lagging behind by a few years!!!!

Ive been meaning to pluck up the courage to show you lot my GT turbo for a while now, but as its far from standard and oe is the way everyone is going ive been reluctant to show it.:scared:

Anyway most of you will hate it which is fine you all have your own opinions, to be fair some of the outside im not sure about myself.

A brief history, i bought this car about ten years ago drove her about for a while, then took it off the road to sort a few problems out. And apart froma slight flirt with the tarmac for a few months last year thats how its been ever since:crap: My plan was to have a completely stripped out road going car and thats what i have but i failed to notice how the trend was going over the years ie oe. As you will see from the pics going back to oe would be a complete waste of time and money so shes staying as it is for now, id rather spend any spare money on engine mods.

A few pics over the years
http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...enault/006.jpg
http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...enault/007.jpg
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intercooler is now level eagle eyes

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brake lines are now tidy held in place with p clips

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exhaust now level:)

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The car has been off the road since august last year and has been under a sheet ever since, due to me undertaking a loft conversion on my house having another baby lots of work etc etc. Hopefully ill be able to do some work in the next few weeks:) and plan to have it back on the road next spring, im expecting alot of criticism but keep it nice i dont want to abused ;)

Nice project, looks good all painted underneath, I doubt you will get blasted maybe for the wing and side skirts:)

That looks very well put together with a very good finish :cool: Questionable in the taste stakes but then you do seem to be very young so I'll let you off on that one ...... ;)

http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...ault/009-6.jpg

Might not be o.e but pound to a penny it's in better condition than alot of o.e cars. At the end of the day it's your car and your opinion. So show it off!!

Mate as said at pod day last year I really like your car think everything about it makes it is what it is and I don't think you need to change any of it back to oe will it make an appearance to the next surrey meet mate love your car :agree:

Before seeing the pictures I was expecting to see a complete turd, but I think it looks good. The quality of work is good too so you shouldn't feel like you can't show it off. Love the wheels, I'd say if it were mine I'd stick with standard skirts and rear spoiler, apart from that it looks a beast!

Dont know why you where worried mate i think the quality of work is great alt of time must of gone in to it nice one:agree:

I actually really like that :) good work mate :agree:

Like you say not everyones cup of tea and not mine, but you have got to be given 10 out of 10 for the care and effort gone into the car:goodJob::niceone:

I think its a very good car, good to see somebody flatting the inside before paint.

Only thing id maybe do is loose the skirts in favour of o/e, but the rest looks cool :)

wow alot of work into that. Looks nice.

As youv said way past the point of going oe, but oe spoiler, skirts and bumpers would be the way id take it. None the less think it does look nice as is and like the colour

I like it :niceone:

And it's been done really well!!! Credit to you Nad ;)

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Originally Posted by Big Steve - Raider

I like it :niceone:

And it's been done really well!!! Credit to you Nad ;)

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see i told you neil...not everyone will hate it....
me an alot of others on here will agree that uve done a cracking job an uve certainly earnt ur stripes me ol.china :smokin:

i dont like man utd lol but i.still admire how they play footie :agree:

I like the quality and the fact it's yours and you've made it your and done everything well.. If we was all the same it would be boring but quality stands up.. Great job pal..

:agree:Fantastic car :D really really top quality work too. :agree: Gotta get it ready for a blast round blyton :agree:

Wow!!!! i thought i was going to be taken to the slaughter house :laugh: Really chuffed with the comments:D

I do agree with alot of you, id prob change the spoiler and the skirts back to oe, but as with anything it all costs money, and me tree at the bottom of the garden is running low:laugh: maybe one day.

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Mate as said at pod day last year I really like your car think everything about it makes it is what it is and I don't think you need to change any of it back to oe will it make an appearance to the next surrey meet mate love your car :agree:

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Cheers Phil, im afraid it wont be seeing the road untill spring at the earliest, ive got to get my turbo rebuilt or changed ( i think the seals had perished where it had sat for years) but ive just completed alot of work on the house including a loft conversion which has drained our funds:cry::crap: so im going to do a few bits over the winter and have it ready for spring.

I should be there for the next surrey meet with Dan aka Kentraider in the ST.

If you got the the o.e kit on there and sprayed it a normal ish colour then thay car would look amazingly good. IMO. But it is your opinion that counts!

A lot of time and effort has been thrown at that, take me hat to u fella, done a lovely with it:) bravo fella.

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see i told you neil...not everyone will hate it....
me an alot of others on here will agree that uve done a cracking job an uve certainly earnt ur stripes me ol.china :smokin:

i dont like man utd lol but i.still admire how they play footie :agree:

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Cheers dan great words :laugh: hopefully see you for the surrey meet:agree: in your 5!!;)

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A lot of time and effort has been thrown at that, take me hat to u fella, done a lovely with it:) bravo fella.

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Cheers Tom, :agree:

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:agree:Fantastic car :D really really top quality work too. :agree: Gotta get it ready for a blast round blyton :agree:

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Cheers for the comments fella, unfortunately it wont see blyton:crap:

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Cheers dan great words :laugh: hopefully see you for the surrey meet:agree: in your 5!!;)

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ur welcome neil.....im really trying to get mine sorted an.mot for surrey meet...put the carb i had bought an put refurb kit on...the bitch wouldnt idle...lol
put my old k.tech group gay carb on an it idles....only thing is to get it to idle at even 1100 rpm afr was 15.6 an no joke mixture screw out 6 turns :eek:

my dad reckons the carb has an air leak as when we sprayed carb cleaner round inlet etc no.idle change..but when sprayed near where enrichment an gaskets are etc idle gos groggy... .fingers crossed :coffee:

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Cheers for the comments fella, unfortunately it wont see blyton:crap:

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Get the carb rebuilt and trailor it there :D dont worry bout MOT. Its a big one this year :agree:
Im sure a local will help you rebuild it.

Quality of the work looks great, some lovely touches in there. Looks like you've touched every mm of the car at some stage or another :agree:

as above really, lovely effort and can tell its been done to a very high spec

and if it want for the god awful spoiler i'd say its was absolutely spot on :cool:

Agree with all. Top effort, looks good. For only a few more quid std skirts spoiler and bumpers and would look awesome! Well done. :agree:

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ur welcome neil.....im really trying to get mine sorted an.mot for surrey meet...put the carb i had bought an put refurb kit on...the bitch wouldnt idle...lol
put my old k.tech group gay carb on an it idles....only thing is to get it to idle at even 1100 rpm afr was 15.6 an no joke mixture screw out 6 turns :eek:

my dad reckons the carb has an air leak as when we sprayed carb cleaner round inlet etc no.idle change..but when sprayed near where enrichment an gaskets are etc idle gos groggy... .fingers crossed :coffee:

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Bloody cars, im sure u will sort it out soon, cant wait to see them both.

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Get the carb rebuilt and trailor it there :D dont worry bout MOT. Its a big one this year :agree:
Im sure a local will help you rebuild it.

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Its no my carb Tony, kentraider is having probs with his:crap: mine needs a turbo replacement:mad: next years national

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Quality of the work looks great, some lovely touches in there. Looks like you've touched every mm of the car at some stage or another :agree:

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Cheers Trevhib, yep that statement is very true, at one stage the only thing on the car was one stubborn petrol pipe clip:dearme:

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as above really, lovely effort and can tell its been done to a very high spec

and if it want for the god awful spoiler i'd say its was absolutely spot on :cool:

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Cheers Coops appreciate your comments. I know i wish i didnt put the spoiler on, didnt really think about it untill it was bolted on, then you think oh more work to do more money to throw at it etc etc

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Agree with all. Top effort, looks good. For only a few more quid std skirts spoiler and bumpers and would look awesome! Well done. :agree:

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Cheers Matt :), as ive just mentioned above its all about the money, ive already got to get my turbo rebuilt/replaced ready to get it back on the road:crap: if only i could stop paying me mortgage and feed the kids on bread for a few months :laugh:

Great effort on the build here mate!

Looks a great condition 5 not a usual rot box (like mine was) :laugh:

Shame as I had some GT side skirts, rear bumper, campus mint boot and GT spoiler you could of added on for free :(

No one wanted it in the for sale section for months so sadly all been binned now! I'm sure you could pick up a rear bumper for £20-£30, skirts for around the same, and spoiler for £20 :D

personally i like the dash - or lack of it, and the hidden wiring.

i know that takes a great deal of work to sort.

at the end of the day, kits like this have their place in history.
they really arent any different to the dimma/skeete kits that are 'cool' again?

Gotta say (neck on the block here) ive always like'd the aggressive kits for the 5's if done well.

imop if it were mine id loose the rear lights/skirt's...Get some bigger wheels on it, with maybe a cheekie gloss black coat on them to give a more Moody look, touch lower all round for a more level stance and it'd be right up my street them :agree:

these kits really need monster rims to pull the proportion's off imop..

Gotta say though that apart from the above(all my taste oc and no disrespect to your's at all :) ) and going from the pic's, the effort/finish is absolutely superb, a real credit to you and all involved, id be well proud of it, its one of the cleanist 5's ive seen OE or not...

Oh and This one.. is still a heart throb 5 of all time for me, scroll down for cheekie vid clip;)... love to do one similiar :agree:


Well done fella, variety is the spice and its good to see this one, make's a refreshing change :agree::agree:

Not sure how i missed this

10/10 for quality and effort :agree:

My personal opinion is the wing and skirts are too much for the rest of the kit and i'm not keen on the back bumper but the rest looks great. I can see how and why it would be hassle to change them now.

Did you do the bodywork and spraying yourself?

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Originally Posted by 45_CB

Great effort on the build here mate!

Looks a great condition 5 not a usual rot box (like mine was) :laugh:

Shame as I had some GT side skirts, rear bumper, campus mint boot and GT spoiler you could of added on for free :(

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Cheers fella:)

What a shame you just threw it all away:crap:

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personally i like the dash - or lack of it, and the hidden wiring.

i know that takes a great deal of work to sort.

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Cheers Sparkie, ye the dash is my favorite bit of the car:agree:

all the wiring that came out the car filled a 40ltr storage box, i then used what i needed to make a new wiring loom and it barely made a dent in the pile:)

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Gotta say (neck on the block here) ive always like'd the aggressive kits for the 5's if done well.

imop if it were mine id loose the rear lights/skirt's...Get some bigger wheels on it, with maybe a cheekie gloss black coat on them to give a more Moody look, touch lower all round for a more level stance and it'd be right up my street them :agree:

Gotta say though that apart from the above(all my taste oc and no disrespect to your's at all :) ) and going from the pic's, the effort/finish is absolutely superb, a real credit to you and all involved, id be well proud of it, its one of the cleanist 5's ive seen OE or not...

Well done fella, variety is the spice and its good to see this one, make's a refreshing change :agree::agree:

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Thanks for your comments bud, i kind of agree with you, i would like to have it a little lower but i wouldnt get it out my garden if i did :crap: but i personally think for all round looks/handling etc 15'' is the best.

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Not sure how i missed this

10/10 for quality and effort :agree:

My personal opinion is the wing and skirts are too much for the rest of the kit and i'm not keen on the back bumper but the rest looks great. I can see how and why it would be hassle to change them now.

Did you do the bodywork and spraying yourself?

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Cheers Tricky, i did all the bodywork prep myself and sprayed the inside, underneath and engine bay myself, i sprayed the outside but wasnt happy with it, this was mainly because i was using cellulose instead of 2pac, so i got a local man to put a sealer coat on then a top coat of 2pac and was glad i did. I have painted the mirrors and gutter strips (he forgot about these:mad:) and the dash again using the 2pac and the difference in quality is unbelievable but its not to good for the lungs:laugh:

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Thanks for your comments bud, i kind of agree with you, i would like to have it a little lower but i wouldnt get it out my garden if i did :crap: but i personally think for all round looks/handling etc 15'' is the best.

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thats the joy of a low 5...everywhere other than a bowling green is a mountain :wasntme:

Like i say me i were judging it asthetically...hard act to pull off, the show and go function with that kit...

Either way keep it up fella, its a nice whip thats a fact :agree::agree:

Its been a while since ive even looked at the car let alone worked on it, so i took it out and gave it a wash. Im still in the i cant be bothered to work on you mood though, still got lots of jobs to do around the house, to much time at work, looking after the kids etc and im then struggling to find time to work on it:crap:

My list of things to do are, drop sump again then fill oil pump up with vaseline or similar, ive got no oil coming through the turbo oil feed.

Find out and make sure it is me turbo thats smoking,

Do a pressure test on the boost circuit as i think ive got a leak in the i/c, anyone got an easy diy way to test this.

Make some doorcards up in black vinyl.

Got to make a cover for my fusebox,

Theres probably a few more things to do but cant think now, im not going to get the car on the road till spring so got plenty off time.

Took a few more pics

http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...ault/105-1.jpg

http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...ault/106-1.jpg

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Wow! I love this!! Great job! o.e bores me personally, it's deffo a one-off! :agree:
Only things I'm not that keen on is rear bumper/rear spoiler/tailgate and that steering wheel!

I'm amazed at how clean it is! Do you polish that rear beam! :wasntme:

Good work!

With regards the turbo oil feed, have a look at the samll one way valve thats inside the take off from the block. I have heard of them sticking and cutting off the oil supply to the turbo, worth a look before dropping the sump;)

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Wow! I love this!! Great job! o.e bores me personally, it's deffo a one-off! :agree:
Only things I'm not that keen on is rear bumper/rear spoiler/tailgate and that steering wheel!

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Cheers Rebel, what you dont like my super cheap bulgarian steering wheel:laugh: neither do i really, money was getting abit tight and once id got it there was no turning back:cry:

As for the rest of what you said you dont like id totally agree, but id include the skirts. But as with everything it boils down to money, not that im skint but how much do you plough into a renault 5?

Im definately thinking of getting rid of the spoiler, but then ive got to get the holes welded up then buy the paint etc, or do i go for a standard tailgate with oe spoiler and paint that but then ill have to get oe rear bumper which isnt a problem but then ive got the pain of having a centre exit exhaust:scratch:

Would a standard bumper (it would have to be smoothed though) look ok ish with that centre exit exhaust, because if it did then i would be tempted to go oe spoiler, tailgate and bumper, what your opinions peeps.

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I'm amazed at how clean it is! Do you polish that rear beam! :wasntme:

Good work!

With regards the turbo oil feed, have a look at the samll one way valve thats inside the take off from the block. I have heard of them sticking and cutting off the oil supply to the turbo, worth a look before dropping the sump;)

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Cheers Phil, i did a fundemental cockup in putting to much sump sealer on, which then fell into sump when i tightened it up, which in turn started to clog up the pick up strainer, i only noticed this when my oil light started to flicker at idle so i dropped sump took the strainer off cleaned it up, bolted the sump back on, then turned the engine over with oil feed into a container only to find nothing came out. Ive been told that i had to pack the oil pump with vaseline before hand, and that ive got an air lock:mad:

interesting car. despite alot of negitive comments on the spoiler i think its suits the car, for me its just the side skirts that too chunky.
i realise what you mean with spending more on it, but if you are wanting to change a few things there are usually people wanting to swap. just a thought from what i've spotted on this and similar threads:
brizza wants some clear lights so worth a swap for std's and some cash before the others put him off, and the ph1 underlight trims would do someone for spares. the funds could get ph2 trims and paint to match the rest of the kit.
i've seen a few wanted's for the rear spoiler, surely selling that complete with tailgate or swap would cover a std tailgate/spoiler.
rear bumpers seem to go for cheap and since it would need modifying wouldn't matter if it wasnt mint so could be cheaper, i think mike has one with just the centre exit, without the plate recess.
someone may swap the skirts for std's?
and i think some fogs (or fine mesh painted white) would finish the front bumper off

regards the pump, if its dry you could just remove the dizzy and use a drill and the spindle of a spare dizzy to prime it ;)

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interesting car. despite alot of negitive comments on the spoiler i think its suits the car, for me its just the side skirts that too chunky.
i realise what you mean with spending more on it, but if you are wanting to change a few things there are usually people wanting to swap. just a thought from what i've spotted on this and similar threads:
brizza wants some clear lights so worth a swap for std's and some cash before the others put him off, and the ph1 underlight trims would do someone for spares. the funds could get ph2 trims and paint to match the rest of the kit.
i've seen a few wanted's for the rear spoiler, surely selling that complete with tailgate or swap would cover a std tailgate/spoiler.
rear bumpers seem to go for cheap and since it would need modifying wouldn't matter if it wasnt mint so could be cheaper, i think mike has one with just the centre exit, without the plate recess.
someone may swap the skirts for std's?
and i think some fogs (or fine mesh painted white) would finish the front bumper off

regards the pump, if its dry you could just remove the dizzy and use a drill and the spindle of a spare dizzy to prime it ;)

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Some interesting points there, ive got some spare oe lights but imho i prefer the clears:dearme:, i have just looked at how much it might cost to replace tailgate, spoiler and bumper and youre right its not much, i can get the paint fairly cheap and can do it myself with fairly good results:) the skirts are abit more problamatic since ive blended them into the door cill (i didnt like the gap) that would leve me having to blend the paint in something im not to keen on, but it may well grow on me.

With regards the dizzy, are you saying that i could use an old one and get that to bring the oil up and cure the air lock?

wow! what a minty 5! my only dislike is the grille. the quality of work on this is better than renault themselves! keep it up dude.

if you remove the oil filter you can pump some oil down the centre to prime the pump.

was just a suggestion if you wanted to keep costs down. it seems your fairly handy and time costs nothing if its your own car, they arent big jobs.
like you say the skirts would require some work now, but again its more prep time than money. blow in's can be very easy if you are familiar with the paint gun, there's a few ways and dont mind giving a few pointers to try if your stuck.

regards the dizzy, yes. so long as you can rotate the pump from above (like the bottem of the dizzy does), but not engage the gear on the cam. there's different 'tools' that will do the job. just spin it up, not with the drill flat out mind, until you get oil flow and it'll be fine after that, assuming it is just because its dry and no damage has been done.

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wow! what a minty 5! my only dislike is the grille. the quality of work on this is better than renault themselves! keep it up dude.

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Cheers bud, so many different views of this car i lke it:laugh:

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if you remove the oil filter you can pump some oil down the centre to prime the pump.

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Now this does sound like an easy way, how much do you think i need to pour in? Cheers for the info bud

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Cheers bud, so many different views of this car i lke it:laugh:

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Love this motor :agree: if we were all the same what would we talk about? Get this motor out and about next year :smokin:

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was just a suggestion if you wanted to keep costs down. it seems your fairly handy and time costs nothing if its your own car, they arent big jobs.
like you say the skirts would require some work now, but again its more prep time than money. blow in's can be very easy if you are familiar with the paint gun, there's a few ways and dont mind giving a few pointers to try if your stuck.

regards the dizzy, yes. so long as you can rotate the pump from above (like the bottem of the dizzy does), but not engage the gear on the cam. there's different 'tools' that will do the job. just spin it up, not with the drill flat out mind, until you get oil flow and it'll be fine after that, assuming it is just because its dry and no damage has been done.

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Again thanks for this information, ill try the oil through the oil filter first because that sounds easier, but will bear this in mind.

Im thinking i could cut the skirts of with an angle grinder up to 10mm before the door shut and then carefully grind away at the skirt to bring it close to the door shut (not sure this makes sence :laugh:) im hoping that i could then get away with having to paint the doorshut because there will be a rubber joint with the oe skirt ?? am i right here.
I will pick your brain though if i need to blend in mind cheers

Ive finally worked on the 5, the 1st time since aug 2011:eek::scratch:
Anyway ive made some doorcards, there only basic but im pleased with them all the same and only cost me £50 in materials. I didnt want to do what everyone does and turn the original handle 90 degrees, so i went to the scrap yard and got something abit different.

Ill let the pics do the talking now.

http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...enault/144.jpg

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Nice job :)

looks tidy!

Not been able to do alot to the 5 just lots of 30 min stints here an hour there so progress is slow:crap:

I got a standard rear bumper, tailgate and spoiler to try and tame the rear end down;) only paid peanuts for the bumper as it needed abit of work, so thats what ive been working on mainly.
Pics,;)
http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...ault/002-9.jpg
Someone had tried to fill the bump strips in but had done a less than impressive job, i dug the lot out with a screw driver:scratch:
http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...ault/003-9.jpg
i also found this which i had to repair, and a few hairline cracks
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http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...ault/015-3.jpg
http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...ault/027-1.jpg
http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...ault/016-2.jpg
Im not going to ditch the centre exit exhaust so i had to cut out the middle and transfer it over to where original exhaust hole was.
http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...ault/017-2.jpg
http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/z...ault/014-4.jpg
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It seems like ive spent an age on this bumper, but im 90% done on the fillering/shaping, then got to prime it then block that down then prime again then paint. On a plus side ive found ive still got all the paint ill need plus thinners, hardners etc so ive not got to spend anything on that side:D
Soz about the num of pics.

Looks great already good work. Its really satisfying just takes so damn long lol(well without power tools it does)

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Looks great already good work. Its really satisfying just takes so damn long lol(well without power tools it does)

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Cheers Tony, ive killed me 50mm DA sander whilst working on this bumper and i can only use my 150mm DA for about 30 seconds before i have to stop and let me 50 litre compressor build up enough pressure to go again for another 30 seconds :mad:, so most of it is by hand:(

You'll be pleased to know I made a trip to the tip and off loaded my aftermarket spoiler/rear bumper, the rear looks bare but so much better & I won't feel a tw@t when it's on the road:D. I also tried cutting out the plate on the flush tailgate but found a heap of mess that I can't be bothered to rectify, off to Mike's next week to get some bits :)

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You'll be pleased to know I made a trip to the tip and off loaded my aftermarket spoiler/rear bumper, the rear looks bare but so much better & I won't feel a tw@t when it's on the road:D. I also tried cutting out the plate on the flush tailgate but found a heap of mess that I can't be bothered to rectify, off to Mike's next week to get some bits :)

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Love this car, even with the spoiler & sideskirts. Can't imagine how fresh it will look with OE parts in place :agree:

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Love this car, even with the spoiler & sideskirts. Can't imagine how fresh it will look with OE parts in place :agree:

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You'll be pleased to know I made a trip to the tip and off loaded my aftermarket spoiler/rear bumper, the rear looks bare but so much better & I won't feel a tw@t when it's on the road:D. I also tried cutting out the plate on the flush tailgate but found a heap of mess that I can't be bothered to rectify, off to Mike's next week to get some bits :)

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Haha, I recon you should go back and get them, by the time this project is finished they'll be back in fashion. :D

Great car

Cheers for the comments Steve L, Jrp & Alan:)

Been to see Mike 16v this week, got a few bits to aid me when i shorten my i/c pipe run and also some new number plate lights, also got a standard campus tailgate.

Finished the shaping of the bumper just got to give it a lick of high build primer hopefully next week at some point. Spent a few hours today cutting the bumper to fit the exhaust, got to find someone that can weld me in a piece of s/steel into me heatshield :scratch:
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Looking good matey keep up the good work.

Got a engine hoist off me m8 yesterday, I'm going to take front engine mount off and drop the sump tonight and pack the oil pump with Vaseline, oh and put the spring washer in the right place:ashamed: I've found a welder 2miles from me who does alot of parts for motorsport use, anyway I got him to sort my exhaust heat shield, make me an alloy fusebox cover and got him to weld in some leaks I found on my intercooler (God knows how much pressure I was losing ). I will also get him to weld my boost pipes once I cut them ( I'm going to shorten my pipe run ) hopefully next week.

Well it started ok but ended in tears :cry: the sump bolt that's hard to get too at the front started to round off:mad: I'm hoping I'll get better access ( & hope it's not too fecked ) by taking the radiator out of the way, I've dropped the water but called it a night as I didn't want to be laying in a puddle. Anyone got any tips if this bolt is buggered. I've only this week had to drill out a 12mm diameter 70mm long suspension bolt on my daily because it was rounded off, took me 3 hours to finally chip it all out:sad2:

What socket are you useing mate eg six sided or multispline

Try a 6 sided socket, or if all else falis bray a 9mm multi hex on. It will come out easy enough.

Cheers for the replys, I'll try that hopefully I'll get good results:)

3/8ths socket/spanner is the next size down between 10mm and 9mm.... never fails :D
But try single hex 10mm first.

Massive improvement, will look mega once finished!

love the finish you have achieved mate i even liked the original side skirts and spoiler im all for making something unique the way you want it!! top job!!!!!!!:agree::agree::agree::agree:

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/\/\/\ this, or if you get really stuck I have some special sockets that grip & bite into the head.

Steve

im not really in to modified 5's but liking this a lot. Nice bit of bodywork youv done:agree: door cards front and rear look good aswell

Thank you for the positive comments peeps. Time seems to be slipping away with me at the no, poxy mothers day ain't helping :laugh: she's at the gym chilling in the sauna :laugh: and I'm here with the kids when I could be working on the 5:cry: now when's farthers day :D

Small up date with lots of pics:D. ive shortened my boost run frm intercooler to carb, moved my rad over then got stuck in cutting the pipes to shape. Then when i put rad back in id completely forgotten about the outlet hose on rad it was bang in the way:ashamed::mad: so i cut this off and shaped it to fit the rad but on the corner. I had the boost pipe welded today, but the man couldn't do the rad right away so ive got to wait a few days.

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cor blimey guvna......u dont f about :-):-) if weather holds out we still on.for saturday my son...:-):-)

Got enough orange in there ;)

I need one of those boost pipes in my life!!!

Kentraider, yep still on for sat, please dont let it rain else im going to a girls 4th bday party :cry:.

Jonny 5, i reckon i could squeeze some more in there :laugh:

Nottswoody, got to have some bling in your life;)

Definetely needs a Tango catch tank :agree:

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Kentraider, yep still on for sat, please dont let it rain else im going to a girls 4th bday party :cry:.

Jonny 5, i reckon i could squeeze some more in there :laugh:

Nottswoody, got to have some bling in your life;)

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We're cam I get one? Did you make it up?

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Don't go giving me ideas fellas. It doesn't look so orange when your up close, with the bonnet down that is :laugh: Nottswoody i utilised the pipes I already had to make it smaller then got it welded up. I've ordered a 90 degree elbow off ebay to tidy the pre intercooler side, I want to get rid of as many clips as I can.

Is it 51mm pipe? I need this :)

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lol every thread i read i seem to see you buying something off it????:laugh:

Looks really good i really like this car its really mint underneath aswell :agree:

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Creating my toy lol I love the boost :p I'm only doing this the once while I can this year and then I'm retiring for a while and concentrating on getting hitched lol

well for ur sake neil i hope it doesnt rain :-):-) an love the oe tailgate an bumper dude....im gonna have to park my car round the corner from.ur house as its a tatty slag compared to urs lmao ....

That is one tidy engine bay. Top work fella!!!!

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Cheers bud, gotta love the bling:)

Top work mate always have had a soft spot for this 5 since I met you at toddington on the way to pod I think in 2011

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Was that the time it wouldn't start Phil :wasntme:

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Was that the time it wouldn't start Phil :wasntme:

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Cheers Phil, same with your car,one of my favourites on this site. So many different details that pop out at you every time I've seen it.

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Cheers Chris. :agree: Its fairly clean underneath not mint mind, although I did get Henry the Hoover to suck up some cobwebs the other night :dearme:

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no way! hear you are. lol i wondered wer u went. hows the car fella?

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Yo smithy, I had a feeling it was you :laugh: ye I can never log on to the other forum:mad: so I never really go on it. I did notice you was after another 5 again, good lad. I'm doing little bits to her, got to get turbo rebuilt before it's on the road hoping to be April/May ish:) had lots on in the house loft conversion etc so didn't touch car from Aug 11 to about Nov last year I think. You got one yet? Hope you're doing ok bud, good to see you over here;)

thanks fella. yeah im all good mate. glad to see you havent given up on her. she is a fine bit of work mate. i havent got one yet. but im working on it. i will have one soon mate. dont you worry. lol

About time I updated here, not alot going on just plodding along when I get time :) rad is now finished and painted, had to move it over another inch as the return was to close to the oil lines for my liking. Had to use a bit of flexible pipe from the return pipe and join it to the samco up to w pump. Had some new oil lines made up with 45 degree fittings to clear the front cross member away from cooler then tidied up and fitted oil stat and sender housing using brackets and p clips. I've fitted alot of heat protection sleeving to protect me wiring, tidied up and shortened and extended some wiring where needed and have just been cleaning tidying as I go along. I'm hoping to send the turbo off for a rebuild early next month, then I've got to paint the back off the car if weather let's me:rolleyes: I'm aiming now to get finished ready for mot by early June. Pics to follow. Thanks for reading

Just had a few hours in the shed, I ordered a 90 degree stainless steel pipe to join onto the inlet side of the I/cooler pipe so I've set about cutting and shaping it to fit perfectly before I get it welded up, I'm 90% there so should be able to get that welded next week if I get chance.

Nice build mate.. Seems a bit if a job reducing the boost run. I have the same fmic as you and I've had no trouble with the length of run in regards to pressure lost.

And as for how it looked before with the big wing and rear bumper I don't know what the fuss was about. I thought it looked spot on. If I never inherited the wide boot spoiler on mine I'd have that clothes line on my five with no hesitation. Not enough originality in the five world nowadays.

Plus my 5 also where's a set of carisma skirts and I love them. Gives the car a wide look IMO and they look awesome.

Plus you know the young boy racers are crapping it when a modded five pulls up. A stealth is under rated. Wear the mods with pride and let the world know your comming and your going to be the first to leave the lights....:)

It's not the pressure loss I was worried about, it was how long it took to go from turbo to carb. But ye it is a lot of work to do what I've done I have thought this myself many times :laugh: but I actually enjoy mucking about with the old girl, and I can say it's not just a bolt on ktec jobbie now:D as for the body styling, I'm just to old for it bud it was ok when I was 20 but now ten years on its not for me if you get me drift ;) thanks for the comments though bud and get some pics up of yours:)

Hey mate I was 23 in 2002 when I bought my 5. Sat off the road for 6 years and I set off building a full on kitted out 5. I'm now 34 and I love my kitted out 5. Your never to old to turn heads in the high street :)))

Go old skool!!!

I'm nearly ready to fire the old girl up, so last night I went to prime the engine over and check I had oil flowing and make sure all my oil lines etc were nipped up tight. So I put the oil turbo feed in a pot cranked her over and all I was getting was a feeble flow come through as well as some air:rolleyes: a quick check of the oil cooler shows its bone dry:crap: now I'm thinking I've put my stat in the wrong way:crap::crap: so I put my modified dizzy drive in and span it up and am happy to say I've now filled the cooler up and was getting a good flow out the turbo feed:D but I couldn't get the drive out:cry: I gave up after 5mins and will attempt to get it out later. Poxy cars.

I spent 10 mins trying to hook my dizzy drive out, using long nose pliers then I tried a wide flat wood drill bit to try and put pressure on it and hook it up, nothing it didn't budge:mad: I'm now starting to lose patience here and trying harder not to throw whatever was in my hand at something. Then out pops the better half with tea in hand (good lass), so I explain whats not happening, she says let's have a go on them pliers and I'll try:) within 3 attempts it's out:D :ashamed: too say I was happy was an understatement:D I've now put the oe drive in getting it in position 1st time. And I've now got a healthy flow through the feed. I'm soon going to start her up once I've worked out researched where no 1 is on the dizzy cap.

She runs:D not for long because I've not got any coolant in her, fired almost straight away not bad considering it last ran back in August 2011:)

woohooooo :D you going to make national day at blyton you think????? would be nice to see.

Get in there....good lad :smokin:

Sweet. The drill method never fails for priming up the oil system

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Unfortunately I can't make blyton, but I will be at the pod on the Sunday.

Danny - kentraider yep it was a good moment, won't be long and we can go for a 2 car cruise round the coast :laugh: Brigsy, yep it's definitely a good tip ;)

Finished the boost hoses now:rolleyes: took a while :D I thought I had to remove front gearbox mount though to fit the pipe under the chassis so I cleaned it up and painted it while it was off, only to find that I could have just moved me header tank a few inches and it would have passed through ok:crap: just had the girl running for a good 30mins and oil pressure is ok now, last time it was flickering the oil light:eek: it has still got its smoking issue though, which I new it would. Going to take the turbo off tomorrow then run her up again and hopefully it won't smoke. Must get some pics up soon

Took turbo off today and the rear housing elbow and downpipe are covered in oil :mad: but I was hoping this was going to be there because it means the engines ok:) so I need to ring about next week and get it sent off for a rebuild. Back onto the bodywork for me soon then:crap:

Before you condemn the turbo, have you tried running it with the rocker breather just piped to a catch tank?

My turbo smoked from the off and the instant i tried this, no more smoke. Might save you a few quid, but then again it might not:wasntme:

sometimes just giving it a short run can also clear it's lungs so to speak.

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Before you condemn the turbo, have you tried running it with the rocker breather just piped to a catch tank?

My turbo smoked from the off and the instant i tried this, no more smoke. Might save you a few quid, but then again it might not:wasntme:

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No dont do this to me, putting doubt in my mind. I ran a thread about this nearly two years ago and everyone said it's the oil seals getting into the exhaust and this is what I have found today. I have some pipe into a catch tank and its fine. Is this what you mean. How else would oil get into the elbow downpipe and rear housing?

Sometimes the crank case pressure can push oil past the seals in the turbo, basically what happens is when the oil comes out of the turbo it isn't under any pressure it just drains out, if the crankcase pressure restricts this flow then the oil backs up and pushes out of the seals and into the exhaust.

As a quick check, take the oil cap off whilst it's up to temp and see if it clears up.

my turbo just hates the standard oil breather pot, i block the sump return off then just pipe the rocker cover straight to a catch tank, make sure the tank can also breath well.

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Sometimes the crank case pressure can push oil past the seals in the turbo, basically what happens is when the oil comes out of the turbo it isn't under any pressure it just drains out, if the crankcase pressure restricts this flow then the oil backs up and pushes out of the seals and into the exhaust.

As a quick check, take the oil cap off whilst it's up to temp and see if it clears up.

my turbo just hates the standard oil breather pot, i block the sump return off then just pipe the rocker cover straight to a catch tank, make sure the tank can also breath well.

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Right that does make sense although I don't think it is this, this but you have got me thinking I should bolt the turbo back on and test this just to be sure. So obviously I had better clean the oil out of the elbow etc then bolt turbo on, then I'd better leave the cap off for the whole test :agree: because if I don't I'm not going to k ow if it's passing through because of crank pressure or if it's the seals shot. If I leave cap off and there's still oil then it's definitely oil seals shot :agree: how long should I have this running for I'm unable to drive it at the no.

From cold upto temp should do it, although there will be quite a bit of oil to burn off already.

Does the turbo have any play in the bearings?

There is hardly any play either direction. He I know there will still be oil to burn off, but my plan was to just bolt it on very rapidly, run it up then take it off and check inside to see if there's fresh oil inside elbow etc. Does this make sense to you

it does:agree:

Cheers Phil. Looks like ill be doing this tomoz thanks to you:D only joking. Be nice if it was what you're suggesting. I'll post up here and let you know.

:D :agree: as said if its piped in to a catch tank make sure the tank has an open part to atmospohere.

Turbo on yesterday, ran her up. I've just taking it off a minute ago and it's still got fresh oil in the rear housing, elbow etc. Time for a rebuild.:crap:

sounds that way, shame you couldn't take it for a drive just to be 100% if the turbo company is honest then they will tell you it doesn't need a re-build, that's what happened with me when i sent mine off, just wasted £45 in postage and packaging:wasntme:

I've just rung bluntys turbo guy, he seemed ok on the phone so it's going there. £45 :eek: my friend sent a turbo off for £13. This turbo bloke is only 40miles away so I might even just run it down there.:scratch:

£22 per way for me, and a £50 inspection fee, to be fair the turbo came back with new water unions on it and they even chucked in an oil drain flange. Was an expensive mistake non the less:laugh:

Looks like a lot of hard work and love has gone into this. Top job! Love the colour matey. :)

Cheers big dupes. Yep lots of hours on this and definitely a Labour of love. Only thing is I'm so slow and by the time I finish I think umm maybe I should do it this way :rolleyes:

Ha! Better get it done properly than rush, eh! ;) What sort of thing would you have done differently now?

Maybe not so much now mainly with the outside look, but I do think umm I'd like this in super glossy white sometimes:D

Oh and I wished I'd put a uprated cam in now, that will come this winter:D

You could always wrap it in a nice shiny white, then later on when you get bored of it... rip it off. Personally, I really like the colour you've opted for. :) When it comes to styling, everyone has their preference. I say go with what makes you happy and screw everyone else. :D

2nd attempt at posting a few pics pics and still none, must get a new laptop soon. Anyway sent me turbo off last week and have been told that it's dead due to oil starvation something about a bronze colour somewhere in there, this ties in with the low oil pressure I had that's now sorted. Fingers crossed I'll be able to have a bit more fun in her when it's on the road this time:D I've also visited my local paint suppliers and got all me bits and Bob's ready to paint the rear end, if the weather clears up anyway:crap:

Turbo has now been sorted and should be in post ready to fit soon, £325 gone just like that :eek:. And too think it was all down to my shocking spanner skills :cry::ashamed:. I'm hoping this afternoon I'll be able to put a coat of primer/sealer over me tailgate and bumper fingers crossed it doesn't rain, please!!!

What a beautiful day it's been, perfect spraying weather :) got the parts primed, going to sand out probably most of the primer Tomoz night to make sure it's flat and true, then the final coat will be put on Sunday and then for the top coat I'm aiming for tues poss wed :yeah:.

Just finished wet sanding the bumper, tailgate, spoiler and tail trim and put a bit of putty filler where needed. Started at 8:30 tonight and now I'm off to work for a rest err I mean to graft :laugh: God I'm going to be tired timid, better be worth it.

Put another coat of primer on all the parts, pleased with it so far. Going to nib it all back tomorrow then put the top coat on Tuesday if the weather behaves. I'm aiming to go for an mot around the 21st of this month, which should give me a few weeks to iron out any niggles before the Retro show.

They say the key is in the preparation, I bloody hope so I'd hate to think off how many hours have gone into this rear end:eek:

And it's now blue :yeah: pics to follow.

A few pics, quite pleased with the outcome just abit of wet sanding to get rid of the orange peel and a good polish and they will look spot on:) well for a diy job anyway

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that is a fantastic read & brilliant car. Sterling work

Loving your work mate. I too fitted different front and rear bumpers (Skeete std width) and it seemed like a good idea at the time, but now I've gone off them. The rear bumper especially.

That said, while I do love the OE kit, I do think it can be improved upon (see Pascal's car) and I still want to go down the F2000 MAXI Kit for mine at some point.

As with most people, funds and family inevitably tend to slow the pace of progression. ;)

Cheers Woznaldo:) when I 1st bought my 5 it came with the skeete bumper. And your right about funds etc slowing the pace down, but my main bug bear is too much tea and lots of thinking and looking rather than doing :laugh::coffee:

The rdar is really coming on an looking great neil..very impressed mate......uve been a busy boy...have u got time to fit me in before pod lmao :cooter:

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Cheers Danny, I'm actually impressed that I've stayed this focused without going off the boil:D bring it down I'm sure we can do something to it, what's this Imao all about, what's up with everyone can't they write in good old fashioned English any more :laugh:

Just ordered some metal number plates, I hope they look ok on the car:eek:

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Cheers Danny, I'm actually impressed that I've stayed this focused without going off the boil:D bring it down I'm sure we can do something to it, what's this Imao all about, what's up with everyone can't they write in good old fashioned English any more :laugh:

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Very true buddy...im trying to keep up with the young !! Ive been prepping a bonnet front bumper...front wings ...grill...an my morettes so u may wish u hadnt offered .....ha ha ha ...uve put a great deal of time and care into your car an its paying off...sha monnnnnnn he he

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Cheers bud :)

Ive colour sanded all the freshly painted parts now and have bolted it all back on, im very impressed with the new look rear end even if i do say so myself :D to complement the new number plate lights im going to buy new oe lights but probably go with the euro near side to tie it in with the other.

