I thought i would introduce myself to you all. I am stonejedi wife .My first car i had even before i had passed my test was a Renault 5 GT Turbo, When i first got my tiny car it was a mix of different shades of colours because it was red and not taken care of. So thats when the first little mods started, First it was a few little bits on the engine nothing much just a bigger air filter dump valve and a 3inch straght though exhaust.Then came the outside of the car i changed the 13 inch standard rims for 15 inch after market ones but it didnt end there once that was done the next step was a full respray in a candy red.I also change up the front and back bumpers and put a williams bonnet on. Then a full install had to be next my boot was full of all sorts of goodies. I also had cobra buckets seats with sabelt harness. All was going great until that day my hubbie brought his wrx sti beast home to me I WANTED ONE.So i had to say good bye to my tiny little friend and hello to my big beast.My hubbie had brought me one for our wedding anniversary.I have had my wrx import a good few years now (5) and now its time for the mods to begin.Here is a few pictures of my five and some of the work that was carried out.Jen.







































































And now this is my beast when i first got it.



To be continued.....

 

awesome work, i love the r5 gtt had one back in the 90's. unreliable as only french cars are but a great drive.

 

looks great.the Renault 5 gt turbo was my favorite car when i was a teenager

 

I still miss my little car, i have been it to turbo charged cars for years it was my husband that got me into them. my husband had a black 5 with over 250 bhp. He was always getting parts from GT Tunning and going to santa pod.

 

was there one called a gordinio? i used to walk by his house on my way to work and drooled over his little black rocket and thought ide get one on day but never did

 

Yes mate there was one called a gordini it was the first renault 5 to get the turbocharger then it was the phase 1 then the phase 2 which had the colour coded body kit as standard which is the one my wife had.SJ.

 

i love how you posted these pics on a subaru website and we are all interested in the renault.
tells you what a great car they were,

oh nice impreza by the way

 

It's those old cars that still turn heads. My impreza looks a lot different now more pics to follow.

 

nice one Jenna, you weren't shy of the clutch then.................

always really fancied a Turbo2...........

 

Yes the turbo 2 are well gorgeous that's the mid engined one?Jen.

 

ohh yes.............

http://www.wallpaperss.com/wp-conten...-5-Turbo-2.jpg

 

Very nice pic.

 

I did try 18 ich rims on my car,but the handling felt vague and every cornor and bump the back rubbed bad.But it did look very nice here are a few pics.

 

Those 18s look superb!!! Did you roll the rear arches at all?

 

Hi, no I didn't , I have gone to 17 inch rims now and the car handles much better and no rubbing. Jen

 

That's a shame, I loved the look of them
On another random note, my Skyline reg plate was M592 FNW

 

they must be relatedi will put up a pic when i get some time of my new rims.Jen.

 

nice looking cars love the old reggy 5's proper old skool just a pain to start when they were hot lol

 

I remember thoese good old days,but apart from that she never let me down come rain or sunshine .

 

Just thought i would show some more pics of what i have done now. so i have changed the rims clear side repeaters and mud flaps.And four pot calipers front and two pot rears and godspeed racing grooved disc and pads. Jen.

 

anyway i found out the other reason why the car was cornering so bad,just take a look at these...



but Now they are replaced with these...


BC coilovers


Jen.

 

looking good....

it looked awesome on the 18 s

 

Thanks I thoughts so to,it was just the handling and they where a bugger to clean.Jen.

 

The Renault looked lovely, love your profile pic as well.

 

I really like the new wheels, they make the car look a lot newer than when it wore the white 18s for some reason

 

Thanks Jen.

 

Thanks, I think the wheels make it look fresh.Jen

 

Just an update on what I am doing next. As you may have seen my husband (stonejedi) project thread, I thought I would start to say what I am doing and how our threads are linked. My husband plan is to build himself a new engine and as his car only has 23,000 on the clock it makes sense to put his whole engine into my car, that's an 03 sti engine into a 94 classic . So far I have started to buy a few bits for the engine that I will need and the list is growing not as big as my hubby's list which is good but still big enough. My wonderful hubby has just gone and bought me my 6 speed gear box with hubs prop shafts etc... More bits coming this week so will up date again and also add more pics. Also if anyone is in the Market for a engine plus gear box just pm as they will be coming out in about two months time, both are in 100% working order and can be heard running in my carJEN.

 

someone is going to be busy.......

 

While I am waiting for the engine transplant I thought I would start on doing some bits inside the car. When I first got the car it was in a sad way inside as it came from Japan and the last owner liked painting all plastics White . so I have now started taking out the parts to respray them back to black.
This is how it looked when I first got it.




And now, I changed the dials to White and have put in a kenwood DVD player and kenwood digital receiver,plus kenwood speakers front and back. Momo gear **** for now as I will change that when the six speed gear box goes in.



And here I am respraying some of my parts.with the very hard to find plasti dip black.





jEN