Phase 1 project

[elmof1]

Had a full day on her today, got the following done:
Painted rear inner arches
Refitted refuel neck
Lowered the rear and fitted GAZ dampers
New rear pads
New ball joints and track ends
Fitted GAZ coilovers

Next job, add coolant and fit exhaust

[elmof1]

Well I got the exhaust fitted finally, although the scorpion system was a right bitch to get it to fit right.

[Kris M]

win !

[elmof1]

Right, I'm thinking I may go back to standard wheels and sell the turbines. What do people think??

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Right, I'm thinking I may go back to standard wheels and sell the turbines. What do people think??

Keep the Turbines....

Tyres are easily available... handy incase u ever get a puncture... standard wheels are fine for show, tyres are harder to get hold of, although GTT's handle better on standard wheels.

[gtmatt]

Standard wheels ftw

[TrixNFlix]

Right, I'm thinking I may go back to standard wheels and sell the turbines. What do people think??

Keep both. 👍

[elmof1]

Cheers for the feedback on the wheels; The reason for thinking of selling the wheel is to fund new tyres for the standard wheels.

Last night I sorted the last of the electrical issues, all gauges now working I spiced the engine harness to the chassis harness, as that connector that sits below the headlight is terrible

Engine is now running swet, although i will need to check it on a AFR Gauge to be sure. I drove her down the street yesterday to free the siezed clutch plate

[elmof1]

She's now insured, hopefully MOT Friday or beginning of next week

[tubbyG]

nicley done.........good luck with the mot

[Tony Walker]

Well done, that didnt take you long to finish... best of luck with the MOT.

[Os8472]

Well I got the exhaust fitted finally, although the scorpion system was a right bitch to get it to fit right.

Damn dude that looks great, I'll be honest I wasn't sure it'd look ok but damn was I wrong, that looks great, can't wait to see it in the metal at national day

[elmof1]

Thanks guys for the comments; yeh I wasn't too sure if the black would work myself, but well happy. I'm looking forward to the national day this year, it will be good to meet some people from the forum and have a look at the cars

I've fallen behind today as my little girl was rushed into hospital this Morning? We're home now so good news there.

[Jonny5]

Thanks guys for the comments; yeh I wasn't too sure if the black would work myself, but well happy. I'm looking forward to the national day this year, it will be good to meet some people from the forum and have a look at the cars

I've fallen behind today as my little girl was rushed into hospital this Morning? We're home now so good news there.

Hope your little girl is ok mate car looks stunning cant wait to see finished pics.

[elmof1]

A bit more progress over the weekend

[Jonny5]

WOW! That looks amazing. So much better on standard rims. Give yourself a pat on the back

[The new Bill J]

Like others, I wasn't too sure how the black on white would look. Now I've seen it, I can honestly say that's one of the nicest looking Phase 1's I've seen. Awesome job

[Tony Walker]

very nice. love phs1's anyway but thats a really nice example. Great job and a car for the club to be proud of

[TOMTOM]

Lovely little car you got goin there fella, keep it up and it's gona look well

[elmof1]

MOT tomorow, cant wait!!!

Brand new Uniroyal 195 55 13 tyres arrived this morning

[adscan]

MOT tomorow, cant wait!!!

Brand new Uniroyal 195 55 13 tyres arrived this morning

Where did you get the tyres from?

[phase i 16 v turbo]

Where did you get the tyres from?

I keep them in stock. Have done for years

[Brigsy]

Looks awesome

[Big Steve - Raider]

WOW!!

That looks mint alright!

I reckon a little chrome trim in the bumpers would look nice??

[elmof1]

WOW!!

That looks mint alright!

I reckon a little chrome trim in the bumpers would look nice??

I think you maybe onto something there Steve. I might give that a try

Car is smoking at the moment on boost, no oil in intake pipes or turbo so need to investigate later

[dangerous dave]

thats looks so right

[jesus in the seat of a 5]

WOW!!

That looks mint alright!

I reckon a little chrome trim in the bumpers would look nice??

epic fail, just because your now married dont inflict your bad tastes on others.... get some oe red stips from reno dean...... lovely

[elmof1]

I think I've found the problem for it smoking, the one way value in the breather isn't a one way valve, it a round bit of plastic with a little hole in the middle?????

[Tony Walker]

i like the red pinstripe in the bumpers also

[tom t]

very nice indeed looks great square on from the front has a nice stance

[Mudslinger]

Cracking project m8

Looks so much better with the 15" wheels , think it cheapens it with the oe ph1 wheels imo

[T.K]

^^ ?

Massively, massively better on the oe wheels.

Cracking car.

[Matt Cole]

It actually looks very 'retro'. I like it! As said, red bumper strips would look really cool. The plastic 'valve' you mention is a restrictor. A far as i remember, the breather system doesn't have an inline NRV.

[elmof1]

It passed tax it later then it's Offically on the road.

[g10far]

It passed tax it later then it's Offically on the road.

Nice one, you got to be chuffed with that! Especially the work you've put in!

[Jonny5]

Well done mate

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

It passed tax it later then it's Offically on the road.

excellent news, love this car, love it

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Seeing as I now own this car , I will keep this project thread going & keep you updated.

My list so far is
1) Repaint Bonnet
2) Repaint Fuel Cap Cover
3) Refurbish Alloy wheels
4) Fit Passenger Door Decals

Not to much atm, I have been looking around at a few other Pearl white 5 on here, I have never had one before, I am very tempted to look at getting a ph1 body kit painted either Pearl White or the Matt White to look like the moulded colour....

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Not done a huge amount to the car atm, today was the 1st time I have had a chance to wash it...

I will be keeping the body kit black for now...

Today I am off to get some prices to paint the bonnett & fuel cap cover...

The wheels are getting shot blasted & powder coated asap

Here are some pics of it looking clean







You can see why the bonnet needs painting (have ordered some brand new front indicators next some new headlights

[Trevhib]

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Dont panic... Ph1 boost hose is due any day... Good bye DV

[Coops]

repeat after me, I promise to use tyre shine once the wheels are refurbed

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

repeat after me, I promise to use tyre shine once the wheels are refurbed

Whats alk the fuss about... All this car cleaning is to much hard work... I intend on using the car... Not howing it

[Trevhib]

Dont panic... Ph1 boost hose is due any day... Good bye DV

[Bigfoot]

repeat after me, I promise to use tyre shine once the wheels are refurbed

Think it should be, "I will not change my mind about using this car and sell it on"

[Andrew Cooke]

Pah, never say never...

I would like to keep this one, but who knows what the future will hold

I think we can guess

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

I think we can guess

would swap for ur twingo .... Even it was only a temp swap if u were interested

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

I think we can guess

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[bod 182]

Will keep tabs on this im sure it will be up for sale within a month

[Mart]

Sounds like it already is/already sold...