Saxo 1.1L Progress Thread

[jsaxo111]

looking good mate love it, shame about the air freshener tho

[J_saxo]

I love my air freshener and i love my team! Next on the to do list is put on the induction kit, spray the inside of the headlights, maybe spray rear lights, and leave Might be going to Ultimate street car with a few mates so probs do the DWYB there which'll be a laff!

[J_saxo]

So bit of an update havn't been on here for a while,

Tinted the rear lights! and got the induction kit in, sounds alright actually



Cheeky little picture



And how she stands at the moment, and will do until next year:

[Rave-nhill]

de rear wiper
spray front light inserts, and spray back lights with a layer of gloss & laquer.
2 simple quick effective little things to do..

then Slamm slamm and slamm that flattie!

[KyleBailey7791]

Originally Posted by Rave-nhill

de rear wiper
spray front light inserts, and spray back lights with a layer of gloss & laquer.
2 simple quick effective little things to do..

then Slamm slamm and slamm that flattie!

I agree fatties need to be slammed

[KyleBailey7791]

*flatties , stupid spell check :/

[jayline]

Originally Posted by KyleBailey7791

I agree fatties need to be slammed

i have to disagree with ya there fella!

[J_saxo]

Will be slamming it in june next year, off to uni in 2 weeks so she's being sorned till then! Will be doing inserts for lights and getting vts alloys and a backbox through the winter while shes off road.

[AleexDurrant]

Exactly what my car looks like, shame you're not going to be doing any work on her for awhile i am/was loving the updates

[J_saxo]

So, start thought id put up some pics.



Quite happy with the back end so far, got a few more bits to do to make it proper smart;



Anyway as said before shes been sorned until summer when im back from uni, Then when its on the road, may consider lowering 50/60mm on the rear, need opinions!
So for christmas; my girlfriends parents bought me these:



Real nice pair, and have HiDs attached to them in all, cant wait to fit them then the flattie should then start looking quite smart!

List of things to do:
Backbox (sportex?)
De-Wiper
Fit new headlights
Laminex fogs (yellow or black)
Vtr Alloys with decent tires (then spray in dark grey)

Maybe False floor in back and lower 60mm.

[Pricklep]

Sounds good bar HIDs.

[ryanwatt]

Clean car mate I've got the same just not done anything to it yet can't find the time or money ha

[J_saxo]

alright everyone!
massive update, plenty of pics and stuff.

So gonna rewind back to september, sorned the car, went to uni, the car needed at the time: a new back box, 2 new tires and a new handle for the passenger side door (the old handle randomly came off in my hand after a few week of owning it) So the car sat there, ticked it over a few times over this shocker of a winter and kept it alive.

Then comes march. The car died, didnt want to tick over. nothing. Traced it to the battery as it couldnt keep charge. Replaced the battery with a 2nd hand new-ish one, still wouldnt tick over. Had a look at the alternator and it had completely seized, wouldnt move at all, so replaced the alternator with a new one. Put on a second hand back box of another desire and took it to have its MOT, knowing it would fail on the tires. It failed on the tires only, so 2 new shoes and she passed her MOT

Got them to check the brakes over, as they had collected alot of crap, while doing this, they left the lower radiator hose unclipped, leaving it resting up-against the alternator belt, which of course tore through it, found this out driving back from a mates the other night with niagra falls pouring out the bottom of the car and the engine getting pretty hot. With some bodge jobbing, (gaffa taping the 2 massive holes) its sort of sealed it, but is still slightly leaking, so the whole hose is being replaced this week!

Anyway, got some pictures to show and some ideas to throw around. Rate/Hate etc.


Got straight to fitting the new headlights;


Which made her look like this;


Had some Lamin-x yellow applied to the fog lights, (one is missing a clip, which is why it has sunk, is on the to-do list.)




I then took off the old stickers on the back, wacked on some new ones and gave her a good clean, wax and polish.




And this is how she stands at the moment:


Plans:
Refurb/spray steelies (Black with white rim or Anthracite) & get some centre caps fitted.
De-wiper rear
New front numberplate
Sort Foglight out

Possible plans:
Gloss black roof
Possible lowering 50mm front and rear.

& enjoy it!

Cheers, sorry for the massive essay!

[MPHZONE]

Looks good mate, like the headlights, take a look at my progress thread if you ever get stuck for ideas. Definitely get it lowered though!

[Richaard]

where did you get those wheel trims from? I like them and would do nicely on my saxo for the time being- have the exact same as yours but in green!

[J_saxo]

Originally Posted by MPHZONE

Looks good mate, like the headlights, take a look at my progress thread if you ever get stuck for ideas. Definitely get it lowered though!

Cheers, yeah definatly needs lowering, not sure on how low tho

Originally Posted by Richaard

where did you get those wheel trims from? I like them and would do nicely on my saxo for the time being- have the exact same as yours but in green!

I think i got them from amazon, cost about a tenner iirc

Have resprayed the rear lights as they had faded, look alot darker in the picture than in person;
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...060100896.jpg/

[J_saxo]

[J_saxo]

So, got given a load of carbon wrap stuff. Its a pain in the arse to do but gave it a crack on a couple of little bits;

Did the ashtray and the dummy buttons;


and the handle for the glove box;


Next up, a CD player, mines decided to die!

[J_saxo]

So, after using it for the summer, the saxos now been sold and drove of this evening with its new owner.

Been offered a 1.4 207 which i'm tempted with but i'm also liking the look of a C2 vts