Before and After pics. Project Saloon (Owned for 4 weeks now)

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

Before:





After (Well so far anyway):






When I got the car home the first thing was to give it a full service, then waxoyl'd everything paying particular attention to known trouble spots. Fitted my Momo steering wheel that has been in every Nova I've owned. Then got myself the Bilstein kit to bring it closer to the ground and aid handling, then the wheels and immobiliser were fitted, followed closely by a visit to my favorite tyre fitter for some tracking re-alignment as it was 10 degrees out!!!
Sourced a rear bumper and tail panel from the breakers yard, painted black and fitted.
Persuaded a friend to sell me the SR front bumper, grill and front anti-roll bar off his SORN'd car, he also provided the GTE seats and door cards. Bumper and grill recieved the black paint and were fitted. Anti-roll bar fitted with new poly bushes. That brings us to present day.
Next is a pair of GTE/GSI side skirts, which, Colin if you're reading this thread the cheque for these is being posted on Monday, Cheers fella,. They too will be painted black and fitted.
That only leaves 2 things (for the time being):
1 - rear anti-roll bar - if anyone can help, please get in touch.
2 - does the car need to go lower??????????????????????????? help!!!!

My garage where I spend all my time and where my P1 sleeps.


Cheers,

Shaun.

[Dave.]

dam, where is evryone finding these sr grills, there like golddust.
looks nice anyway, i wouldve got some 3 spoke gte alloys for it, it would look really smart then

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

My first Saloon had GTE wheels and I liked the look of it, but sold the last of my wheels in the summer before I decided to buy this car otherwise I would have kept them and saved myself a few quid. But I love the look of the black wheels and have 16v brakes to go on when I get the calipers reconditioned so that would have ruled out the GTE wheels anyway.

Took me an hour to persuade him to sell me this grill...........worth it???? I THINK SO.

Cheers,

Shaun.

[Dave.]

what paint did you use for the bumpers and grill?

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

Just cheapo satin black aerosol that you find in back street car shops. This was on top of a decent plastic primer though.

[Dave.]

it looks ok you know, you couldve bought my gte wheels when i get my cesaros

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

If it flakes off it's not too big a deal to repair I suppose.

I thought there was a reason about mentioning the GTE wheels!!!! ha ha. I'm happy with the Team Dynamics.

[Dave.]

ok. ive seen a gold/silver saloon with them on, but it was a 5dr yukk!!

if you find another grilll let me know

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

Will do.....

[Mike.]

what paint did you use for the bumpers and grill?

i've got a GTE grill that was painted with plastic primer, looks like he's used satin or matt paint for his bumper and grill