Paxo's Mk1 VTR/S Turbo - all parts for sale! - Saxperience

paxo89 · 30th January 2008, 16:40

Passed my test in april, searched for the right car until October

, when i finally found a nice saxo in good condition.
1997 P reg Mk1 VTR, 1 owner from new, only done 57,000 miles. Got it for 1600 quid

Couldn't get insured until my 18th birthday (22nd november) cos it was about 300 quid cheaper if i waited for a month so i did.

To be honest, not has changed in the 3 or so months i've had her.

I've recently started changing a few things, firstly

sprayed rear badges black,

Then just now i randomly decided to take all that black stuff off the door pillar, as it was all warped and most of it was hanging off

Still trying to decide whether to buy some more vinyl to stick on

As i'm a student(poor) i can't really afford too much at the moment, but eventually i'm looking to either get a vts or stick a vts engine in this car.

But first things first, i need to get my dent repaired

Saxy1 · 30th January 2008, 18:52

that would probably need a new quarter panel mate.

paxo89 · 21st February 2008, 17:00

Update

old grille

new grille !!!!

Matty_VTR · 21st February 2008, 17:16

looking good.. i know what you mean about being a student, iv got so many plans for mine just don't have the cash.

At least your got a common colour so new panel will be easy to come across.

saxo19870 · 21st February 2008, 17:38

nice looking car mate, better with the new grille!

how did you manage to dent your quarter?

(sorry if you have already said before!)

Hopcraft · 21st February 2008, 17:54

new grille looks much better !

paxo89 · 21st February 2008, 23:13

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Originally Posted by saxo19870

nice looking car mate, better with the new grille!

how did you manage to dent your quarter?

(sorry if you have already said before!)

about a week after i got insured on it, i came out of school to find it with that huge dent in the side. no note or witnesses or anything, pretty gutting tbh. i have had the dent pulled out a bit, but the metal is stretched so it's not flat. haven't really got the money at the moment to get it filled/replaced.

SaxoJamie · 21st February 2008, 23:19

hope you get the dent sorted. Looks a nice sax apart from that. Grille looks loads better

Wayne · 21st February 2008, 23:32

Saxo looks very tidy buddy

hope the dent gets sorted very soon mate.

paxo89 · 25th February 2008, 23:24

Right, picked up some vtr wheels yesterday for 35 quid lol. all tyres need replacing, but still a bargain imo.

then went to halfords today and spent 60 quid on paint etc, as i'm going to spray the wheels gloss black.

spent all day trying to strip the paint off one wheel

finally after using loads of sandpaper, and blistering all my fingers, i got it off and gave it a coat of etch primer.

I'm doing all this over the next few weeks, so hopefully i'll get a good finish when i'm done

paxo89 · 25th February 2008, 23:24

oh and i didn't bother masking the tyres as i'm going to replace them all once the wheels are painted.

lukedorritt · 26th February 2008, 23:44

yer this is a lovely motor.
proud to cruise along side it lol

DJ_Splitz · 27th February 2008, 12:50

lovely car apart from the dent. Im looking to spray my vtr wheels aswell... u should have used that acid stuff thats used to thoroughly clean ur wheels

I dont know what its called but ur only meant to put a little bit on your wheels and keep it on them for 5 mins max otherwise it will like burn the paint off. but if u are painting ur wheels then u want the paint to burn off

I still need to do mine but i need to be saving up... MOT in april

paxo89 · 27th February 2008, 13:43

i used nitro mors paint stripper. followed the instructions on the tin and tbh i found that all it did was remove the clear coat and paint, the original primer wouldn't budge, so i had to sand that back, which hurt lol

paxo89 · 27th February 2008, 15:59

school was cancelled today because of a power cut, so i spent all day cleaning, polishing and waxing the car

Also got my new smoked side repeaters

and i finished spraying my first wheel, so i stuck it on the car to see how it looks

jonesyFX · 27th February 2008, 16:05

you got a flat tire

or is it the old crap one?

looking good mate

Predator_R32^p · 27th February 2008, 16:10

wheels will look great once finished, just take your time with them so you get a great finish though

paxo89 · 27th February 2008, 16:13

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Originally Posted by jonesyFX

you got a flat tire

or is it the old crap one?

looking good mate

yeah i let the air out of that tyre when i was going to put masking tape round them, but decided not to because the tyres need replacing.

paxo89 · 27th February 2008, 16:15

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Originally Posted by Predator_VTR

wheels will look great once finished, just take your time with them so you get a great finish though

yeah i'm going to, i'm really happy with how that one came out. just hope the other 3 end up the same. i'm going to leave the laquer to harden for about a week so that it's rock solid

saxobenvtr · 27th February 2008, 20:10

looking gud im gunna spray my wheels like that,did you spray the side repeaters yourself or buy them