Cheers mate

Pugdan - Will be doing the doorcards in leather to match hopefully in time for FCS ;)

UPDATE - New skirt prepped up

Here's a few pics of my skirt after getting it for the bargain price of £12 at my local breakers ;)
Thanks to everyone else who tried to help here tho and offered me theirs :y:





Skirt being sanded and prepped for primering


Paint stipper used before this. Great monkey halfrauds products shown


Then wet+dry paper used from 800 grade upwards to about 1200 grit to ensure a smooth finish
for the primer to bond to


First layer of primer


Second then third layers of primer on and smoothed ready to paint


Sorry bout this last pic as its crap quality


2x300ml Grey plastic primer @ 5.49 = £10.98
1xpack Wet+dry paper assorted = £1.99
Paint stripper and some Isopon P38 + P40 for the bargain price of £3

Total spend today of £15.97 lol :P

Tommorow's plan is to go and see silver_saxo and get it painted up with some custom made up paint to match

Then give it 3/4 good layers of decent, deep + glossy lacquer

Will be fitted tommorow night and the car given a quick cleaning whore session for Sundays guilford meet ;)



Cheers for looking everyone :y:

NEW SKIRT - Part 2 coming soon!

Didnt have the time to go see silver_saxo so had to settle for a halfrauds jobby in the end

End results and guide up later ;)

looking good mate :y:

looking good mate. get some pics up as soon as its finished.

NEW SKIRT part-2

Had to get a custom paint made up at halfrauds in the end, which actually was a really good match and looked subtle but good in the end results

Side skirt laid down after 3 coats of primer and being sanded, ready for the first coat of paint along with some other bits which i decided to do while i was at it:
~Heater grills
~Speaker grills
~Cigarette lighter element (dont ask why LOL)
~Pull out tray compartment
~Heater control knob
~Heater control sliders
~Fuse box cover (then decided against it)



Most of my kit


Every piece laid out sanded and ready for primer


First few layers of paint done ready for one more then lacquer


Every component laid out painted and ready for a some lacquer


Some finished results after two/three coats of lacquer







Components on the car



Everything looks much better and more obvious on and in the car in the flesh and can all be seen at FCS

Sorry for the quality of some of the pics as the conditions/light wasnt great most of the time!
Side skirt is all finished and ready to fit but on Sat 23rd, night before the SE meet it wouldnt fit straight on so i will modify the mounts to fit soon and get some more pics up

Cheers and enjoy, comments welcome!

Some plans before FCS ;)

Skirt fitted
Alloy refurb
Boot build re-built with false floor
and NEONs

coming soon...

Looking ace man!!!! Defently looks better in the flesh! You've gotta take me out somewhen!

If you do need a rad my offer still stands :y:

Looking good mate. pics not really doing justice but looks good!

May take you up on that soon , the radiator that is :p

I know matey :(, sorting her out in the next few weeks and will have lots more progress
and pics to put up then when me and Crackers take both of ours out for a photoshoot :y:

looking good mate !!!

Cheers matey

i love it!its a flaking car mate..the colour is unreal:clapping:

Cheers sarah, quite a rare colour and i love it :p

Pics of yours, progress thread?

ya its a class colour funnily enough my boyf was thinkin of sprayn his vts that colour a while back
ya i have loads of pics of my vtr but im waay too lazy to put em up at the min.. pm me your bebo addy!

Nice colours.....Good wheels...

Thanks mate, wheels are being refurbed soon

Any more comments/improvements?

looks good, the cig lighter and the fan knob wont light up will they!!!, get up some better pics as i wont be at fcs :(

very smart mate ! think i might spray my speaker covers

Doesnt matter, dont use them lol

Be getting some chrome soon and new LEDs all over the dash so just a little DIY experimentation :p

Cheers for the comments

What colour you going for mate?

Few updates today :y:

Kept meself busy with a few pre-show mods today and gave both cars a good clean in a 3 hour odd whoring session :p

Finished side skirt ready to be fitted once i'v got some parts from my local Tates citroen dealers...





