Just noticed this project and it's great to see you've started it right at the very beginning, I wish I'd started a project thread when I bought mine but I didn't plan on doing much to it

It's a fantastic base car and it's very clean and looks great in white. I really like it without the skirts on

If you want the vents dusted over in white I'll see what paint I have lying around.

 

I love them without the side skirts.

 

Thanks once again for coming to Wales with me to get this car Paulo, it was much appreciated
I thought I'd start my project right at the beginning as when I got my Skyline I did the same and looking back was superb, seeing the journey it went through.

I'm going to keep the 22b vents, no need to spray them up, I love them, I decided


I do like it without the skirts, it's just the holes that are left and also will the rear bumper need a spray if I remove the trims to match it up?
I need to start off by refitting the sideskirts, see how I feel looking at the car both ways, skirts on or off, then go from there

 

With thanks to my mate Iain (Wimpy), I now have another set of alloys to play with







These will be sprayed matt black in my garage, maybe satin black, the currently fitted OZ wheels will be sold on (too many spokes for my liking), but these will still be temporary wheels until I decide which permanent set of wheels to go for

 

I wonder who will be painting those

 

Glad to read they are temporary, dont rate those wheels on the classic at all, but IMO of course

 

Think they look good IMO

 

they look superb

 

Eventually I'll go for 17x9" ET35 with an arch roll, as per the conversation earlier in the thread I do like them on a classic but not forever

They do Merv, very nice

 

I think these wheels look great on classics

 

i like these on classics when you **** up the referb ill do it properly for you

 

These will be refurbed for around £50 in total Mags, not £50 per wheel Matt black spray paint from Halfords
Paulo sprayed up the black wheels on my old blue bugeye, they were spot on

 

Well 3 of them were......

 

That wasn't my fault now was it!!?

 

You reversed into it! Granted some **** placed it behind the car you were reversing but that wasn't my fault either

 

A proper gold moment, thats one of those stories that'll live on forever

 

I like this car very much!

 

Thank you

 

I've swapped over to my new STi alloys for a looky see, the don't look great in the grey colour so will need to go matt black......



and photoshopped a little darker, looking much better




I also sprayed the 22b vents a white colour to see them better....

 

They do look crap in grey but they have potential I'm still really really liking it without the sideskirts and it looked fantastic when I saw it earlier.

 

You think the wheels look better in the photoshopped matt black?

 

I think they look better than grey but I also think they'd look much better in gloss black. If we paint them matt black I swear to god I'm going to write "****" on every single one with white chalk!

 

They're not going gloss black!!!!

 

Prepare to drive around in a car with **** written on it's wheels then!

 

MOT day!!!!!!!!!!!!

Car FAILED!!!!!!!

1. Windscreen washer jet not working!!! (Now sorted)
2. Headlight beam too high, adjuster missing (Now sorted with thanks to Paulo P Adjuster from older headlight transfered over )
3. Front brake line excessive damage (ordered red HEL brake lines)
4. Front brakes lines - not enough space to move? (ordered HEL brake lines)

Advisorys:

1. Number plates incorrect (character size)
2. from ARB drop link bushes worn
3. Rear shock showing wear
4. side light bulbs wrong colour
5. Rear fog light colour (a little pink!! )

So, HEL brake lines on order, then it's back for retest, everything else can be done over time slowly

With huge thanks to Paulo P for helping me out again today, already cleared up a couple of the MOT failure points

 

Back in the fold again Cliff Good luck with the new car.

 

Ahhhhh, hello Steve my old mate!!! I did come back, I couldn't afford an Evo!!!!
I hope you're keeping well buddy

 

At the moment this one confuses me because it's got standard brake lines on it and they look like they are fitted as they left the factory from what I can see through the wheel

I was speaking to David last night and he had a bad experience with those guys when they were LEX auto centres and they failed his car on the emissions when they tested it with a cold engine and tried to charge him to clean the injectors

I also don't understand why they didn't adjust the headlight with their fingers but you live and learn.

Good fun sorting out the headlight though and I learned something new

 

Yeah, we'll see what things look like with up on the ramps, I'm hoping somethings obviously wrong back there.

Sorting out the headlight was good fun, I've not tried to line it up yet because of man flu