pretty shit job first time) n give them a coat of laquer i think.

oooh.... those tints look illegal dude!

and the neon's are a big no no on here ;)

aye they are illegal, i think any tint on front windows is illegal now. guna leave them on and see if anything gets said to me if im pulled over or anything.

neons still not wired up, guna get them wired up soon and see what they look like.

got some chrome indicator bulbs off ebay to get rid of the yellowish look on my headlights:

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/30122008498.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/30122008499.jpg

ordered my springs a few days ago so should be getting lowerd on tuesday hopefully if i get the time at college.

[Tom5190]

Right as i said i would do i have re-done my rear lights, this time i removed all the tint i had previously sprayed on, masked the lights up a little differently, and resprayed with more layers, when they had dried i sprayed 2 coats of laquer to the hole light, i think it looks better than the first set, what you rekon?

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05012009507.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/22122008468.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05012009508.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/06012009509.jpg

also these arrived today, 50mm G-max lowering springs, they were a day too late as i was hoping to get them fitted at college today. had abit of trouble with the car as the Rear N/S drum was pissing brake fluid. turned out to be the cylinder so i got that sorted instead.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/06012009510.jpg

i havnt had chance to finish the rear window tint yet so will hopefully get it done at the weekend whilst i swap the springs over.

[Walsall_saxo]

Looking good mate :y:

[jamiecee]

i think the tail lights look really neat now .. can you still see the bulbs bright anuf though lol, i mite do mine the same way :O

[Tom5190]

i think the tail lights look really neat now .. can you still see the bulbs bright anuf though lol, i mite do mine the same way :O

thanks alot, and yea they still shine through fine. there not actually as black as they look, the laquer made them shiney so it looks darker than it is.

[Sneakydevil89]

tail lights look so much better mate.

[Prickle]

lights look geat :)

[Tom5190]

nice one cheers. im pretty happy with the lights now.

got my window tint finished today, as you can see ive lost 3 of my wheel trims! nightmare. not buying anymore though as i should be ordering some wheels soon. and the 3rd brake light is hanging off so ill have to get that sorted too. fitting the new springs this weekend hopefully.

yes i no its very dirty cant be arsed cleaning it today though

pictures of tint :


http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09012009517.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09012009518.jpg

[Sneakydevil89]

tints done look bad, hope they dont cause you too much trouble.

[Walsall_saxo]

nice one cheers. im pretty happy with the lights now.

got my window tint finished today, as you can see ive lost 3 of my wheel trims! nightmare. not buying anymore though as i should be ordering some wheels soon. and the 3rd brake light is hanging off so ill have to get that sorted too. fitting the new springs this weekend hopefully.

yes i no its very dirty cant be arsed cleaning it today though

pictures of tint :


http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09012009517.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09012009518.jpg

The tinted windows look really good:y:

[kieranc07]

like the tints man ,the first picture u put up of the driver side quarter with the small bubble round the black thing is like how mines gone

kieran.

[kieranc07]

forgot to add, did u do the rear in 2 halfs and did u join it using the thickness of the element ??

kieran.

[Tom5190]

like the tints man ,the first picture u put up of the driver side quarter with the small bubble round the black thing is like how mines gone

kieran.

like someone said in this thread if you use a hair dryer and press down on the bubbles then they go, jsut keep doing it a few times make sure the tint is warm and press firmly on it for a around a minute.
oh and that isnt a bubble on myn, its were the tint was cut abit to big so i cant even sort it out :(


forgot to add, did u do the rear in 2 halfs and did u join it using the thickness of the element ??

kieran.

i bought my tint pre-cut, the back came in 3 parts it was a nightmare to do, the back window hasnt turned out as good as the others but im guna see if i can make it better with the hairdrier.

[Tom5190]

Ok so this week ive had alot of little things to do to the car before i go ahead and fit my springs, heres the list of what ive had to do:

Re-fit 3rd brake light as it broke and rattled like mad
Relocate my crossovers as they were rattling
Refit my headunit and remove neons as this was to much wiring behind the console and sound kept cutting out
Fit a new tax disc holder as my old one was very much out of place and glue wore off
Sort out the rear window tint as it went very bad (still havnt got this sorted)
Fit a new fuel line as the clip were the line sits onto the rail had worn down
fit standard sidelight bulbs
fix driverside indicator housing (still need to do this one)

heres a few pics of tdh and window tint:

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/16012009550.jpg

After: (still needs work)

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/16012009551.jpg

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/16012009548.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/16012009549.jpg

so now all these little things are sorted its time to lower it, ive got the week free so guna start with the front springs tomorow, hopefully there wont be to many problems along the way so i should have the new springs fitted. guna measure up the ride height to as i have a suspision its not going to drop 50mm but we will see.

[Tom5190]

So today i finally got round to fitting my springs, proved abit tricky, i wouldnt do it at home again but got there in the end.

(for the other people with flat arch's)

I was stuck on which suspension to buy myself so hope this helps some of you. I bought a set of G-Max lowering springs, they claimed a 50mm drop and cost me £55 posted off ebay. I measured up the height of the car so if your thinking about wot springs to get you can see what these actually do. i drove the car before measuring the height after the springs were fitted so they had settled, car didnt feel any more responsive on handleing, less roll and generally stiffer. thats about it

Standard ride height - 38cm

New ride height - 33.2 cm

so it is about 50mm but to be honest i couldnt really tell the difference without these pictures.

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/20012009556.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/21012009560.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/21012009561.jpg

[Sneakydevil89]

nice...need to get some nice alloys on there
might have some white comp mo's up for grabs next month :P

[Tom5190]

nice...need to get some nice alloys on there
might have some white comp mo's up for grabs next month :P

aye i do, guna try and get the t-bar done this weekend if i get the time then the next thing will be alloys definatly. love them wheels but im 4-stud:n:

[D8N_LL]

nice car mate, looks better lowered

[Tom5190]

nice car mate, looks better lowered

cheers, guna get the rear done soon hopefully

[danzman1991]

Looks wicked mate, one of the nicest 1.1's on here :y:

[Sneakydevil89]

aye i do, guna try and get the t-bar done this weekend if i get the time then the next thing will be alloys definatly. love them wheels but im 4-stud:n:

so you are! im just blind!

[Dan]

Good progress dude, will definitely look nicer with some alloys.

[Tom5190]

nice one cheers, looking at some alloys at the moment so hopefully should have them soon, wont be fitted until i need new tyres mind.

[Docsamty]

Get some black VTS wheels, will look good trust!:flamed:

[Tom5190]

Get some black VTS wheels, will look good trust!:flamed:

im guna get some photoshop's done of a few different wheels see what looks good.

right i tried lowering the rear today but the T-bars wudnt budge, completly killed a ratchet extension and a socket they were well and truely stuck. so guna see if i can get hold of a hot spanner or some gas to heat them up.

in the mean time i made this today, i ahte the fishing rod look so decided to make a new aerial the cheap way haha.

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/26012009588.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/26012009593.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/26012009594.jpg

[Matty_VTR]

looks really nice.. really good example of how good flat arches can look.

[Tom5190]

Right i picked this up yesterday, its got minimal damage and only cost me a tenner! cracked on with it straight away got a few new plans for the whole car. wont be a full vt kit but summit different.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/01022009595.jpg

[Tom5190]

Got some pics in the snow today, also fixed the cracks in the bumper today, guna sand it down and fill in the holes for widemouth then jsut waiting for some other body parts o arrive hopefully get them sprayed up next weekend and fitted to the car!

pics:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/02022009609.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/02022009612.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/02022009610.jpg

[BenjaM]

Lookin Sweet.Ive Got a 1.1 aswell, doing the usual mods:
-Meshing the Grill
-Blue Sidelights
-T-Cut the badges
-Attempted to De-Wiper today but just couldnt undo the nut without thinking i was going to shatter the window.
-New Beesting Aerial
-New Headunit
-Looking into a Sub and 6x9's
-New Gearstick/Mats
I'll put some pics up 2moro when hopefully snow has melted, lol.
Great thread mate, really helps ! :P

[BenjaM]

Oh btw, Any chance you could give me the link to the tinting tailights guide.
Cheers Bud

[-Richard-]

snow looked bad there

[Tom5190]

snow looked bad there

ye it was wicked i love the snow lol.like a big kid

right some packages arrived this week.wooooo.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/06022009616.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/07022009620.jpg

one of these was a piperx cone filter so i got that fitted straight away with a seperate filter for oil breather (not on in the pic)

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/06022009617.jpg

ill be waiting to fit the vt bumper before putting the pressed plates on.should have some more progress next week when ive got everything made up and sprayed.

[tom130691]

needs a cold air feed
ur intakes diff to what my 1.1 was

[Sneakydevil89]

whats the other? a new bonnet?

like the snow pics, looks good.

[Tom5190]

aye it does i think im going to mount one in the new front bumper (cold air feed), also think the filter was made for vts. and nah the big package is a wheel arch haha. front bumpers ready for paint now just waitin on some more body parts

[Mitie-Starkey]

where did u get your pressed plates to?

[Tom5190]

picked them up from http://www.french-number-plates.com

[mattbarnes34]

i wanna see wot uver done with this bumper mate!
good efforts aswell
looking well nice

[vinny_5saxo]

Good to see a part of my car living on as a part of another saxo! Cant wait to see it with bumper fitted!

[Tom5190]

i wanna see wot uver done with this bumper mate!
good efforts aswell
looking well nice

cheers, im just taking my time with it, apart from this boot handle (which isnt perfect) its the only body work ive done so i wona make sure i get it right, shouldnt be to long till its finished now hopefully.

got these fitted this morning

Plates + boot handle

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/19022009628.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/19022009629.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/19022009631.jpg

also i got pulled over 2 days ago about my window tints, didnt even get a warning just a straight £30 fine which was annoying as the only reason i went out was to get rid of some waste oil after id done a service for some one which i got £30 for. so a days work wasted, anyways the front tints are off now, i think im guna just take them all off this weekend, will see how it goes

[-Ashley106-]

smooth boot handle looks mint

[rowza]

Nice car mate love what you done to it keep it up :y:

needs a cold air feed
ur intakes diff to what my 1.1 was

Thats injection is yours not a carb?

