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19th January 2008, 20:25
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Wallsys Westie - progress thread - Update 18/01 Plasma dials and centre console resprayed, page 26
Thread contents
Chapter 1 - The beginning
Chapter 2 - Door tape removed
Chapter 3 - MK2 rear lights fitted
Chapter 4 - Meshed grill
Chapter 5 - Crashed
Chapter 6 - New door badges and painted calipers
Chapter 7 - Sprayed interior
Chapter 8 - New wheels ordered
Chapter 9 - New wheels arrived + Rust filled
Chapter 10 - Wheels fitted
Chapter 11 - DIY centre section
Chapter 12 - Smashed window
Chapter 13 - Supersprint centre section fitted
Chapter 14 - Spax springs ordered
Chapter 15 - Spax springs arrived + smoked fogs
Chapter 16 - De-wipered + De-pinned
Chapter 17 - FINALLY lowered
Chapter 18 - Cut out switch
Chapter 19 - cut out switch fitted
Chapter 20 - Centre console LED's
Chapter 21 - Sprayed wipers
Chapter 22 - LED heater dials
Chapter 23 - Sprayed drum + Cleaned arch
Chapter 24 - Cleaned pics
Chapter 25 - JBL speakers arrived
Chapter 26 - Customer door speaker pods
Chapter 27 - New doorcards
Chapter 28 - New doorcards fitted
Chapter 29 - DVD headunit fitted
Chapter 30 - Sparco sprint 5 bucket seats arrived
Chapter 31 - Sparcos fitted
Chapter 32 - decat fitted, tweeter pods and videos
Chapter 33 - Speakers and tweeter pods fitted
Chapter 34 - Piper exahust, compbrake quickshift, 15mm spacers
Chapter 35 - plasma dials, resprayed centre console
More to come...
Chapter 1 - The beginning!
Alright everyone!
Thought i would start my progress thread 
Right, i passed my driving test in September, i originally wanted to get a furio or even a vtr, but the insurance was to much on the vtr, so i ended up buying the westcoast.
Heres some pics when i first brought it:
The car was in all round good condition, only fault was it had a smashed front headlight but i ordered a new one straight away. It already came with alloys, which were mega curbed, and a peco backbox, ohhh yeahh  lol
After about a week of driving it i already had some problems  Every time i started it it made a horrible grind noise, so thought it was the starter motor f**ked up. We replaced this, but after a couple of days it started to grind again. So then thought it was maybe the ring gear, but when replacing the ring gear there was two bolts missing from the gearbox and a huge crack right along the side of the gearbox. The guy who had it before said it had a new gearbox fitted, so we reckon when they done it they must have dropped it and put it back in, also forgetting to put two bolts back (dunno how), which meant the gearbox was sitting at an angle, which constantly shagged out the starter motor.
The next day we went down the scrappy, (money was tight lol) to find a gearbox, managed to find a pretty mint one, which is working perfectly at the minute
Anyway!
As i had just spent all my money it was back to the scrappy! 
The mirrors on the sax didnt come with any caps, so i went out and found some! lol
before:
after:
My next small mod was to t-cut the badges:
Was pretty pleased with the outcome btw the exhaust now sits better.
I then got given a boot spoiler as a present, love it!:
Its makes the rear end look so much better!
When i brought the car it didn't have a CD player, so i went out and brought one, its nothing special but does the job
I did try make an ipod holder but turned out rather sh*t lol
I also wanted to replace the gear knob because the one on the car had seen better days. (note the sh*t ipod holder in this photo lol)
And finally the best mod of them all, sax-p stickers!
Thats all ive done so far, been pretty skint lol
few more pics:
Just for the record, the vtr badges were already on the car 
Future plans
- Mk2 rear lights (already brought)
- Lowered 40mm all round
- Either team dynamic pro race 1.2's, fox evo 3 sprayed black or Vts rims sprayed black.
- Raceland induction kit
- Exhaust system, unsure which one yet, suggestions??
- New grill (without badges)
- Gti interior
- possibly black angel eyes
Hopefully when the money starts rolling in ill get them done
soz for the big pictures and all the writing, didn't realise i wrote that much lol
Comments good or bad welcome!
Chris
Last edited by wallsy; 18th January 2009 at 22:41.
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19th January 2008, 20:32
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looks nice
plans sound good
prefer the rear lights you have to mk2 though but your choice
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19th January 2008, 20:38
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Originally Posted by Berg
looks nice
plans sound good
prefer the rear lights you have to mk2 though but your choice |
Cheers mate
Yeah to be honest im not sure which will look better, but im gona keep my ones aswel so if i dont like them just swap them over.
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19th January 2008, 20:46
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Looks nice mate, not a fan of the wheels but will look mint when lowered! They all look better lowered!
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19th January 2008, 20:47
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nice, clean looking car you got there 
personally i don't like the alloys..but thats only my opinion!
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19th January 2008, 20:48
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Looks alright , but don't like the alloys or that thing round the door lock .
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19th January 2008, 21:06
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Originally Posted by jodie_saxo
nice, clean looking car you got there
personally i don't like the alloys..but thats only my opinion! |
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Originally Posted by Bake
Looks nice mate, not a fan of the wheels but will look mint when lowered! They all look better lowered!
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Cheers Yeah i dont like the alloys either, hopefully new wheels will be soon on the list!
Yeah cant wait to get it lowered, really does make em look so much better!
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Originally Posted by DJsaxo
Looks alright , but don't like the alloys or that thing round the door lock .
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lol they were already on it when i brought it, will probs take them off soon, im too lazy
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19th January 2008, 21:12
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looks good so far mate. Will look pretty good when lowered.
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19th January 2008, 21:23
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Not bad! Plenty left to do! will look great when its lowered and you sort some new alloys out! Get some new side badges off Willsy!
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19th January 2008, 21:31
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Yeah I've got loads of stuff i want to do to it, gona take me ages! lol
Are Willsys side badges the citroen sport ones? think i saw a topic on them, they do look pretty smart!
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19th January 2008, 21:35
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yeh thats the ones. they will look well smart on that!
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19th January 2008, 21:37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SaxoAL
yeh thats the ones. they will look well smart on that!
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ohh cool, they do look really good, think i might get me some
Cheers guys!
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27th January 2008, 17:44
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Chapter 2 - Door tape removed
Just a quick update. Thought i would remove the tape on the door pillar today as it had already started pealing off and looked pretty shit 2bh.
Quite happy with the results
Before:
After:
Hopefully when i get paid, will be ordering a raceland enclosed kit with green filter soon
Chris
Last edited by wallsy; 5th October 2008 at 16:32.
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10th February 2008, 19:05
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Chapter 3 - Mk2 lights
Brought some new rear lights, went for the standard mk2 ones, as i didnt really like the mk1's.
I love em! think they make it look much cleaner lol
As it was a nice day i also gave it a clean.
Pics:
Sorry for the shit quality photos, were of my phone!
Chris
Last edited by wallsy; 5th October 2008 at 16:31.
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10th February 2008, 19:23
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nice pics, tell me your little secret location please the last one is on the hythe right?
also did you just peel your door stickers off, or use a heat gun or something?
Last edited by stoney_182; 10th February 2008 at 20:42.
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10th February 2008, 19:24
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Nice looking Sax there (Y) Should look really good once all plans are done
You on Trials Forum aswell?
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10th February 2008, 20:11
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nice one, yes danny last one is hythe.
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10th February 2008, 20:40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stoney_182
nice pics, tell me your little secret location please the last one is on the hythe right? |
Its a secret na their all down the hythe, the first few are right down the other end though. But if you go down there, watch out for a big stray dog, tried to chase me when i was taking the photos  lol
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Originally Posted by SamHlm
Nice looking Sax there (Y) Should look really good once all plans are done
You on Trials Forum aswell?
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Cheers mate Yeah im on trials forum, i remember seeing your sax on their car pics bit, looks nice!
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Originally Posted by Manutd1808
nice one, yes danny last one is hythe.
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Cheers fella!
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14th February 2008, 21:01
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Chapter 4 - Meshed grill
Right today i saw a thread on here about meshing grills, so thought id give it ago.
Wasn't as hard as i thought it would be... infact it was pretty easy! Really happy with the results:
I havent decided whether to spray my chevrons black and stick them on the grill or not, opinions anyone?
Also, another decision, ive decided instead of getting little things like, raceland kit, lights etc, im gona save up for some wheels as i really dont like mine at the moment.
SOOO im stuck, team dynamic pro race 1.2s black, or O.Z Superturismo in white??????
I really dont know which i prefer, any opinions??
And of course i will lower at some point
Last edited by wallsy; 5th October 2008 at 16:31.
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14th February 2008, 21:44
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car looks nice mate, will be spot on once lowered.
don't put chevrons in the grill imo, looks good as is, tho i think smoked headlights would look mint.
get a few photoshops done with the alloys you fancy, will give you a good idea what they'll look like.
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