My 5 Restoration

[Steevo]

Great car. Looks fantastic.

Thanks Adam Decided to hang on to yours in the end? I could tell you didn't really want to part with it - you'd have really regret it

[adscan]

Thanks Adam Decided to hang on to yours in the end? I could tell you didn't really want to part with it - you'd have really regret it

Yes I am keeping it. I got annoyed with it over something and decided to sell. Glad I kept it now. It has been in the garage the last few months staying away from the wintry weather.
Getting it ready for the mot now. Can't wait to get it out now the weather is getting better.

[Steevo]

Gave her a proper buffing today, never thought i'd enjoying cleaning so much, and this time I cleaned the tyres and put the door badges on (sadly not OE)

Nevertheless I stood back and admired, and took some pics. Can't wait to get her on the road

[Alastair]

Looks beautiful mate

You can polish my 5's any time you like. Ill even pay your train fare!

[Brigsy]

Looks superb mate

[Steevo]

Thanks for the comments.....I might take you up on that, good stress relief

[Renault 5 GT Turbo]

Lovely job, orange front indicators now to finish it off?

Looks fab.

[Steevo]

Lovely job, orange front indicators now to finish it off?

Looks fab.

Thanks mate. Was going to have clear lights on the front end as I'd bought the fogs and side repeaters but am now thinking of staying OE.......

[Os8472]

Beautiful, top work fella

[Matt Cole]

loving that! top work

[Steevo]

Cheers guys

[LiamR]

Looks great mate. Top job well done

[Jonny5]

Lovely job, orange front indicators now to finish it off?

Looks fab.

Needs orange indicators!
Apart from that, stunning looking 5. The only Raider since Big Steve's thats made me want one instead of my tungy.

[Steevo]

Needs orange indicators!
Apart from that, stunning looking 5. The only Raider since Big Steve's thats made me want one instead of my tungy.

I take that as a real compliment, cos it was Big Steve's Raider that made me want a Raider

TBF Tungy and White are my fave colour 5's, but this one came up at the right price and battered condition!

[Steevo]

I haven't really done much to the 5 lately due to time constraints, but thought i'd update my thread with a few bits....

Spent an age getting the battery tray out to replace with a nice new one from CGB, decided to strip the interior and carpet out to get the to last bolts on the tray and waxoyl the crap outta the inner floor seams etc.....

[Steevo]

Not the most interesting of pictures

[Jonny5]

Nice solid raider mate

[Steevo]

Nice solid raider mate

Thanks mate, I'm loving your tungy too

[Phoenix Autosport]

looking realy good now, the number plate on it rings a bell too, was that fitted to any magazine cars back in the day ?

[Steevo]

looking realy good now, the number plate on it rings a bell too, was that fitted to any magazine cars back in the day ?

Thanks mate...... not too sure but it wouldn't surprise me, I don't think it had been on the car that long before I bought it.

[Jonny5]

Thanks mate, I'm loving your tungy too

Thanks. I still have a serious need for a raider in my life

[Steevo]

Wheels refurbished, got them back this week, looking a bit better
Just need to get some tyres on and coilovers on and it's MOT time....... yikes

Before....


After....

[Nad-5GTT]

Nice car matey.

[Steevo]

Finally got the wheels on, hopefully coil overs next week

[Trevhib]

This is looking absolutely great. When you get the coilovers, don't go too low!

[Steevo]

Bit of an update on the thread, coilovers are fitted... Not too sure if I've gone too low though!

Lots of copper grease on the threads and cleaned and undersealed the arches while I was down there....

Coilover sits very close to the tyre, so have fitted some 5mm spacers.....

The front sat really low but looked pretty good

Then onto the torsion bars, was not looking forward to this at all, but used plenty of penetrant spray for few days before hand. Once I took the end caps off, one was really rusty
But all was good, one shifted out easy and the other one I gave a good whack from the other side and it budged whilst I had the pressure on with the bolt and socket. Job done


This is the end result, might have gone a bit overboard with my measurements though...

[Ashy]

Love that color mate, the wheels really suit it and the ride height looks spot on. Top job

[Steevo]

Love that color mate, the wheels really suit it and the ride height looks spot on. Top job

Thanks Ashy

[Mr Raider]

Great work mate, minty raider with few subtle touches

[Jimmy5]

Looks great, makes me want to try try my prima racing alloys on me 5 now!

Paintwork looks absolutely imaculate

[Steevo]

Thanks for the comments

[Alastair]

lovely car mate

[xenon]

superbe RAIDER

[Jonny5]

Looks amazing mate

[Woznaldo]

I said it before and I'll say it again, I do like Williams wheels on GTTs and yours in a beaut!

[pascal-GT]

very nice!!!

[Trevhib]

Perfect ride height for my tastes, looks lovely

Could do with seeing it fully side on with both wheels in shot

[5 turbo]

That looks Lush

[Leebourner]

Its a more 'sensible' version of mine..! Like it lots! Can still go lower

[J8TRO]

Nice raider mate, looks very OE+

Ticks all the right boxes.

[Steevo]

Cheers for all the positive comments! I'll get a side on, at the moment it sits about 10mm lower on the front but still looks a little high compared to the rear as I guess the illusion of the rear arch being lower doesn't help

[tubbyG]

looks epic on the willy wheels


nice work

[Big Steve - Raider]

Looks f'ckin AWESOME

[Steevo]

Cheers again for the great comments

[Nad-5GTT]

Top motor

[Steevo]

Well 7 long months later, I've dragged my backside back to the garage to start tidying up the engine bay and add some parts that i'd been collecting up over the past few months.

Have absolutely no idea what i'm doing engine wise really, so I am making use of the search facility on here and the Haynes manual is my new best friend. The motor was rebuilt shortly before I bought it and is not run in yet so hopefully I don't need to do much here (Although I want to put a 285 in)

Plan is to clean up the engine bay following the car being at the bodyshop, it was absolutely thick in grime and crud from the 6 months it was being worked on.
I'm removing as much as I can right back to the block and I am fitting:

Uprated starter motor
New water pump and housing (just for aesthetics admittedly)
Magnecor Leads
Blue silicone hose set
Mocal oil cooler w/braided lines
Alloy radiator
Front mount (still yet to purchase, need something to fit behind standard bumper/grill)
New air filter and housing
AEM AFR and downpipe
Boost gauge etc
GTT strut brace
and other stuff that's lurking in the garage that I can't think of........

Also planning to remove and rebuild the carb so I can change the jets for higher boost. I want to uprate the turbo sometime in the near future.

Just getting started:




Starting to $hit myself now!

[Kris M]

Im not far from you in Swindon mate, if i can offer any advice or help with anything just give me a shout

[Steevo]

Appreciate that, thanks

[shaggy]

Mate your raider looks the nuts mate.

[LiamR]

Love this raider looks great

Photos photos and more photos to remind u where things go. That's the mistake I made when I took my engine to bits and couldn't recall where it all went lol.