In your sunday best as always i see Daz!

 

I'm 25 this year and you still have more hair than me

 

I was expecting a massive, muscly scary looking hard b4stard, so I was quite surprised

 

LOL, suits me.
Better to be under estimated than over estimated

 

I had the wheels sand blasted at the weekend and used the remaining paint I had to paint them.

The finish on the wheels after blasting wasnt what I expected. They were very rough and needed a fair bit of prepping to get them paintable.

I gave them a coat of etch primer then allowed that to flash off before a good few coats of high build primer. They were then left for 24hrs then base coat and lacquer.

Just need a new windscreen and trims to put back in place then the body work is finished all barring a good seal polish and seal.

Here's some pictures I've taken just a few minutes ago:

 

Nice transformation, looks very nice!

 

The car looks fecking lovely.

 

wow daz the car looks spot on fella are you going to go for some rcm type stripes along the lower sides of the car and sti lights on the rear ??? think they would look great and match your brakes ect

 

Looks hellish mate, good work

 

Very nice, looks a bit high at the front though

 

this is cool !!!

 

There's a reason for that....



What's your excuse

No RCM stripes though. That would be like putting RS Turbo Stickers on a 1.3L Escort.

Will get some STI lights eventually

 

I know I know

 

That is sexual Daz

 

Looking good Daz, deffinately needs STi rears.

I'll pop down soon

 

Lots of progress this week and the car is really starting to come together and proper look the part now

Flocked dash.











Next is an A Pillar triple 60mm Gauge pod holder. Not like some of the gash you see out there this really is made to measure and fits perfectly.

Firsty I had to make some holes in the orginal a pillar trim for the wiring. Ignore the windscreen it was replaced halfway through this lot.


Gauges in place and working.



Notice the new windscreen


The factory dials were green so I've changed them for some blue LEDs to match the new gauges.



Finally, now the new windscreen is in I have, atlast, been able to put my Roger Clark sunstrip on.









Ordered some clips for the roof trims and they will be put on next weekend.

Just a spoiler and a front splitter to acquire and the body work will be totally finished.

 

That's going to look lovely when it's finished Daz.

Great work matey

 

Going for the new High Torque Electric motor then Daz.
It was good meeting you on Sunday and the colour is White
Sunstrip and wing badges are just right.
It's all being done in the RCM manor of no compromise and I'm looking forward to seeing you in it soon.

 

Just read from the start again and the car looks SOOOOOO much nicer in white.

That has transformed your car from a "OMG my wife's diesel powered rampant rabbit proberly has more power than that" to a " slick looking machine".

White is in.

Looking forward to seeing it finished

 

With the new flocked interior parts I think the seats spoil the look of the interior??? I think some new lightweight seats would be just the ticket!

 

new seats and carbon door cards, carbon rear quarter panels and carbon bulkhead are planned

 

Love the engine build!

 

just read this from the start and all i can say is hats off to you fella,what a great job you've made of everything well done on building what will be a cracking motor !!!

guess it pays to be patient

Tim

 

I've just realised I havent updated this for while. With the bodywork 99% finished I thought I'd have some graphics on the car. So here they are:

 

STi rear lights to complete?

 

The UK rear lights needed something doing with them but I really didnt want to pay £250 for some new ones so I thought I'd have a go at tinting them instead.
So for £10 for some tint spray instead of £250 for some STI rears they've turned out quite well.

It was pure coincedence that the red and black of the grahics matched the red and black of the lights.

 

lights lk well how do they look at night car u still see indicators etc

 

They look fine at night. I'm going to put a Brighter LED bulb in each side to be on the safe side

 

Yea looks good, something different, as u say matches well with the black in the gfx.

 

Daz what did you use to make the seal water tight?

I thought I had sealed my new ones ok, then lifted the carpet in the boot to find a small puddle down in the rear corner wells!