was thinking more along these lines possibly

http://www.allvehicles.co.uk/IMG_2332.jpg

looks sweet, like it, almost like the new GT3 RS colour too

got a new rotor arm and dizzy cap today, also decided to bin off the carbon fibre plug cover and just make a little bit to hold the leads together

while i had the off cuts of carbon fibre out i decided to knock up a base plate for my new mirrors - whatever they are yet i don't know.

i also decided to refit the platic trim at the edge of the carpet but i chopped it down a bit

while i had the camera out i thought i'd get a quick pic of my decat pipe and 16v centre box hung in place, got it sitting quite high in the tunnel so i'm pleased with that.

Olly

i had a busy weekend doing a certain clio and a polo oil pump/cambelt, ibiza cupra sump, new rear caliper and brake bleed and transporter brakes and battery so i got nothing done on the arosa at all.

good news is a got some box section for free to weld in to mount my bucket seats.

bad news is the budget has taken another hit, on ebay again - i bought some old school mirrors, some cheapy 3 point harnesses plus the dizzy cap and rotor arm cost ~ £60 so i've now spent £751 so there's £249 left in the pot, i should have sold the rear belts today so that's £10 back in the kitty.

i've only got the head, stealth shelf, sttering wheel and 16v clocks left to sell and try and claw some cash back.

Olly

looks like you gotta sell your body :S?

Heres a bit of an idea, sell your bad boy bonnet, then go buy another from a scrappy for like less than half what you sell the badboy for, and then make another bad boy for budget box :-D bit of a pain in the ass but will make you a little bit of money, and it will 'technically' still be within the project 'rules'

hmm - worth considering, if not the paint job will have to be budget rattle can special!

Olly

I think a rattle can special will be more 'in fitting' with the theme of this project dude

i had a busy weekend doing a certain clio

Olly

you loved it!

olly i check this thread literally everyday. you are sick mate!

walshc - you may be right bud

couzenz - i did not love it, damn french $%&*

thanks bullawayo, it's just a bit of fun really.

got a bit done after work tonight, got my box section and chopped it down to size, then i positioned the seat where i wanted it to sit and marked it up -

as the front support was higher than the rear i tacked a straight edge on to make sure the slope was even.

now it was all where i wanted it i sanded the tunnel and inner sill ready, then welded them in

i also tacked it the brackets for the inner mount

trial fitted the seat and they were bob on so i welded them in place

trial fitted the seat again

all was good so primered the welds

the drivers side was done so repeated the same on the passenger side and trial fitted both seats

i'll trim all the carpet and plastics up tomorrow, paint the welds and bolt the seats in properly.

Olly

Edited 22 February, 201016 yr by polo6n2g40

This car looks ace for less than £800, the rate of progress your making is amazing! Good job! :-)

thanks bud, looking forward to getting the interior back together and make a start on the bodywork.

Olly

loving them Olly, great work so far :)

seems the purchase of the lupo bumpers have fallen through as he cannot get them off the car so i've been refunded £65. i'm back down to £686 now so i've sent my mate to gsf to get my new track rod ends, fresh oil and filter for her.

should be able to bolt the new subframe setup up soon, few more bits then bodywork can commence.

Olly

i will ask my mate if he still has his lupo front end, the one i thought u bought it off in the first place, and see if he still has it if u want :)

cant wait to see this when its finished.

been following it from the start

good stuff

thanks kuzpit and adam. :-D

well got my bits from gsf and a couple of ebay parcels

i set about refitting the carpet and trimmed it around the box section, also refitted the side trim

went and got some nuts and bolts from the shed

and bolted the seats in

i refitted the handbrake surround, gear lever surround, gaitor and knob and gave the drivers footwell a little hoover up

i did a swift oil and filter change and cleaned the plugs up too, i think i'm going to swap out the fuel pump with a 80k 16v one i have in my shed as i'm not sure how much life is left in the current one.

i only need some wishbone bushes and i can build up the new subframe/wishbones/rack/arb etc then get it bolted in.

i'll probably set about mounting the mirrors tomorrow.

Olly

Edited 23 February, 201016 yr by polo6n2g40

awsome mate. You haven't got any valver seats left by any chance have you?

Max

thanks bud, i sold the full set for £20 to jamie300 mate.

Olly

god damn it lol.

What about the old seats?

Also , do you still have the wheels that came on the lupo?

Cheers

awsome mate. You haven't got any valver seats left by any chance have you?

Max

lol i just chucked a absolutely mint set to the skip couple of weeks ago.

ha just your luck i gave them away!

awsome mate. You haven't got any valver seats left by any chance have you?

Max

lol i just chucked a absolutely mint set to the skip couple of weeks ago.

fuck sake

todays spend was £50 + i've just bought some uprated oem bushes for £20 off ebay for the wishbones, i'll reveal what they are when i get them, they're alot tougher than stock arosa/lupo/polo 6n + 6n2 wishbone bushes but are not as hard as powerflex.

so up goes the total again to £756, looks like paint may get rattle can application at this rate!

Olly