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Looks a million times better, completely different car almost. :agree:

Looking much better now matey :agree: Well Done. You changing the side skirt's?

That looks :cool: Much better mate, you've done yourself proud with the build :agree:

Cheers Tony, James and babyblue these comments really spur me on. I do have a tendancy to wander off so these keep me on track most of the time:D. All in good time me old fruit Rome wasnt built in a day :laugh: but yes i will change them, when i really dont know......... i really want to enjoy it and take it about for now though.

Just ordered the lights from Mike unfortunately he just sold the euro fog one:crap: im an impatient git at times so rather than wait ive gone for the uk spec both sides, a pleasure as always dealing with Mike.

Now that is a bit of me its all about a reem machine mate ;) that looks the bo****ks it looks sweet mate :agree:

Top work! :agree:

What make roll cage is that? :confused:

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Looks miles better mate:agree:

Massive improvement! Keep at it dude!

Yes. :)

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What make roll cage is that? :confused:

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Cheers Goobie :) the cage is a safety devices jobbie, but I made the cross piece and got a m8 to weld it in.

Cheers for all the latest comments, it's nice too know that all my hard work hasn't gone unnoticed:)

Aghh I just chucked 2 euro rear lights in the bin one looked spanking too. I had on eBay but no interest and wanted them gone.
My 5 used to be that colour. :cool:

Think I may have a pair or one spare new euro rear light mate if you change your mind :agree:

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Cheers Phil, I'll bear that in mind bud:) suppose I should have done a wanted add before I ordered mine:rolleyes: still at £22 a side for UK lights their as chip as chips:agree:

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Aghh I just chucked 2 euro rear lights in the bin one looked spanking too. I had on eBay but no interest and wanted them gone.
My 5 used to be that colour. :cool:

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Bloody typical eh :(

I'm bored so thought I'd throw some pics up, I've got kentraider coming round Sunday to hopefully assist me in finishing everything off, I've got to put turbo on, exhaust, oil temp gauge sender etc, front bumper, bonnet. Fill up with coolant, change oil, turbo heat shield number plates bla bla bla I should be able to get turbo on later and maybe a few other bits so it shouldn't be too much of a challenge. Attachment 16554Attachment 16555Attachment 16556Attachment 16557Attachment 16558 just had an attachment welded onto my exhaust as the old flange leaked like a sieve, and I got the turbo elbow milled flat as it had a bit of corrosion. New turbo and rear lights.

And my new pressed metal number plates:cool: oh and my repaired oil temp gauge :) Attachment 16559 Attachment 16560 Attachment 16561

Mot has been booked for Thursday :scared: I bloody hate mot' s my daily passed with flying colours last week so hopefully the 5 will follow suit

She passed its MOT, only one advisory being the rear led indicator bulbs were too dark an orange in his opinion:sad2::scratch: anyway I took her the long way home from MOT place as its not taxed yet, it smoked like a trooper on boost but slowly eased away, I'm guessing this was excess oil burning off in the exhaust from when the old turbo blew it's guts. Anyway it's good to be boosting again, can't wait for the retro show:)

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:yeah::burnrubber:

I finished work at half seven this morning, but as it was a lovely morning I decided that rather than go to bed I would get my air corrector soldered up and drilled to 0.9mm while the family was still asleep:D Didn't take too long and hopefully It will be a bit richer at wot. Lots and lots of:coffee: now though to keep me awake.

:D That's 5 devotion :agree:

Oi oi neil.....was the a.c 125 then bud ??

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ye it was me old fruit. I've yet to test run it though:crap:

Been a while with updates, but it's also taken me a while to get motivation to work on it again. I took the car up to Retro show and tried a few times up the strip but it just kept boggin down and misfiring, so I put this down to the heat and gave up:rolleyes: it was fine on way back home when the temps were on way down. Anyway when I got it home it was leaking oil like a sieve so with this new problem plus the fact it misbehaved on the strip, oh I forgot to mention the clutch slips every now and then:mad: I decided I needed a break from her. My visit to the Surrey meet last week gave me back the urge to play again so I decided to trace the oil leak. Luckily I think it's coming from a hose going to my inline oil stat, so I've ordered some better jubilee clips, also found a ickle leak from my bottom rad hose so I've just nipped the clip up a bit more. I've also decided to make a cheap intercooler water spray after my crap runs at Santa pod. Only going to cost me £15 and that's because I've just ordered another set of vauxhall insignia mist jets, because I feel it could do with one in the middle of my I/c. It's not finished yet but here's some pics.

Looking good mate I'm liking the new inter cooler mod :agree: now you can see why I put the Surrey meet together mate it give everyone that little inspiration now and then to pull there finger out I know it helped me massively when I was building mine keep going mate I love the colour of your 5

I've finally finished me intercooler spray thingy me bob, concealing the wiring was the main obstacle. I've got a few hours coming this Sat so will hopefully sort the oil leak and get it running again. I've also decided that over the winter ill get a 285 cam kit put in, as well as a l & b flywheel and a better clutch. And I will bite the bullet and put some standard side skirts on, not really looking forward to that bit because I've blended the charisma ones into the door shut, oh well best learn how to blend paint:D not sure whether to get ph 1 or ph2 rear arches I kind of like the black insert bit but not sure if it will suit my car, any ideas peeps.

You have ph1 trim under the rear lights. So I'd say, whatever you do, make sure you match up. Either add ph1 arches, or use ph2 arches and change the rear trim to suit :agree:

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:laugh: I actually forgot about this, you may have made my mind for me :agree:

Turns out my oil leak was from a squashed o ring in between the oil stat, now what p##ck did that :ashamed::innocent:. Good job I received a free service kit from think automotive a while back, just hope I don't do the same again.

Received some new brakes from DeanGT5, many thanks. For a 2nd hand item they are in exceptional condition about 500 miles I think he said they have done so that might explain that :D Anyway I've just stripped away any rust and crap from around the discs and given it a coat of galvanised paint. As you might have guessed me and dirt don't mix. Also stripped and repainted the bolts. Hopefully I'll have a bit of time tomorrow to fit them.

New brakes are now on just got to bleed them then I'm good to go :D

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Look spot on mate :)

hows it going fella? long time no speak lol glad you still have the beast. :)

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hows it going fella? long time no speak lol glad you still have the beast. :)

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Alright smithy ye I'm fine thanks, you? I won't be getting rid of it just yet bud :D still on the hunt then? :agree:

im good my friend. and yeah may have one. been talking to a guy today. fingers crossed

My radiator had developed a weep, so I got a new rad from eBay and set at it with me hacksaw I had to get the outlet pipe to come out from the corner and at an angle to clear my boost pipe and for ease of draining it I added a bit more so I can reach it easier ;). Also had to cut the corner down to sit snuggly on the subframe where I've moved the rad over. I'm hoping to drive the old girl this Sunday weather depending :worship: it's only been over 3 months since I last drove her :crap: a few pics

Everything now working :) I hope. Off to go for a bit off boosting.

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Everything now working :) I hope. Off to go for a bit off boosting.

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:rolleyes: why did I put the mockers on it. I drove about 10 miles then me gear linkage fell out from its (brand new from renault) plastic bush, managed to cable tie it in place but didn't have reverse 1st or 2nd. Luckily I was only a few miles from home so just made it back. Umm why do we love these cars :brickwall::brickwall: took a few pics before me drive with my other baby, luckily it's German and not French.

Car is back on axle stands well one anyway. It would appear my circlip has fallen out which held the plastic retainer into the gearbox. Not such a drama but very annoying.

ha ha. nightmare mate. glad its an easy fix.

guess what? hopefully I will be picking up a raider Thursday ;)

Sweet, about time bud ;). Get some pics up. Ye it was an easy fix luckily. The next time I took it out the turbo oil drain seal died and was leaking oil over me gearbox :mad: was a new seal as well.

Took a trip to the breakers to try and find a new oil drain hose from turbo to hard pipe, obviously it was going to be near on impossible to find one with 19mm to 16mm but luckily I had a brass reducer to hand, can't remember what car I took the pipes from but it's a good fit after a bit if trimming. Pic :)

Remember that the OE turbo oil drain pipe has some kind of protective coating (neoprene or some such), on the inside of it. Keep an eye on yours to make sure it can withstand what's being asked of it :agree:

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Remember that the OE turbo oil drain pipe has some kind of protective coating (neoprene or some such), on the inside of it. Keep an eye on yours to make sure it can withstand what's being asked of it :agree:

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Ye thanks Trevor, I will be keeping me eyes on it. I did enquire about a genuine one but haven't had a reply back as of yet. The pipes I've used are oil ones but weather they will withstand the heat is another thing.

Weather is supposed to be great tomorrow so I'm going to boosting :) the last two attempts haven't been so great so fingers crossed. I've also got to look at my brakes as it seems like its pulling up on the front drivers more than the passenger, which in turn gave me a bit of rear end sideways action :crap:. I've just made some plywood brake pads to stick in the calipers so I could check that all eight pistons were moving, I was thinking that maybe the passenger side wasn't moving so freely but there all working lovely. I might have to run the car into a MOT station and use there brake rollers to see what's going wrong :rolleyes:.

The tax runs out the end of the year and as I don't think I'll get many more good weather days to go driving I've been thinking about my winter plans whilst she's sorn. First on the list is to ditch the side skirts and go oe, 2 drop the subframe with everything attached, 3 change clutch for one capable of withstanding the magic 200 bhp, 3 replace top suspension parts ie top mounts, doughnuts etc, 4 paint the bay again :D,5 get 285 cam with all the gubbins put in with it, 6 possibly move air filter into its own box behind pass headlight and move header tank over the other side. That's it for now got to get the boys out the bath :laugh:.

Well as my clutch is slipping like me on an ice rink I've decided to pull it to bits a bit earlier than I thought :D I was bored also:dearme:

I've made a cardboard template to house my filter, this will be made from aluminium with a heat proof mat on the inside. I'm slowly taking stuff off ready to lift the car over the engine.

Other plans are too learn how too weld and then attack the subframe for some more strength then re paint. Might weld some more oe holes that I don't need in the engine bay as I'll be painting it again. That's it for now apart from my other plans in the above post. I think this might be my last semi big fling with the old girl, maybe I will part with her one day or maybe not :scratch: some pics

That's all fine and well getting a clutch plate to handle 200 bhp but if your gearbox isn't up to it then there will be no gains. Just food for thought. No point spending money on equipment that will do you no good in the long run.

Plus your side skirts rule. Sod those oe boys. They only wish they had the balls to modify there car. But they are waiting for that miracle day when the 5 might be worth more than £2500

Thanks for the information Scott, I must admit I thought the boxes were ok for this kind of power, can anyone else confirm this? I used to like the skirts but now I don't :laugh: I'm not looking forward to doing these I must admit, I'm hoping I can get away with blending in the paint. I must admit I do prefer a played with 5 than an oe one but that's probably because I like to tinker to much.

Just done a quick search and a good standard gear box is fine Scott. Mines only covered 70`000 miles so it should be ok. :cool:

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Thanks for the information Scott, I must admit I thought the boxes were ok for this kind of power, can anyone else confirm this? I used to like the skirts but now I don't :laugh: I'm not looking forward to doing these I must admit, I'm hoping I can get away with blending in the paint. I must admit I do prefer a played with 5 than an oe one but that's probably because I like to tinker to much.

Just done a quick search and a good standard gear box is fine Scott. Mines only covered 70`000 miles so it should be ok. :cool:

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Standing start... Not so much ;)

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Standing start... Not so much ;)

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Let's just hope it doesn't bite me on the bum then :laugh:

Good project man- looks like you've got an excellent range of skills what with all the bodywork and mechanical stuff :agree:

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Let's just hope it doesn't bite me on the bum then :laugh:

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Don't get me wrong, I've got a standard gear box. My point is don't go spending loads of money on a bells and whistles clutch because the £70 standard upgrade is just as capable for the job ;)

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Cheers fella, I'm definitely a Jack of all trades and master of none type of bloke :D

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Don't get me wrong, I've got a standard gear box. My point is don't go spending loads of money on a bells and whistles clutch because the £70 standard upgrade is just as capable for the job ;)

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Don't worry that's all I'm going to buy :D

Your box will be fine mate for that power

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Sod those oe boys. They only wish they had the balls to modify there car. But they are waiting for that miracle day when the 5 might be worth more than £2500

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This is a comment that is full of assertions, all of which that are very wide of the mark in one way or another.

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This is a comment that is full of assertions, all of which that are very wide of the mark in one way or another.

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Sorry trev

Imo

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That's all fine and well getting a clutch plate to handle 200 bhp but if your gearbox isn't up to it then there will be no gains. Just food for thought. No point spending money on equipment that will do you no good in the long run

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There is no such thing as an uprated gearbox? The jb3 is fairly crap in my opinion, but still they will take a fair amount of abuse before breaking. Ive never had one obliterate itself on the start line on the dragstrip with drag radials and 7k rpm launch..

A wise man told me to run different gear oil to make the box last longer..

I would go for a 4 paddle plate, ap or helix with the valeo green box cover for 200hp & over

Managed to slip out the house for a cheeky fling with the car earlier, ( it's my little ones 2nd bday so I didn't think I'd have a chance in hell :laugh: ).

