5 Door Gold 1.1 / Alloys Fitted! /
 

Here is my 5 door 1.1 gold saxo. It’s a mark 2 from 2000 and has 76,000 miles.
Bought it after getting frustrated of not being able to find a small engined car which had to be 5 door Ended up buying this even tho I never intended on buying a saxo. Anyways bought it in May 2008 for £1300 with 12 month mot and 6 month tax and a jvc cd player. I guess I did over pay it was advertised at £1500 wish I had waited till the credit crunch hit cars lol.

Well the first thing I did was put on P plates lol family insisted, anyway car was bog standard for a while since I didn’t intend on doing much in the first place only a 1.1 afterall here is how it looked.



After discovering saxperience and seeing so many people doing things it just grew on me and I had to do some mods lol.


Plans

Things Done

Short Aerial
Sub / amps / Head unit
T cut badges
Xenon Bulbs
Flocked console
Speaker Pods
17cm speakers + pods
Sound deadening

Not Done

Alloys/Tyres
Dent repair on wing
New number plates
Smarten up engine bay (paints..:D)
Paint Calliper and drums black (better than rusty look)

Maybe doing in future

Tint Lights
Induction Kit
Lower 30mm

How it looks at the moment after a clean.



And a snow pic




ICE

Anyway got some ice sorted. Ended up changing amp and sub about 3 times first 2 times they were too low third was good but died (although I ended up not paying fully lol long story) anyways now settled on 2 Alpine amps and a SPL Dynamics sub the comps at the moment are FLI ones but planning on making door pods in summer and putting in 17cm SPL Dynamics comps 

Amps: Alpine MRP – 350, Alpine MRP-T130
Sub: SPL Dynamics V-300-D4 (wired to 2ohms 350rms)
Box: 35 litres sealed
Comps: SPL Dynamics 6.2



Next I wanted to add some sound deadening so bought this off CAD after reading good things:



Great stuff and easy to work with and has made a difference just need to deaden the boot floor and under rear seats now, think al just use something a bit cheaper but Second Skin is very worth the price! I don’t see it coming off in a hurry unlike the crappy stuff I had a bit of before.

Interior

It’s pretty much standard minus the Flocked centre console and tweeters. Had a moment of madness when I got the car tho lol

Before:


After:




Alloys

After looking for some good vtr alloys for ages but none being sold around me or they were damaged etcc… ended up looking on ebay ebay and found these for quite cheap got all 4 for £115 delivered! In two minds of if I should get new rubber for them or just use my current ones since there the same size. I guess it will depend on cash flow and if I get a job  been 4 years looking and no part time job!



Heres the alloys, simple but I like them wont stand out too much:



Maintenance

Got the cambelt and waterpump changed costed a fair bit since some other things needed doing at the time too. Also clutch will prob need changing soon too  saxo’s I guess typical lol but after it all I reckon should be a good few years of trouble free driving am planning on keeping saxo for another year or two if it lasts. Insurance has raped me tbh over £2000 on a 1.1 :S god damn area and drug dealers!

Broke at the mo so alloys prob wont be going on till I get next student payment.
Progress will be slow me thinks :D also need to get some decent pics when weathers a bit better!

Anyways that’s enough for now wrote this all in one go so sorry if I made some mistakes :P

Looking good. I'll be keeping an eye on the progress!

Yeah sam as dan gonna keep an eye on this. Going to look good with the wheels on.

like it, alloys staying silver or they going a different colour?

theyr gonna stay silver for now but am thinking white when i get more cash :D av decided to keep it instead of sell so hmmm expecting a new clutch and then alloys and then... smoked lights i think..:D

tiny update !

Smoked side repeaters on strangely kept the stock bulbs in there soo much brighter! hmm thinking it just might look like it does in my head once i get the calipers/drums painted in black too.


also led interior light. :S


also wired in some led strips to footwell (i know!) not connected yet made a mess of the button so waiting for another to arrive :D gonna get paid (loan lol) from uni soon alloys shud be on within a couple weeks i hope :D

nice car iv got the same :) gold 5door lol im after all the gold side trim and bumpers but cant seem to find them anywhere lol keep it up :D

Welcome to the flat arch crew fella!

You car looks like a good starting base. I would spray the alloys black instead of white mate. Smoked jewels on the rear, smoked headlights and fogs, lowered and then leave it. Will look mint ;)

If you fancied a challenge I'd try and VT* kit it. I reckon 5 doors look really smart and different when VT kitted.

