Heres my mk2f coupe in satin silver 1.3 spi

how its sitting at the moment and how i got there :)

Spec:

lowered 80/60 phil j kit

Ats classics

full stainless system inc. 421

gt cam

colour coded bumpers

recaro seats

g40 interior

gt steering wheel

updates when i can and lots of plans

thanks for looking

so here's how the car started when I first bought it, with a few slight mods: satin silver 1.3 spi cl, 91k

lowered on phil j 90/80 kit, GT steels, Stainless de-cat system, g40 door cards and uprated speakers, nothing too fancy lol!

this was the night I got it if I remember, hence a picture in the dark.

few weeks after having her, let loose with a few stickers, not overboard yet haa!

also new tyres all round, 165/55's think it looks better on lower prof tyres!

paint down the whole right hand side is tragic, getting done next weekend finally

had a go at the door a while back as it was rusting at the bottom, and its still covered in primer :/

thats the first attempt. ill put more pictures of how the car looks now up soon!

over the past year, things I've done:

new front bumper, as clips were broke

did look like this:

new wiper motor as the old one was shot:

new top mounts were next, along with new brakes all round, had new linings, new ebc discs and green stuff pads :)

rear arch spats were removed as well, just prefer that look.

few more stickers, got bored

sprayed a few bits if the interior:

next up was new wheels went for the ats classics, and these were shabby when i picked them up, but got them for pretty cheap, tyres were shot though, decided to refurb them myself, so i used nitro morse to remove the old laquer anodising whatever you want to call it, this was a lengthy process!

then i had to rub them down, to 2500 grit,

got rid of all the corrosion polished them and the first two I lacquered, big mistake lol, look naff compared two the front which i left bare and regularly polish.

trial fit before refurb :p

after the clear coat was gone and rubbed down:

Polished

lacquered

front just polished

then all four fitted refurbed

random pic

ill add more details about

stainless 421 :p

Leather recaros

black carpets

polished rocker cover

curbage :(

other bits and pieces of my project so far,

its a long process as I'm on apprentice wage and its finding the time!

hope people like it!

Edited 8 July, 201313 yr by Sircar09

Nice one mate, looking good! Not too keen on the stickers personally but fair play, i think its a phase most people go through

Colour looks smart, classics work well with it! Can i just ask where you had your stainless system made up?

Nice one mate, looking good! Not too keen on the stickers personally but fair play, i think its a phase most people go through

Colour looks smart, classics work well with it! Can i just ask where you had your stainless system made up?

yeh i know the stickers mate there all cmin off soon i think! bored off them now!

emm it was on the car when i bought it. but the guy i had it from had mates that knew phil jackson, and a lad that used to work with phil made it apparently!

so here's how its looking atm

This is how the paint looks on that side, lacquer peel on the wing as well. not good

going in for paint next weekend finally

picked up new tyres today for the classics, need a tca bush sorting first so it can be tracked up, dont wanna be buyin tyres in a month again lol

quick pic of the recaro's, tear in drivers seat but it will be sorted at some point

More over the Weekend :)

Right totally forgot about this and havnt had the chance to update it,

since then alsorts has gone on,

head gasket went, nightmare, so had to do that while my dad was away as he'd usually help with that but all was good

false floor in to get my tools and bits in,

HID's

new fuel filter, coil ht leads and plugs as that decided to randomly pack in

and a boot popper, so much easier than climbing in the back to open the boot, that was a pain fitting the wiring.

it never went for paint, spent too much money before hand, so is going in for full job on the 25th, colour coded bumpers and some smoothing going on!

then I've got a new arb with arb blocks from g-laderseite and full new suspension to go on!

Classics are going to need another refurb also as there a mess from this shitty weather.

Should have an update after paint, then i can get working on everything else once this snow f**ks off :)

Thanks

small update Wont let me upload photos for some reason, saying theres no space available to upload photos, wierd

had a new heater resistor, so now heater works on all 3 settings

cleaned the leathers with some autoglym leather restorer, worked a treat and look great, and leather rear seats went in took the false floor out

Got some G40 carriers and calipers as well so these will be going on once i get chance. need a blast and a lick of paint first though

Also g40 door cards in as well

Edited 23 March, 201313 yr by Sircar09

In for paint as we speak, should hopefully be done end of this next week

few weeks ago both cv joints on pas side decided to give in so stripped the drive shaft down and fitted new inner and outer joints

Stripped down

New joints

fitted

back on the car :)

Sneak peak of the paint job!

Almost done

lovely coupe man! and nice refurb on wheels too

I owned this about 4 years ago bought it on 42k from a guy whos daughter had learned to drive in it, was bog standard then - think iv even still got a hubcap off it

Looking good now tho dude

looks sick mate....ats classics do look right at home on a mk3. How much did the paint job cost out of interest, as I'm thinking about getting my g40 done in the summer?

looks sick mate....ats classics do look right at home on a mk3. How much did the paint job cost out of interest, as I'm thinking about getting my g40 done in the summer?

It's cost him £1450 I did it :)

Cheers for the comments guys :) ill have photos up of it finished soon and some progression shots of the paint job

and yes @1982mk2 mattbirkin did it for me :)

right so I'm just gonna put all the photos on I've got of the paint job :)

here goes:

here just smoothed the foglight cut outs, used a fine mesh and fibre glass plus resin then smoothed over on the front, stronger than the actual bumper

Aerial Gone

Got rid of Toe bar flap

Ready For primer:

Rubbed down and Back in for paint:

out and being built back up:

Ill have a few more snaps of it cleaned polished and on the road :)

Really pleased and a thanks to MattBirkin for doin a sweet job!

Thanks for looking!

Lovely looking car mate. I really want to get mine sprayed, but cant afford it at the moment

Lovely looking car mate. I really want to get mine sprayed, but cant afford it at the moment

Thanks mate :) yours is too been watching your thread for a while..

Yeh I've been saving up for months to pay for this :)

got an issue with the rad, its wobbling about a bit, from the top right the screw isnt touching the rubber and the rubber on that side at the bottom doesnt really seem to be doing much? anyone know a good way of sorting this or do i need new rubbers for it?

Looks amazing!

Like it!

Cars after resprays are just epic! even if completely standard lol!

:)

Get them ats classics back on now :)

Get them ats classics back on now :)

they need refurbbing first there a mess, and a new tyre and i have no money! :( haa youve made me broke

this arrived today for the bumpers :)