Cheers vaughan :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by vaughanmc
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Cheers vaughan :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by vaughanmc
unfortunately when i removed the rub strips from the side of the car i found out that the drivers door had some damage repair work done on it :cry:
The rubstrip had been masked upto and the top half of the door painted, aswell as the door vinyl being painted on, so i sourced a minty mint door, had that painted and then (massive thanks again to Lee H and Rickardo) fitted the new door on.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0285.jpg
I think the colour match is quite good, on the above pic the car hadnt been washed since i bought it, but when its cleaned up the colour match is ace, i did take it back to the bodyshop twice to be repainted as i wasnt happy. Also had a set of wing mirror covers painted at the time too!
Also note that i had fitted my window surrounds at this point and the drivers side one at the bottom of the window pops up everytime you shut the door, so that needs sorting!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0286.jpg
Is that it up to date ?
I then got bored one staurday morning so set about a few jobs on the car while it wasnt raining for a change so decided to build the front end up and fit the fuel tank and fuel lines!
What an a**e i had fitting the fuel tank, i forgot to put the new breather pipe I had bought onto the tank so fitted all the tank up to then realise i had forgotten to change the breather (balls) :mad: So the tank came back off and then got refitted with breather attatched this time!
Then i moved onto fitting my one pice bumper and grill for the front and the lower trim for the bottom of the valance at the front of the car!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10851.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10852.jpg
I personally love the look of mk1's with these front bumpers on, i gather they are a marmite bumper as some people like them and some dont, but i do so meh!
By this point i had also given the car its second wash in my ownership and also taken all the rubbish fox alarm stickers out of the tinted glass that i got out of my mates luxe + or whatever it was :cool:
Also fitted a freshly painted set of wipers arms, (cheers rickardo). Just need to fit the front number plate now and the front will be complete!
Sorry to confuse Vaughan not updated this for ages but been taking pics along the way and dont get to use the computer much so theres a few more pages to go yet but i'll let you know when its upto date pics :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by vaughanmc
Now for a few upto date pics of how the car stands at the minute,
The engine bay is pretty much finished, a little bit of wiring to be done yet and small jobs to be finished off in there but its getting to be complete!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10841.jpg
SFI box and air filter fitted!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10842.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10843.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10844.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10848.jpg
The rad and fan have also been fitted now and i have fitted a heat shield above the exhaust manifold but it was dark by the time i had that fitted!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10849.jpg
Sorry about the rubbish quality pics, camera was being gay for some reason :(
So is it early mk1 outside and full gsi inside? Should stay nice for a whilst now its just a toy
Hi Andy, car looks great mate. I should of kept that bumper for mine, really suits it!
A few upto date pics of the back of the car,
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10829.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10830.jpg
I bought a brand new magnex full stainless system for the car as i was struggling to find an exhaust that exits in the right place for a mk1 and doesnt come out at an angle, sooo the exhaust is only hung in the roundabout place atm as it is booked in to have the system mated to the manifold on Sat 19th as they are a mile away at the minute :thumb:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10831.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10832.jpg
Really impressed with how the wrap around has changed the look of the back of the car :cool: and i think that with the once piece back bumper they work really well together!
I also bought a full gsi interior off (lee h) cheers dude, as i ran my mk2 stripped out for a while and found it to be utter turd. I also really dont like gte interiors or the mk1 dash so the only option was to go mk2 and when i got offered a mint gsi interior i could refuse really.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10836.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10838.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10839.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10840.jpg
The interior isnt quite finished yet as you can see theres some wiring still to do, need to find the bit that the steering column goes through for a mk2 so i can put the bottom cowling on.
All the electric windows and central lockingi splumber in and works though! Mk1 looks with mk2 interior, perfect if you ask me :cool:
Fitted my digi dash aswell, no chopping of dash required, a bit of persuasion was needed to get it to go in but now it sits in there quite nicely!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10862.jpg
Yeah thats the one graeme, the plan is to use it for trackdays etc but try and keep it as nice as possible!Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme Dixon
Mk1 outside,gsi inside!