yer definatly will look good!

probably will put it on, just got to wait to get the car to a garage :)

great thread but please lower it and it will all come together then, keep the two tone tho its really good to see summit different

looking good, must lower it though!

Thanks for your comments guys, like i said, i have a full Gmax 50 mm lowering kit ready to go on, but it's 50/50 whether i'll put it on or sell. hmm decisions.

Keep it dude............:y:

New wheels look awesome Ben, just needs lowering :)

Update: New stealth parcel shelf and boot build (plus more snow)
 

Woke up this morning to a good 6/7 inches of snow, so i thought i'd do something productive today :A:

Snow:





Firstly made a re-inforced parcel shelf, which i cut holes in and covered with ice black carpet. The underside was meshed to protect the Vibe Slick 6x9's which were put underneath.

as you can see, it looks standard from above :)

The speakers were then screwed onto some black MDF and then screwed to the underside of my parcel shelf.





I then got out my extensive blueprints for the boot build, which was drawn at work :P

I planned to build a false floor which hides my wiring kit for the sub and also incoorperated a hideaway cubby hole to house my loose bits and bobs.

False floor was cut to size, and my dad and I screwed a runner near the edge to keep the scissor jack in. It was then trimmed in black carpet.

No progress pics, just the finished result :)


I also had a cold cathode neon accent light to put on the underside of the parcel shelf, but my cigarette lighter stoppped working.

As you can see below, the 6x9's sit underneath the parcel shelf and can't be seen from outside. The sound is still good because only the mesh and thin carpet covers them :y:


This pic shows the runner we made to house the jack



We threaded a rope puller through the top of the cut-out section for easy access.


As you can see, the section is practically invisible against the rest of the floor. Tight as a ducks arse.


This pulls away revealing my odds and sods.



Finished result :)



Before:

After:

hopefully new rear diffuser, gear knob gaitor surround and possibly GMax 50m lowering kit to come this week. :)

Still not sure about lowering it though. Seems like it would put added pressure on the drive shafts..and it's just reached 100,000 miles.. cant really afford to fork out for any more repairs, specially after i've just bought new clutch and gearbox!

What do people think? would it be worth it?

It WILL be worth it, it'll look 100000000000x better lowered mate. It honestly makes that much of a difference, not just in looks the handling would be a lot better also. Just a subtle 40mm wont add too much pressure to the shafts. Good updates aswell Ben, done a really good job tbh.

I likes it :y:

Cheers mate, appreciate it :) i more than likely will lower it..as soon as it warms up a bit!

Thanks mate :y:

car is getting better by the day! Really didnt like it when you first got it! looks like you are putting in the effort to bring up to scratch though!
Like the wheels! are they fiesta ZS phase 2 alloys? look like it!
Rocker cover needs attention, yours needs lowering like myne! lol

il have that gmax kit if you decide to sell mate but keep it yaself car looking realy good absolute bargain for what you got it for :)

getting there mate lower lower lower but nice

thanks a lot mate, i wasnt too sure when i bought it either, but i saw the potential and hopefully im going in the right direction :D

Cheers buddy, i probably will use the kit, but you have first dibs if i sell it :y: I know, absolute billy bargain!
Thanks mate, appreciate the comment :y:


Bought a remote gain controller and extra RCA's to be wired up for my active sub, so will try and do something trick with that later. Am also going to wire in a neon accent light into my interior light for the boot build.

Pics to follow at some point :)

nice work on the boot build

have fitted accent light, quad led in boot and bass controller today, pics to come tomorrow :)

cheers mate, wanted it to be subtle. nice place to hide my locking wheel key too :P

got some self tappers today for my gaitor surround. pics + update to come soon.

gaitor surround now on, and picking up my other saxo later so will get some pics

polished rocker cover, wire covers and evo mirrors with indicators now on, pics tomorrow :)

Update
 

update on lots of little things, mirrors, engine bay, lighting etc. i'l let the pictures do the talking :)










Subwoofer control



Accent light (obviously brighter in the dark :P)



and the engine bay :) before and after...

BEFORE:



AFTER:





picking up the rear diffuser tomorrow from my westy too. Hopefully ill get it sprayed and fitted soon. Oh yeh, and will be transfering lowering kit onto it too

looking good mate

thanks :y:

engine bay looks good mate. :y:

Engine bay looks spot on mate, didnt like the car too much to start with tbh, but youv turned it around and its starting to look decent well done mate :y:

thanks mate, spent a long time on that :)

Cheers mate, i think so too :y:

More Pics today after a wash, g3 and polish..

Before and Afters
 

First Pictures from about a year ago





Today





More updates to come this week

Looks good mate! But those angels have some serious condensation!

thanks bud, the angle made them look worse than they were, i took the pics about 2 mins after washing it. after 5/10 mins, condesation had gone, so theyre not too bad :)

more updates to come soon. more done to engine bay, and a new addition begginning with K and ending with N.

Just looked at whole Thread, good job lovely car

engine bay is looking sweeeet

thanks mate, looks a bit different now, 1 or 2 new chrome covers, new induction etc so pics to come :)

thanks mate, glad you like it

K&N Air filter and chrome mani cover
 

Bought a K&N induction kit (thanks andySAXOK). Cleaned it up with K&N filter cleaning kit and re-oiled pleates. I also detatched the cold air feed from the standard air filter and put it in place.

Also freshened up the bay with a chrome manifold cover. New polishing bits bought, so i'll try and polish my rocker cover to the manifold standard!

apologies for phone pictures!

MOT tomorrow so will treat her to a valet in and out just for the MOT man. Pics of results tomorrow

Looks Very nice mate. it has really cleaned up well imo. get it lowered and it will look mint!!