Made a shopping list of what i need and this is some of it :p

* Gromit for rear wiper
* Skirt and body clips
* Plugs
* Washer
* Screws

Part 2 to follow ;)

Part 2

Just come back from Tates Citroen with the parts and dropped past a huge halfrauds on the return trip for some more stuff

Here's what the haul looks like (minus some more cleaning goodies which u'v all seen before, Meg's glass cleaner and trim condition and leather cleaner/conditioner)

Old skirt holdings


Nice shiny new ones £1.50 a clip, i was robbed LOL


Skirt screws


Halfrauds stuff



Whole hoard :p


And look what came in the post for next week;)

Part 3

Last set of pics from todays work

Managed to fix the exhaust today by re-welding it and replacing some sections of pipe that were rotten and shite.

Also re-furbed the rear box at the same time and checked the whole system over, which now makes the system sound and run much better, more of a growl to the exhaust now :y:

Also managed to de-wiper the rear screen and make a custom gromit as all of the ones i found didnt fit and were crap
fit the new skirt that i made earlier then give her a good clean along with my other car by having a thorough whoring session ;)

Here's a cheeky snap of the new subs for my fiesta


I gazed out of the window between washing cars just daydreaming :p



Skirt is finally on, nice shadow i know. First time shes had both skirts on (been fully dressed) in about 4 months:P



Last couple of pictures of the rear screen :y: and yes its all reflection not dirt btw;)



Going to return some stuff to halfrauds for the refundage and give the interior a going over tommorow before i colour code the door locks and petrol cap lock to make them blend in with the paintwork

Wheel bearing will also be fitted this week and more prep to make sure shes tip-top for the show
which means spending lots more money on cleaning and engine goodies ;)

Cheers and enjoy, more updates soon

Red

Thoughts and comments please people?

Um.. It's shit.

Nah joke mate, looks like a stunner, love the pictures... Alloys could do with a refurb.

Rest is nice and clean, keep it that way. :d

(uncle has a refurb company... Would be about £140 for those 4 i think...PM me if interested)

Very nice mate, agree about the refurb suggestion though

In the pipeline, got loads to fit in for Trax

Thanks though

Gave her a good clean last night and the new rear lights and arial are on so will post the pics up later

Door and filler cap locks have also been sprayed black and the badges removed :y:

nice and clean mate:y: saxo's coming along nicely:P keep up the good work:y:

Coming along nicely, on scedule for Trax i hope, want to see it done. ;)

Will be dude, just booked her in for some bodywork to be done

Alloys refurbed in a few weeks:y: finally
Headlights and fogs resprayed also ;)

Going to be a Trak beast at TRAX mate, although no passengers so we need plenty of videoage of me lapping Sayer especially :p

Pics up tonight when i get home and have made my RIP fiesta thread for my old car lol

Red

Here are my old lights that i have just removed to fit the new smoked rears i have



Comparison between the old and new lights, not very noticeable but subtle and i think there lush :p



New short arial in place of the old 'weapon' of an arial that was fitted...


Here you can see the huuuuge diffence in size

More pics of the car...

Stupid deep angled shot that shows of the gloss


Rear shot







More to come later....

Last set of pictures






Comments please :p?

Next to come are alloys being refurbed
Lights smoked
Trip to the bodyshop to fill the wholes and sort out some aspects of the paint
New suspension set up and coilovers
Some well needed performance mods inc manifold and exhaust
Stripping her for TRAX :A:

Red

looks mint mate. you've done a quality job on the cleaning!! have you whored the engine bay as well? would be nice to see some pics of that too if you have. good work!

red top work matey,will look mint at trax with all the gear youve been busy buying.looks like you did a good job of the skirt, and the car relly polishes up nice. look forward to seeing you at trax mate.

Engine bays getting a steam clean and full polish in the days leading up to TRAX

Thanks for the comments everyone, glad the effort iv put into her is starting to pay off,
just hope someone doesnt bin it into me when we go on the track

Cleaned, but not whored yet as im still waiting on some goodies to arrive ;)

Thanks for the comments fella, love your car too.

Want a GTI as a project next year but think i should just stick with the VTS and turn her into a track slaaag:p

Looking forward to TRAX too mate, good luck with the new setup sounds very tidy :y: