G738 YLU - My Black 5 GT Turbo 1989

[Chris Beer]

Before I start, this is my first 5 GT Turbo which ended up being turning into a bigger project than first thought

Hopefully this thread with give me the inspiration to actually crack on with the car and hear some feedback aside from "the piece of crap in the garage"

I had been driving a '96 Campus with a C1J in which was good fun but around the same time a local bloke got hold of this....










The car and my Campus






Number of months later.... he had a a few knocks, bumps and a bit of a heavy right foot







After spending money replacing the engine, he did that to the following engine within the next few weeks... high boost and flat out driving

Decided to save this car, give it a tidy up and get it running again, so I thought lol. Went and picked it up








Got it home and hosed it down and a quick shampoo

[Chris Beer]

The body had taken more of a beating than I first remembered
















A look at the interior











First move was removing the engine and its contents....









lol

[Chris Beer]

Cleaned up the gearbox







Then it was time while it was at this stage to search for rust, starting with getting the interior out

















External strip down

What the side skirts were held on with!






Removed the "wheel spacers" and binned the old warped bonnet

[Chris Beer]

Bit of metal paint and some prep work, also removed the boot floor sound deadening which had seen better days, suprising how much it all weighed up when it was removed!








Next was tackling all the rust that got found











Wheeled in the campus as this got used for a donor car in the end







Got Boris on the case to cut out the rust and weld it up, really didn't get good enought pictures to show off his welding working, top bloke and did exactly what I wanted
















I have had the car since January this year, and these are most of the photos of the work I have done so far, for the first few months it just sat that while I was driving the Campus until June, so it's a slow "as and when" project, but what better place to show it than RTOC..... right?


ANY feedback / comment / etc welcome!


Chris

[daveturbo]

looking good mate.

nice garage too,plenty of room

[BluntyR5GTT]

you know the problem with this thread ?? you aint got enough pics haha

very good work mate nice to see another 5 getting treated well

[TrixNFlix]

Top work fella.
Very jealous of your garages!

[Ashy]

Good to see someone putting the time into restoring that car, most people on here would of broken it for parts!

Top marks for effort, good luck with the project!

[Chris Beer]

loving that attitude towards it fellas. Cheers

Garages are an absolute god send! Would be lost without them

Appreciate the start of this thread is a bit full on with 6 months or so of pictures lol!

From now on it will be any progress from now

[Chris Beer]

Another month has gone past, jesus its getting colder which means the pictures may slow down a little now


Anyhow I've been doing even MORE body prepping




Killed it





I would in the ideal world like to replace this inner sill but I'm going way beyond the budget with this car as it is so cut and killed what was there






Bottom of rear window ground back and painted




The last of the boot crap....

[Chris Beer]

Next was to get the heater box out and look at why the fan wouldn't work which means..... DASH OUT






I will be taking this opportunity to swap the dash as mine had holes for switchs all over it!






Next was tackling the protection of the following:

Boot Floor
Main Floor
4 x Inner Wheel Archs
Inner and Outer Sills
Jacking Points
Under Floor
Under Boot Floor





Decided to use trustworthy Stonechip over the nasty tacky underseal.





Excuse the rusty brakes / suspension etc





And some result pictures of some of the car




Only needed to do where a rubber seal was underneath the boot

[Chris Beer]

As my roof lining was mostly water damaged from damp and discoloured I spray dyed it




Picture with the flash on (this was immediately after application so some of it looks wetter than other parts) and I'm really happy with the colour / look of it




Earlier in the thread you would of seen when I got the car it had some front end damage. Luckily it was only the front panel that needed re-alignment. It had gone inwards and upwards on the grill side of the drivers headlight





Gave my brother a ring and he popped round with the big boy winch gear Perfect machine for the job






Few hours of playing later !









Some new parts courtesy of Mike @ GTTSpares:

Heater Matrix
Side Skirt Clips
Side Skirt Repair Plates
Door Torx Bolts
Roll Pins





Mike also sent me a door




To replace my heavily damaged and rippled one





The new door arrived with some damage (heres a pic showing it at its best) but Mike wasn't happy with this and put in a claim with the courier and got my money back as he promised and originally sent me a mint condition door top bloke

[Chris Beer]

Thanks to BriC for this front bumper which I actually only bought for the strips and the fog lights for cheap






Cracked and badly smashed both sides but the bodyshop wanted to have a play around with it before I binned it....

Strengthened from behind





Filled and fibreglassed




Cap hole smoothed













Another thanks to BWilkie for these




Other two with tyres trial fitted




Working late into the night lol




Cheeky shot of my daily





K-Tec sidey from daveturbo





An old picture but some genuine badges....




Matty J (came off his car before he got it ) won't appreciate this but.... New OE grill and badge and smoked repeaters





Dinked, dented and rusty bonnet






All repaired inside and out with first coat of primer




Some of the bigger parts being prepped and dusted over

[gtmatt]

great work mate love all the 5 gt turbos now been restored and kept on the road all looking o.e and and how they should .

glad the club has so many members for love with these motors keep it up

[Chris Beer]

The shell coming out into daylight on it's way to the paint shop







Took out the last piece of the puzzle which was the windscreen seal and was very happy to see it all nice and solid in the bits I hadn't checked, phew


Next update will no doubt be bodyshop progress..... cheers

[Chris Beer]

great work mate love all the 5 gt turbos now been restored and kept on the road all looking o.e and and how they should .

glad the club has so many members for love with these motors keep it up

thanks Matt

With the reputation the bloke gave this car, I felt I had a duty to save it and bring it up to a decent enough standard again

I would love to have the unlimited cash flow I see with some of the projects on here one day but I'm wanting to move out ASAP what with being 25 now!

[Big Steve - Raider]

Top work Chris!!

Great to see a leggy 5 being transformed with a bit of TLC!

Keep up the good work!

[c7borg]

Nice work mate, good read and plenty of hard work, I haven't seen too many black ones this looks like it's going to be a good unn

[HendyR5]

Top job mate

[Robclio98]

Looks awesome dude!

[Chris Beer]

Thanks for these positive comments !

I was going to paint it white as I love white ones but maybe one day ill have a white one anyway so good to keep this one black like how it started not black / green it got painted once before in its life!

Went and seen the car yesterday, seeing it being prepped is making me tingle after all this time looking at the damage !

[Chris Beer]

Some bodywork prepping... both quarters needed repair amongst the key marks, body kit repairs etc etc etc


The previous repaint seemed to go back to metal easily enough so we were able to do a bare metal check on any potential bad areas
















On with some paint, here's some of the parts!











Then of course the shell







Now the car is finally free of rust, dents, scratches, scuffs, bumps (you name it) I guess there is a job of building it, to resemble a GT Turbo again

Got it back to the garages... (sneak snot of the misses car here)







Boot Lid and Rear glass back in





Door and window seals laid




Passenger door on and lined up with new bolts and catch pin







Away for the night

[Chris Beer]

Next spare day.. spent time on the electric side of things, the following did NOT work....

N/S Electric Window (Needed a new motor, fair enough)
Clock
Heated Rear Screen
Heater Fan
Handbrake Light
Glove Box Light and switch
Dash dimmer replaced for a piece of wire
Lights On Warning Beeper
Some Alarm Features...
And most of these things taped or left as bare twisted wires


Anyway these have all been fixed now after finding masses of diabolically poor wiring installation behind the dash, relating to the alarm, aftermarket gauges I'm guessing and all sorts of old immobiliser left over mess!

It's so nice to say EVERYTHING now works





GTT heater box was full of debris and dodgy wiring / connections from a garage attempting a quick fix previously and failing




Used my old campus box for parts..





New Matrix in




One complete and renewed internally heater box which now has a working fan









Ran a new aerial as the one in there didn't look great ?





New dash compared with its predecessor on its way in....





And lastly, my dear of a misses found:

Steam Cleaner
Autoglym Interior Shampoo
Vanish
Meguiars Carpet Cleaner
Autoglym Carpet scrubbing car pad thing
A Dyson with attachments
(And a few hours work *cough*)

And created this look blooming fantastical....

[Big Steve - Raider]

[J$£5GTT]

[Chris Beer]

Few little unexpected gifts from the misses



Starting with new rear window fittings..

Mine were extremely perished and worn out




Another pic of the old ones..




Replaced the inner seals (originally got these in error but so glad I did as mine were missing !)






Finished doing the main interior trims with this pick and mix bag lol




Finished getting the dash in as I broke the old clip




Replaced the rear cards with phase one items (as like all phase two's the fabric was escaping the cards)




Mix and matched all my seat belts to make the best set




Build up of some of the interior





Steering column and wheel replaced



Interior light panel with a switch that actually works now (thanks to robw for donating )








Obviously a lot more to do yet..

The steering wheel I will repaint the metal work, and the white dials will be binned, loving my ebay bargain OE gearknob, bit of wear but what can you expected for £15 delivered with gaitor, red carpet and new dash also looking goooood





On to some brief exterior updates....


New fog lamp bolts and revamped surrounds




Orange repeaters to replace the clear




Window regulator in and motor replaced and all built up





Couldn't find my glue gun to make sure the spoiler clips 100% stayed in, so...





Fitted on along with the rear bumper, lights, trims etc.. taking shape a bit now








Finally got to work with prepping my badges..

This was with:
Hot water
Fairy liquid
320 paper on a block

Will take up to 2000 grit getting them ultra smooth, then scotch pad the "RENAULT 5" for a bit of brushed effect.. the GT turbo will be red again then both of them lacquered






More to follow as it comes

[Trevhib]

Love this rebuild. Didn't want to get to the bottom of this page as I knew that meant no more photos for now! Keep us updated with progress

[5 turbo]

[g10far]

Great project, keep up the efforts, and more pics please!

[scratcher]

Great build mate, you can see the effort has been put into this It's good seeing the progress on projects like your's.


Loving the daily too I'd love some D90's but 16's are too small on a Bora

[Chris Beer]

You can tell I love getting a bit snap happy on the 5


I'll be sure to keep this space up to date with anything that happens, but as my misses keeps reminding me.... Christmas in 33 days


Cheers scratcher, the wheels are for sale actually spent a small fortune on getting them diamond cut etc!

[Ashy]

fannytastic mate, I wish my project moved as quick as this... Make the most of it whilst you're young

[Matt Cole]

awesome chief propa 'reem' that is!

[Brigsy]

Awesome work mate!! nice to see it going back to its former glory

[philg]

Keep it up, its a bitch at times, im so glad you repared the gt and did not just swap the shells

[Chris Beer]

It's been a while ... So just keeping this thread alive ...


Sadly, I had to leave the epic garages which proved a real nightmare finding another!... Impossible for my budget

Anyhow, managed to find a space, hardly equal but meh.. It's had a new door and roof, so its dry, and after a few security measures (not pictured), now extra secure








The biggest part of all was sorting everything out... being strict on what I needed and what was ready to dump (hence my cheap for sale thread lol)






Great to see the 5 in sunlight!







Loading up and ready to go !








In it's new resting place

... oh and sneaky shot of my new daily









No work gone into the 5 since, this has thrown me back...

I have also been keen to getting on that property ladder, preferably without people pulling out last minute




So... cleaned up some spare foot pedals I had and my wiper motor / linkage so I could get that fitted again







Some new orange repeaters (good condition clears available for anyone interested)





Started the job I've been putting off ....

Check earlier in the thread (degreaser)... Over 12 months ago

Came up really well underneath all that grime !









After this, found the 5 difficult to push with some bad noises...





Resulting in...





Manged to move it on the jack in the end Whoops... Planning to replace all the drivetrain anyway but at a later stage... Guess thats now



Treated it to a Valeo Greenbox Clutch (thanks to Al) and also gave the garage some lightage !


Few final pics of the 5 because I can't help myself

[Trevhib]

Get cracking with this again!

The Mrs' Clio and the Audi both look nice cars too

[Nad-5GTT]

Cracking build fella, keep the pics flowing

[Woznaldo]

Get cracking with this again!

The Mrs' Clio and the Audi both look nice cars too

[mattk]

Hey buddy any updates on this little badboy?

[Chris Beer]

Hey buddy any updates on this little badboy?

Got to say I'm honoured someone has dragged this up

Well in a nut shell... not really ! The following reasons (excuses) are why:

1: Bought my first house
2: House needs renovation throughout !
3: Still doing this
4: The 'new' garage I moved to is absolutely useless
5: Bought my SEAT Ibiza Cupra 1.8 20v Turbo back and ended up repainting it, new suspension, wheels, parts galore, and much more

BUT... I have however been buying a few bits of the 5, new parcel shelf, new steering wheel and boss, new rear discs, some manifold studs and suspension bolts and the odd bits I have forgot but photographed

As you can imagine the house and moving into my first castle of freedom has taken a little time..

But I do go and check all is well weekly and give it pat on the roof

[Chris Beer]

I now understand how projects on here get lost, dated, or just left for years! As per previous post, I've been rather busy the pat 12-18 months with a new job also.

However, I don't want this thread to complete fizzle out

So time to whore a load of photos again to get them off my camera, although I can't say that it's much of an update I'm afraid folks



Finally got myself a drivers door, luckily already delocked, and hinges to be able to adjust it for perfect fitment









Cleaned up a few bits and pieces, wire brushed the block back, gave it a good thick one coat (due another coat soon)














Sorted a few bodykit bits out and repaired the side skirt mountings, side skirt seals, and a replacement grill tab to repair mine












New washer fluid hose






Audi S3 got replaced with a budget Civic VTi




Then got my old SEAT Ibiza Cupra back






Primered and flattened back the badge and few little interior bits I needed. Also new steering wheel, stealth shelf, and bargain Chinese fog lamps

[Chris Beer]

Manifold studs, locking nuts and top mount bolts






POR'd battery tray






Few randoms before I removed the Williams wheels for refurbishment




















Have got fair few other little goodies along the way, but they aren't pictured yet until they are cleaned up etc, I have only just managed to clear out the garage to even get to the car recently so it's a case of actually bringing the bits to it and making a start again given I don't keep anything there anymore


Watch this space .... Meh I said that last time

[JRP]

Was that door from big Steve raider?

[LeeR5GTT]

Great thread, great resto and inspiration for my black ph2! Keep up the good work matey

[Chris Beer]

Was that door from big Steve raider?

Don't believe so pal, off eBay from a breaking ex Dawson Development car or something?

Great thread, great resto and inspiration for my black ph2! Keep up the good work matey

Thanks man, a pleasure coming from yourself as BAJ was a car I always used to save every picture of

[Chris Beer]

An update already Doing the thread made me want to pull my finger out a little..


Got hold of these from a neighbour for a pretty bargain





Visited my usual tyre fitter friend, who kindly balanced them, chucked in some bike valves, and filled with some Nitrogen for me






Ready to roll




Thanks to robw for fixing up my snapped grill tab for me







Collected up all the seals and door rubbers I'll be needing soon for the drivers door etc







Finally took a trip to the 5 to pick up:

Front Bumper
Drivers Door
Side Skirts
Roof Rail End Caps

which still aren't re-painted







Having these bits prepped and painted up in due course to finish off building the shell up and getting the kit on

Before that I want some OE replica decals off here (HINT HINT Black 5 owners, get involved in the group buy please )

[bood]

Great work.

Can't wait to see the williams wheels on. same colour scheme as my car but you have much nicer wheel Haha

[robw]

Good effort Ken Did my chat with you inspire you to push on

[craig1988]

Great thread. has convinced me to get on with mine.