Re: my first renault 5 gt turbo project

**gtmatt** · 26-11-2012, 22:22

Originally Posted by chris

No i aint mate you got a link

There u go mate
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=4338

**chris** · 27-11-2012, 18:10

so today has been a nightmare i have repaired and replaced wireing behind dash and got heater matrix in and dash back in and tidy gota be honest it was a struggle but got there in the end also got my gauges wired up and plumbed in so got there in the end

old one and new one

and dash back in with gauges fitted

**Brigsy** · 27-11-2012, 18:42

Will be a sweet gtt when done mate

**chris** · 27-11-2012, 19:37

Cheers mate much appreciated

**chris** · 28-11-2012, 18:44

done abit more today i have prepped my boot lid and painted inner edges the rest will be done at bodyshop also painted the lower panal under boot and painted the new bumper mounts that were welded on so i am quite pleased with what i manged to get done today

**Jimmy5** · 28-11-2012, 19:32

Work looks spot on mate.

Will be a great 5 when finnished

**chris** · 28-11-2012, 20:16

How you gettin on with urs mate

**Jimmy5** · 28-11-2012, 20:33

Originally Posted by chris

How you gettin on with urs mate

Currently its in bits, all bodykit taken off to assess for repair plus have also stripped out all the interior.

**Jonny5** · 28-11-2012, 21:26

Great work mate

Did the same with the inner boot on mine!

**chris** · 28-11-2012, 21:31

Originally Posted by SALTY_BLADE

Currently its in bits, all bodykit taken off to assess for repair plus have also stripped out all the interior.

How much damage did they do when they took car

**chris** · 28-11-2012, 21:36

Originally Posted by Jonny5

Great work mate

Did the same with the inner boot on mine!

Cheers mate its booked in for respray now the lad came round tonite and gave me the qoute and i accepted so still got loads to do before its ready

**Jimmy5** · 28-11-2012, 21:42

Originally Posted by chris

How much damage did they do when they took car

They bent the door open, so thats scrap, smashed steering collum - also scrap. Basically I need to go through all the electrics as well as nothing works at the moment. However battery could be flat.

**chris** · 28-11-2012, 22:04

Originally Posted by SALTY_BLADE

They bent the door open, so thats scrap, smashed steering collum - also scrap. Basically I need to go through all the electrics as well as nothing works at the moment. However battery could be flat.

Thats really **** mate the basterds should be strung up i just had the dash out of mine and everything is working so if u need to ring me and we can work it out the wireing should be the same on both
07582131816

**gtmatt** · 28-11-2012, 22:05

Well done mate looks well how did you paint tail gate looks ace

**chris** · 28-11-2012, 22:12

Well i bought tailgate off mike just stripped it wet and dryed it and i bought a gravity fed gun earlier this year was on offer for 35quid i aint no painter but was dead chuffed oh and i bought a mask

**gtmatt** · 28-11-2012, 22:33

Originally Posted by chris

Well i bought tailgate off mike just stripped it wet and dryed it and i bought a gravity fed gun earlier this year was on offer for 35quid i aint no painter but was dead chuffed oh and i bought a mask

You got a compressor etc ? Looks a good finish

**chris** · 28-11-2012, 22:40

Yea i am a truck mechanic so already had compressor and that must be beginers luck i did my engine bay aswell have a look couple of pages back

**chris** · 01-12-2012, 17:07

Had a couple of hours free this afternoon, so fitted ns front wing which lined up great i was worried as i had put sills on but all good also fitted my new tailgate.

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...efitted003.jpg

**chris** · 30-12-2012, 14:07

i have just bought this today and its in mint condition

**bood** · 30-12-2012, 15:48

coming along really well mate.

love the bonnet

**chris** · 30-12-2012, 16:48

Cheers mate

**Jonny5** · 30-12-2012, 16:59

Really like the carbon bonnet

**chris** · 07-01-2013, 20:41

managed to go pick these up today cant wait to get the car painted now

**Nottswoody** · 07-01-2013, 21:02

Nice

**TopCat** · 07-01-2013, 21:13

Looking forward to seeing this completed. Looks really sweet mate. Nice one

**ren_5hitbox** · 07-01-2013, 23:39

some really great work gone into this, which is great to see. cant wait to see the end result

keep it up

**chris** · 21-01-2013, 20:23

Havent done much lately due to work and strugglin to keep up the enthusiasm for it at the moment

but its still booked in for paint so hopefully once its painted that should give me abit more intrested i have striped out bulkhead tonite and will probley paint it tommorow

**chris** · 22-01-2013, 20:35

So got bulkhead prepped and primed today and did some to the engine side of bulkhead that i scratched putting engine back in hopefully i can top coat it tommorow

**Nottswoody** · 23-01-2013, 21:15

Originally Posted by chris

So got bulkhead prepped and primed today and did some to the engine side of bulkhead that i scratched putting engine back in hopefully i can top coat it tommorow

Looks great Chris think I may give mine a blow over while its out.. Did it take much work? Iv never painted anything but I may just have a go

**w35ty** · 23-01-2013, 21:24

looking good mate

all about the black samcos

**chris** · 23-01-2013, 21:27

Originally Posted by Nottswoody

Looks great Chris think I may give mine a blow over while its out.. Did it take much work? Iv never painted anything but I may just have a go

I aint painted anything before either you just gota spend time prepping it i can lend you the spray gun if you want mate and then when you go to paint shop ask them what ratio you have to mix paint to you could do it easy in a day or prime it at night and top coat it in morning

**chris** · 23-01-2013, 21:39

Originally Posted by w35ty

looking good mate

all about the black samcos

Thanks mate need more than a few samcos to catch you up lol my new front mount turned up today so mite see if i can fit that this weekend

**Tony Walker** · 23-01-2013, 21:44

Looks great

**Trevhib** · 24-01-2013, 09:51

Originally Posted by Nottswoody

Looks great Chris think I may give mine a blow over while its out.. Did it take much work? Iv never painted anything but I may just have a go

Be very careful. Painting is notoriously difficult to get right.

Do some testing and practice on scrap parts that you can throw away and then only do bits of your car that are hidden, or in really bad nick. If it looks like you're half decent at it, then have a go at exterior panels after that.

DJ might have some tips

**chris** · 24-01-2013, 10:06

Originally Posted by Trevhib

Be very careful. Painting is notoriously difficult to get right.

Do some testing and practice on scrap parts that you can throw away and then only do bits of your car that are hidden, or in really bad nick. If it looks like you're half decent at it, then have a go at exterior panels after that.

DJ might have some tips

Yea its a bit gutting if you have to start again because you have made a mess of it i just get as much advise off the paint shop lads as possible and it has came out allrite i wouldnt want to do outside i will leave that to the pros lol

**chris** · 25-01-2013, 20:39

managed to finsh painting today its come out well pictures are not the best the hardest part was to try and get garage warmed up enough to paint

**Nottswoody** · 25-01-2013, 20:52

Cracking on bud looks great

**westy94** · 25-01-2013, 20:57

Like the effort in this weather

**chris** · 25-01-2013, 22:47

Thanks lads

**LeeR5GTT** · 26-01-2013, 00:21

great work so far Chris.. look forward to seeing it in the flesh

**chris** · 26-01-2013, 00:25

cheers mate how you getting on with bajjer

**LeeR5GTT** · 26-01-2013, 00:36

getting there slowly mate.. my toolbox at work is rammed with parts awaiting to be fitted

**bood** · 26-01-2013, 07:45

good effort there mate, coming together nicely

**LiamR** · 26-01-2013, 11:40

Looks good

am impressed with your paint work too. Top job

**Jonny5** · 26-01-2013, 12:27

Cant wait to see this finished

Bet you're itching to get all the new parts fitted.

**w35ty** · 26-01-2013, 13:53

Originally Posted by chris

Thanks mate need more than a few samcos to catch you up lol my new front mount turned up today so mite see if i can fit that this weekend

itll all get there in the end mate.. no need to rush

**chris** · 27-01-2013, 19:36

Finished the bulk head off today and i am pleased how it has turned out. also got all the bodykit and all plastics ready to go to the painter tonite so slowly getting there

. i am waiting on parts now then i can tidy all the pipework and wireing on the engine.

**chris** · 01-02-2013, 18:26

Had a rare day off today so have manged to do quite alot i plumbed in my gauges (oil and AFR) had to get a new AFR lead from scoff because i cut mine in half

.Heat wrapped and fitted my one piece down pipe that liam made me and fitted my side exit exhaust still loads to do before its ready for paint but getting there.

**bood** · 02-02-2013, 07:43

looking really good pal, its coming together well.

get yourself a nice turbo jacket for that turbo

**chris** · 02-02-2013, 20:05

So today i took my back windows out and the window rubbers i am really annoyed with myself because its well known that they go there and i hadnt checked till now and its going for paint soon can you buy repair panels for it?

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