[Tom5190]

cheers, not sure on what to do next, ive got wheels and some other body pars to clean up and fit but need it lowering to... think ill get the wheels done next and leave the vt* stuff until the alloys are sorted and its been lowerd

[kieranc07]

keep the back 3 tints and get a little vt spoiler on there :D and some black multyspoke wheels :D

[Tom5190]

keep the back 3 tints and get a little vt spoiler on there :D and some black multyspoke wheels :D

ye i really wanted some td's either the pro race 1.2's or the monza rs. just couldnt bring myself to spend the money on them, got myself some vtr rims in the middle of re-furbing them at the moment, not guna be black but guna be dark.also been looking into a spoiler, i wouldnt mind fitting the GTI spoiler though instead of the saxo one's as its summit different. i saw it fitted to a yellow saxo on here and it looks the nuts. just gotta get the wheels finished and a few other things ive already bought first.

[Tom5190]

Got a few shots of the car this afternoon after a wash.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/23022009633.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/23022009634.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/23022009636.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/23022009637.jpg

[Sneakydevil89]

i like it, really arty. nice clean car

[vinny_5saxo]

Any update on this yet? Looking forward to seeing the bumper fitted!

[Tom5190]

nah not yet, progress with the bumper and other body stuff is on hold, its booked in for the rear to be lowerd next monday and ive gotta spend wot little cash ive got on the stuff to finish the alloys asap as ive got a puncture on the front left wheel atm and also gotta buy tax end of this month :(

so guna be lowerd by next week, hopefully the alloys will be done in 2-3 weeks as ive got hardly anytime then the bumper and other body stuff should be done about 2-3 weeks after that. wish i had a few weeks off and some spare cash!

[luke1988]

looking really nice mate, done a wicked job! cant wait to see it with alloys and the rear lowered!!

[CitSaxo589]

looking really nice mate, done a wicked job! cant wait to see it with alloys and the rear lowered!!

Spot on Desire mate, got the same kind of plans as wot i want to do to my wicked red desire keep up the good work.:y:

[Tom5190]

cheers. anybody got preference on what height would be best for the rear? 60mm,70mm or 80mm? (its already down 10-20 with the boot build)

Here it is now (down 50 at front):

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/02032009640.jpg

[shooorn94]

thats down 50mm? What springs and dampers are you using bud, looks slightly higher than my 1.1 down 40mm :ponder:

I'd go for 50mm rear to keep things level, however with a boot build in the rear it should settle it to 60mm and that would look spot on tbh.

Looking good matey :y:

[MrHouston]

Think you need to go alot more on the front mate

And i'd go 80mm on the back, slam ftw

[Tom5190]

thats down 50mm? What springs and dampers are you using bud, looks slightly higher than my 1.1 down 40mm :ponder:

I'd go for 50mm rear to keep things level, however with a boot build in the rear it should settle it to 60mm and that would look spot on tbh.

Looking good matey :y:

ye, well measured up its down 48mm. using standard shocks with G-max springs. was gutted about the height drop tbh, for the height i want its guna have to be more like 80mm on the front but havnt got funds for coilovers so will have to settle for that now. ye i was thinkin the rear down 60.. but i love the look of the posi flat arch on here that was dropped 90-100 so the 80mm is also tempting.

what springs/shocks you using?

Think you need to go alot more on the front mate

And i'd go 80mm on the back, slam ftw

totally agree i need more on the front, when ive got this vt bumper on and stuff i mite look into some more springs/coilovers

[shooorn94]

ye, well measured up its down 48mm. using standard shocks with G-max springs. was gutted about the height drop tbh, for the height i want its guna have to be more like 80mm on the front but havnt got funds for coilovers so will have to settle for that now. ye i was thinkin the rear down 60.. but i love the look of the posi flat arch on here that was dropped 90-100 so the 80mm is also tempting.

what springs/shocks you using?



totally agree i need more on the front, when ive got this vt bumper on and stuff i mite look into some more springs/coilovers

I'm using spax 40mm springs and spax dampers bud. :y:

Yeah it would look immense slammed, kraigleeders sax was one of my fave slammed flat arch's. The thing is you don't want the rear too low and the front sticking up. Will mess the balance up completely and will look silly :geek:

Good luck on finding a decent set of coilovers :y:

[Tom5190]

I'm using spax 40mm springs and spax dampers bud. :y:

Yeah it would look immense slammed, kraigleeders sax was one of my fave slammed flat arch's. The thing is you don't want the rear too low and the front sticking up. Will mess the balance up completely and will look silly :geek:

Good luck on finding a decent set of coilovers :y:

ye thats the one, i was on about loved that flat arch. ye your right thats what im afraid of if i take it to low while the front is sitting high, its guna look bad, understeer will be immense too. I think ill get it down 80 n see what's what. The only reason its going to the garage is cos i cant get the bars out so once they had them out will be easier for me at home i guess i can change it myself if im not happy with it.

[Tom5190]

Took a trip upto sunderland today to 'Manic Motors' to get the rear dropped. its down 70mm. im really glad i didnt go 80 as it wud of looked stupid. as it sits now the fronts a little to high for my likeing so after ive got wheels and bumper sorted i think some 70mm springs will be on order. anyways heres some pics (excuse the muck im off out again so not washing it)

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09032009650.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09032009648.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09032009647.jpg

[Gibbo1406]

Looks good mate, have you got any problems with rubbing? i dropped mine 40 at the back and had a lot of rubbing.

will look class once you have got sum alloys on it.

[MrHouston]

Slammage FTW!

Agree on front needs more now definately, get some nice alloys and you're away :D

[-Richard-]

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09032009648.jpg



stunning

[Tom5190]

no rubbage at all and i picked my bro n sis up from school to, they got in back still no problems.... did have to go another way though as i sorta got caught short on some speed bumps lol! also got told if i run these 165's on my vtr rims ill get no rubbage once there on (should be 2 weeks or so.)

ye its gotta be dropped more at the front most definatly, the 70mm springs are appealing but im abit short of cash atm and i really wona get the bumper and alloys finished first, got to much clutterd up in my garage!

gotta say that manic motors were excellent, nipped for some munch while they done it and returned 2 hours later car was all finished. also sorted out some new bolts and washers for me.... i had a bolt missing out of one of the shocks (it wasnt attached to the car! WTF) cost me £50 all in so not a bad price i thought.very recommenable and the guys were spot on that i spoke to

[Sneakydevil89]

now thats low
not really to my taste being that low, but does suit the car.

[Tom5190]

now thats low
not really to my taste being that low, but does suit the car.

i was suprised how low it sat for 70mm, considering a few people have gone 100! i have realised a small problem though, theres speed bumps on my estate, as it sits now the back gets over fine but only with about 2cm to spare... i planned on a rear splitter and sideskirts so the back may have to be raised slightly will have to see.

[CitSaxo589]

Looking good mate make me wanna lower mine now but got no funds for a few months. Keep up the good work. :y:

[tom130691]

in my opinion get some silver alloys n standerd rears not too keen on all the darkness lol

[Tom5190]

ive got some standard vtr alloys like, will put the 2 on that i havnt started refurbing tomorow and get some pics to see what they look like. im always in 2 minds about my lights i do like the standard ones....

[tom130691]

if ya bump strips were black thenit myt look better but they aint lol

[shooorn94]

mmmm slammage, nice one. Always hear good things about manic motors. Needs those R wheels to set it off though ;) (and of course the front dropping down a bit more :p )

[Tom5190]

ye they were spot on cant give them enough credit really. yep getting the wheels shot blasted on friday which is guna save me a load of time so hopefully should be on by week on friday, going to run my 165's on them so abit of tyre stretch mmmmmm. i hope the color comes out decent though.....

ye after the bumper is on i think the next thing after that is going to have to be new front springs. if not im guna have to bring the back up abit :(

[Aly]

love how your car is progressing keep it up!

[Tom5190]

nice one cheers, you will most probly see it look rather mucky tonite at t-park lol

[silversaxo113]

nice car mate looks good now lowered just get ya alloys on and its all good mate good job :y:

[Tom5190]

had a nigtmare with them at college today, the shot-blaster was pants. just leaked and had no pressure so ive been soft-wire brushing them going to take me a while but guna spend all day monday doing them so should hopefully have them at least primed by beginning of the week.

nice one for them shocks by the way guna get them fitted on monday too.

[GazzWalton]

Im down 60 on the back with 195 and I have some bad rubbing with 1 person in the back.

[Tom5190]

orite cheers for the info bud, think im guna run some 165's on the back so i get abit of stretch. ive always got people in the back so guna have to come up with something. how far are you down at the front?

[gavbey]

m8 id say go for white 106 gti raptors and start cutting coils off yer frount springs lol, if they start to rattle around just tie wrap them down to the strut thts waht i did lol BODGE!!!

nice mods tho xx

[Tom5190]

m8 id say go for white 106 gti raptors and start cutting coils off yer frount springs lol, if they start to rattle around just tie wrap them down to the strut thts waht i did lol BODGE!!!

nice mods tho xx

lol did you seriously cut coil's off yours? seriously bad idea that.

i got some new rear shocks on today, feels alot better on the back now really pleased. had a change of mind about my wheels, will not be re-furbing them my self guna get them powder coated. theres a few things i need to sort out but priorities are:

New Springs + Shocks for front (70mm drop)
Alloys re-furbed
Adjust Tappits

the above is going to cost a fair bit and with me being skint i think that progress is going to be pretty much none existant over the next 3-4 months

[tom130691]

cutting coils is a mot fail as it wont sit in the spring plates properly!!!

