my progress thread :y: - Saxperience

arsenal_69r · 14th June 2008, 18:03

right welll i bought my saxo for 150 squids yer thts right cheap as chips, catch was the passenger front wing and wishbone ect was buggered.
rung around to try get cheapest quote and get it done in horndean vehicle repair centre took there bloody time with it and never rung me up if there was a problem so took longer than expected but cost 534 pound new wing. brandnew door wish bone and a new alloy as the one on there was buckled so badd wish i wud have took picks of how it looked when i bought it was in a right state was sitting in his garden for a year before i got my hands on it lol anyways so after all tht had done needed mot sorting out on it being a saxo u no there was gonna be a problem here somewhere.
well where to start here engine wasnt doin what it should think it was the pistons only 3 working out of the 4 so was gutless really, took machanic about a week to figure out what is wat but he done whatever he done and still want working i thought to my self o godd

what have i got myself into here then. found out it was the ecu tho and thts where more problems started. so we sent it of to a palce where they test it all on a compture and they sed there was nothing wrong with it so back it come tyo us and still wasnt working after sending it to them 3 times we just bought a brandnew one wich set me back about 400-500 i think it was. anyways all done and all tht needed doin after tht was brand new tyres as tread where low on mine lights shine to low all tht crap mot do coz they r bored lol
this is the day i got it back after a long 5-6weeks wait wud u belive it

arsenal_69r · 14th June 2008, 18:07

first thing i did was take of those stupid chavy lexus lights wich looked alright when it was sat in my drive with no left wing or anything lol

sitting in my garage somewhere if any 1 wants them for a small price offer something

first this i did was cleaned inside also bloody crap everywhere and they had oil stains in places wankerss :@ o and if u look in middle back seat theres a burn they also done tht aswell i rekon they was having a fag in there want happy,done a cowboy like thing and got black marker and coloured in lol, heres few pics sorry about the clown interior lol money on other things first the day will come tho

arsenal_69r · 14th June 2008, 18:12

next thing i did coz i was pretty damn bored one day was made my way to my local halfruads and bought some primer, rover storm grey and some laqure done air vents and speaker grills not very good pic of them but take some another time

gonna do centre console and bit around the dials to

arsenal_69r · 14th June 2008, 18:20

next up wich i have bin waitying to do for along time but could get my bloody wheels of they was being a bit of a bitch , dw just got my big guns out and used all my strength and got them off was left to find this waiting for me.

also i found tht the plastic around the top arch of wheel to stop shit flying in angine ect had come of and wheel had bin rubbing and buring hole into it lol dont no if u can c from this pick but on right hand side?

bit of glue sorted it right out bodge job again niceeee

anyways back to brake dust though to my self im gonna be here ages doin both front wheels with this much crap on back where not as bad but still a bitch, after a lot of scrubbing tooth brush ect this was end result not perefect but good enough for me , good enough for you?

arsenal_69r · 14th June 2008, 18:29

right now went to pick my sister up from work few weeks back doin 65 down A3 petersfield as my car smelt like it was burning and my temp gauge wasnt working

thought my god as soon as i star to slow down change gear its gonna go and wat hapned engine cut thought shit still doin about 55 by the way goin stright for a bush lol coz power steering went rung up my m8 hus machanic and he looked at it next day thought nice 1 might have my car back before i no it , ring ring next day alright m8 headgaskets gone

face dropped fcukkkk i shouted out loud, he coudnt do it for 2 weeks tho as he was of on a f ing holiday twatt lol o well soon found out im glad he didnt do it lol anyways rung up my step bros dad to c if he cud do it yer about 500 m8 if the head needs scimming to

where am i getting tht kinda money from paying 250 a month on the car insurance already let alone petrol ect, sed hed do it for 300 in end if he done it on his lunch breaks hour before and after work top bloke love him lol. anyways picked it up 2-3 hours later he rung saying headgasket is fine m8 i was like wat uve done it already

na its fine the rads blown big old hole in wich shit loads of rust must of bin like it for weeks he sed but i nenver needed to top rad us wich was pretty strange he sed but nevermind, so new read ect 180 pound top noch got daddy to pay for tht tho coz im a spoilt brat and i do the oo pleaaseeeeeeeee lol. headgasket needs doin sooner rather than later he sed tho soo thts a bumber but might get time to save up for it

picked up next day lovely hearing the fan again lol
u can just c top of new rad lol

arsenal_69r · 14th June 2008, 18:36

i no i should be saving up for headgasket but thoght this buy was to good to miss 90 pound not bad huh?

bought them of bondie but still aint recived yet bin 2 weeks aswell need to track tht up i think

arsenal_69r · 14th June 2008, 18:55

thought id get something to make me feel better again but still spending the money i should be saving for my headgasket

o well lol anyways bought this wich i reliii no people wont like but im gonna make my wn build and things and get some components for front

anyways some pics comments?

built in amp

this is now for sale look in ice section

arsenal_69r · 14th June 2008, 19:01

few days ago had some extra money from working some more hours and a saturday and ended up buying some new plates woke up nice an early to go pick up from local post office

then wacked them on my car asap few pics
front:

back:

Sneakydevil89 · 14th June 2008, 19:05

Cars looking good, Give the wheels a bit of a clean and it will look sweet. They are black arent they?

arsenal_69r · 14th June 2008, 19:15

all i am waiting for now is my wheels and a front grill relii so hopefully they come in the next few days should have some more pics for ya then

also forgot to ad dewiped back wich was piss easy and cost next to nothing think it just makes it look tht much better to heres a pic if u can c it clearly

future mods
lowered 40 all round mayby 50
smoke rears
angle eyes
colour code bumpers ect
buckets or gti interior
ice

some pics of how she looks today

peteVTR · 14th June 2008, 21:22

looking good mate

RICHNVOM · 16th June 2008, 13:12

what a great turnaround

nice work here mate

i would get some silver mirror caps if you can find them
and a pugsport aerial

Saxy1 · 16th June 2008, 16:44

Good Progress.

arsenal_69r · 16th June 2008, 17:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by RICHNVOM

what a great turnaround

nice work here mate

i would get some silver mirror caps if you can find them
and a pugsport aerial

yer well i might either do it myself or get some of here if some 1 selling or something and yer lol aerial wayy to long :Y:

arsenal_69r · 16th June 2008, 17:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxy1

Good Progress.

cheers saxy1 loads more to come yet

arsenal_69r · 16th June 2008, 18:14

welll after waiting along time for these and tinking they was never gonna turn up and got robbed for my money lol these finnaly arrived today, no one was in but only round the corner i had to go collect

heres few pics of wheels

needed a quick clean then wacked them on

took few pics of finished outcome enjoy and tell me what ya think?

also what ya lot think- white nuts? black or chrome?