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
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
Well I got the exhaust fitted finally, although the scorpion system was a right bitch to get it to fit right.
win !
Right, I'm thinking I may go back to standard wheels and sell the turbines. What do people think??
Standard wheels ftw
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
She's now insured, hopefully MOT Friday or beginning of next week
nicley done.........good luck with the mot
Well done, that didnt take you long to finish... best of luck with the MOT.
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.
Last edited by elmof1; 26-01-2012 at 20:52.
A bit more progress over the weekend
WOW! That looks amazing. So much better on standard rims. Give yourself a pat on the back
Last edited by Jonny5; 29-01-2012 at 18:15.
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
very nice. love phs1's anyway but thats a really nice example. Great job and a car for the club to be proud of
Lovely little car you got goin there fella, keep it up and it's gona look well
MOT tomorow, cant wait!!!
Brand new Uniroyal 195 55 13 tyres arrived this morning
Looks awesome
WOW!!
That looks mint alright!
I reckon a little chrome trim in the bumpers would look nice??
thats looks so right
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?????
i like the red pinstripe in the bumpers also
very nice indeed looks great square on from the front has a nice stance
Cracking project m8
Looks so much better with the 15" wheels , think it cheapens it with the oe ph1 wheels imo
^^ ?
Massively, massively better on the oe wheels.
Cracking car.
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.
It passed tax it later then it's Offically on the road.
Well done mate
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....
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
repeat after me, I promise to use tyre shine once the wheels are refurbed
Will keep tabs on this im sure it will be up for sale within a month
Sounds like it already is/already sold...