[Tom5190]

heres some pics of the shocks, not much but its an update lol. there G-max Gas shocks, £15 for the pair so bargin!

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/Photo-0001.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/Photo-0003.jpg

[silversaxo113]

smogie dont cut the coils mate its on chop shop on martin kemps gangster car they chop the springs and they kep sliding out very dangerous and an mot fail aswell........glad you got the shocks fitted though glad you made use of them were sat in my boot for ages lol :P

[Tom5190]

lol dont worry i will definatly not be cutting the springs. the cars doin my head in at the moment theres loads of little things that need sorting, getting a nasty pinking noise from it now to and its just had new plugs..... also the tapits are giving that nasty noise off then i need a new clutch too. nightmare!!

[coleman258]

car looks really smart slammed mate.

[BenjaM]

Bought 40mm shocks for the front and hopefully rear lowered sometime this week :y: Looks sweet at the minute mate, get those VTR's on

[Tom5190]

Bought 40mm shocks for the front and hopefully rear lowered sometime this week :y: Looks sweet at the minute mate, get those VTR's on

good stuff

Tax is due end of this month and theres a few other things ive gotta fix mechanically on the car which is going to set me back, i desperatly need the front lower so im in 2 minds weather to wait and pay for the alloys to be done professionally and powder coated... or weather to do them myself as a quick fix until i get some spare cash. ive already got all the things i need to do them myself just havnt got the time.

[blackvtrt]

Got a few shots of the car this afternoon after a wash.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/23022009633.jpg

where did u take them pics mate?? think there class!
Also if u ever fancy a decent free upgrade id swap a mint con full mk2 vtr interior (front/rear seat & doorcards) nice plain thin pin stripe design one, for ur desire front doorcards!

[Tom5190]

where did u take them pics mate?? think there class!
Also if u ever fancy a decent free upgrade id swap a mint con full mk2 vtr interior (front/rear seat & doorcards) nice plain thin pin stripe design one, for ur desire front doorcards!

its at 'New Marske' woods just up from redcar. and i mite seriously take you up on that offer as my divers seat is nakerd. will give you a pm if i decide i wona swap

[Tom5190]

Havnt updated for a while, gave the car a good clean and wax today and yesterday, may get some snaps of it at the NEMM meet tonight, a few small updates. Firstly my uncle asked me to clean his car a few weeks ago (a 106) so i pinched the door pillars, think the black ones are much better and i want a black roof lining at some point anyway so got the pillers for free:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/04042009011.jpg

also got one of these metal grommets, was doing my nut in people kept pushing the rubber one through:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/04042009012.jpg

And finally i broke up for 2 weeks yesterday so spent the day on my wheels, got one fully preped and sprayed... still needs more coats and some laquer but heres a sneak. hopeing to get them all finished and fitted bor next week, hopefully get them sprayed by friday then elave them a few days to harden:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/04042009015.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/04042009017.jpg

[kraigleeder]

looking good mate wheels will look sweet when on :)
miss my old 1.1 lol

[Sneakydevil89]

love waht your using to hold down the paper, a skate board and a big ass chizel lol

alloys are going to look swiish

[Tom5190]

love waht your using to hold down the paper, a skate board and a big ass chizel lol

alloys are going to look swiish

haha yep, what ever is at my disposal. them pictures were off my phone jsut got some better ones off decent camera. the wheels look more the right color now. jsut about to finish the second one tonight.i think im getting a good finish out of them, its my first time doing a set but im pretty pleased with them.let me no what you think


http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05042009001.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05042009002.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05042009003.jpg

[Aly]

They look good mate

[J222JRA]

what is the name of that colour mate, looks really smart

[Tom5190]

what is the name of that colour mate, looks really smart
its called 'rover charcoal'

[Tom5190]

Ive had some trouble with the car recently, i took the rocker cover off to spray it, didnt sit it right when i put it back on i over tightened the nuts and warrped it around were it sits on the stud. so after id sprayed it i had to hammer it bk into shape so some of the paint has come off:wall: (its so annoying when you know its your own fault)

Also im having trouble fitting this new fuel line, my old one popped off and its proving abit difficult to get the new one on. Ive got a nasty constant squeal from the right hand side wheel, asif the brakes are constantly on and my tax disc holder keeps falling off ! im not best friends with the car at the moment cant really be arsed with it.

But.... i have done a few things though, ive now finished the 2 front wheels, guna get the car into the workshop and get the tyres fitted on tuesday then just gotta get the other 2 wheels done and i can go nd get them balanced and on the car....finally! Progress is dragging at the moment as ive ad no work for the past few weeks but should pick up again in about a month.

heres some pictures from last few days....


