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

benJee_VTR · 30th July 2008, 23:00

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

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

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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.

benJee_VTR · 30th July 2008, 23:02

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

Elliott · 30th July 2008, 23:03

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

AJ_SAXO · 27th November 2008, 12:59

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Originally Posted by Elliott

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

yh ditto that idea!!...oh yeah how much for the spaniel??

benJee_VTR · 27th November 2008, 13:28

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Originally Posted by Paul

As said previously, every mod you do is making your car look better. Not everyone can do that.

Good work mate the rear lights look great,

Whats next on your to do list? (apart from lowering)

Thanks a lot for your input mate, glad you like it

Nice to know im going in the right direction

Next on the list i think is (maybe) two-toning the wheels... in the same way 'bakkipouch' has with his wheels. i'd like to go mauritius blue in the centre, to silver on the outside. i think it'll be different, had will either look awfull or awesome lol. May get a photoshop done too. Heres the thread where i got my idea from.. http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=181449

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Originally Posted by GoochyBoy

Brilliant mate, your car looks amazing now.! You got any more plans for her??

thanks mate, appreciate it

yeh, i think lower after christmas, and maybe refurb and spray my wheels as above

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Originally Posted by Liam-westcoast

your car is looking great mate love the black angels

thanks pal, i think they look so much better than my old standard ones. just sets the front off a bit more now

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Originally Posted by bensambrook

New pictures are good mate, really want some black angels now. FFS paying insurance and tax out at the same time

lol

i know mate, sucks..i did the same with insurance, tax and mot. just lucky for me as my birthday was end of last month,so got a bit of money to play with.

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Originally Posted by AJ_SAXO

yh ditto that idea!!...oh yeah how much for the spaniel??

haha,well - pure breed, 13 years old, 2 owners from new, mot'd, insured and nice glossy coat...

offers tbh...

benJee_VTR · 30th July 2008, 23:05

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

benJee_VTR · 30th July 2008, 23:06

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

benJee_VTR · 30th July 2008, 23:07

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

benJee_VTR · 30th July 2008, 23:09

Then removed the door pillar tape

benJee_VTR · 30th July 2008, 23:10

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

from these

to standard

MrHouston^p · 30th July 2008, 23:14

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

Ben · 30th July 2008, 23:15

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Originally Posted by MrHouston

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

Mileage probs

Ben · 30th July 2008, 23:13

Gettin better, anymore?

peteVTR · 30th July 2008, 23:14

looks good matey

benJee_VTR · 30th July 2008, 23:16

Next step was window tinting. Used self tint which came out perfectly, just requires patience and a steady hand

Gives quality results

Bought saxperience stickies

benJee_VTR · 30th July 2008, 23:20

Still coming lol, bare with me

benJee_VTR · 30th July 2008, 23:23

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