not just the normal progress thread

[omp]

Im not quite sure whether this is in the right section or not but it is about care of my first car so if it needs moving mods, feel free.

Right first off, yes im 17, yes ive just passed my test and yes, my first car is a 1.1 saxo. But as the saying goes, dont judge a book by its cover.
I bought my car back in february when it wasnt in such a good state, the front had taken a small impact meaning me and my dad had to replace the bonnet, wings, grille, bumber and we had to straighten a small bit of the chassis. We bought it knowing this so we wernt in the dark but we ended up giving it a bit of a transformation:-

This is the only picture i have of the car when i first bought it


We got to work straight away Taking off all we could from the front and started to straighten it all out




All of the dents that could be pulled out were, but a few had to be filled, one main one was just above the rear offside window. It wasnt fun in the winter trying to fill it


Once the major bodywork dents and scrapes were pulled out or filled, we started to rub it all down





The hardest part now was finding a body shop willing to let us use their booth. My dad sprays for Aston Martin and wanted to do it himself, but a bodyshop round the corner was happy to help.

Once in the booth we started to mask up



Lots of paint, clear cote, and hard work and this was sitting on my drive
Oh and its in Ferrari Grigio Titanio




Now all that was left was to put it all back together




Now ive fitted front four stud struts and hubs and all new brakes, im just in the process of finding a new rear beam but i think its come on quite well
Iv done a few photoshops just to show what it will look like with some nice rims on, but iv got some Compomotive Mo's in white and sum rubber waiting to go on already.



I know that everyone hates people who put VT* kits on lower powered cars but to be honest i wanted a car that looks good and cheap to insure, im not into 5" backboxes, lexus lights and massive bodykits so hopefully i wont get labelled as a chav either.

Well all of this was back a couple of months ago now, i passed my test in september and have been driving the car since November, and here it is now



Thanks
OMP

[GrantW]

Looks really good, love the colour and wheels

just lose the VTR badges

[omp]

will do its already on the list mate, just havnt got round to it, was just on the kit when bought. going to have the saxo ones in there

[Rosco906]

looks mint for a first car.

ur dad did a very good job.

only i'd get rid of the vtr badge

[BenSilverSaxo]

You have done that just right mate!!! Take the VTR badges off but apart from that i love the car, your dads spray job looks the dogs!!!

[hesslevtr]

looking good i like them wheels just needs lowering atad and them vt badges off

[chriswindy]

looks good

as said loose the badges and de-wiper it properly lol

what have you told your insurance company about the bodykit?

[omp]

that pic makes it look slightly higher than it is, ill get a decent pic up tommorow as it sits just right, thanks for the comments guys

[omp]

the wiper was only off while rebuilding it, so its on now

[Peasnall]

very nice, how low is it?

[Dan]

Great thread mate, the compomotive mo's look great!

[jay]

looks nice , alot of work has gone into that fairplay

[Baz]

as above, looks very nice though now

[Richardson_VTS]

looks good mate. Needs lowering and colour coded mirror caps!!

And welcome to sax-p!!

[Saxo-Slag]

Looks very nice mate. Good work

[omp]

cheers lads, its lowered 35-40mm even did the rear myself which i was quite proud of lol yep also on the list are the miror caps but the summin stupid like £15 each off shiteron

[willsy]

Thats bloody brilliant!

Firstly love that uve bought a Saxo back from deaths door

Secondly that paint job looks perfect, colours so nice and looks spot on :Y:

Good work doing the hub conversion aswel, something that im in the middle of too.

[omp]

thanks mate, my dad did the spraying as i said and im not trying to bragg but to be fair hes probably the best sprayer at aston. The conversion is something i had to persuade my dad to help me do, i really couldnt stand being forced to just have a choice of like 5 styles of alloys and i really wanted compomotive mo's and the 3 studs are as rare as rocking horse shite!
deffo worth it mate your doing the right thing!

[Hopcraft]

fair play mate, looks good, photoshops are very nice too.

[BenSilverSaxo]

Originally Posted by omp

thanks mate, my dad did the spraying as i said and im not trying to bragg but to be fair hes probably the best sprayer at aston.

It shows!