I've continued to strip bits off for when I drop the engine. Only got to disconnect the gear linkage and downpipe, drain the brake fluid, undo the flexi pipes.
Then it's just the four subframe bolts and the four suspension top bolts and I can with help lift the car up and drag the whole lot out :D.

Yet another hour spent on the car :rolleyes: Wednesday I've got chance for a semi long day on her for the first time in a long time :).

As I'm going to be welding bits and pieces and painting the bay I thought it would be easier if the wings are off, so I've just taken the drivers side off. I'm glad I did because the part of the wing that is tucked in behind the side skirt has started to rust. This is my fault because I primed the wing then bolted/stuck it on then I painted it but the part behind the sideskirt is still in primer and primer is porus :ashamed:.
Oh and I'd sealed the exposed wing to the side skirt many years ago, so I ran a Stanley knife through it and then it slipped right into my alloy :sad: it's not that bad but it's very annoying.
Oh and most of you will be pleased, I've started to cut the side skirt off to be replaced with oe ones I only did this bit to get the wing off easier.
Anyway here's some pics.

Keep at it :)

Well I've just got a bit carried away with taking the old skirt off, I wasn't planning on doing this till after I'd got the engine etc out. Anyway I was itching too see if I had issues with rot so I got cutting, all was going fine from the front till halfway down, then I noticed a big load of filler :mad: it wasn't even sanded down just slapped in and job done. I dug it out and yep I've got holes :cry:. It's the only part of the car I've not seen in the 11 years I've owned it. Looks like ill be needing some new cills.

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Its annoying but not the end of the world mate doesnt look to far gone either so hopefully just outers should be fine. Keep the updates and pics comeing :agree:

Merry Christmas peeps. Whilst im trying to get over my bloated belly I thought I'd pop some progress pics up. I'm to fat to type so pics it is :D

merry Christmas to you to mate.

nice work mate. when should i bring mine round :D

More progress pics, if you call taking things apart progress :laugh: :eek:

And a few more

Not really interesting to you lot but as its taking me the best part of 5 hours to do I thought I'd put some pics up of my gearbox. I have just cleaned and stripped all the old paint off. I've got a tiny sandblaster so I will use that in the tiny crevices, then I'm going to sand/file away any casting marks and give it a good paint job :) the end case will be powder coated hence I've not touched it.
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nice work fella. as always. :cool:

This level of work is incredible. Top notch :agree:

Looks good. Great job.....fancy doing mine ;)

Cheers chaps. If you ever want a hand Liam just give me a shout I'm not that far from you, I can't do much but can drink lots of tea very well :laugh:

I really need to get out more :ashamed: I've just started the laborious task of getting rid of the casting marks on the g/box. I've only done two areas and that's taking nearly an hour :cry: but as I'm being this anal I've decided I'm going to sand out all the miner pitting that covers the box, then acid etch then filler primer from me gun flat that down and then top coat using a good 2k paint :eek:. Well I did want to re work the engine bay and make it tidy.
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Cheers chaps. If you ever want a hand Liam just give me a shout I'm not that far from you, I can't do much but can drink lots of tea very well :laugh:

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I'll bear that in mind. I can make a decent cuppa lol

But def have to arrange a meet of local members soon :agree:

Tiny update, had a few parts blasted. Still working on the gearbox :ashamed: taking most of the imperfections from the aluminium now. I've also spent an hour sanding imperfections off my water pump :rolleyes:. Pump now has a coat of etch primer on it now. Next on the list is to etch the g/box and then seam weld the subframe and strengthen the wishbones. Oh I've got to learn how to weld before I do that :laugh: I've also got a pair of new sills to replace my religious ones, thanks to flight666 for them. pics

Not sure why my subframe has come out gold :laugh: some more pics

Progress is progress and it will all be worth it in the end.

I'm no welding expert, but it's a good idea to stitch weld (1" weld, 1" gap) as opposed to one long continuous weld. It's just as strong and allows you to from one side of the Subframe to the other, letting the last area cool and therefore reduce the change of the Subframe deforming.

Maybe some of the seasoned welders on the forum can pipe up. :)

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Progress is progress and it will all be worth it in the end.

I'm no welding expert, but it's a good idea to stitch weld (1" weld, 1" gap) as opposed to one long continuous weld. It's just as strong and allows you to from one side of the Subframe to the other, letting the last area cool and therefore reduce the change of the Subframe deforming.

Maybe some of the seasoned welders on the forum can pipe up. :)

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This is how I've done mine. :cool:

You kinda wanna leave it to still have some flex left if any especially for road going car. :agree:

Oddly enough, like this I've just seen this in JP thread. :agree:

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Thanks guys, I too just saw jp' s subframe last night I've also looked at turbo Ted's and Ashy and there's are fully welded. So fully welded or stitch welded, there's only one way to find out FIGHT!!! I might flirt between the two :D

I've been trawling through a few French forums and I have seen many guys add a reinforcing plate to both sides of the Subframe. This is for competition so may be excessive on a road car and may have been for Rally use. Maybe it was something that was done to the GpA/N cars?

Maybe Xenon or Pascal might be able to help?

I have now stitch welded my subframe, this is the 1st time I've ever welded so it's not really pretty :D

I've got myself some Renault traffic tie rods to go from the wishbones to the subframe. But I hit a problem the area of the subframe where I need to weld a bracket was really deformed from people jacking the car under the subframe, me included once in a while :ashamed: which meant the bracket was miles away for me to weld :mad:

So I had to cut a piece away from the top, then reshape the the underside back into position from the hole I'd just made, then cut a new piece and weld it back into place. Again 1st time I've ever attempted a butt weld and I'm pleased with the results. It's not finished yet but 90% complete. Pics

Looks good. :agree:

First thing I welded was my sub frame, best place to start as reasonable thick metal and not a main focal point when learning. :D Its when you move onto body work is when the heart attacks start. :laugh: The metal so thin that if your not to careful the weld's can blows through. :ashamed:

Well after a busy February and being stuck in bed for most of this month I'm now able to work on my car, progress will be slow but that's nothing new for me. I've got a few pics of my hours worth yesterday, told you it was going to be slow :D painted my track rod ends and some other bits, got a few parts from Mike, and my pile of bits that will be going to the powder coaters.

Looking good, whats with the droplinks I don't recall a GTT having them as std?

Prob stabilizer bars from wishbone to subframe ?

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Cheers James, and spot on Steve ;) whilst the welder was out I may as well put them on.

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Cheers James, and spot on Steve ;) whilst the welder was out I may as well put them on.

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Subframe and my big pile of brackets etc etc is now at the powder coaters:) I'm now going to focus on sanding and repainting parts that can't be powder coated, ie steering rack, driveshafts, servo etc. So I've started on my shocks that had some rust appearing, sanded and paint stripped back to bare metal, I've now got too sand the rust back as much as I can then apply rust treatment. pics...

nice strip down on the shocks, bet that was a pain in the arse :cry:

I wish I could share your attention to detail:agree:

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:) I like to think of it as a nut and bolt restoration to non oe standards :laugh: my aim is to make my engine bay etc as clean and tidy as possible, plus I hate rust :D

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nice strip down on the shocks, bet that was a pain in the arse :cry:

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Cheers Jeff, 3 coats of paint stripper lots of sanding/grinding, 1 coat of rust cure, 1 coat of etch primer so far. Just high build primer and then the top coat to go :cry:

Managed to put a coat of etch primer on my shocks today, and sand back to bare metal my driveshafts and steering rack. I've also removed as much rust as I could off one of my axles and put a coat of rust cure on, all little jobs but making progress all the same. Pics

looking good son. i be taking on the same task in few weeks. good work :agree:

Cheers for the comment wilton warrier ;) get some pics up of your work in the projects thread.
Just received a call from the powder coaters with a price :eek: it seems I got a bit carried away with what I wanted coated and forgot about the ever increasing price :scratch:. I've just worked out that I left him over 60 pieces :wasntme:

Driveshafts and steering rack have now got a coat of zinc primer. I plan to spray my gearbox, water pump, shocks, drive shafts, steering rack and servo with 2k high build primer next week.

Little update for you only small and boring but hey I'm not forcing you to read it :D.

Hubs have now been painted and look lush :) I've also fannied about making a mount for my brake fluid resorvoire as I want it in the scuttle area. Once that was done I whipped the servo out and sanded it back to bare metal. Hope to get some high build on it later in the week. Only small things but most important is its progress, now how many weeks to the FCS :scratch:

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The positive part of doing small bits is it usualy gives more satisfaction than doing big things that need too much attention:D

Great job matey. :agree: the servo looks reem:D

good work as normal mate. better get cracking. only 10 weeks now:D

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:agree: just a shame I've given myself so soooo many little jobs to do :ashamed:

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Great job matey. :agree: the servo looks reem:D

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Cheers Matt, I'm hoping for a fairly decent finish on it once I've finished. The annoying thing is I've painted most of the parts that I'm now doing again many years ago, but just used a rattle can and the finish just isn't up to scratch now:scratch:

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good work as normal mate. better get cracking. only 10 weeks now:D

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Cheers bud, don't remind me :cry: I'm hoping it will all just fall into place at the right time.

I only meant to change the clutch:ashamed: it's even more annoying when the missus walks into the shed and reminds me off that fact :rolleyes:

Don't lose faith, those hubs look brand new! You can do mine. :agree::D

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Don't lose faith, those hubs look brand new! You can do mine. :agree::D

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Oh there's no worries of that, not with the amount of money I've out into it recently:eek: ye I'm pleased with how the hubs have turned out. Any updates on yours yet :coffee:

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Oh there's no worries of that, not with the amount of money I've out into it recently:eek: ye I'm pleased with how the hubs have turned out. Any updates on yours yet :coffee:

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Yup, just done an update and as it happens, been wiring brushing my hubs last week. :laugh:

Right I'll warn anyone who hates shiney things too not look any further :D but for those who do like a bit of bling then enjoy.

Some parts I've collected from the powder coaters :cool:

I've also got a few things that I wanted black ie suspension parts, wishbone etc but on closer inspection they have got a dusting of very fine glitter from another job they done today. Somehow it floated onto my stuff aswell:sad2: should get that tomorrow. I'll pop some pics up in a moment.

Some pics essentially, always seems to take me three attempts :crap: it all looks miles better in the flesh as well :D

Are they silver coated or you polished them up? Look good either way. :agree:

They are a chrome effect powder coat, didn't even realise they did such a thing untill I walked in for a quote. There not proper blingy like chrome but more like a polished aluminium, which is ideal.

They defiantly look chrome/polish in the picture. :cool:

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NICE WORK!!! this is going to look great mate. cant wait to see it. hope you do get it sorted mate. :smokin:

looking good :agree:

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NICE WORK!!! this is going to look great mate. cant wait to see it. hope you do get it sorted mate. :smokin:

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Cheers smithy, don't worry you'll get to see it at the fcs. I know you wanted to see it or ages I just hope it doesn't disappoint you :scared: if things look like it's going to be tight I can always knock replacing the sills untill after the show to give me a bit more time :agree:

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Cheers Jeff, any updates on yours yet?

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Cheers Jeff, any updates on yours yet?

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just updated mine:)

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Cheers smithy, don't worry you'll get to see it at the fcs. I know you wanted to see it or ages I just hope it doesn't disappoint you :scared: if things look like it's going to be tight I can always knock replacing the sills untill after the show to give me a bit more time :agree:

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that sound good mate. leave them till after lol

Theres another cam on ebay.

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Theres another cam on ebay.

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Cheers mate, but I've decided to wait untill the winter now to do the cam ( well my bank balance has decided it) :eek:

Just collected my black parts from the powder coaters 2nd time around and there's no more glitter dust over them :)
Pic,

I'm now working on the engine bay, found a rust hole under the drivers headlight so have cut that and welds in a new piece. I've also welded in a piece of metal to divide the engine bay to the inner wing (by the headlight). Now I'm in the middle of welding up lots of oe holes for a smoother look, I think I'm about halfway there. I've also decided too take all of the underseal off under the arches and then redo it with new seam sealer etc I will then paint it in body colour.

I'm also still finding things to strip and repaint, I've just finished the starter motor, the ball joints and the gearbox thingy that slots into the subframe.

Nad - your work level is incredible mate, i really like this car, a credit to you

Cheers Benjibrady :) got to get a jiffy on to finish it for fsc :scared:

agree with both statements :laugh:

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Nad - your work level is incredible mate, i really like this car, a credit to you

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Just collected my black parts from the powder coaters 2nd time around and there's no more glitter dust over them :)
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Who do you use for your powder coating mate?

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Who do you use for your powder coating mate?

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Colour and chrome over minster on the lovely isle of Sheppy :scared::laugh: there's another place literally a 3min walk from me but they was more expensive and not as nice to talk too so I went there instead.

As Goobie is showing us his naked bits I thought I would too :D Just a few pics of my bay etc slowly going to bare metal, I've also been welding in lots of oe holes done about 20 so far and I've got around 15 left :rolleyes: I've now run out of gas oh and my grinders died too :cry: I'm hoping to finish the welding and prep work and get some primer on for next Sunday, then it's a case of some filler work, seam sealer, stone chip, another coat of primer and then top coat :eek: pics

And some more :) I'm happy to report there's no nasty surprises, other than a bit of welding to a hole under the front drivers headlight it's all been good.

Well, at least you know there no rust hiding after a full rub down. :agree: What primer and stone chip are you going to use? :confused:

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Well, at least you know there no rust hiding after a full rub down. :agree: What primer and stone chip are you going to use? :confused:

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I'll be using 2k high build primer from my local paint supplies(it's got added corrosion properties and can go straight onto bare metal) I'm not sure on stone chip yet :scratch: I've heard u pol or 3m is good. I've just found a different brand on eBay which is a rubbery consistency so I might go for that :confused: I'll be using my stone chip gun for it whatever I choose.

I'm using 3M in black, used it before, gives a good finish, expensive though (compressor bottles cheaper so your ok.) but is really good. :cool:

Some body looking for red stone chip/guard... :scared: :cooter:

Edit to add. - You can get paintable stone chip/guard! Just an idea if you wanna go a bit wild. :laugh: :agree:

:laugh: yep I'll be putting paintable stonechip on, and then a coat or two of body colour 2k over that :D

It's looking great mate. Keep up the good work.

Will it be ready for the first Kent/Essex meet?:D

Cheers Liam, have you set a date yet? It's got to be ready for FSC, not long now :scared: I'm sure it will be fine although I feel alot of late nights coming :coffee:

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Cheers Liam, have you set a date yet? It's got to be ready for FSC, not long now :scared: I'm sure it will be fine although I feel alot of late nights coming :coffee:

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Late nights are always fun working on the car. But how pleased will you be once its done eh!!

As for the local meet, I need to organise one soon. Am sat on my butt in Kuala Lumpar waiting for a flight home later tonight. But once I am back, need to MOT, tax and insure and mine is ready to go :agree:

Is the general consensus to meet b4 or after FCS? I can still pop over yours and have a look at your work though if u wanted :cartman:

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Late nights are always fun working on the car. But how pleased will you be once its done eh!!

As for the local meet, I need to organise one soon. Am sat on my butt in Kuala Lumpar waiting for a flight home later tonight. But once I am back, need to MOT, tax and insure and mine is ready to go :agree:

Is the general consensus to meet b4 or after FCS? I can still pop over yours and have a look at your work though if u wanted :cartman:

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Myself I'd say meet after fcs, but that's because I'd like my 5 at the meet. Your welcome any time to have a cuppa fella, but your better off coming over in May as the car is looking very sorry for itself and all the good bits are either under me bed, on me wardrobe, in me eves or in cupboards :laugh: the missus loves it :wasntme:

Will you be going to the fcs?

I've just braved the neighbours moaning and got the grinder and powerfile out :D: my intercooler pipe has been rubbing against the chassis rail and had taken the paint off and slightly dented it too.

So I thought I'd cut and shape in a piece off pipe, I think it was an off cut of stair hand rail I had kicking about. I'm 70% done with it, I just hope it's in the right place :scared: pics to follow, as you can't have an update without pictures :agree:

Here they are

And more :D

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Hell yeah, nothing wrong with a bit of picutre whoring. :agree: :laugh:

That is one tidy job you done on that sneaky mod! Need a like button. :laugh:

:cool:

Cheers Goobie, if I'm being honest it was your thread that made me go and buy a welder and have a go at it myself. Now I don't think I could be without it.

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Cheers Goobie, if I'm being honest it was your thread that made me go and buy a welder and have a go at it myself. Now I don't think I could be without it.

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Haha, I actually need to buy one myself. :ashamed: To many out there to choose from. :eek: What one have you got? :confused:

I went for the Clarke 135te from machine mart on one of there vat free days. I was going to get the 151 but the bloke told me I'd have to put a bigger power source into me shed :eek: after getting home I realised that my normal power would be fine unless I'm welding at its maximum. You live and learn. I think mine can weld up to 4mm so more than I need for a anorexic renault :laugh:

Kids now in bed check
Kettle on check
Night off from work check

Let my 1st of many late nights start :coffee:.

Well 4 1/2 hours later I'm done ready for bed. Doesn't seem like I've done much in that time though :scratch:

I've burnt more underseal/ paint away from under crossmember, welded in more holes ( I think I've filled in about 35 factory holes so far ) welded in bolts inside scuttle area for my aei, removed the steering column, pedal box etc. I've probably got 90% of the old cellulose paint down to bare metal so not much more to go, I'm going to get all me paint etc Tuesday and hopefully will get some primer on wednesday.

Just spent a small fortune getting all my paint I need. I've also bought a bottle of metal inhibitor that I can apply by brush direct to bare metal, before spraying 2k primer over it. Hopefully I'll have some decent progress pics come the end of the week :)

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Just spent a small fortune getting all my paint I need. I've also bought a bottle of metal inhibitor that I can apply by brush direct to bare metal, before spraying 2k primer over it. Hopefully I'll have some decent progress pics come the end of the week :)

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awesome work!! I think you should do an article/how to guide when you do the paint - that would be very useful (to me anyway :D)

I have new parts needing paint, a compressor & spray gun........... but not a clue how to get it done right :(

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I went for the Clarke 135te from machine mart on one of there vat free days. I was going to get the 151 but the bloke told me I'd have to put a bigger power source into me shed :eek: after getting home I realised that my normal power would be fine unless I'm welding at its maximum. You live and learn. I think mine can weld up to 4mm so more than I need for a anorexic renault :laugh:

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I've been all over the net trying to bag myself a 151te turbo for peanuts thanks to you. :laugh: Just missed out on a decent one on eBay. :cry: Just need to play the waiting game as don't want to buy/paid new prices. :laugh:

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Well 4 1/2 hours later I'm done ready for bed. Doesn't seem like I've done much in that time though :scratch:

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I know the feeling, my underside is taking forever..... :ashamed: It's gotta be the worse and time consuming job I've ever done, but over half way now thank god. :rolleyes: So temped to just flame thrower the rest off. :wasntme:

What metal inhibitor did you get? :confused:

Ps, I think you need todo the power steering mod! :agree:

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awesome work!! I think you should do an article/how to guide when you do the paint - that would be very useful (to me anyway :D)

I have new parts needing paint, a compressor & spray gun........... but not a clue how to get it done right :(

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Cheers for the comments tubby, I'll try and take as many step by step pics as I can, then I'll do a mini step by step guide for you ;) not saying it's the right way mind as I'm only a fairly competent diy bodywork person. But it will give you an idea :agree:

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I've been all over the net trying to bag myself a 151te turbo for peanuts thanks to you. :laugh: Just missed out on a decent one on eBay. :cry: Just need to play the waiting game as don't want to buy/paid new prices. :laugh:

:laugh: sorry bud.

I know the feeling, my underside is taking forever..... :ashamed: It's gotta be the worse and time consuming job I've ever done, but over half way now thank god. :rolleyes: So temped to just flame thrower the rest off. :wasntme:

What metal inhibitor did you get? :confused:

Ps, I think you need todo the power steering mod! :agree:

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I used my blow torch on the arch that wasn't connected directly to the inside ( I didn't fancy melting the paint on the interior ). Nasty stuff though make sure you have good ventilation.

I've used some stuff called Ferro bettol. The paint supplies swear by it. I've brushed it on section of my bay and it turns it into a slightly grey ish metal you then just put your primer etc straight over it :cool:

I've just received all I need to protect my wheel arches etc, I've got some seam sealer, brushable seam sealer, over paintable stone chip and some cavity wax.

A quick pic

looks like a nice bit of gear you got there, look forward to seeing the results:)

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looks like a nice bit of gear you got there, look forward to seeing the results:)

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Cheers Jeff, ye I'm looking forward just to getting it on the car. Times getting shorter to fcs and it seems the work load gets bigger:cry:.

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Here's a pic of what it does, the arrow is pointing at bare metal the rest is the inhibitor.

I've finally finished all welding to the engine bay, all cellulose paint is stripped back to bare metal and I've just chucked a lavish coating of rust inhibitor everywhere :yeah: I'm so pleased because I was starting to get to that pissed off point during the stripping part. I don't think It will be dry tomorrow to put a primer over, but I will be primering my shocks, servo, steering rack, driveshafts, gear box, timing chain cover and water pump. Maybe I might just pull this off :cool:

Some pics

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Here's a pic of what it does, the arrow is pointing at bare metal the rest is the inhibitor.

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How much? :D

Wasn't joking about filling every hole was you. :laugh:

You should seam weld the front whilst it bare! :cool:

My workload is getting bigger :cry: I've just ground away the rest of the aftermarket side skirt and offered up the oe skirt and it sits lower than the aftermarket one :crap: so I've now got to sand away a load of paint/filler where I'd blended it into the door shut. Which means I've got to blend the new paint into the old :crap: something I've not tried before. Oh well good job I've got next week off, hopefully I'll get alot done.

Some pics :D

Brilliant work in recent weeks, well, brilliant work always tbh.

This side skirt and filler business, it will have been worth it once you've done it. :)

Cheers for your kind comments trevib, I wouldn't normally worry about it but I've only got 41 days to go till the fcs and I'm generally a very slow worker :ashamed:. It just seems I'm having to take more off the car to get ahead :scratch: the missus just shook her head when I got her to help me take the door off last night :laugh: still week off now so it's going to be alot of late nights coming up :coffee:

Well, you can only do what you can do. FCS is great to use as a goal but it's not the end of the world if you don't manage it. Get the work right, that's the main thing :)

This is true :agree: once the bodywork side is finished it will be plain sailing. I'll just put my subframe down and start bolting all my freshly powdercoated/ painted parts on, engine box, suspension,brakes etc then just lift the car over it. I think I can do it :cooter:

:agree: Keep us furnished with pics :D

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Oh you've got no problems there :D I probably bore people with all my pics :ashamed:

You can never put too many pics on mate :D

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How much? :D

Wasn't joking about filling every hole was you. :laugh:

You should seam weld the front whilst it bare! :cool:

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:ashamed: sorry mate forgot to reply. I think it cost £14 a litre. And I used half a litre for the front end, wasn't shy with it :D.

I've managed to prime the front end, gearbox, steering rack, driveshafts, timing chain cover, water pump, gear selector and the shocks today oh and the brake servo. I've just put a dust coat over the top of most of the items, so I know when to stop sanding. Anyhow the obligatory pictures that should follow any update are coming up next:D

Here they are,

Go Nad!!!!! Erm that sounds like gonad.... :D

Good work matey :) it's coming together nicely!

Last lot,

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Go Nad!!!!! Erm that sounds like gonad.... :D

Good work matey :) it's coming together nicely!

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:laugh: I'm still chuckling now, you funny fecker ;)

Yep it's very relieving now it's in one colour. I've still got to do some filler work over some of the holes that I've welded in, then put seam sealer over the lap joints, then stone chip where's needed, then another coat of primer and then I can put a top coat on :eek: and that's without welding on new sills :cry:

Smooooooth! :cool:
Love it!

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:laugh: I'm still chuckling now, you funny fecker ;)

Yep it's very relieving now it's in one colour. I've still got to do some filler work over some of the holes that I've welded in, then put seam sealer over the lap joints, then stone chip where's needed, then another coat of primer and then I can put a top coat on :eek: and that's without welding on new sills :cry:

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Get it ready for the summer mate! Not long now. :)

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Get it ready for the summer mate! Not long now. :)

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It's getting done for the fcs, well that's the plan :scared:

Today's efforts in pics

And more, the gearbox has been wet sanded to get rid of any high spots. Yes I know I'm sad :ashamed:

Silver base coat has now been applied to my gearbox, water pump, and timing chain cover :) just waiting a while before I spray lacquer over it, fingers crossed I don't flip it up :scared:

Lacquer is now on and everything looks sweet.
Pics to follow

The gearbox has about 14 hours work on it :dearme: still I'll be able to tell what a difference I've made to it :D

You can eat your dinner off that gearbox mate!

It's coming along really well.

Cheers Liam, it looks so much better in the flesh. I'm really pleased with it :). When you getting your newly acquired 5 on the road then?

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Cheers Liam, it looks so much better in the flesh. I'm really pleased with it :). When you getting your newly acquired 5 on the road then?

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I'll come over and have a look when it's moved on a bit further :)

As for mine - will be taking it for an MOT next week as it ran out in March, then I just need to tax and insure it. Sounds simple lol.

There are a few jobs on it that I need to do but nothing too major really.

Ye man give it a few weeks and I'll be bolting it back together :) you have to come down in the 5 though :agree:

Yeah I'll bring my 5 :)

Sort out a date when you will be doing a bit of work and ill give you a hand :agree:

That would be brilliant :agree: I'll hold you too that :) cheers.

Today I made a start on repairing the drivers side sill. It wasn't that bad only a 5pence hole right on the underneath and the start of some surface rust right near the end. So I thought I may as well just cut out from the joining gap to the back.

Then I found that my inner sill has started to rot :crap: underseal can cover a host of disasters and so it seems bodges by previous owners. Anyhow it wasn't that bad, so I've cut out the bad and have welded in some new metal. I didn't have any thicker metal so I made two identical pieces and plug welded them together.

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And the extra plate to spot weld over the top,

Well I know where to go when I want some welding done then eh :p

I am still very amateur at it!

Good work here though buddy....but chop chop so I can pop down! :cooter:

Cheers Liam. Practise makes perfect, I've only been welding since January but have picked it up fairly well although it's not always perfect. Get back on your project and you'll get better ;) yep won't be long and you can come round for a gander.

you dont half like making work for your self do you!:wasntme:

shes looking better and better mate which isn't easy to be honest. cant wait to see this!

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you dont half like making work for your self do you!:wasntme:

shes looking better and better mate which isn't easy to be honest. cant wait to see this!

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:laugh: don't, I've just had one of those moments where I'm looking at the car and thinking why didn't you just leave it alone :ashamed: still onwards and upwards. Expect more updates soon.

Oh and smithy, your putting more pressure on me to get this finished with your I can't wait to see this quotes :cry: I don't want to let you down :agree::cooter:

Sill is now fully welded in position :D tomorrow evening I'll get back on the bay, seam sealing, filling bla bla bla :laugh:

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:laugh: don't, I've just had one of those moments where I'm looking at the car and thinking why didn't you just leave it alone :ashamed:

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I've had that every time I switch the angle grind on this last two/three weeks. :scared:

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:laugh: don't, I've just had one of those moments where I'm looking at the car and thinking why didn't you just leave it alone :ashamed: still onwards and upwards. Expect more updates soon.

Oh and smithy, your putting more pressure on me to get this finished with your I can't wait to see this quotes :cry: I don't want to let you down :agree::cooter:

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:laugh::laugh: sorry mate. but your rite. GET IT DONE!!! :wasntme:

Had a good few hours today filling, sanding and smoothing things out. I'm about 70% done there :) still feel like I've got loads to do but I'm hoping to shoot some top colour on either this Sunday or possibly the Monday. Then just another sill to replace and I can start thinking about putting it back together.

A few pics :D

Looks good, did you use the brush on sealant in the arche? Getting there now mate. :cool:

Cheers Goobie, no the white sealant is from a silicone gun I just masked off then pumped it in and dragged it out with a brush.

I managed to get a coat of primer on yesterday but unfortunately it will need another as I didn't sand down enough in places and you can see sanding marks. I've just put on 4 layers of rubberized anti stone chip all under the arches, underneath the chassis rails and along the drivers sill. It's supposed to be white but is more a cream, never mind once the top coats on it shouldn't notice. Pics to follow

Pics,

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Getting close to piecing it all together now. :agree: Looking rather fresh too! :cool:

Not had much time lately, but have managed to repaint my shocks ( I mixed the paint at 2:1 & it should have been 50:50, so it had alot if drips :crap: ) all good now. I've also cleaned up back to bare metal and primed my clutch fork, distributor, lower steering column, fpr and the funny engine mount that slips into the subframe. I'll be painting them with a silver base and then a lacquer over this afternoon. And I've also wet sanded the engine bay ready for its final primer again today at some point :). Top coat tomorrow as well:yeah: I've got to that bored stage of it now, I'm looking forward to dropping the sandpaper and spray gun for sockets and spanners :laugh:

Keep at it. You will get there in the end mate. There is always light at the end of the tunnel :agree:

Just spent 4hours wet sanding the engine bay :cry: my finger tips are getting sore. I'm just making a :coffee: then I will put the top coat on, fingers crossed it goes ok.

no pain no gain mr lol good on ya mate. cant wait to see this! dont let me down :laugh::wasntme:

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:scared: :cry: I'm trying dude.

Top coat is now on :yeah:, just a few drips oh and I backed into the back off the front cross member :rolleyes: didn't do much damage though just some fibres from my overall stuck too it :D. Will get some pics up later

:laugh::laugh: your doing well mate!! it will all be worth it in the end. :smokin:

I hope so smithy ;)

Some pics

I'll try again :)

And some more & one of my dog wedged down the side of my shed :laugh: she did manage to get out.

:laugh: At your dog stuck, took me a minute to try work out what way round that picutre should be only to realised she wedged. :laugh:

That is a top job on your engine bay, looks so good without all the holes scatter about. Might have todo the same. :agree: :D

Cheers Goobie. I welded up about 40 holes :eek: can't wait to put it all back

look nice and fresh mate, keep up the good work :agree:

Not much in the way of progress and to be honest things are going to slow a little :crap: the car was getting in the way of time with the family especially the last month where I've been flat out on it.

So I've decided to get it finished for the retro show instead which gives me an extra two weeks :D (sorry smithy, I'm still going to the fcs so you can give me a slap :laugh: ) and means I can spend time with my better half and my two boys :)

Anyhow I've had a bit of a snag with he paint..... it's the the wrong colour :mad: the pictures will tell the story :cry: needless to say ill be going back to get it mixed correctly. The engine bay will stay that colour as its only just off, but that will stand out like a sore thumb against the door.

I've also ordered some por 15 engine enamel so have started to strip the old paint off the block.

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Winds me up the effort needed to post pictures on here

:agree: I'll try again

I'll try one more time.

Sheet me it's worked. The bonnet hinge is from the 1st tin of paint which was near on spot on. And you can see what the 2nd tin came out like :crap:. I've dropped it off at the paint shop and they are mixing it up so it's hopefully the same. Also a quick pic of engine paint being stripped ready for new colour.

I've also just bought a 22mm golf ralley G60 master cylinder to go with my wilwood brakes, and have dropped my sump, oil return pipe and my pedal box off to be powder coated. Fingers crossed I can start to put everything back together soon.

Just picked up a few bits from the powder coaters. And my engine paint has finally turned up :cool: I'll start that tonight. I've also ordered some boring stuff from Mike 16v, mainly gaskets.
I think I might have a bling addiction :ashamed: could be worse I guess :laugh:
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So, ready for National Day?

I've basically given up :eek:

nice!!! i like bling. :cool:

Jeff, I'm not sure yet I had to rein it in a bit to spend time with the family. I've got a fellow rtoc member helping me Sunday, I'm going to be putting everything back on the subframe and get the subframe bolted up. I'll evaluate things after that, on a positive note I've still got an mot untill June 26th :). There's no point rushing things Jeff, there's always the retro show 21st June I'll definitely be going to this.

Smithy, you either love or hate the bling :laugh:

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Really nice build mate, this is a inspiration specially as u done every thing ya self, really good job, I did like ya old skirts a lot shame they gone but the oe look will still look nice,also your interior is brilliant I love the no dash look with the dials was that hard to do, cheers

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Really nice build mate, this is a inspiration specially as u done every thing ya self, really good job, I did like ya old skirts a lot shame they gone but the oe look will still look nice,also your interior is brilliant I love the no dash look with the dials was that hard to do, cheers

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thanks for the positive comments :) it's good to see the hard work isn't going unnoticed, the no dash look wasn't that hard, just a bit of welding to factory holes a bit of filling and shaping and job jobbed.

I think I've finally finished painting parts now :yeah:. I've just painted with a silver base and lacquer on top my master cylinder, radiator clip thingymejib, timing sensor, parts of the alternator, one way valves on the inlet manifold and the rear subframe bolts ( I couldn't find new ones ). Really looking forward to bolting this all back on. Going to start painting the block tonight before work.

Wow u flat out, this is gonna look even better that before although that is gonna be hard to beat as looked perfect before

Can't wait for the pics

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Just picked up a few bits from the powder coaters. And my engine paint has finally turned up :cool: I'll start that tonight. I've also ordered some boring stuff from Mike 16v, mainly gaskets.
I think I might have a bling addiction :ashamed: could be worse I guess :laugh:
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Wow so these have been powder coated this chrome colour never seen nothin like it looks awesome

I'd never heard of it before either, don't think it's new though. Check out thread 272 on page 6 for more shiney powder coated parts :D, it will all be going on starting from Sunday and will progress through the week. I'll add plenty of pics as I go along.

Update without pictures = VOID! Your in risk of a ban, new club rules. :cooter:

Top work look forward to the pics :agree:

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I'd never heard of it before either, don't think it's new though. Check out thread 272 on page 6 for more shiney powder coated parts :D, it will all be going on starting from Sunday and will progress through the week. I'll add plenty of pics as I go along.

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Yeah I see the other bits earlier as read ya whole restoration, ok gonna see if my local powder coating firm can do that colour :-)

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Cheers Dre, and I've taken the hint Goobie :laugh: you funny guy.
Only the last picture shows how glossy everything came out.

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Jeff, I'm not sure yet I had to rein it in a bit to spend time with the family. I've got a fellow rtoc member helping me Sunday, I'm going to be putting everything back on the subframe and get the subframe bolted up. I'll evaluate things after that, on a positive note I've still got an mot untill June 26th :). There's no point rushing things Jeff, there's always the retro show 21st June I'll definitely be going to this.

Smithy, you either love or hate the bling :laugh:

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having an mot still helps, I'll need to get one on mine and i'll need a set of new tyres for it £££ and need to insure it again all £££ I dont have :cry:, all the painting looks great, I recon you'll be back up and running next week:cool:

Just got a 2nd coat of por 15 engine enamel on the block, annoyingly it needs a third :crap:, sorry Goobie no pics untill it's finished :cooter: as you would expect I've gone for a subdued colour :D anyone want to guess it

Yellow????

Orange??

And the winner is Phil :D I plumped for Chevy orange out of there choice, although on the internet it looks more red than orange. But in the flesh it's definitely orange :laugh:

I had a look at the orange when i was last in frosts.

Certainly is bright:)

You should do all your bolt heads in the engine bay orange also :laugh:

Painting bolt heads is dedication :eek:

I was hoping to get alot done yesterday but unfortunately it didn't happen, it took me 30mins just to find my timing chain oil seal :crap: anyhow I did manage to get the timing chain cover, sump, manifold, flywheel, clutch and the gearbox on and a few shiney bolt on parts :D had to cut the dayshort as I had a 12 hour night shift to do. Day out with the kids today and after only having 3hours sleep I doubt I'll go out there tonight :coffee: some pics

Woah, I do like that painted block. :cool: Bet that's some serious colour in the flesh. :agree:

Your right there Goobie, it changes colour depending on light conditions :scratch: I've booked lieu leave tonight and tomorrow night so I'm hoping to get alot done.

With my lump currently on the stand I'm tempted by this colour i have to admit......in reality tho i was amazed i even bothered to paint the last block i destroyed.....:laugh:

Hats of to you for being arsed when time is at a premium :agree:

Cheers Phil, if you lived near by I'd let you use the paint as I only used about 10% of the tin and that was with 4 coats.

Hi that colour on your block is 1 lovely colour,what is the colour as looks brilliant

Smashing colour....literally!!

I'll bring my spare block to paint when I eventually get over to yours mate :p

Webber, the colour is Chevy Orange :)

Liam, I reckon that tin could put four coats on 6 c1j engines, I've hardly made a dent in mine. Pop round whenever you want. Either text or pm me

Just rolled in from the shed, yawn. Still finding things to bolt on including the horrible poly bushed wishbones.

I had to lift the engine up Then place the wishbones where they looked like they would line up and then drop the engine down and hope that they slipped into position which it did but I've only finished one side. Anyway mainly a picture update as I'm off to bed :D

And more

When you have a job/family/house you have no choice but to turn nocturnal....just without the sleep during the day.

Looks all worth the effort, it's immaculate :agree:

Looking lovely Neil top work mate

Cheers Phil 1 & Phil 2 :laugh:

What's the magician doing to yours then Phil ?

Having a few issues get the power downstream higher revs seems to be a boosting issue looks like its over boosting so once that's done hook up the launch control and see if I can improve on power from last time mate 👍

The orange looks lush can't wait to see it all back together :agree:

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Having a few issues get the power downstream higher revs seems to be a boosting issue looks like its over boosting so once that's done hook up the launch control and see if I can improve on power from last time mate 👍

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:eek: improve on the power :smokin: looking forward to seeing this up the strip, are you going up on the Saturday before Retro show?

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The orange looks lush can't wait to see it all back together :agree:

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Cheers bud, I can't wait either :D

Got some more bits on today, getting the anti roll bar bushes on caused a few issues especially the end ones as the new link bar I've put in bolts the bushes up. Lots of swearing and a few g clamps helping me and it all fell into place :)

More pics for you Goobie ;)

The quality and speed of your work is immense.:agree: love reading your thread your an inspiratation to us all:)

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:eek: improve on the power :smokin: looking forward to seeing this up the strip, are you going up on the Saturday before Retro show?

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Ill be working on the Saturday mate but ill be up on the Sunday in the car if all goes ok at scoffs or just me if all goes wrong at scoffs 😂😂

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The quality and speed of your work is immense.:agree: love reading your thread your an inspiratation to us all:)

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Cheers bud, I just do what I can to the best of my ability :agree:

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Ill be working on the Saturday mate but ill be up on the Sunday in the car if all goes ok at scoffs or just me if all goes wrong at scoffs 😂😂

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Fingers crossed for you then :) I'll hopefully get some runs in on the Saturday then chill on the Sunday

I've polished out a few paint defects on my driveshafts and have now fitted them both, I also spent a little while polishing my servo, sad I know :laugh: pic

i cant wait to see this car!!! good work mate :smokin:

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So I've decided to get it finished for the retro show instead which gives me an extra two weeks :D (sorry smithy, I'm still going to the fcs so you can give me a slap :laugh: ) and means I can spend time with my better half and my two boys :)

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I'm hoping you didn't miss a couple of posts smithy on the previous page but here's the basics of it ^^^^ :ashamed:

Slacker for not getting it done for FCS!!;)

(the above is a joke in case the sarcasm is missed lol) :agree:

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Slacker for not getting it done for FCS!!;)

(the above is a joke in case the sarcasm is missed lol) :agree:

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:laugh: ye I know. I'm blaming a small hospital procedure that should have left me resting for a week but went wrong and had me laid up for nearly 3 weeks :mad:

I could have gone out and bought another 5 instead off finishing this one though :cooter::laugh:

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:laugh: ye I know. I'm blaming a small hospital procedure that should have left me resting for a week but went wrong and had me laid up for nearly 3 weeks :mad:

I could have gone out and bought another 5 instead off finishing this one though :cooter::laugh:

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Not good re the hospital thang!

As for the last part of your message......no idea what you are on about at all? :p:p:p

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I'm hoping you didn't miss a couple of posts smithy on the previous page but here's the basics of it ^^^^ :ashamed:

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yes i missed this! well what can i say! :cry::cry:

:wasntme: no its fine mate you have had a monumental task on your hands so no worries. ill see it one day. hope you hospital things sorted now.

Just a few update pictures. Slowly getting there.

And some more

And again:D

Electric blue from top to bottom:cool:

Some serious progress here :) Love all the pics, keep em coming :agree:

:smokin::agree:

Cheers chaps, did want it done for the weekend show but never mind.

I must say, now i dont post much! but that looks :eek: good job!

To many things I like with the latest picture whoring Nad that I can't single out one particular part I like most. Love theses DIY builds, car just looks mint at every angle in every picture. :cool:

It's to clean to be a Renault 5! Please let me throw some dirt or a few specs of dust over it at lest! :laugh:

Goobie i was going to say that!! needs oil dirt and rust to fit in with everyone lol

good to see you sat mate at last. great weekend. shame you couldn't bring her along. also i doubt i can make Santa pod as im working lates unless i pull a sicky that is :sad2:

Lovely clean build. Love all the colour coding and attention to detail, makes me want to pull mine apart and start again!

Cheers for all the positive comments above, and was good to meet you smithy. There's always next year to see it :agree:

Picture update,freshly painted shocks built up with brand new renault bearings, doughnuts, top hat and everything else shot blasted and then powder coated black. Still got so much to do :cry: had to stop work on the electrics as I ran out of solder :crap: hopefully that will come tomorrow so I can cross that off the to do list. After missing out on showing the car at fcs I definitely want to get this to the retro show.

:agree::agree::agree::agree::agree::agree::agree:: agree::agree:

Come on Vauxhall boy, you'll make it! :D

Cheers Liam (pop round whenever you want too) and tutuur stop swearing at me :cooter:

Just had some new oil lines made from a local hydraulic company. Have now got these fitted, so I can now start putting all the water hoses on etc.

Looking good ;)

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Just had some new oil lines made from a local hydraulic company. Have now got these fitted, so I can now start putting all the water hoses on etc.

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I would have been inclined to mount that oil cooler vertically (next to the side tank on the rad) and block the rest of the hole up so you get as much air through the rad/oil cooler as possible. Your rad efficiency will be massively reduced how you've done it.

Looks minty fresh though fella, keep up the good work :agree:

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I would have been inclined to mount that oil cooler vertically (next to the side tank on the rad) and block the rest of the hole up so you get as much air through the rad/oil cooler as possible. Your rad efficiency will be massively reduced how you've done it.

Looks minty fresh though fella, keep up the good work :agree:

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Dave, you make a good point, but when you think of where the bumper and grill sit, it's probably better where it is?

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Looking good ;)

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Cheers JP :)

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I would have been inclined to mount that oil cooler vertically (next to the side tank on the rad) and block the rest of the hole up so you get as much air through the rad/oil cooler as possible. Your rad efficiency will be massively reduced how you've done it.

Looks minty fresh though fella, keep up the good work :agree:

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Cheers for the comments Dave, I've never had any cooling problems before. But with your experience I'm not going to say your wrong either ;) the oil cooler has maximum flow to it through the grill where it's positioned.

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Dave, you make a good point, but when you think of where the bumper and grill sit, it's probably better where it is?

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:agree: but I would wouldn't I :laugh:

Electrics are now sorted :) I've also moved the header tank over behind the drivers headlight. Had too cut 20mm out of the tank and get it welded together again as it sat too high and would have touched the bonnet :crap: I'm going to try it first without the swirl pot as its so much neater, but I can revert back to the pot if I need to. The 13mm hose joiner has just literally turned up so I can now complete the water circuit, unfortunately my missus works every Saturday so I'm with the kids and I'm not going to get much time tomorrow due to fathers day :cry: some pics for you

Coming along nicely. Look absolutely great. :agree:

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Cheers for the comments Dave, I've never had any cooling problems before. But with your experience I'm not going to say your wrong either ;) the oil cooler has maximum flow to it through the grill where it's positioned.

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Ye it will get flow, but not maximum as it's not got a shroud around it to force the air through ;) . If you got a fan and some smoke you would see that hardly any air would pass through the oil cooler or rad.. Air always (like water) takes the easiest path possible.

Although you didn't have any problems dosen't mean to say its working 100% efficient :cooter:

^^^^^^^ :agree:

Looking good mate keep it up and see u next weekend.

cheers mike, fingers crossed it will be ready:scared:

Well I had a good few hours to work on the car today and it was a case of one step forward two steps back :crap:

I've tapped a thread into the top return pipe on the header tank and put a bolt in it, all ok here but I thought I would just make sure it wasn't leaking by pressure testing it. It didn't leak but I found a pin hole in the bottom weld :mad: so I had to run it too a guy the other side of town too put a blob of weld over it. This basically wasted over an hour of my time.

Then after filling up the system with antifreeze I pressure tested it only too find a leak coming from my water temp sender in the cylinder head blanking plate ( the annoying part is my friend put this in and assured me he had sealed it correctly ). So I've had too drain part of the fluid all over my lovely clean gearbox, take the plate off and basically redo it correctly. Then go over and clean half my engine bay :cry: yet another hour passes and im back where I am before.

I did get my passenger side caliper etc bolted on and have cut 100mm out of my exhaust too fit a flexi pipe in. Fingers crossed I have a more productive evening before I go too work.

I've been a bit slack on the car lately and after seeing the cars at the retro show yesterday it's giving me the kick up the arse to get back on it. Saying that though due to fund issues I won't be getting it on the road untill the start of august so I won't be rushing.

Nice work mate 👍

:ashamed: over 2months have passed and I've not touched the car. I've not got much to do to finish it, but decided that I didn't want to insure tax and mot the car for probably only a few weeks worth off Sun. So I'll get it finished and ready for the very first sign of good weather next year.

Off the top off my head I've got too,

Fill up oil and coolant
Paint drivers door shut
Make air filter box
Prep, prime and paint rear arches and standard sideskirts
Fit wings, bumper, grill etc
Cut out rot from passenger sill and weld in New pattern panel
Paint above
Bleed brakes
There's got to be more but that's the basics :D

Once the kids are back at school/nursery I'll get back into the swing off things.

I have recently had to put my Springer spaniel too sleep :( and have been scouring old photos off her.

Anyway I stumbled over some pics off my 5 when I had just bought it back in 2002 I think :scratch: there a picture off a picture hence the crap quality

I can't tell if it's just the angle of the photo or is there a huge amount of camber in wheels?

Perhaps you were the first person to start the euro scene!

:laugh: no I was holding the photo and its curved as I'm holding it. It does look like it's got mega camber going on :laugh:

Hey up buddy...so sorry to hear about the dog...aww man heart gos out to you gemma and the kids.....such a shame my man as the dog was always in the garage with you on the builds....will have to swing by soon buddy ...all the best neil

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Hey up buddy...so sorry to hear about the dog...aww man heart gos out to you gemma and the kids.....such a shame my man as the dog was always in the garage with you on the builds....will have to swing by soon buddy ...all the best neil

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Alright Danny, ye I'm still gutted :(

Your always welcome round here bud, be good to see your two projects soon as well, efi eh ....... :p

Sorry to hear about your dog.My gifriend has a Springer and they are such clever lovely dogs.

The project is great and can't wait to see it finished.Hopefully mine will be done for next year and will get to see yours at shows

Always great coming across some old pictures of your car you had forgotten about:agreed:

Bad news when you loose a pet, particularly if it's like your assistant and always by your side.

My collie is only five but I'm already worried about when that time comes, one of the crap points about having pets but I suppose it's just part of life. My mum has recently had to do the same thing to one of her old dogs also. :disagree:

Nothing wrong with taking your time with these projects. Sometimes life just gets in the way. It's admirable that you have managed to stick with it all these years and not just get shut when you get bored and then regret it later down the line.

Giving yourself a little more time I'm sure will only increase the quality of what is already an awesome project with amazing attention to detail. I have said it before and I will say it again. I really wish I had your attention to detail. I'm always in to much of a hurry to chuck it all together and go break it again to be arsed. :laugh:

Cheers Luke, yep I'll be at some shows next year.... in the car this time rather than just in person :rolleyes:

Thanks for the kind words Phil, I do tend to get bored of the old girl from time to time but up till now I've never thought of selling up, saying that though I will half heartedly try next year as we're trying to save for a kitchen extension. I expect that my valuation will be slightly to high and I'll still be the owner mind :D

Well over four months have passed since I last worked on the 5 :ashamed: but I have an update :) only small mind but still it's progress and maybe I'm getting the love again for the old girl.

As it was a lovely afternoon I decided to repaint my drivers side door shut. The reason I've had to repaint this was because the paint shop mixed up my paint slightly wrong :mad: I only realized after I'd painted the engine bay and door shut. Any how I left the engine bay the slightly darker shade but got them to mix it properly this time and now I'm hoping it blends in....pleeeease.

Pic 1 shows the difference in shade the bit in the middle is where it's been flatted back, pic 2 is all flatted back and masked, pic 3 shows the new colour to the old darker shade. You can just make out where I've pulled the masking tape away from the right. It's still to wet to go pulling away all the tape but the match looks so much better.

Good to see you working on the car again, be good to see it all back together again soon, don't loose the love, just do one bit at a time and it keeps it moving along.

Cheers Jeff, I'm slowly getting my mojo back:)

Good to see you back at it:agree:

My Mojo has pack his bags and ****ed off :laugh:

Just hung the door back on, and the colour match is spot on:cool: I've now turned the car around ready to cut out the rot out I uncovered on the passenger sill.

Hello mate glad you back on the case:agree: be good to see it next year ready for the summer :) get mine back very soon going to run it in after rebuild and put away for winter

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Hello mate glad you back on the case:agree: be good to see it next year ready for the summer :) get mine back very soon going to run it in after rebuild and put away for winter

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Ye it will definitely be going to some shows next year. I'm planning on cracking on with it in the next few weeks and getting a lot of the jobs out the way rather than wait untill the weather picks up and then rushing. Where's yours been then? You still enjoying that beast of a bmw.

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Ye it will definitely be going to some shows next year. I'm planning on cracking on with it in the next few weeks and getting a lot of the jobs out the way rather than wait untill the weather picks up and then rushing. Where's yours been then? You still enjoying that beast of a bmw.

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Cool mate look forward to seeing it in the flesh :agree:
Yeah love the bmw mate got a nice FMIC,carbon spoiler, black grills and a remap so running about 380 bhp, 440 torque its a beast and can be a handful :rolleyes:

very jealous, properly nice this, top work mate :agree:

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Cool mate look forward to seeing it in the flesh :agree:
Yeah love the bmw mate got a nice FMIC,carbon spoiler, black grills and a remap so running about 380 bhp, 440 torque its a beast and can be a handful :rolleyes:

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:laugh: you just can't leave any car alone can you. Definitely sounds like a toy.

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Thanks for the kind words Jamie, it's nice to know some people do like a non oe 5 :agree: I do feel like I'm in the minority on here :cry::crap:

No progress as off yet :rolleyes: just seem to be busy elsewhere in life leaving me with not much renault time:cry:

Anyhow it's pretty irrelevant because it's looking like I'm not going to be able to afford to put the car on the road this year.

For a good few months the rumours have been going that our department is looking to make severe staffing cut backs and today at a briefing they just aren't going away. I'm not looking at redundancy but we will be put into another department where I'll have 2 years too find a job or it will be out the door:( but the worse case is I could be over a grand down per month :sad2: depending on what they get us too do.

So with this in my mind I've decided to save as much as I can untill something happens. So at least I've got something too fall into should I need it. So heavily saving = no funds to put the 5 on the road...again.

Life can suck sometimes. But trying too look on a positive note we had these rumours a few years back and nothing happened, so hopefully the new man in charge will get a blow to the head and will forget about trying to change everything around.

hope work sorts its self out and you can get the 5 back on the road as soon as posible.:agree:

Sorry to hear that bud. Hope you get it all sorted soon miss your project posts:agree:

Cheers chaps, well just have too see what happens :rolleyes: I don't normally take much notice of the rumours because it can do your head in but sometimes I do worry. I've still got some jobs to do on the car so I'll still be posting.

Keep the 5 tucked up in that garage mate and carry on with it when things are more stable. That's my wonderful advice :cooter:

Sorry to hear about this. :( As said above, just tuck the car away for a while until you're in a better position. Hope everything works out.

Well no updates on the car but very good news on the job front. The rumours have been quashed at our weekly briefing so my job is safe 😄 happy days. Got a little welding project to do which will give me more welding experience then in a few weeks I'll be cracking on with welding in a new ns sill. Really looking forward to getting the car finished for the retro show now. Might even treat the car to a few items too 🚗🚗

good to hear mate, looking forward to some updates :agree:

Payed for another years membership 😊 and have now started work on the old girl. As normal I've left it really late to finish the bits and pieces ready for the retro show 😆 started to cut out the rotten sill only to find the inner was a lot worse than the drivers side. So I've been making up plates ready to weld in to make it as good as new. Pics won't load up 😕

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Sorry got a new phone and obviously I can't work it 😂 pictures upside down😩

Some pics.

Still trying to work out why there upside down

Anyone with more than one brain cell got any idea why my pics are coming out upside down. I'm uploading from my galaxy s5