Sorry for this pic whoring but, I have finally finished all the jobs on the to do list ive had for a year.

My standard 1.9 tdi ambiente octy has had alot of work done to her, not least of these was the cosmetic side of things. It wasnt supposed to be a vrs look a like but it has ended up so because of a local breaker.

Thanks to this forum for helping me along the way, and to individual members for theyre hands on help/parts supplying/software supplying/ and advice giving.

I have done this on a serious budget, wheels were £80, coilovers £160, vrs bumper/spoiler/exhaust tip/badges/paint/splitter £100 al together so a grand total of £340 spread over as and when i could afford it.

Thanks to jas106 for cheap bits/ Jonsey for the splitter and side vents/ whitep for software/ sesach for hands on help and bits/ Gee@W8 for ideas/ Bowders for tutorials etc. and everyone else for being generally helpfull, funny, and providing solutions. Sorry if i missed anyone out its not intentional.

There is still wheel change options etc but on the whole the modding basis is complete

So opinions please! Good or bad it dont matter, im well happy, and wanna share.

Original car pics first

These are the after pics

Edited 22 October, 201213 yr by Lofty79

Looks good mate. You have done a good job on fitting them side vents.

Looks good mate. You have done a good job on fitting them side vents.

Dont look too close haha, yeah i wasnt happy so used filler and flushed them, then sprayed over that. Thanks for your input

Nice.

Sadly just in time for the snow this weekend. Are you going to be on shanks pony?

george

PS. For those that do not know,

there is a very famous hedge in the background i believe.

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meikleour_Beech_Hedges

Yes thats right, the beech hedges, cracking straight leading up to them too. I have another car with good clearance, and use of a 4x4 from a neighbour who i have helped alot

Glad you like it mate nice to see the exhaust tail fitted and sitting nice

Looks wicked mate! U have kicked me in the arse to get my side vents fitted now.. just need to buy a dremal!

good work mate

Looks wicked mate! U have kicked me in the arse to get my side vents fitted now.. just need to buy a dremal!

good work mate

Thankyou sir, i quite like the filled in vents job. Was messy with the glue and had some rough edges so thought...... ah just cover it all up! so upol and hardener and made em as flush as poss..... I bet thatll save me a mile per gallon, as opposed to normal side vent application.

I didnt use a dremmel hehe, i very very carefully followed the lines i drew and soften the edges delicately with............. a grinder just a big dremmel really

Edited 22 October, 201213 yr by Lofty79

Glad you like it mate nice to see the exhaust tail fitted and sitting nice

Cheers pal, good to catch up the other day and fight over the vrs bits that were left haha

Cheers pal, good to catch up the other day and fight over the vrs bits that were left haha

There was no fight in it as i would have just tossed chris in your car and took his lol!!!

Errrrrr striping a turbo ???? Rofl

Very nice. Good job and just goes to show what can be done on a budget really. Impressed :-).

Very nice. Good job and just goes to show what can be done on a budget really. Impressed :-).

Thanks mate, yes if you look around and wait and develop some skills (practice on other peoples cars first) it comes together. Im trying to find pics of when i first got her, a standard high riding flop of a taxi look a like.

Amazing :thumbup: ,

It ticks all the boxes and more, I havnt got a splitter or side vents you have got me thinking now damn lol.

My grill surround is still chrome, must admit the black is a nice contrast, is it satin black spray??.

Very nice looking conversion.

NB: Only thing is the roof bars , dont they create wind noise at speed??

Amazing :thumbup: ,

It ticks all the boxes and more, I havnt got a splitter or side vents you have got me thinking now damn lol.

My grill surround is still chrome, must admit the black is a nice contrast, is it satin black spray??.

Very nice looking conversion.

NB: Only thing is the roof bars , dont they create wind noise at speed??

Its a carbon wrap grille, and im more economy than speed, so dont bother about it much. Plus im a window cleaner and need them

Thanks for the positive comments

heres the original ccar when i got it

Thats some transformation, just looked at your grill again, now I can see the stripe effect, was it difficult to do?.

Thats some transformation, just looked at your grill again, now I can see the stripe effect, was it difficult to do?.

It was an absolute ball ache! lots of heating and stretching, and lots of pullit off and restretch to get rid of creases. Finding bubbles, ah even to think about it makes me want to strangle my cat and make it look like an accident

i would love to find a picture of when i bought mines lol, as just looking at yours reminds me of how plain mines looked beforehand, big difference bud, aint there ?

good job buddy!

i would love to find a picture of when i bought mines lol, as just looking at yours reminds me of how plain mines looked beforehand, big difference bud, aint there ?

I know, thats the first ive looked at those pics since buying it, keep scrolling between them

good job buddy!

Ta muchly

A lot of time and effort has gone in there. Good job.

thankyou, underneath, inside, and mechanically too, about 100 hrs spent on all of it.

Quality job Lofty

Yeah all the hard work was worth it. Was worth all the practising on my car and bailin me out lol.