Little bit of progress after work today.

Got a filler spreader made and started applying filler to the weld, but I ran out half way through, still miles off lol. :wall:


Important boot progress!


lol. :drink:

Nice man!! Very nice!!! Glad to see your doing all the work yourself and to a high level :)

nice work mate, keep it up

Thanks, just the sticker is inaccurate to where my bumper is! Going to have to photoshop my own... :p

Fixed, sorry its late lol I'm tired, no idea how to edit either. :bored:

i was going to say, you look like you know what your doing mate, bloody good job your doin too

I love that bumper looks amazing youve done a great job with making all the lines match up :y: . Get that front and rear end down though :p

I've been told the same off friends lol, the coilovers have a good bit left to wind down. Do you think I'll need arch work to drop it a little lower?

you know it makes sense :). Nah i wouldnt have thought so as you have spacers and good sized tyres just get it sitting just on the tyres :p

I'll give it a shot this weekend between filling! ;)

Small update, did some work on my boot after work.

The bit of filler above where the "Saxo" badge was, was a small dent, but its gone now! :y:

Progress is slow and steady, trying to get a body-shop like finish takes time! :(

Made a custom sanding block for the bottom sill on the boot so I can get the lines matched up.




Still hope to be finished and onto smoothing the door handles and keyholes this weekend. :bored:

This looks amazing so far mate. Keep it up :y:

Nice progress mate.

Wish i had a custom sanding block for the bottom sill on the boot when i was respraying mine lol, had a bloody dent right on it took ages to get 100% with a regular filler spreader.

looks awesome mate just been through ur thread and the work ur doing is good and proper keep it up!
the hard work will be worth it!

Finished ready to prime!:drink:



Bought some low profile Xsara washer jets off eBay too, to mount into the front sill and smooth the bonnet later this week.

Bump, washer jets aren't on yet but I wanted to start work on cleaning the bonnet.

Relocating the jets to the scuttle was an easy job! :y:


Wet and dry sanded, just about ready to prime.


Door locks and bump strip badges next, four weeks till spraying! The boot and bumper need a gallon of stopper before that though..:fcuk:

going really well keep up the good work

looks well nice mate good effort cant wait to see the finished out come

Rather you than me im not very pratical

looks good steady progress though :)

thats going to look really smart mate! keep it up!!

doing some good work their! like your ideas!

should be awesome when its all painted. im interested to see the rear boot and bumper finished.

big fan on the relocated washer jets!

i like how youve got the washers mate :)

Thanks for the comments everyone! ;)

Done a little door cleaning today. Removed the door badges and painted the recess with evo stick, then sprayed it with sand to give a good surface for filler to bond to.


I also de-locked the car, fiberglassed behind the hole.


One picture of the whole car, although its a tad messy my thread needs a 'whole' picture!


I've filled all the recesses in each door but its too dark to take a picture!

really top notch work here, will be somthing else when its done! Will keep a close eye on the progress

Good work :y:
Cant wait to see it finished :)

looks great, how about smoothing in a dimma grill?

maybe these? only £190 including subframes

Thanks for the comments and input!:bored:

I've done the grill earlier in the thread.

As for the interior I'm going to do a custom retrim.


Unsure about colour though, its still in planning until I finish the bodywork.:y:

Great progress there mate. Good work. Im looking forward to seeing more pics

Think this will look mint top work fella

cars looking very good how had was it to make that licence plate recess .. :y:

very good woorks!:afro:
i like keskin kt8 and the rear number plates on bumper,will also big mouth on front bumper?

looking good mate :y: , cant wait to see it when its finished

Your cars looking good, I just want to know about the washer jet relocation, did you use the standard saxo washer jets? And do they work as well as in the bonnet?

Looking good mate, i love the euro smooth look!

go for the cream on the custom re-trim :) lol

Thanks for the comments everyone.;)

With a wooden mould for the fiberglass bit, and an accurately measured cut-out from the origonal bumper, its easy, just blending it in with filler takes a long time, but as does any filler work if you want a really good finish.

The washer jets work fine after I directed the jets with a pin into my window lol, I have some flat black Xsara ones from eBay now just waiting to put them on, trying to finish prep work for spraying.

I might remove the vertical slats from the bumper, want to keep some lines in the car. :p

Bump! Had the front bumper off today to make the lower 'grill' into a single bar, and remove all of the vertical slats, although after removing all of the supporting bits of plastic the middle bar was so wobbly, me and my Uncle just lopped it out. Widemouth!


Did a little work on the boot too, fitted a solenoid onto a plate and my Grandad made a mechanical way to get into the car, incase my central locking fails or the battery goes flat, the where-abouts of which will be a closely guarded secret lol!


Thats just about all of the body work done for me, car goes in for spraying in 5 days!:drink:

good progress lookig forward to it all painted :y: