Saxo 1100 Progress SaxSpeed
 

Bought the saxo last week n done a few things so far

Firstly its a Forte 1.1 2002
with 38k on the clock,

Got hold of it for £850 so thats great



Fairly Standerd so far so first of all so did some free modifications

De-Wiper
Fairly Easy jus took the back panel off the boot removed the screws and bolts holding the wiper motor in and fitted a 22mm Blanking off Gromit.

T-Cut Badges
Really easy just get some T-Cut and go over the badges really nuting else to it.



De-Badge
Just poured some boiling hot water over the "forte" Badges on eather side and then sliped a credit card down the back and once they wer off i went over it with some t-cut to polish it up.



De-Cat
Took the 4 bolts off the heat sheild, and uncliped the 2 lambda sensors then toot the 2 clips off the top of the radiator, diconected the bottom hose and draind the water. Then took the 2 bolts out of the exhaust joining the downpipe to the piupe going to the backbox. Then took out the 8 bolts holding the manifold on and then finaly took out the bolt onto the gearbox.

Jack the front of the car up and take it out in one. Then i seperated the manifold from the cat, knocked the ceramic plates out of it then rebuilt the car back up.

Get a nice whine out of it and it will make do for the moment.

Getting a Full VT Bodykit, Dimma Grill, M3 mirrors and more on thursday, will let you know how it goes,

sorry if youv seen this post before just couldnt get the pictures to load

Moved to where all progress threads should be buddy.

Thanks

plans sound good man.

personally i wouldn get m3 mirrors...you cant see shit out of them.
keep standards.

you know how if you tint the reflectors in your lights its illegal?
coukld you not tint them then put other reflectors on like a strip along the bottom of the boot?

Yeah that's what you get with most aftermarket lights, looks pants though imo

owell ill just tint the lights n nt bother lolz if i get stoped i cn always just say i had reflector but they fell of lol

Got a set of O.Z Racing 16" Superleggera alloys n refurbd them black will have pics up soon :D

Mesh Grill
Got my grill meshed today, just took the bolts on the back out cut the slats out of it cut the mesh to fit in the back of it then joind it all back together



O.Z Ultraleggra alloys
these are great bought them from the srcapys for £20 each and considering they rrp is £425 each thats a great saving lol, first off all i sanded down the alloys getting rid of any rubish on them



Then Primerd them with 2 coats then put a coat of black paint on them




[I]Once they were dry i gave them a couple of coats of laquer and there they are[/U]:D

What use think of a blue pinstripe round the outside a vtr kit and tint the rar lights?

i love the ultra's!!!!!!!! I think they looked nice in matt black though!!

you've done a nice job on them rims mate:A:

yeh there not as shiney as they look in that picture lol

Great job on the alloys! :)

Rite got some more stuff done now to the saxo, havent had time to fit the ultralegras yet though

Tint Headlights
Basicly unbolt the headlight, 3 bolts then remove the bulbs. Now heat the lights in a oven to melt the glue, once seperated sand the plastic suround the coluor of your choice after you have primerd them, once dry re-melt the glue insert the suround and refit.



Tinting Rear lights and Indicators
[I]remove the one thumb screw on the rear of the rear light and then unclip the wireing and disconect, once apart all you do is paint the lights with a 70 percent lacur paint and 30 percent paint, i used black and then do the same on the indicators and refit[I]





Dimma Grill
Basicly unbolt the old grill and bolt on the new one



Next i think ill get a Dimma FuelCap and Vtr Spoiler and Get The O.Zs Fitted, What use think?

Short Shift
Got short shift done only takes 5 mins, take the linkage out, then pull the nob off, cut 50-60 of the shaft then araldite the nob bk on



Dials
Take the steering wheel of, dismantel the clocks, scan them into the pc, change them, print them out then rebuild



Colour Code
Basicly paint what you like whatever colour you like, going to respray the steeringwheel black again, sticks out a bit much i think.





comments?

not sure on your clocks mate :\

whats short shift?
i actually quite like that steerin wheel lol , you aint hangin around with doin stuff 2 ur saxo :)

there so much better at night and face to face if u get me

Got loads more to do lyk, dimma fuel cap, Spoiler, vtr bodykit, m3 mirrors, rear tint, Lower it, gt my O.Z Racing alloys on, mudflaps, Full Race System with no cat

n thats just in the next few months,

you shd subscribe to my thread :D

The OZ's look well nice! how the hell did you get such a deal on them?

plans are sounding really good mate.

The sax looks good, and plans sound even better bud!

Updating super fast! You're a progress monster :P

I dont think the guy knew they wer good alloys lolz n they had a fair few scufs in them before i refurbished them

I Just put footwell neons in it there the now and away to order a back box :D

gotta say judging by what I've just read you've got some skills when it comes to changing/repairing things... not sure about all the things you've done but it's personal taste at the end of the day.

Good luck with it!

ads

Cheers man, anything anyone sees in my thread n wants to do it, dont hesitate to pm me :D

looks pretty good mate, love the wheels you've done an awesome jobby :y:

quite like the dials too, nice and unique!

Them dials are amazing mate, you should make some more, then ebay them? Make yourself a bit of money! Like the centre of the wheel aswell, never seen that done before! Top progress.

Looking good mate and like the plans, will keep looking for updates as i used to have a 1.1 beast ;) haha

Short shift lol, good idea tho. Generally a good car keep up the progress! :)

look looks alright, not a fan of completely black rear lights, neons or the dimma fuel cap but everything else looks good though! bet you cant wait to get the vt kit on it

What would you call it?
Cuting the Shifter under the car and shortening it reducess the throw?
so i would call that a short shift lolz

also shortend it at the knob end too :D

yea the wheels do look nice

Rite got my vts bodykit on now,cost me £100 already black :D
got it fitted in no more than a day so that was good then fitted a race gearnob too and lowerd the torsion bars so it didnt sit like a 4x4 since i had to cut the arch out lolz, i just used the paint on poppers method to fit it, will give it a polish up tomorow :D

will adjust the torsion bars again when i drop the front end lol

looks better considering this is it standerd VVV


And this is it done could do with a polish though

Just Left the front forte bumper on it as ithink it looks ok, mite swap it though




Also got a new aerial and a couple more things hopefully fit alloys and get my stickerkit on it soon, got a fair few more things comingaswell like 50mm drop front springs Etc.

Comments?

VTR Engine coming in the summer :D

Those wheels look bloody good, Hard to tell if they're perfect from pictures, but from the pictures, they look bloody good :y:.

loving it... really really impressive how quick this is transforming.

would be better!!

alloys look awesome.
when you fitting them?