Gunmetal S - Car's back from the bodyshop!!! - Page 11 - Saxperience

furioAL^m · 14th August 2007, 19:58

The wheels look great back on buddy

Just need some tyre shine on...

Really like how this car is going... keep up to good work!
See you tomorrow

Alex

RedB · 14th August 2007, 20:04

Not sure if i can make it as i have a company meal

Also a few peoples birthdays from work so sort of a double celebration

going to try as hard as i can to fit both in but if not il see you all soon anyways at Trax and you Alex on fri if you go or before Trax il pop over

RedB · 14th August 2007, 20:08

Here are the rest of the mods as promised

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Old cigarette lighter

Chrome...

Old gear surround

Chrome...

Random R33 with an R34 GTR lump in i saw on saturday when i was on the way to pick up Eleanor from the body and paintshop...
Still looked sexy as hell, and i though it was an R33 until i walked over

Not a saxo but still pure sex!

Trax here we come

Pedals i was given by a mate going spare as i dont want to fit them

RedB · 14th August 2007, 20:15

Meshing the grill....

Began by spraying all top 3 bolts of the grill with WD40 to loosen them more than a northern sluts fanny

and then the two headlight bolts as well

Used molegrips and a wrench/adjustable spanner to undo the 5 bolts around the grill (3 on top, one each side and one in the center then one on top of each headlight)

After un-screwing all bolts i could unclip the grill and carefully remove

Waiting for the rest of the photos to download so i can post part 2...

Red

craigy_87 · 14th August 2007, 20:23

good updates matey

thought about getting a 106 gti gear knob??

RedB · 14th August 2007, 20:30

Meshing the grill FINAL PART

After taking until 9pm to remove the induction kit and grill i finally managed to remove both fully to clean them before i took the grill inside to be meshed

Went with some black sports mesh from www.ragingspeed.com
and got a huge cut for £15 as they had some on discount at the time

Removing the clips and screws around the backing of the mesh

Last of the screws undone...

Lifting the old grill out ready for the new mesh of choice

Removed the chevrons by flipping the grill onto its front and pushing all of the clips out in order and then pulling gently and carefully from the front to ease them off...

Decided not to use them for now but decided to keep them so i always have them here for future use

Was up until 11.30pm re-fitting everything so i could drive her to work this morning and i was cream crackered lol

Only pic i have of her as she is now taken today in the rain...

Induction kit now sits right and breathes in cooler air due to a new air feed and im really happy with the meshed grill results

Enjoy!!

Red

Yates · 14th August 2007, 20:34

put standard grill back in, mesh looks cheap on all mk1s imo

RedB · 14th August 2007, 20:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by craigy_87

good updates matey

thought about getting a 106 gti gear knob??

hey bud, yeah though about one a few weeks ago funnily enough
just waiting until the day after Trax when i have the day off and get paid so will buy some more goodies

Got enough to do for now with Painting the engine bay and calipers for now

Badges and Side strips have all been smoothed in and colour coded after she was at the body + paintshop all day saturday

Pics up of the results tommorow hopefully when i het the PC out if the weather holds, fingers crossed lol

Y4n · 14th August 2007, 20:40

Your car looks smart!

oh, and that skyline looks more like an R33 to me.

Payney · 14th August 2007, 20:40

Looking sweet now Red.... Thought the grill would have looked shit meshed tbh... But doesn't look too bad, i think it helps that you've got the sexiest dark colour.

Adam_Q · 14th August 2007, 21:44

Love the progress fella... although you need to get yourself a decent camera... some of those pictures were crap

So I take it the WD40 help with those bolts den

bullit · 14th August 2007, 22:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yates

put standard grill back in, mesh looks cheap on all mk1s imo

aprt from mine

jazzsingh51 · 15th August 2007, 12:03

Nice progress mate - not keep on the ripspeed seatbelt pad! do i spy a bowl of cornflakes in the fridge - with the spoon still in the bowl lol!

RedB · 17th August 2007, 00:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Y4n

Your car looks smart!

oh, and that skyline looks more like an R33 to me.

R34 i talked to the fella who owned it

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnthonyVTR

Looking sweet now Red.... Thought the grill would have looked shit meshed tbh... But doesn't look too bad, i think it helps that you've got the sexiest dark colour.

Thought that too, but think it turned out alreet plus i kept the original grill if i ever fancy a change

Thanks also mate, hope yours will be making its way to Trax in a few weeks

Quote:

Originally Posted by adz21

Love the progress fella... although you need to get yourself a decent camera... some of those pictures were crap

So I take it the WD40 help with those bolts den

Got an upgrade to the new Sony ericsson k810i and its not all that tbh still got my old k750i and k800 and the camera on the k800 is better iv decided lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by bullit

aprt from mine

Obviously bullit

Quote:

Originally Posted by jazzsingh51

Nice progress mate - not keep on the ripspeed seatbelt pad! do i spy a bowl of cornflakes in the fridge - with the spoon still in the bowl lol!

They were a joke and were taken of my old fiesta lol
Set fire to and lobbed at chavs passing by drive-by style who then ran off with them into the night chuffed to bits with the Ripspeed special deal
'Buy nothing get two shite items free'

Had some original black and red leather Citroen pads on her from the start ftw

Fruit and fibre bran flakes actually and thats a fridge in my room for beers lol

Spoons a touch tho...

Jacko · 17th August 2007, 01:44

new meshed grill looks the nutts i think...ill do this myself now...decent wee guide there...been lookin for a "how to mesh mk1 grill" for a while now....maybe get that section stickied? top job though mate