Naf's cobalt gti - Saxperience

Naf1 · 18th August 2013, 23:24

Hi guys thort il start a progress blog on here as I have one on the 106owners forum so I can get diffrent views on my progress

here she is parked next to my posi blue 1.1 this is when I got her for £470 on 102k miles, she needed a bit of work new hand brake cables track rod ends and when I picked her up found out she needed a refurbished rear axel as the one that's on ATM is f**ked so not long having her I set about sorting out the problems so far iv done the track rod ends

I really need to give her a really good clean in the arches the rust isent to bad from what I have found so far so going to start treating the rust ASAP to stop it getting worse and hopfully save this car and give her a new lease of life been trying to tidy her up a bit while I'm trying to save up or a new rear axel blue engine bolts and carbon wrapping the side strips and mirror covers but I'm not sure any more I need to get the body kit resprayed and the boot lid any way so I might get them all colour coded but not sure what do you guys think

also I had a go at wrapping the front badge

well thanks for looking any advise or ideas or opinions welcomed

thanks

Mickswan · 18th August 2013, 23:33

I'm liking the wrapped badge.

LSOfreak · 19th August 2013, 00:06

what is that around the track rod end? is it the protective cap that youre supposed to take off?

saxokid100 · 19th August 2013, 02:50

Nice project...

Mickswan · 19th August 2013, 03:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by LSOfreak

what is that around the track rod end? is it the protective cap that youre supposed to take off?

Looks like it, you want to get it off before it cracks and splits the boot.

Naf1 · 19th August 2013, 08:12

Oh okey whoops lol oh well il get it sorted when I get a chance I'm not driving it ATM it's just sitting on my drive so no harm should have happened

Naf1 · 19th August 2013, 08:29

There we go much better only took 10mins lol managed to do it with out taking the wheels off

well atleast I now know to take the plastic caps off next time

Dano · 19th August 2013, 10:37

the wrap looks quite good, where did you get it from?

Naf1 · 19th August 2013, 17:48

Got the wrap off eBay it's 4D carbon wrap

Naf1 · 11th January 2014, 23:54

Well been a long time since iv updated on here

well since the last post iv got a refurbished axel from imaxels also remade all my break lines on the rear axel new pressure regulator rebuild my break calipers so they are all nice now also badly painted the break pad carriers yellow with halfords caliper paint that sucks also painted the inside of the arches and under the boot with Hammerrite to try and stop the rust getting worse also jenolited the worst of it well here's some pics of all this

Also finished wrapping my badge

Next to do is drop the engine and repaint the bay also do the head gasket and new clutch new cambelt and any thing els that needs doing while I have it out

also got a strut brace

Unfortunately I have to wait till I can do any more to this because iv just gone self employed and waiting for some work to come in also don't help that my 1.1 run around needs a new clutch and some one has reversed into my car befor Christmas so I need to get a new door and painted so they will come first

Dident have a good year with my 1.1 cause only a few month erler some one attacked my car while I was in my town center and it was in the car park and I came back to this

lucky enoth it popped out and don't look to bad and I can live with it

just hoping I have a bit more luck with my cars this year

let know what you guys think

Also I have a transit van now for work so I have 3 vehicles

but the vans rear brakes locked on and since I have freed them off the breaks suck on it so I need to have a look at them and fix replace what broken with that.