Proper Introduction

[PhilW]

Hi all,

I'm Phil from Shropshire.

Thought i would update you all on the progress of my car.

Looked like this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/Jokerboyphil/Pimped.jpg

...up until a couple of weeks ago, when it was involved in an accident.

It is now being repaired, and looks like this...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/Jokerboyphil/untitled.jpg

By next weekend it will have the following done...

Smoked headlights & foglights
New Grill (courtesy of Luke VTR)
New Back Box
Rear Splitter
Arse end dropped more

and then next month some OZ Super Leggera's.

Stealth !

P.S - The car already currently hosts a stainless steel 4 branch manifold, decat and remus racing centre section.

[Baz]

what was messed in the crash mate?

[PhilW]

Front bumper, bonnet, windscreen and the roof was creased.

Luckily it didnt damage any pillars, so its just a case of a new roof skin rather than fill it with... filler !

[liamk15]

Worlds first convertible saxo smileys/smiley20.gif


Should get them to make it into this smileys/smiley4.gif


/members/liamk15/C4C57_saxo17.jpg

[Baz]

not too bad then Phil, you having to pay for this or what?

love that when i saw it Liam, anyone daring to try it!?

[Luke]

Correct me if i am wrong, but i am sure Landys car has the same last 3 digits on plate.

EDIT - Landys is KCD lol

[Baz]

Correct me if i am wrong, but i am sure Landys car has the same last 3 digits on plate.

EDIT - Landys is KCD lol

you mean letter smileys/smiley2.gif and wow.....smileys/smiley17.gif

[Mr_Hush]

Worlds first convertible saxo smileys/smiley20.gif


Should get them to make it into this smileys/smiley4.gif


/members/liamk15/C4C57_saxo17.jpg

does anyone have the 3d model for the program this was created in please? smileys/smiley4.gif

[hesslevtr]

welcome mate

shame about your car

plans sound good though

[mike_obuk]

make a convertable! would be very unique then! lol

[Sax1lora]

I started a this (http://www.sax-p.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21481&KW=convertible+saxo) about convertiable saxos ages ago!

wouldnt like to crash in one though!

[leminho]

it would be a unique car man,
nice what are you going to do with your car.
Don't forget to post some pics of your car when he's fixed

[grantsmith1985]

I started a this (http://www.sax-p.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21481&KW=convertible+saxo) about convertiable saxos ages ago!

wouldnt like to crash in one though!
I would rather crash a convertable one then a normal one. For it to be a factory standard convertible it needs to have solild struts and a whole lot of strenghtening on the Chasis to support the roof not being there. Therefor it would be a hell of a lot stronger then a standard saxo. Just dont roll it, lol.

[Sax1lora]

fair do's Grant!!

[Graeme]

plans sound good matey!! smileys/smiley14.gif

its going to look like mine then smileys/smiley17.gif smileys/smiley17.gif

[chaseyelaine]

welcome, look forward 2 seein your pics after its done smileys/smiley10.gif

[PhilW]

Cheers guys, just picked up a load of new parts for her today, coming along nicely smileys/happy.gif

[Reef]

That would be ace if you could actually pull it off, make the saxo into a convertable, i dont know if any of you read the fast car mag, but one of the editors was (i dont know if he still is) converting his nova to like a pick up truck thing. What more of a excuse would one need ? lol !

Anyway, how much is the work going to cost you mate or are you going through insaurance?

[PhilW]

Anyway, how much is the work going to cost you mate or are you going through insaurance?

Not going through insurance pal, works out cheaper for me to do it privately because of my crash history (4 recorded 3 at my fault - unfair !)

Parts have come to about £300 all in (all brand new except for roof) and labour will be about £500.

[PhilW]

Quick Update :

Roof is now on, i took the old bumper off at thew weekend and brought the foglights home, they are now smoked smileys/smiley16.gif

Roof is on as far as i know, dropping off the foglights tonight so ill get you an update pic shortly.

VTS wheels (in anthracite) are purchased and will be picked up at the end of this week.

So far new parts are :

Headlights
Foglights
Exhaust
Rear Splitter
Rear Lowering
Wheels

[leminho]

nice nice
do you have some pics of the car as he is now????

[PhilW]

This is how i left it last thursday :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/Jokerboyphil/FrontRepair.jpg

[PhilW]

Update :

Roof is on and painted, pillars have been blown in to match.

Going down tomorrow night to clean the interior up before we put the seats back in, and it will be ready for the weekend.

on saturday we are then lowering the rear end more, putting the new exhaust and splitter on.

Today my headlights arrived, and i picked up the wheels !

[PhilW]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/Jokerboyphil/RoofFitted.jpg

[PhilW]

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/8540/new0tt.jpg

[Graeme]

looks like my car!! smileys/smiley17.gif

looks really nice!!! smileys/smiley20.gif

[Clouds_mate]

Na looks better then yours G...

Very nice indeed that mate#

[Baz]

looks nice mate, think you need to spray the mesh black though...IMO anyway

[Reef]

Hmmmmmmm the colour is not a match me thinks ....

[Reef]

But overall, nice job. Did you get a genuwine citroen bonnet or copy ?

[AdamW]

Bonnet looks different colour....but otherwise nice mate...

[Reef]

Bonnet looks different colour....but otherwise nice mate...

Exactly what i said, should have blended the colour into the wings. Roof you can get away with.

[Graeme]

[QUOTE=Leckie] Na looks better then yours G...

QUOTE]

cheeky shite!

next time you see mine you will see smileys/smiley14.gif

[Sax1lora]

Its nice, but would be nicer with black wheels IMO smileys/smiley10.gif

[S9_DAN]

very nice, good work! you buy that paint from halfordssmileys/smiley17.gif

[PhilW]

Still not quite finished yet !

Needs mopping, and the wings may have to be blown in at the top, its a shame but unavoidable, he spent hours trying to find a good colour match.

Popping back up tonight to get it mopped, so he will decide what to do then !

Front bumper is a non-gen aswell and fit isnt the best on the passenger side, so will be sorting that aswell.

Not sure if i like the grill now i have the black bits on, may swap it for a standard one !

[PhilW]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/Jokerboyphil/Splitter.jpg

[S9_DAN]

looks nice mate, i would get the Ibiza splitter painted though cause i think they look to "stuck on" and out of place left like that.

just my opinion though !



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