Aint seen you around crawley yet fella! Where do you normally hang out?

Heat under the car is much lower than before i removed the shields now
and im still re-sealing and painting the underside before FCS anyways
so i cant see any problems dude.

i hope you're right! lol

i dont want to be getting a hot arse[/QUOTE]

Just dont stain my seats when we're on track and you'll be fine mate haha!

At least my car runs *cough* ;)

Love you really lol.
Need to sort out the Valeo next sat if you're around man.

Thanks Scott! :y:

New zorst really is so much better hehe.
I'll be up there a few times next week dude.

Do you mean me Red? AlexR sorted me out today :)

Goodridges are finally on lol!? :fcuk:

Yeh, fluff done the originals to tight when he fitted the 180's so Alex had to cut them off :P

Gayb0y :P I could take mine for a spin later but i'm patient so i will wait till i'm happy with it :)

Looking good mate, be good to meet you on the ring trip :)

Looking good mate :D :D

Bloody Fluff...

Bet he had his shirt over his head while he fitted them.
He tried to fit mine and i ended up doing most of it and then double-checked everything he'd done after just to be sure lol.

Good to know everythings all sorted now for ya mate :y:

Noticed any difference?
The pedal was slightly harder on mine and the brakes slightly more responsive.

Will be sexual hearing the sound of that maxi set-up being used properly when you take her for that first spin soon ;)

Are you gonna do what Josh said and get the other stuff done around mapping?

Danke shon Josh :beer:

You too mate :y:

Cheers Damo :A:

Hope we actually get some good pictures and videos 2nite if i can make it.
I'll speak to Perry for ya btw.

sexual helmet red, youve been damn busy aswell.

be nice to see this at french car show, my gunmetal beast and your gunmetal beast :D maybe we should park next to each other aha

dont stain the seats?

i wont make any promises.

depends on the quality of your driving. lol

No Oz to dissaprove of the parking arrangements this year :sad:

Has to be done ;)

Have you sorted out insurance now mate?
Drive to the Ring will be a laugh :D

More progress on the grille tonight as its ALMOST finished :afro:

Be good to see that grille on the car once its done. Looks good atm though!

Made some awesome buys and will have to have a look at fcs! Then again probably only see your new exhaust as you overtake me on track!

Ta Skorpion - its been to long without a grille tbh...

Trying to loose the shed approach and sort the exterior out a bit before FCS to a half-decent standard :p

Grille has been fully painted and given around 4 or 5 decent coats of lacquer.
Removed the rest of the top bumper of yesterday to test-fit everything and get everything in place.

Measured the grille to the upper bumper (original grille mounts were fooked to be fair lol) so i had to use some filler and bondant to make decent new mounts up so the whole thing stays in place.

Been left to dry and harden for the last 24-odd hours just as a precaution!

Quick polish up and a wipe then i'll re-fit the finished jobby back onto the car in a bit :)

Get it on now fella! I'd started mine before you and I finished yesterday lol!

yeah, insurance is all cool. covered for the whole of the EU for no extra :A: :D :y:

going to be immense!

You have time to spare tho mate lol :homme:

Good to hear man! :D :cool:
Canny wait haha!

Right end of excuses.

The grille is finished and pictures speak louder than words.
I'll add some anyway...

Added a couple of top coats to make the flake pop more and add depth as the last few coats seemed a bit thin to me...



Left to dry for 24 hours-ish and then added a few decent layers of lacquer to add shine, gloss and protection to the finish...







Layed the grille on top of the upper-bumper section to get an idea of how much i needed to fill and bond to make the custom mounts strong enough to hold and keep the grille in place...









After leaving the filler and bonding mixture for another 24 hours :ponder:
I re-measured up the backing mesh...















Fitting the grille...
(Whoring skills havnt been up to much recently as you can see lol)









I'll get some before + after's of all three versions of grille's that have been on my car the last few months so you can see how much better this looks.

Glad its finished and fitted after 2 weeks of work.
Couldn't be arsed to mess the finish up and have to re-do anything so i
took time and got it pretty much spot-on with just rattle cans and some patience :D :p

Red

I like that, nice work Red.

