>>> TwoTone Mauritius R <<< Written off :(
 

I've had my Saxo for over a year now so I thought it would be about the right time to create my progress thread.

It bought the car for a knockdown £450, with 95,000 miles on the clock, 15" TSW alloys, alpine head unit, Vibe Slick 400w 6x9s, peco backbox and an pipercross (i think) air filter.

Here it was as i bought it.







The first thing i did was respray the interior trim components, the vents, the speaker grilles and the center section were all flatted off and sprayed silver.




Next I had to sort the engine management light and give the old girl a full service, including oil change, oil filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, new front discs and pads all round, topping up all other fluids, and a general clean up of the engine bay. Ran injector cleaner through the system and also a new gear knob, number plates and lexus lights :oops: were fitted shortly after.



Next I thought I would upgrade the standard sound system with Fli Componants with directional tweeters for the front and a 1000W Fli Active Sub with built in Amp for the boot. These along with the infamous 6x9s sound quality, and im really happy with them :y:.





Next i repainted my calipers from yellow, to blue, and my rocker cover blue to keep with the theme.




More to come tomorrow, its taking longer than i thought lol.
:zainy:

Decided that the blue was too light, so re sprayed in Dark blue

Looking good mate.
Remove the lexarse lights and lower it and it should look good imo. standard lights ftw!

Next i bought a smily grille from an ebay shop, and sprayed it blue, as i thought there was a bit too much silver going on the front end

from this

To this

gave her a good wash and polish (Autoglym Deep Wax)

Next, went standard with the lights, and smoked them to my taste :)

Then removed the door pillar tape :)

Got shot of silver wipers and refurbed originals as they were flakey



from these


to standard :)

Gettin better, anymore?

looks good matey

Good progress mate, how come it was so cheap?!?!

Mileage probs

Next step was window tinting. Used self tint which came out perfectly, just requires patience and a steady hand :) Gives quality results :y:




Bought saxperience stickies :D

Still coming lol, bare with me :)

It was cheap because the guy who i bought it off got done for drink driving and couldnt afford the insurance. MOT was nearing and tax was running out so he wanted a quick sale. It was originally up for 1200 but i got it for 450 in the end :)

Next i bought some VTR alloys from Aterro (cheers buddy) to replace the TSWs.

Again lookin a lot better everytime you put new pictures up :D

Unfortunately, the wheel bolts were completely wrong and looked shabby anyway, so i invested in a brand new set of shiny bolts.



one in


Much better :)

Cheers matey :y: appreciate it, more to come :P

I'll be waitin to see :P

the other day all my electrics cut out whilst driving, then car wouldnt start once id stopped :( woops, new alternator and cam belt please





Only got it fixed today, but im back on the road now :y:

Oh yea forgot to mention, changed the rocker cover gasket when i painted rocker cover :P

More, more :P

Also painted manifold cover and ECU cover silver, to clean up the engine bay

Few Pics after a good clean







Before:



Today :)




Ill update again soon :) (but not today)

oh yea, future plans maybe:

Lower 40/50mm
Refurb alloys (maybe change colour to anthracite/white/polished)

Let me know what you guys think.
cheers :)

How about a little MK1 or MK2 spoiler to it? :P De wipered? Badges removed? 40mm is good man, mines down 40 perfect imo

hmm yeah i like the sound of those ideas, i am fancying a spoiler like you said... i did consider de-badging the rear... how do you lose the holes without fillering and respraying? or are the holes not really noticeable?

Dewipering is a possibility...

Cheers bud

not sure on the two tone on it really, badge on the grill off, the rocker needs spraying and not painted with a brush lol

Cherry foot air freshener ftw :P (2nd from last pic)

You would deffo need to get them filled and resprayed, otherwise you could just spray them a different colour, or tcut them black. But yeah the holes are noticeable so i wouldn't just pop them off. Cost me 70 quid to have it done. Yeah people keep tellin me to get mine dewipered, but i like my wiper, may get a MK2 one as they are better looking!

Yeah i painted it with a brush the first time with the light blue, then sanded and sprayed the second time dark blue... could have spent more time on it but im quite happy with it :)

I wasnt sure on the two tone, but it's grown on me and i love it now, was gonna get a respray, but its really different and looks lovely when its cleaned and waxed :)

Yeh same, my rear wiper is quite handy lol but mk2 ones are a lot more modern and clean looking... i might tcut or spray the badges temporarily as iv got other things to spend money on atm :)

Before I bought the VTR alloys i got a few photoshops (cheers Saxokid) done to see what different alloys looked like with colour coded bodykit.




Then someone did this one for me lol

vtr wheels look good mate:y:

Cheers buddy, they set the car off so much better. Now that i've got smaller wheels on, hopefully lowering soon :y:

Coming on realy well matey!!! keep up the good work....:y:

Looks very good buddy:y: looks spot on so far:)

Cheers mate, its nice to get positive feedback:)

Thanks matey, appreciate the comment :y:

Hopefully more to come in the next few days :P