Rocker cover sprayed (same color as wheels)

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09042009012.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09042009014.jpg

Home made rocker nut for the time being

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/09042009013.jpg

Alloys finished, lip is as close to wicked red as i could find

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/10042009015.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/10042009016.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/10042009017.jpg

[Sneakydevil89]

those alloys are gunna look awesome mate!

[danzman1991]

Those wheels look really good mate :y:

[blackvtrt]

Ive got a nasty constant squeal from the right hand side wheel, asif the brakes are constantly on

Front or back? sounds like it could be a driveshaft or bearing!

I know what u mean u sort lose intrest, then u need just say right and get on with it, once ur stuck in ur fine again!

Also please tell me u put ur saxo ones in ur uncles car? else thats a pritty raw deal, I'll clean ur car if I can rob bits off it, remind me never to ask u to detail mine, lol

ye i've used rover charcoal before, tend to use graphite grey if I do anything anthracite now tbh, look smart.

[Tom5190]

those alloys are gunna look awesome mate!

we shall see on tuesday hopefully, well the front at least

Those wheels look really good mate :y:

cheers! hope they look good on the car

Front or back? sounds like it could be a driveshaft or bearing!

I know what u mean u sort lose intrest, then u need just say right and get on with it, once ur stuck in ur fine again!

Also please tell me u put ur saxo ones in ur uncles car? else thats a pritty raw deal, I'll clean ur car if I can rob bits off it, remind me never to ask u to detail mine, lol

ye i've used rover charcoal before, tend to use graphite grey if I do anything anthracite now tbh, look smart.

ye from the front driver side. it had a cv joint replaced on it a few months back. guna strip it down tomorow n find out what it is. it goes away with the slihtest force applied to the brakes.

ye i gave him my saxo ones haha, he knows ive got them now though.

i was stuck on what color to go for as i hadnt seen any up close, i want them powdercoating so when i get everything else finished i think thats what ill do.

[Punts_123]

How did u do the red lip?

[danzman1991]

When you gonna be putting them on mate?

[Tom5190]

When you gonna be putting them on mate?

end of next week 'HOPEFULLY.' plan is to get some 185's on the 2 wheels ive finished, get them balanced on friday then swap them with the 2 front steelies.... then take the 165 tyre's off the 2 steelies and get them onto the other 2 vtr wheels (which should be done by then, using 165's to stop rubbing on rear arch) and then get them balanced and swap these with the rear steelies. just gotta stop bein lazy n get the other 2 finished now so i can get em all on and sorted.

How did u do the red lip?

the red lip is just stickers, got them off ebay

[Aly]

Really impressed....I'd hate to tackle wheels myself been there dont it and made a mess of it :P


Only criticism is on your Pipercross....you should really plug off the oil breather hole if your not going to use it and you have incorrectly fit your oil breather.

[Tom5190]

Really impressed....I'd hate to tackle wheels myself been there dont it and made a mess of it :P


Only criticism is on your Pipercross....you should really plug off the oil breather hole if your not going to use it and you have incorrectly fit your oil breather.

ive just took my time with them, i havnt refurbed them just sprayed, so there is stil some curbing n stuff just cant see as the paint has masked it over.

aye i no what you mean about the filter, im on the luck out for a new one.

whats wrong with the oil breather? :(

[parishvtr]

If u dnt mind me asking mate..how did u do that lip? Spray or rim tape? Looks pukka good job

[Tom5190]

rim tape, its started peeling already abit and i havnt even put the tyres on!

[vinny_5saxo]

Wheel tape was a good idea, i sprayed mine but they wernt that tidy when you got upclose and they were stationary.

Loving the black headliner idea! Allways wanted one in my sax but never found anybody selling one!

Get that front bumper on!

Good progress!

[Tom5190]

Wheel tape was a good idea, i sprayed mine but they wernt that tidy when you got upclose and they were stationary.

Loving the black headliner idea! Allways wanted one in my sax but never found anybody selling one!

Get that front bumper on!

Good progress!

the finish on mine isnt all that great up close either, i want them doing professionally but they will do for now lol

as for that bumper.... i really need to get it sorted out and put on ive had it in my garage too long now... im too lazy i suppose. its next on the list after i get these alloys on.

vtr/s brakes are going on soon too within nxt 2 weeks i think.... one of my calipers is broke so may-aswell get some better ones while im replacing them

[tom130691]

my vts brakes are on there way now so hopefully fit them at weekend :D

[Tom5190]

my vts brakes are on there way now so hopefully fit them at weekend :D

how much did you pay fo them?

[Tom5190]

I put the 2 alloys on that were finished today to test how much rubbing i wouldget from the tyres and to see what they would look like, got a few pics, cars filthy as the weather is to bad to wash it. i got really bad rubbing on the rears so there deffinatly guna have to be 165's.Also made me see that the front needs dropping atleast another 30mm. i put them on with my original bolts from steelies..... they seemed fine no wobbles or anything. has anybody ran the vtr wheels with the taperd bolts?

pics:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/15042009018.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/15042009019.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/15042009020.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/15042009021.jpg

[Aly]

Tom that looks spot on good work!

