j70tnr

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Only had it just over a week & I've already got lots of ideas & plans. First of all it needed a clean as you will see from the pics. I've ordered a few bits, so will update once i get them on. Here are some pics for now...

Dirty car...








All cleaned up, polished & waxed. Oh & i removed the stickers & the STi badge on the rear.

scoobeedoo

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Thats a very nice car you got there

nick172sport

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very nice bug mate

The Dogs B******s

Looking good

K30FOY

Nice.

P1 LTD

Looking sweet and clean

Myles

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Like it, like mine though, it requires lowering a little. Good man for removing the STI badge.

grahamc

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sorry but I prefer the wheels dirty not a fan of gold wheels, but the rest of the car looks great!!

JonMc

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Nice, needed that clean though

j70tnr

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Thanks for the comments, I don't like the gold wheels either, looking for some black 18" alloys with a red pin stripe. & yes it will be getting lowered soon as well

C17RPA

sharpy2010

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Lovely looking car you've got there! It needed the clean :-)

Why did you remove the STI badge?

Cheers, Chris

mr hat

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im guessing because its not a sti

j70tnr

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Yer removed the badge s its not an STi & i'm not one for having badges on a car that are not ment to be there.

So i decided to clean the engine bay up a little.

Before...


Then i decided the yellow caps didn't look right so took them off to spray...


Then i decided i wanted to de-tango the front end as well, so off came the headlights...


Also took off the front orange side repeater things...


All the caps back on & looking fresh in red...


So to de-tango the headlights i had to cook them, lol. My mum gave me some funny looks...


In the oven...


15 mins later...


Sprayed & put back together...


All back on & looking good with the engine bay caps...


Close up of caps & headlight...


Finished for now...


Now i know the red don't go with the gold wheels etc. at the minute but once i get the new wheels on it will look better.

Not sure if i should spray some more bits in the engine bay, like the alternator cover, fuse box cover & header tank.

Opinions?

j70tnr

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Yer removed the badge s its not an STi & i'm not one for having badges on a car that are not ment to be there.

So i decided to clean the engine bay up a little.

Before...


Then i decided the yellow caps didn't look right so took them off to spray...


Then i decided i wanted to de-tango the front end as well, so off came the headlights...


Also took off the front orange side repeater things...


All the caps back on & looking fresh in red...


So to de-tango the headlights i had to cook them, lol. My mum gave me some funny looks...


In the oven...


15 mins later...


Sprayed & put back together...


All back on & looking good with the engine bay caps...


Close up of caps & headlight...


Finished for now...


Now i know the red don't go with the gold wheels etc. at the minute but once i get the new wheels on it will look better.

Not sure if i should spray some more bits in the engine bay, like the alternator cover, fuse box cover & header tank.

Opinions?

SPEN555

WTF!

PMSL!

That is a photoshop of them headlamps yeah?

Sorry, I have had a few drinks but it looks like you have put red into your front lamps?

j70tnr

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Lol no not a photoshop. Just thought it would stand out a little lol.

F1 CJE UK

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agree not a fan of the red but the car looks great

bioforger

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wtf with the red headlights haha erm MOT failure anyone

phil84

Someone got carried away with the red paint

The bay looks neat

Like bioforger said about MOT, but if the plod pull you

What are they like with the lights on in the dark???

Abx

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Think you will be ok with those lights as that is what MG did to the 160 model over the standard MGF headlights, will see if I can find a pic as did it to my old F.

j70tnr

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they are the exact same as standard phil84, no difference at all, still light up the road the same, indicators still flash orange.

Everyone sprays them black & thats fine so i don't see why spraying them red would make a difference for mot. Its just a colour.

j70tnr

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they are the exact same as standard phil84, no difference at all, still light up the road the same, indicators still flash orange.

Everyone sprays them black & thats fine so i don't see why spraying them red would make a difference for mot. Its just a colour.

phil84

Black is neutral though.

Don't get me wrong, it stands out and you have done a good job of doing it.

I think for MOT's though, any other colours apart from white and orange on the front of a car is a no-no!!!!

Any MOT testers or anyone who knows exactly to confirm???

For me it would just bring unwanted attention from plod!!!!

It's your car and whatever you're happy with...

Abx

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Black bit on the below is silver on standard cars and black on special edition models, if done oe then sure will be ok as a mod.

j70tnr

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Just like to be different & stand out, once the wheels are changed & the decals are on it will look a lot better.

If i get pulled & told i aint allowed them or MOT says they have to change will only take a couple of hours to spray them black so its not as if its going to cost a lot to change. Will just see what happens.

j70tnr

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Just done a couple of photoshops as i'm not sure which would look best, i think the 2nd one, let me know your opinions please.

The header tank is a little worse for ware so this will be painted red along with the bracket things that hold the rad on at the front. But i don't know if i should spray the fuse box cover, alternator cover & the other cover in the top left (cant remember what this is covering but you can see it in the pics). Or i could trim them in carbon. I am thinking the carbon route as this would break up the red in the engine bay as i don't want it to look like everything that can be painted has been painted, lol.

Photoshop 1 - Everything painted red.


Photoshop 2 - Red & Carbon.

j70tnr

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Just done a couple of photoshops as i'm not sure which would look best, i think the 2nd one, let me know your opinions please.

The header tank is a little worse for ware so this will be painted red along with the bracket things that hold the rad on at the front. But i don't know if i should spray the fuse box cover, alternator cover & the other cover in the top left (cant remember what this is covering but you can see it in the pics). Or i could trim them in carbon. I am thinking the carbon route as this would break up the red in the engine bay as i don't want it to look like everything that can be painted has been painted, lol.

Photoshop 1 - Everything painted red.


Photoshop 2 - Red & Carbon.

mr hat

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dear god those front lights!!!!!!!! looks like your car is back to front. no no nooooooooo!!!!!

j70tnr

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So i had a spare half hour & played around of Forza 3 & roughly came up with this...









This is kind of what i'm thinking of doing. What you think?