5 Door Gold 1.1 / Alloys Fitted! /

[imydaking]

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..)
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 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 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

[PSPDan]

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

[Billy-Boy-Racer]

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

[Sneakydevil89]

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

[imydaking]

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

[imydaking]

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.


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 gonna get paid (loan lol) from uni soon alloys shud be on within a couple weeks i hope

[scott-sx]

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

[Sammy-Boy]

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

[PSPDan]

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

[Sammy-Boy]

Got to say that five door VT looks mint!

[imydaking]

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

[Hpi_matrix]

Nice car

[imydaking]

I would spray the alloys black instead of white mate.

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

[Tontsy]

Originally Posted by PSPDan

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

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

[cmh369]

car looks good mate, needs lowering though .

The kitted 5 door is fookin sex tbh

[CHIP]

Originally Posted by tonto_VTR

weld the rear doors and smooth them

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.

[imydaking]

Originally Posted by CHIP

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

[imydaking]

Originally Posted by cmh369

car looks good mate, needs lowering though .

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

[PSPDan]

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"!

[imydaking]

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





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