Got to say that five door VT looks mint! :P

lol i started a thread a while ago about vt kits and someone posted them pics. Looks really good i think will be a challenge though. am ognna be going down the smoked route hence the repeaters lol

the paintworks a bit shit in places got some laquer peeling went over with a aerosol laquer to stop it for now looks cack close up though lol may get it re done if i can no way am paying for a respray

thanks for the comments and good to be in the flat arch crew lol

Nice car

wont be spraying the alloys black anytime soon tbh its just soo common around here, but in future it is tempting lol since most of the other bits will be black/dark

tasty! i like that!
though im still a big fan of 3 doors... weld the rear doors and smooth them :y:

car looks good mate, needs lowering though :p.

The kitted 5 door is fookin sex tbh :panic:

Not being funny but that would look crap. The front doors will look tiny, length wise and the windows would look stupid as they arent the same as a 3 door. Just my two pence.

i agree why try and make it something it isnt.... tbh i like the 5 doors easier to get stuff in lol

lowering is the last thing on my mind tbh since i do carry people in the back often. al see how it looks with the alloys on first ;)

I think it's good to have a 5 door mate as hardly anyone has them. So pretty much whatever you do to it it will still be "different"!

Tiny update again, finally wired the leds to a switch (was a bitch!)

anyway here they are, was suprised to see they were the chavvy audi style ones:homme:





al try and get some better pics, cams so shit in dark

not too bad, i dont honsetly think neons/LED in the footwells look too bad if done tastefully with other subtle lighting. nice.

yeah i chose leds as there less brighter than the neons. also they match the car and they wont break easily or come off :)

i know how much of a pain neon tubes can be when they get kicked. broken so easily. good choice, your right they do match colour of the car nicely

couple more of the lights lol in evening and night

Footwell neons are good in clean cars, otherwise it just lights up the dirt and the nike air max's innit bruv.

aint no chav homie n they aint neons init blud! and some people keep there car clean so there is no dirt... and my trainers are adidas

i would attempt a VT kit...

yeah, those neons definately look spot on in the dark as well. I take it there switched, where did you mount the switch?

the switch is next to the hazard flasher thing you can see it lit up, also there connected so that they can only be turned on when the sidelights/headlights are on.

Its pretty easy if you fit them can help out if needed :)

vt kit maybe if i have a loada cash to burn later on or i buy another car and do the kit myself. Am hoping it looks ok with just the alloysand a few other bits. The vt kit is soo common going to try making a flat arch look good thats the challenge lol especially a 5 door :D

gonna give it a mega whoring session in a week or two can someone recommeend a good polish and wax? ( already got Autoglym SRP and extra gloss) wanting the more wet effect for summer

cheers mate, i think i will be able to do it, its not too complicated. just was interested in how you did yours :)

the leds will glue on easily on driver side under the steering column and on passenger side just cable ties to tie it to some fusebox wires ;)

slight update put in some xsara washer jets and whiter bulbs on front (will get pics soon)

also finally got my door pod painted and all fitted onto one door card, working on making another quite happy with how the first one turned out :)

couldnt be botherd to retrim the doorcards its a big headache! just bought some grey ones for the pods look good i think. Shame the speakers don't come with grills





alloys delayed till mid april :( just can't afford to pay out for it now :P

looking good mate, ahhhh i want mine all colour coded !! jelous lol :) iv got same car but half gold half plastic black but cant find a gold 5dr breaking Anywhere lol good luck with the mods

looks great mate i have same headunit as you but my aux in dont work does yours? i know its a huge problem with the headunit

really like those pods, good job on them

works fine mate you got the right cable? also theres 2 holes in the back one for mp3 the others for a remote maybe yours in the wrong one :d

thanks for the kind words people ') one pods in the other will be in in a couple days :D

Gave it a clean today as i had a load of time after the F1 (Button FTW!)

not had much time to get pics after the 4 hours of whoring

used the following:

Kent Noodle wash mitt + 2 bucket method
Kent polish applicator pads
Few microfibre cloths
Autoglym SRP + EGP + Bodyshampoo + Fast glass
Turtle wax wet n black
Meguires Mirror glaze #16 wax

The results all done by hand ...

nice n tidy motor you've got there bud. I would mesh the front grill and maybe smoke jewel rear lights. I agree - you were rather raped on the insurance lol:wall: