1986 Jamaica Yellow 1.2L Project

Ah i might give it a clean and polish it tomorrow, so i may get some pics on, but not fussed, everyones seen it at nats lol

Sod it as you bumped it up...

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Hope they work, there from my bookface, took after nats, now 12-15mm lower at front.

Scott

Where is the wheel update?

Exactly Benn, he's just a spoilsport really keeping it to himself lol

Scott, they look stunning on there. Looks awesome. Love it.

The wheels transform the care mate, looks epic

Reposition the rear wiper arm and new plates tho :)

Did you do the wheels yourself ? Look awesome

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Scott, they look stunning on there. Looks awesome. Love it.

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Cheer Benn, that meens alot coming from your self dude!

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The wheels transform the care mate, looks epic

Reposition the rear wiper arm and new plates tho :)

Did you do the wheels yourself ? Look awesome

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Never even thought about the wiper arm, lol as that hows its always been, i will do it though.

Yeah i got the wheels for £80 of ebay, they were in a bad way, so i refurbished them all my self, not the best job, but there OK, but hammerite paints just dont dry out! it's got caught and pealed on one spoke already, so need to touch it up..

The tyres were the best thing i did though to get them to look spot on, there 165/50's and finish almost flush to the wheel width etc.

Funny though how a set of gold painted vaux wheels make it look loads better! lol

Are you happy I bumped your thread lol

It looks brilliant with those wheels, really suit the styling and age... You need a PNG toothbrush now to keep them clean lol

Great work doing them your self.

Looking good now scott , Such a transformation with them alloys on

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Great work doing them your self.

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Well it was the option of send them away for a few days/week top and cost me £30-50 a wheel, or the basement and £30 of paint and a paint sticky boggy nose as i had no mask! lol

Prep/primed all four.

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Paint silver/grey lips.

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Then i makes the lips off and run a knife blade flat round the inside the rim just past the lip curve etc..

And painted the rest gold and lacquered..

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That looks real well! The expressions look right at home on it. :thumb:

what size of tyres are you using on the cav alloys?

wheels looks awesome! needs some fresh plates and to lose the mudflaps imo, but still looks ace :)

Nah needs flaps but agree on fresh numberplates as they look tired Scott.

Looks great! Would love to try those wheels on mine and see how it looks.

Well gave it a quick clean an whent on the hunt for pic locations, so... let the pic hoer begin!

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Nice, glad you've decided to modify it, looks loads better than it did standard.

Going a bit scenester with all the stickers, dice, etc? lol

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what size of tyres are you using on the cav alloys?

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165/50

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wheels looks awesome! needs some fresh plates and to lose the mudflaps imo, but still looks ace :)

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Yep plates are on the list, but it's getting some good one's that have the same numbers im finding hard...
As for flaps, there the originals that came with the car, Ive just put them back on, and i love them there staying put, keeps it cleaner on the sides now!

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Nah needs flaps but agree on fresh numberplates as they look tired Scott.

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See above lol

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Looks great! Would love to try those wheels on mine and see how it looks.

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Maybe if your at Billing i might swap a size over to see how they look??

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Nice, glad you've decided to modify it, looks loads better than it did standard.

Going a bit scenester with all the stickers, dice, etc? lol

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Meh it's getting more stuff done soon, like a graduated top screen tint (internal job)
And Ive got some under bonnet plans straight out the 90's!

lol this car's motto is.. No Go-Just Retro!

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I funking love that!

Are you on coilover at the rear Scott? or separate shock spring?

Cheers Benn, John, there cheep jom front coilovers with helpers removed, low as i dare go, and it's on Bilstein B2 rear dampers, and the jom rear springs with no adjusters, say 60-70mm lowering?

when you big blocking it then??

Wheels completely transform it - looks ACE!

Perfect setup Scott :thumb:

Looks really good with the new wheels, I like it.

cool, its stocks have just gone up lol

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Meh it's getting more stuff done soon, like a graduated top screen tint (internal job)
And Ive got some under bonnet plans straight out the 90's!

lol this car's motto is.. No Go-Just Retro!

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I can get you a new bronze tint windscreen with blue shade band if you are interested?

really cool matey, a nice MK1

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Looks very cool, I love it!

Only thing that lets it down and I'm being really picking here, the rub strip on the n/s rear quarter doesn't look straight?

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Looks very cool, I love it!

Only thing that lets it down and I'm being really picking here, the rub strip on the n/s rear quarter doesn't look straight?

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Not sure how you mean mate? they do kick out slightly where it meet the rear arch lips, buts the panel shape.. But cheers.

looking good with the change of wheels Scott.

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This pic here it's very noticeable.

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This pic here it's very noticeable.

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Its where the arch flairs out...

Colour is ace & the wheels make it :cool: :thumb:

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Its where the arch flairs out...

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But it's not like it on the o/s?

Love it Scott