Toad's Lifeline - Saxo Cup front suspension purchased! - Page 32 - Saxperience

Wayne · 26th January 2008, 20:52

loving your car toad

bonnet and roof look sweet as and match your wheels perfectly. Are you going to smooth where the pug badge used to be or put the pug badge back on?

Mark51^p · 26th January 2008, 21:24

some good pics there mate. you need to get the wing mirrors done white to help the bonnet look abit more in its place

craig180^p · 26th January 2008, 21:37

Looks sweet mate! How much did the roof pannel cost you including fitting? Could be temped to do that to mine until I can afford a full carbon roofskin

Toad · 27th January 2008, 00:13

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Originally Posted by dannygti

it looks prope motorsporty (if thats a word lol)
keep it up mate.
what next fibreglass tailgate?

Cheers mate.

I think I'm done with the body work for now.

It's been a mission I can tell ya! Time to relax for a bit now.

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Originally Posted by BENSAX3

wow looks brilliant. get on preds four pot group buy, i think you mentioned you planned to upgrade your brakes

Thanks Ben mate. I'm a bit broke now, so the new calipers will have to wait.

Possibly a new master cylinder around the corner. I was up at Steve Hill Motorsport the other day, as they did the bonnet work for me. I talked to them about the braking issue again, and they said the best test I could do for the calipers, is to have an insturment that the calipers can squeeze, and it will measure the force being applied. This will tell straight away if once side is giving more / less braking power. Unfortunately, they don't know where I could get such an instrument! ha!

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Originally Posted by Dan

Looks very good mate though it doesnt sit quite flush with the headlights.

Aye, I agree. Funnily enough, the original bonnet didn't fit quite right in that area too. It's not perfect, but it ain't bad for getting the job done at least.

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Originally Posted by saxoboy07

loving your car toad bonnet and roof look sweet as and match your wheels perfectly. Are you going to smooth where the pug badge used to be or put the pug badge back on?

Thanks dood. What do you mean by smoothing the area where the badge used to be? I haven't got any plans to put the pug badge back on mate, I'll sell the old bonnet with it still on...

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Originally Posted by Mark51

some good pics there mate. you need to get the wing mirrors done white to help the bonnet look abit more in its place

Hehe, Hmm, I'm not sure. maybe... ? But it might start looking a bit daft. I'd have to trial that one on photoshop I think.

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Originally Posted by saxo180

Looks sweet mate! How much did the roof pannel cost you including fitting? Could be temped to do that to mine until I can afford a full carbon roofskin

Thanks mate! I bought the panel from Streamline, cost £50. Taking out the sunroof was almost impossible. I DO NOT recommend this to anyone. And I'm not being funny! I got a bodyshop (friend on mine owns the place) to bond the panel on and re-spray the roof. It cost a lot more than I expected as it took so damn long to get the sunroof properly out.

Saxo-Slag · 27th January 2008, 00:50

White mirrors man

Dibz · 27th January 2008, 01:11

Hi mate, what sort of weight were the two rear quarter windows? Im thinking of just perspexing those. Cheers.

Toad · 27th January 2008, 01:30

Dibz, they're not that heavy. IIRC, they weighed about 2.5kg each and the polycarbonate versions weighed around 1.2kg each.

Dibz · 27th January 2008, 18:44

Oh ok mate thanks, not much point then.

grantley1988 · 27th January 2008, 21:43

just read through your whole thread m8! can't believe iv never looked at it. your car is superb toad. iv stole the paragraph from one of your threads

Some insurance companies are fairly flexible when it comes to modifications. When I called them up a previous time, I told them that I had fitted bucket seats, harnesses, stripped it out, fitted a big valve head, and also fitted bigger calipers and disks. They said to hang on one sec while they check... Less than a minute later, they said "No, that's fine, this won't effect your premium at all. You've already declared a lot of modifications, so any additional ones don't really matter..." LOL

if you don't mind me asking, who are you insured with? as mine is coming up for renewal and i have engine mods planned soon

Toad · 28th January 2008, 08:59

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Originally Posted by grantley1988

just read through your whole thread m8! can't believe iv never looked at it. your car is superb toad. iv stole the paragraph from one of your threads

Some insurance companies are fairly flexible when it comes to modifications. When I called them up a previous time, I told them that I had fitted bucket seats, harnesses, stripped it out, fitted a big valve head, and also fitted bigger calipers and disks. They said to hang on one sec while they check... Less than a minute later, they said "No, that's fine, this won't effect your premium at all. You've already declared a lot of modifications, so any additional ones don't really matter..." LOL

if you don't mind me asking, who are you insured with? as mine is coming up for renewal and i have engine mods planned soon

Cheers bud.

I'm with Noel Dazely. www.noeldazely.co.uk

rushy_23 · 28th January 2008, 09:06

Im not sure if Im keen on the whole look. As Dan said it doesnt seem to sit
flush with the headlight which would annoy me to death.

Plus you need to get the badge recess removed in the bumper now lol. Otherwise
very motorsportish :d

Toad · 28th January 2008, 11:29

Fair enough mate. The old bonnet sat just like that, but nobody ever noticed, lol. I can always adjust the bonnet pin so the bonnet sits lower... I'll have a play about when I get some time. I'm more worried about this thread problem on the fanimould.

Wayne · 28th January 2008, 23:24

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Originally Posted by Toad

Thanks dood. What do you mean by smoothing the area where the badge used to be? I haven't got any plans to put the pug badge back on mate, I'll sell the old bonnet with it still on...

I mean debadge the front and smooth where the badge was, will look alot meaner and will look better

Graeme^p · 28th January 2008, 23:29

looks like a proper track car now

as said above only thing i would do is fill in the bumper where the badge was

Jon_Doe · 28th January 2008, 23:34

can you feel the difference with all these changes??

Toad · 29th January 2008, 09:13

OK guys, I'll see what can be done with the front bumper. It might be a while before I do anything about it though. Thanks for the tip.

Yeah Jon, it's pretty nippy mate. I took Ben for a spin a few weeks ago, ask him.

FinchysSaxo · 3rd June 2008, 11:20

Just had a quick read through your thread Toad, cars looking really good. Been a while since ive seen you in the area, you still about marlow?? And are you going to FCS?

Finch

Adam_Q · 3rd June 2008, 11:32

Looks amazing dude! Just needs painting and the left over part of the peugeot logo removed and it will look lush!

Mystic^p · 3rd June 2008, 12:09

Bah, was hoping for an update on this. Come to think of it, i've not seen Toad about for aaaages?

sim69er · 3rd June 2008, 16:20

think you need some mad motorsport sponsor graphics and your onto a winner