my 5

[TOMTOM]

as above, bought it last year off of a fellow member on here, anyways, wanted to restore and
tune it up and just make it a nice, fairly standard exterior, will be adding pics of whats what and how its going.

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so its started,lol pulled it apart and found some horrors along the way; some poorly fitted alarm. so outed that, sills on the outside were knackered along with a touch of inner and p/j/point, had these donr all pukka now, and started on the inside tidying it up

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out with the screen to find if anything was rotten again and to my surprise it werent bad, starting pitting so got to it in time, and the inside was ready for primer, looks a bit better

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then made a start with the outside, bodywork was pretty much much a1, just had a light crease like mark on passenger side above wheel arch. odd but then my mate had one which did the same but on the other side

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so got it all prepped ready for a bit of primer, all good so far

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in primer, so now left it a couple of weeks, nothing worse than having it creep bk in places flatted thru,

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got a set of these along with centres and key, a bit ropey tho so sending those off to be refurbed propperly

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next. pulling the engine out, never done mechanics really b4, so monkey see monkey do as they say

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missing a few pics of the engine bay etc, so straight up to the paint side of things again, werent missing much anyway,lol so i borrowed the booth from me gaffer for the weekend and set about it,

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smoothed the rear bumper as its running side exit, and just tidyed up minor cracks ,chips,etc

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more and more bits......... so many to do,lol

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oh yeah, bought brand spanking new wings and bonnet as the others were just agg with rot. aqquireda tailgate as that was rotten also and deleted the wiper and washer jet holes

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and more, i was wondering weather to change the colour a while bk back and asked to peeps views, i did the right thing and kept it 449, but as my sister and her partner run a paint company i fort id add my own twist with the pearl side of it, im not easily pleased with so mamy a trip on weekends making new formulations to get it right, and its in my opinion just right the way it flipps,

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engine bay done and smoothed out some holes which wont be needed anymore, all good so far next the shell and doors

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went well, im happy with it, just a nice flat and pollish to really get smooth finish, bearly any peal on it but its just melol

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and more, the doors were already de locked but in certain light u could the shink marks around where the locks were!! annoys me, if u cant do bodywork, leave to people who know what there doing please, it wont bite u in the arse in 2 months time

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all done, just the bit fitting up session, looking forward to that with marking, scratching, losing me rag with it!!!!

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got wheels bk, look cushdy , im well happy, powder coated in silver, and found other pics of the engine bay when i re seam sealed it etc

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more

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and more

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all in all im happy, any views or criticisms accepted,lol more pics will be added soon, new window screen, indicators,wiring looms( thanks mike at gttturbospares) and other bits and bobs coming soon

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Worst Project thread ever.......

WTF did you post sooner, looks lush, would have liked to have followed this thread as you went along.

Car does look nice, wheels are mint

[elmof1]

Looking good mate, can't wait to see the finished result.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Thats looking very good mate, nice to see Rich's (gttnutters) old Raider getting new lease of life
Be good to see it again once its done.

By the way are they the turbines i sold Luke little while ago? I can never keep up with who owns what now down your way!

[TOMTOM]

I would of done it sooner but moved house just before Xmas
And went thru 3 phones cos they kept breaking which had photos, just didnt work out.lol
And I would of thought so marky,lol I've got loads more pics to go on,
But takes a while loading them,lol will post more 2moz.lol

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fitting up

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more

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pretty much there now. vnow onto saving me monnies for the engine build,silicone hoses and other bits and bobs

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and a couple more,lol hope u all like

[Tony Walker]

I wish i could paint
That looks amazing, fantastic job

[Danboi2]

amazing work mate! wish I could paint aswell so hard to find decent places around here

[r5_scotty]

propper job you dont want to paint my 9 turbo do you

[Alastair]

Very nice mate Great project.

[pascal-GT]

very nice raider!

[gtmatt]

Wow that's fresh very nice

[car.crash]

that looks epic. i always loved being in that car.

[Gttnutter]

Yeah my best 5 i've owned...and the quickest too...that engine loved full chat @ 23 psi... I remember when i had marks afr linked up for a few weeks to scope the engine. the day we put it on i ran up a duel carrige way with mark screaming at me saying "dont change upto 5th keep going..keep going" Theres me in 4th at 6500rpm...that went to around 7000rpm that did...ok the cam engine carb handled it perfectly but as mark will vouch here...i drove it like a granny 80% of the time !

[g10far]

Great work there! This looks awesome, its so cool to see all these 5's being resto'd back up. Keep it up!

[LiamR]

Lovely looking 5 you have there mate.

Well done- you should be proud.

Hope mine looks half as good as yours!!

[Gttnutter]

I'm well Gel...

[philg]

Looks very nice

[TOMTOM]

Little update, got pretty much all parts for the engine build now, pistons,liners,water pump, oil pump refurb kit, all gaskets, mains, high output starter and alternator, head skimmed and oil gallery now done, wideband kit, full sfs kit in blue carb service kit,clutch kit, crank pollished, block etc painted up all nice, all service bits and bobs, cost a pretty penny so far lol, anyways it's off next week to mr Metz to work his magic and I can't wait now as it's nearly there I'll update on progress on how things go. Still debating on weather to put a cage in it, bolt in pref as I've painted the inside. Don't want to be welding.lol it's being done for say fast road and prob the odd track event at a show. What u reakon fellas? if not I'll source new door cards etc for factory-ish look.lol

[Trevhib]

Forget a cage, factory ftw. And if you can't get mint door cards, have Phoenix flock some duff ones

Don't forget new headlights, grille badge, tow eye cover, Raider rear window sticker and door badges for the outside!

[Brigsy]

Looks mint

[TOMTOM]

Headlights are good, tow eye I've got, raider badge already in window and as for the raider badges on the doors, I'll have a pair when people stop dreaming stupid prices for them, it's a joke that people will cash in on these things. I ain't paying £40+ no way, rather it go in me tank,lol

[Gttnutter]

You've done her well tom. did i not give you the tow eye cover i had?

sounds like the engine took a punch...pistons\liners etc. the rad i replaced with a new valeo one so i'd of thought that would of been ok to still use??

I replaced the waterpump pistons+rings+shells with the rebuild.

Gotto keep it more oe... might dsound weird but if i were to have a cage i'd prefer it the colour of the car i reckon.

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That rad was tested and the flow rate was down 20%, and I thought, oh.lol anyways, got oil cooler,so will be replacing with an alloy item now, everything is new, anything let's go or dosnt perform how it should will be going bk, ( over there heads) bet u fort when it went, I wonder what's really gona happen to it,lol na u didn't thrown in the tow eye also!! Still got it?

[Bigfoot]

I keep putting my Raider badges on eBay, a lot closer to original compared to what Bob is trying to sell. Speak to Mike on here as he got a couple of sets off me, only problem is that I have 1 set left and a spare, so wont be putting them back on eBay as nobody wants them for a few months even though I keep getting watchers. I will get another batch made up if I get the demand but I see no need to do so really.

Nothing quite like putting lots of brand new items on a car

Be good to see it out on the road round this way

[Ricardo]

SO much WANT for this car, i need a Raider in my life and the ONLY 5 'd have... ish


Well done