Are you guys prepping the chrome prior to priming? Mines off but not sure what to do prior to priming it!

Basically take the shine off the chrome.

Rub it down with Halfords wet and dry 240 paper until chrome is dull.

Wipe it down and dry.

Few coats of Halfords plastic primer.

Few coats of Halfords Satin black, up to you on finish of course, Matt or Gloss?

Will see how the prep/paint stands up to use and mileage.

Phil

Ps No I don't work for Halfords!

Lol.. Halfords is where I've gone and got all my supplies already.. I started to give the chrome a bit of a sanding but it didn't do what I expected it too if that makes sense.

I'll crack on with it tomorrow then! Cheers.

Good luck!

We are currently doing the same to the internal chrome surround from the headlights

Primer, satin black next.

yeah please hutchy that would be fab!

Pictures added to my project thread

Sealed all 4 doors today, just because I know it needs doing at some point.

So discovered that at least 3 doors have had work done before because the back of the pop rivets have been left in the doors and could been seen through the drain holes!

Why would you have the membrane panels off and not bother to remove the old rivets from the bottom of the door! Now I know they are there it is very annoying!!

Rant over

Edited 10 February, 201610 yr by flodoms

My passenger side was exactly the same!

Managed to fish them all out with magnets but still... They shouldn't have been left in the first place.

Picked up a brand new pair of covers from Skoda and spent a half hour after our run cutting the holes for the wiring grommets. Almost at the point to seal the glass back on but need to convince myself to try as I'm not 100% sure that the glass and surround will fit over my shrouds at the minute. May be forced to get some smaller shrouds if they dont fit

 

Edited 10 February, 201610 yr by GolfChick

Borrowed a polisher and picked up a cutting compound and smaller pad to try and improve the current headlights. Happy with the results and encourages me about what the spare set will look like once they're fitted and finished off with polisher.

 

unfortunately the last shroud wasn't going to work, it didnt leave anywhere near enough clearance in such a small headlight so really the only viable option was the mini gatling shroud. Stripped it apart AGAIN and fitted the new shroud. Everything is in place now bar the headlight level motors as the spare headlights didnt come with them. I've paid for a pair so when we have one spare set of headlights left whoever we sell them too will mean its full complete set and should save faff time. Hopefully get them fit by end of the week.

 

Edited 16 February, 201610 yr by GolfChick

Looks about right, not really a bad job is it?

nah its mega simple, helps I've done two others before mind on other cars.

No photos to update but spend this afternoon in the workshop stripping down the door to replace the passenger lock. It needed doing as it jammed at the weekend then randomly released so I left it unlocked until today! Went fairly smoothly apart from forgetting to plug in the door lock after pop riveting the panel on! Some jiggery pokery meant we managed to plug it in without removing again! On wards and upwards to the headlights again!

I've done the exact same thing before

was very impressed with myself for getting it plugged back in without removing it!

Leon splitter fitted today, very happy with new badge, painted badge, painted grille and splitter all together.

Looks nice.. I'm undecided on a splitter yet! But I like them none-the-less.. also like the sprayed VRS badge, unique!

Did you decide on a colour for the alloys?

Edited 18 February, 201610 yr by MidWalesVRS

Very nice! Good jobs so far!

Thanks guys

Not decided on wheel colour yet.

Refurb and standard would look good, but is it a bit boring.

I don't want to end up feeling I have gone to dark with the wrong choice of grey/anthracite/gunmetal options.

Will wait until Easter hols and get them done then I think.

Finally headlights done and added, headlight adjusters were knackered on one side which meant pliers to adjust. The nearside has a slight angle to the beam which I would of liked to fix but its ok for now til I work out a way of figuring it out.

 

Matching set of new key fob badges are done

Pm sent a few days ago

I'm hoping I don't have any issues with the angle of the projector on the set I'm making at the moment. I've also added a relay so that I use halogen high beam whilst the dipped beam is off and bi-xenon when the dipped beam is on. It's only 3 wires and a bit of solder.

Was the original projector you had in a 3" one?

The only difference was the shroud rather than the whole projector unit. Its the mini h1 projector and I think is technically maybe 2.5". 

 

No new developments really, fitted under seat storage to the drivers seat but wasn't worth taking a photo of. Finally had nice enough weather to clean the nana car and took the opportunity to use some polish on the headlights and apply the head light sealant to UV protect it. Then took it to the wyre forest to get the bike muddy!

 

Looks good, always liked the lemon yellow fabia. Had one from new (06) until last year when I got ran in to on a roundabout and it was written off. Fit my headlights this afternoon, I'm impressed so far.

Nice to see some yellow ones around, makes a change from all the black and red ones.