Well after trawling though though the section to find my old build thread i cant find it .

Well here we start again....
Just waiting for the bucket to work...

Well here we go

Basically i brought the car off my mum early 08 after passing my test the year before and having a saxo vtr. It put me off french cars for life so a german reliable car was the option.

First thing on the agenda was to get some new wheels on it. So working for halfords i used my discount and got these...





I also upgraded the front brakes to black diamond drilled and grooved discs and pads. Gave the calipers a quick paint too.



Next on the agenda was to get it lower and being a student at the time i went for just the springs. I also invested in some 20mm hubcentric spacers.



Before Spacers:



After with springs fitted too:




After a good wash polish and wax i used the meguiars clay and 3 step kit for this.















Interior also got vaxed too.








That night me and a few friends went downt o the local industrial estate where max off here got to work...












Really needs mopping:



I then got fed up with looking at the epic fail of the wood effect vw used as trim in the gti's so then that was changed to this.....

Before:


After:






I then invested in some sparco wipers, bonnet bra and a bailey dv. A original mod in my opinion a real golf ball





After this i then decided that i was going to turn my car into more of a project so first thing was to sort out all the little niggly bits i.e bumpers few little rust bits. So off came everything lights etc. I then undersealed the car and behined the wheel arch liners. Not too bad rust wise for a 10 year old car imo. Clutch also got replaced too and a few "small running issues"









After this i then lost my job so things went on hold for a while before i got another job and more funds. I then brought my ninja as a cheaper mode of transport for the summer so id save money on fuel and i could then not have a strict time scale to work on the car.

I then had to change the clutch which was a fiasco as i found out my clutch was a later bigger diameter than the one that should have been on there as the car had stood for a month or so i found that it was drinking water i thought nothing of this so it went into a garage to have the cambelt and water pump replaced etc which revealed the head gasket had gone. So im hoping to hear back from them soon.


After much thinking I decided it was time for a fresh look after the car being away for so long so as most of you may know i puchased these off matty last weekend.....

Had a couple of the bolt heads snap off but ill get that sorted.








I then also painted my badges....

Before:




After:





Also did the wing mirror covers:




Im hopefully getting the car back this week after having the head put back on then its on with finishing the bumpers and sorting a rusty sill out then its mot time. I got some hottuning coilovers so ill fit those after the mot.

At this moment im stripping the wheels apart still deciding on a colour scheme but watch this space guys


On with the polishing...

Thats enough polishing for one night that one wheel done three to go then on with the paint

looking good mate, loving the name!!

cheers fella im debating about selling th plate for a few pennies

yeah, could be worth a couple of quid!try regtransfers and dvla etc they give you a free valuation!


if you have no luck with them bolts coming out chris, lemme know sure i could pop around sometime with my screw extractors!

yea that may be helpful lee is popping over wednesday to try i just have to see if im at uni or not first. If i am im about saturday afternoon if your about? Basically the is about 6 mm of each stud sticking out of the rim i was going to put two muts in them and get them out that way but i dont really want to foobar the thread.

one word... molegrips, if there sticking out or a flathead to spin it, if not il have a crack! (i snap alot at work lol)

yea ive tried them fella. im just put some more wd40 on them tonight so ill have ago in the morning. Im not sure weatherr to heat them cos i think the baskets are magnesium

Glad you got them apart in the end m8. howd the polishing go?

getting there matty just run outta wet n dry ill get some pics up tomorrow if i get time to get them done fully

well small update head gasket kit arrived today from gsf but with only 15 valve stem seals just got though to them so ill expect the rest tomorrow so hopefully car should be "complete" by thursday finishe polishing two of the wheels completly in a late night session last night ill get some pics up when get time.


You can tell winters on the way looking out the window typical

if you struggle with the polishing let me no and ile do em for yah

im alright so far joe but how much would you want for doing them?