[Tom5190]

cheers bud, should have all 4 done by this weekend hopefully. guna get them balanced on friday then should be all sorted and on the car by sunday. wooop, then its onto the vtr brakes and front bumper

[MrHouston]

Looking nice mate, good job

[tom130691]

how much did you pay fo them?

£30 deliverd i got lucky tho most people on her want around £50 posted

[Tom5190]

£30 deliverd i got lucky tho most people on her want around £50 posted

aw that not to bad, the ones i think im getting are £30 too, may buy them this week not sure though mite have to wait as i desperatly want these wheels done and i need more paint

[JAM]

the pictures dont do them justice miles better in flesh, transform his car imo

[blackvtrt]

whats the front dropped at the mo? aint u gonna need custom springs to drop it another 30mm? Also vtr wheel bolts are tapered, vts ones are flat

[Tom5190]

whats the front dropped at the mo? aint u gonna need custom springs to drop it another 30mm? Also vtr wheel bolts are tapered, vts ones are flat

ahhh i thought the vtr ones were taperd too. thanks bud saved me about £40 there lol. ye its guna be gettin coilovers hopefully :) not for a while though

[marc_mcquilling]

im liking the wheels tom.

look loads better on the car.

[silversaxo113]

kept these wheels quiet mate jam told me about them during our arguement with the lad from redcar with the red s with the white raptors they transform the car :y: stp been lazy and bring them down to show me also get those calipers on :P

[Chin]

Nice, seen it outside college a few times :afro:

[shooorn94]

Looks good bud, the mk2 R wheels are usually for a tapered seat anywho the mk1 R/S wheels are flat. Yet the mk2 R wheels can use the flat seated bolts but it's not really advised.

It definetly needs to come down at the front :y:

[Tom5190]

(Sorry about pics got a new fone and camera isnt as good as N95)

Ive had the wheels fitted for a few days now, everything seems to be ok with them, the bolts seem to be different to all other ones ive seen on vtr/s's though. but they do have a flat seat so im guessing there ok, theres no wobble in any wheels and the botls are straight from citroen.

was ultra short on cash a few weeks ago so sold my head and fogs and got some standards, so ive re-tinted them too. also picked up my vt calipers and sprayed them up, just waiting for these pads to wear and then ill buy the new discs and pads to fit the calipers:

Calipers (close to wicked red as i could find:)

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05052009048.jpg

Ive fitted some 185/55's to the front and fitted my 165/60's off steelies to the rear wheels. the 185's rubbed quite alot but with the 165's there is no problem at all. was out the other night in the car with a few people off here and suprisingly i noticed the handling is amazing on it for some reason. with it being so low i thought it wouldnt be but it corners really really well. a huge improvement from stnadard wheels and height.

heres some pics after a quick wash today, i no i need new tyres, there on the way!

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05052009049.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05052009050.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05052009052.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05052009054.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05052009057.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/05052009053.jpg

What should i do with the bolts? paint them balck, car color or jsut leave them normal?

[tom130691]

i was about to say paint them black or red but if ya take ya wheels off again you will need to respray them so is it worth it?

[Tom5190]

i was about to say paint them black or red but if ya take ya wheels off again you will need to respray them so is it worth it?

exactly my thought, they dont look right to me silver though, think ill just get some covers for them.

you found another car ?

[JamesR]

Looks amazing for a flat arch mate :y:

[Tom5190]

cheers buddy

[tom130691]

exactly my thought, they dont look right to me silver though, think ill just get some covers for them.

you found another car ?

na cant afford one got 2 save up or wait for insurance to pay out if it goes my way
either way it could take time lol

[Tom5190]

na cant afford one got 2 save up or wait for insurance to pay out if it goes my way
either way it could take time lol

sounds like a right nightmare, well hope you get one sorted anyways bud

[marc_mcquilling]

id get some locking wheel nuts on ther tom..

might find it on bricks outside college next tuesday..
and ill have me self some nice black rims ;)

[Mint-VTR]

yeah get some locking nuts, and coz there silver they stand out, stand out that there not locked on!

bloody nice flat arch tho...

[Tom5190]

ye i think locking nuts are a must ill buy some this week when i get my new tyres

[saxojamesb]

looks nice mate like it

[Tom5190]

cheers bud, had a photoshoot yesterday with Jam should hopefully get some pics up tonight, gotta edit a few bt there is over 100 so gotta pic the best ones out haha

[JAM]

aye his wheels and headlights make it miles better, looking forward to picking out best pics :D

[Tom5190]

Me and the above went to get some photos the other day out at an abandoned petrol station (something different) light quality wasnt that good but heres how some of them have turned out:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/DSC01775_edited-1.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/DSC01786_edited-1.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/DSC01794_edited-1.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/DSC01830_edited-1.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/DSC01795_edited-1.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/DSC01837_edited-1.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/DSC01796_edited-1.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/DSC01808_edited-1.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/DSC01798_edited-1.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/DSC01848_edited-1.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/colorchop2.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/chop3.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/jamcolorchop.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/colorchop.jpg

[Chin]

Good pictures, where abouts is this petrol station ?

