Blimey! Can't say I was expecting that! Any reason for the change?

A GT lip would look good on that. If only you knew somebody who had one...................... 

It had a vRS bumper Lee

 

5 hours ago, Hyphons said:

Blimey! Can't say I was expecting that! Any reason for the change?

No real reason rather than just because I could.

its going to be a little more practical for going on holidays

Wow that was a shock. Looks like good sleeper project too. 

5 hours ago, stevobeavo said:

Wow that was a shock. Looks like good sleeper project too. 

 

Should be when it’s finished

just a couple of bits left then it’s ready for the MOT

Nice to see you sharing the progress Charlie at long last

 

Looking good mate. Was suprised when i saw on FB you scrapped the VRS. 

Managed to get a few hours on the paintwork today. It’s better than it was

also fitted colour coded door handles.

had to re-do the grille as the carbon fibre started to crack. Bought some vinyl and wrapped it 

 

sadly one of the headlights got broken, so I’m having to stick with standard ones for now

Charlie, do you have a picture of the rear of the honeycomb grille please? Contemplating doing this to mine, but don't want it messy underneath. Cheers!

2 hours ago, alex_e3 said:

Charlie, do you have a picture of the rear of the honeycomb grille please? Contemplating doing this to mine, but don't want it messy underneath. Cheers!

 

Yes sure. I’ll admit this isn’t the neatest, but didn’t have enough mesh to completely re-work it

 

 

 

 

 

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A few hours spent giving it a final coat of  wax. Now it finally looks like a car

 

 

A little test drive around the estate and all seems good

 

 

i do do get a bulb out warning, but all of the lights work which is a bit of a mystery and the washer fluid warning comes on. 

Just need to get the MOT booked now

Cheers for the pics Charlie. Looks fairly neat from the pics to be honest! Did you have to modify the black plastic backing piece of the grille to fit it in?

 

Car's looking good!

23 minutes ago, alex_e3 said:

Cheers for the pics Charlie. Looks fairly neat from the pics to be honest! Did you have to modify the black plastic backing piece of the grille to fit it in?

 

Car's looking good!

Thanks Alex.

yes had to cut it back quite a bit to allow the honeycomb to fit, as it's quite thick

Car is looking really good now it’s nearing completion, the rear bumper mods suit it. 

 

Keep up the the good work!

Thanks  need to sort out the wheels next. 

Both sets need refurbs now and need 4 tyres

The reason I love this colour

 

 

MOT day tomorrow!

On 18/06/2018 at 20:29, Dark_Hero said:

MOT day tomorrow!

 

How did it get on?

21 hours ago, Wardy said:

 

How did it get on?

Badly. The sills have rusted through and holey. Front brakes binding, so only 30% efficient and the exhaust was deemed dangerous. Whilst it’s the same length as the standard estate exhaust, it’s tips didn’t point down.

 

just finished rectifying everything this evening, so will get it booked back in to have the welding done and re-MOT’d

Oh dear - fingers crossed for the re-test!

14 hours ago, Dark_Hero said:

Badly. The sills have rusted through and holey. Front brakes binding, so only 30% efficient and the exhaust was deemed dangerous. Whilst it’s the same length as the standard estate exhaust, it’s tips didn’t point down.

 

just finished rectifying everything this evening, so will get it booked back in to have the welding done and re-MOT’d

 

Teething troubles, nothing more! Soon be done and on the road

Yep, welding and new MOT booked for Monday. Just getting it patched for now. It was meant to be a cheap project, but the bumpers make it look much better than I thought it would.

so in the future might get complete replacement sills

At least being a dark colour the repairs shouldn’t catch the eye. Was it unattended to stone chip corrosion or from within??

Hope so

not entirely sure what caused it tbh. There’s some damage on the edge of the drivers side rear door too