Bought this 97 uk turbo 2000 from Sheffield sports salvage on friday with little damage.










Then after 2 hours off the car being delivered





The bottom cross member is also off now and the damage to the inner wing is now repaired. just waiting for the new panels to arrive.

Also spent an hour removing all the ****e wiring that was all over the car due to the last owner have undercar neons (**** know's why). and removing somones attemt at home made clock surrounds, in other words they stuck sum white plastic to the clock surround's and didnt even trim them right.

I'll updae when the new panels are on.

 

Right the bottom cross member is off and the slight damage to the inner wing is now repaired. car is going to a friends garage at the weekend for a new timing belt fitting then the new panels will be fitted/sprayed ect.

 

keep us up dated bud... intersting project you got going...

any "special" plans or mods intended?

andy

 

at the minute just getting on the road really but as long as it all goes to plan it may end up getting a bit of tuning.

 

[QUOTE=Topbombingkid]Right the bottom cross member is off and the slight damage to the inner wing is now repaired. car is going to a friends garage at the weekend for a new timing belt fitting then the new panels will be fitted/sprayed ect.


Fair play to ya m8, keep us posted! It would be great to see the finished project.

What did ya pay for it if you dont mind me asking?!


cheers

swift

 

Looks like a great project you have there, i have just finished my own project RB5 which was similar. How did you were shef sports salvage? Are they any good?

Good luck with the project !

 

i dunt mind i payed £1600 for it. its a tidy motor just wants few odd bits for it, but apart from the damage its a nice car.

 

They seem ok there site is sportssalvage.com theve got a wagon with simlar damage and an other 97 impreza in green for 3k just wants wiring under steering wheel tidying cos it was an attempted theft only got 77k on the clock body is sound no damage.

 

Ok last 2 days ive got most of the parts painted and a few fitted heres some pics.











Just when i started to spray the first panel the gun decided it had had enough so had to buy a new 1 so bought this twin pack from Kestral Top feeder and suction.





Nice guns easy to use.

I also decide to respray the bootlid and spoiler cos the last ownder had left loads of sealent on it and plenty of scratches.







Fitted a few of the panels back on but need new hinges and bumper bars b4 the bonnet and bumpers can go back on.

Boot and spoiler back on





And the wings





Spent bout 3-4 hour yesterday compounding the rest of the body with G3 and giving it a good polish to make sure the new paint doent look out of place. Doesnt look bad but the new panels still need flatting and buffing yet.

 

very nice, would love to do a project like this but always wonderred if you can get good results from a back yard garage compared to a proper spray booth when painting

 

All depends on the prep. if you take your time you can do a good job just takes time. You'll probly not get as good result as a spray booth but you can get very close. Just take the time to make sure your garage is clean. Paint the floor/walls and make sure theres no drafts.

 

btw are you a car bodywork specialist by trade? just curious lol

 

Very nice job Well done

 

I love threads like this, keep up the good work

 

No bud im a FLT driver at delmonte. just do this as a hobby.


Cheers for the good replies people.

 

are you the man from delmonte then?


car looks great btw

 

he say... YES

andy

 

very impressed mate finish looks good

keep the pics coming and lets see the finished car

 

I've got an STi engine sitting im my garage and always wanted to find a car that had a front end 'tickle' so that i too could tidy up the damage and drop in the engine....not sure about my painting skills though

Top work the the rapair by the way

 

Cheers again guys.

The only **** up made on this project was done by the lad who did the welding for me. He welded the radiator mountings bout half inch too far back (dont ask how) so i had to modd the fans to make sure they cleared the engine. As you lot will know theres not much space there to begin with. But all is fine now and i have complete clearance now.

 

Nice job, you might as well paint the door mirrors, handles and skirts.

 

looks like a good job so far budy

 

that's what I was gonna say..

good color choice though and it looks good quality!

but

you also seem to have resprayed your wall a little..

 

I was thinking that too, go for it!

 

lol the paint on the wall was from me testing the new spray gun to make sure it was set up right.

Just been thinking of doing the mirror's skirts ect but just want to get it on the road at the minute but i will probley do them when its on the road. Just need sum bloody transport lol

 

Small update car is now more or less done bar a few parts but they can be put on any time.

Finially got a front bumper and sprayed it





and ive resprayed the bonnet because of a run i got in it the first time



Front bumper and bonnet now fitted



and all the front complete except the grill and spots.



All more or less done





are lass getting sum elbow grease in



In the last 2 weeks ive also sprayed and had a new tyre fitted to on of the rims and replaced one of the other tyres.
Also bought a new headlight side repeaters and front indicators, Fitted new discs and Red stuff brake pads and fitted new speakes and a stereo as it didnt have any.

Dropped off the VIC form today so just waiting for my appointment to come through now.

 

good work m8! well impressed all done yourself! looks just like my car bar the wheels and sun roof!

 

very nice mate just need to get mine painted now ehat was it like painting your pannels good finish?????

 

Top job mate well done,

 

Looking good.. however the wing / door alignment is not great on that passenger side....