[xsampsonx]

very very nice guys

[Aly]

good photos them

[Sneakydevil89]

some rather snazzy pics there. cars looking good.

[Tom5190]

Good pictures, where abouts is this petrol station ?

in a village called swainby near thirsk sort of.

front bumper is nearly done woooo and should have new disks and pads nxt week

[usherjz]

top class that, thats the look i am aiming for... back end looks spot on :Y:

[Mark-28-VTR]

Looks So much better now Tom mate (Y) :D

[marc_mcquilling]

ive just bought meself a nice new camera tom, so if you fancy it one day, could go for a little mooch to somewhere and take some more?

[Tom5190]

ye definatly sounds good..... my car is doing my nut in at the moment ive lost all patientce with it theres been a new problem every other day for the past few weeks. everytime i fix something, something else goes wrong arrgh:wall:

[NICK2506]

nice location for the shots btw ...some of the shots are too dark as you said, but others are spot on :y:

[marc_mcquilling]

its taking the piss doing my wheels now..

got 2 done and back on the car. but ive just lost all interest in doing it hahah.

gunna have to soldier on though.

[Tom5190]

lol ye it drags on doing wheels, just carry on with them its definatly worth it in the end! are you of this week? when ive got some things sorted on my car we can go get some snaps mid week if you want?

[Chris_09]

Nice car mate yopu done a good job on that. I got a 1.1 too :P ive just put in my subs and head unit going to get some smoked headlights next. You going to be doing anything else to your car??

[Chris_09]

Nice car mate yopu done a good job on that. I got a 1.1 too :P ive just put in my subs and head unit going to get some smoked headlights next. You going to be doing anything else to your car??

rear lights sorry.

[Tom5190]

Nice car mate yopu done a good job on that. I got a 1.1 too :P ive just put in my subs and head unit going to get some smoked headlights next. You going to be doing anything else to your car??

ye ive done some things recently but havnt put any pictures up

rear ibiza splitter
front VT bumper
VT brakes with red calipers
some wheel nut covers
De-pinned
installed my boot popper

had to fix it 3-4 times as everything on the cooling system seemed to break in one go.

you got a progess thread?

[Aly]

ye ive done some things recently but havnt put any pictures up

rear ibiza splitter
front VT bumper
VT brakes with red calipers
some wheel nut covers
De-pinned
installed my boot popper

had to fix it 3-4 times as everything on the cooling system seemed to break in one go.

you got a progess thread?

Smoggie buy a Mk1 VTR Manifold and decat it....you can pick them up dead cheap.

[Tom5190]

sounds a good plan.... however ive got my MOT in a month, gotta get a few little things sorted on the car for it to pass then imite look into that.

[Tom5190]

Have done a few mods over the past few weeks, also got a few more wating, bought myself a popper for boot, got some VT brakes ready to go on just waiting for discs to arrive and also got myself a rocker cover badge. In generl the car is filthy and needs a good clean but thought id jsut get some snaps of new mods while it was sunny.

New mods:

Right the VT bumper i picked up for next to nothing but it was broken, so basically i had to fix the crack, then widemouth it and smooth off the rest my self, everything was done by me in my garage inc paint and this was my 2nd attempt at body work (my first being boot handle) so its far from perfect, it also needs some mesh for the mouth & dosent look asif its sat properlly.

New Wide-mouthed VT* Bumper

Before:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/01022009595.jpg

After:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/26052009089.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/26052009084.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/26052009091.jpg

Fogs or Mesh?????

Wheels Bolt Covers & De-pinned:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/26052009083.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/26052009090.jpg

Rear Ibiza Splitter:

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/26052009085.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo32/TJW5190/26052009087.jpg

[Sneakydevil89]

FOGS, definately.
Also looks like your mising the bit that im missing on the front bumper. It DEFINATELY shouldnt be that low. There is a kind of craddle behind the middle bit that clips under the grill.

Ibiza rear splitter looks good. Much work to fit and set you back much?

[Tom5190]

Put another picture of front end up straight on view, bumper still looks abit iffy.

FOGS, definately.
Also looks like your mising the bit that im missing on the front bumper. It DEFINATELY shouldnt be that low. There is a kind of craddle behind the middle bit that clips under the grill.

Ibiza rear splitter looks good. Much work to fit and set you back much?

ah right i didnt realise tere was another piece like, will have to see what i can do to pull it up, it didnt sit in place for any of the standard bolts so its basically jsut tie-wrapped on haha

no ibiza splitter was very very easy to fit, rear bumper off to make it easier, then fixed it in place with 5 screws, 1 in each end o pull it inwards 1 in the very middle then 1 each side in the middle of the other bolts, also used mastick which you can see on the bumper still as i put way to much on, gotta pull it off now. then it just needs cutting down at each end (i had to cut the gaps out of it first) it cost me £19 from seat new