How you doing?

Looks awesome mate. really like how the grille blends in

om nom nom nom nom

that looks great!!

is it just shadows, or is the spike of the top chevron hidden under the grille?

I must say the grill isn't my cup of tea at all.

Fair play for being different though mate, we all know how hard that is with saxo's nowadays.

:y:

Grill looks great fella! Nice work :)

Tar Anthony :)

Good thanks mate, hows mangy?
Need to drop you a text or catch up properly soon man!

Cheers Grant :y:

Looks better in the flesh as you can see the flakes popping but its still pretty stealth which is sort've the look i was going for.

Yeah man it sits a little bit underneath which im liking :D

Thanks dude.

Bit like marmite i guess...
Sick of having no grille altogether so thought id make this a bit different.

Thankyou buddy :A:
Need to have a looky at yours now.

Have fun on hols and holla when your back man!!! :y:

Well my progress thread has been updated with pics so have a browse fella :)

I'll give you a buzz when i'm back home fella! Did you get some walkie talkies for the convoy?

Just got back from the Renault World Series at Silverstone and im creamed so im gonna pop up the progress from yesterday...

Frodo front pads are on, hopefully you all know what a brake pads looks like so i wont bother with pics lol. Bedding them in slowly for use at Rockingham in a couple of weeks ;)

Out with the old in with the new...yesterday i ditched the shitty, broken and completely fooked rad.









No rad :fcuk:



Comparison of old vs new to show how shit the old radiator was...



New Alu Valeo radiator with 82 thermostat (helps to keep the engine run slightly cooler :))









State of the old scrap after me and Alex gave it the 'can i stand on it' test, dropped it a couple of times, stamped on it and dropped a hammer on it a few times lol...



Bled the whole system and re-filled it.
Takes 7 litres in total to top-up a VTS radiator!

Downsides....i need a new passengers driveshaft and the car is filthier that a slag's keg's but it gives me a chance to clean up the whole underside next weekend, re-seal and re-paint and mess around with the interior before FCS.

More next week and FCS prep progress :)

If anyone has a passenger's side VTS driveshaft up for grabs then lemme know ASAP please.

Cheers
Red :y:

You owe me a lot of beer now ;)

You have a spare rad and turned down a lift to Silverstone ;) :homme:

Just got myself a driveshaft btw so i'll bring a few beers over then and cook up a BBQ or summat :)

you used gloves, ya big poof :homme:

Well spotted matey lol.

Actually Alex 'the big poof' did :homme:

I went rambo and used my bare-hands!

Sexual update tonight with the last couple of days work on the car.

Think im also going to take the grille apart AGAIN and mod it further as im bored of the current look already :err:

ooooo goody, spryed my grll this morn, well the outer part the slats needed a touch more filler

wheres this update then.... :homme:

whats going on in this thread??? im lost lol

grilles looking sweet mate, haven't been on the forum for a few days! really liking the mk1 mk2 mix looks ace!

I'll try and follow you into FCS gunmetal grey saxo convoy :p just dont speed off if only got a vtr lol :n:

Pics up matey?

Love the way yours is coming along last time i saw it :y:

Didnt get any time last night to upload the pics dude :sad:

Will be up after i've finished a few things tonight fo' sho'.

This is a saxo website and you're on a car progress thread mate lol ;)

Cheers Lee :)

Need to see your car out of the bodyshop and back with you asap man!
Not sure wether to go all out and take the grille apart again or not now lol.
A lot of work but it will be sweet and look better than what it does atm imao :ponder:

Decisions! :panic:

Haha i'll be taking it easy until we get on track later on buddy ;)

Pics of all 3 types of grille i've had on (or off :err:) over the last year...

Original grille...









Grille no. 2 - no grille...



Number 3 - custom grille...













- I've actually had 5 grille's of you count the bit of mesh-as-an-excuse grille i had on a while back :p...

Grille number 4 coming soon.

I like number 3 mate

Tar matey :)

Keeping that style and colour but smoothing out the chevrons for a cleaner and more subtle-ish look next i think...