rotten raider project...

[alex johnston]

after not owning this for 5 years, i brought it back from a freind for a decent price, the inner and outer sills were gone, as was the boot quarter, bumper brackets, and inner arch tub, me being tight, and not wanting to pay a stupid amount of cash to get a body shop to do it set about grinder in hand, brought a welder, lots of sticker flex, and set to work, heres as it stands.....

tucked up ready to be stripped..



the welder i got from machine mart, £300 vat free day special with a proper dimmer mask..





set to work doing the inner and outer sills, made my own inners up and theanks to bigfoot for the link to buy the sills...



welded the drivers side up, made new jacking point up, and under silled the lot..

[alex johnston]

then set to work on the rear, its not pretty mt welding as im no pro, just a novice, but ill have a go and fabricated the rear panel, bumper bracket, boot floor, and arch tub..





if it was seen id have given it to a body shop to do and have my bootm slapped on the price, but i have a young family to pay for, so im on a tight budget

cracked open the hammerite oxford blue, and went to town with it, aswell as the stickaflex and under sill...







then stuck whats left of the skirt back on

[alex johnston]

next job was the clean the wrecked split rims up, a couple of tubes of the finest done the job....


before...



after..



and brought a few service items..



and a pair of 175 50 13 dunlop sp sports to keep it low..

[alex johnston]

jobs to do, get the charge cooler to work, a green wire is disconected on the loom plug may have something to do with it, need to sorce a petrol cap, and a drivers rear arch as i broke both taking them off, last picture is the engine as it stands, needs the tapets sorting..



and lastly got to do the passanger side sill, not as rottern as the drivers was

[Slim]

get some heat wrap around that cc,, else the water will get quite warm quite quickly..

[Chris Beer]

Fantastic work buddy

[alex johnston]

Fantastic work buddy

cheers, thought id have a bash myself instead of paying everyone else

[g10far]

Looks good so far keep at it! Get some pics up of it with the wheels on, bet it looks great with those comps on!

[alex johnston]

Looks good so far keep at it! Get some pics up of it with the wheels on, bet it looks great with those comps on!

they finish the car of a treat, once the welding is finished next week, it should be back on all fours, and ready to burn out, apart from the turbo now being wrecked

[Jonny5]

Lots of hard work there. I love those wheels!

[TNT ANDY]

First time looking at this - looking fantastic. Will this be at the ND?

[Tony Walker]

Good job Solids the aim and love the wheels

[alex johnston]

First time looking at this - looking fantastic. Will this be at the ND?

its possible, depends on how much more money i have to chuck at it to make it road legal and working propley

[GT Josh]

Would you sell the wheels??

[alex johnston]

Would you sell the wheels??

i get asked this about three time a week, em no, not forsale unless i get a stupidly good offer, i think they set this 5 apart from the rest

[alex johnston]

done a little bit on the heap today, got the polish out and did all the bits and the other two wheels..

before..





after...




then set about fitting up the inner rear quarter after the repair and rattle can paint job...






after that i finished the under seal of the floor round the back of the car...


then found the problem of why the charge cooler wasnt working, green wire had fell out the french chesse block wireing lol



and a lovely bodge of the speedo cable to sort out, cheese block ftw!!

[alex johnston]

then set about with the other side rot problem ready to begin in the morning..







turbo is wrecked, so weighing up what to do with it!....

[Mr Raider]

Good work fella, coming along nicely

[Brigsy]

Good work mate keep it up

[alex johnston]

well after a few weeks of hard graft ive got most of the work done, this is how its sitting, bumpers on, most of the kit on, and interior back in...







gave the leather a good clean, and fitted that back in..





also got a door pin removal tool ready for whaen the pins turn up, should make the job easier i hope

[alex johnston]

took this out of a clio, to see if it fixes the central locking problem..



brought a spare fanbelt because i know they love to fly off

[alex johnston]

, next job is get the local renault dealer to make me up some period plates, he also says its got alot of old sales bits from when they used to sell the gtt back in the day.. thats all for now

[alex johnston]

also went made with the tfr on the engine, all cleaned up ready for the new gt28 hybrid coming next tuesday

[BluntyR5GTT]

great progress being made alex and i must say it looks really well

[Thundercat]

Awesome work mate, got me raider to do up next year and this certainly gives inspiration.

[sieger]

i love those wheels

top job btw

[5 turbo]

Top job, love the colour op

That old mig any good then op?? Been looking at them

[Brigsy]

Awesome turnaround mate, nearly ready for road?

[alex barker]

Looking ping ha. You can test that door pin tool on the 2 to the 1

[Nad-5GTT]

Your car is looking sweet, makes me want a standard ish looking one.
Good luck with the door pin removal tool ive got the same tool but i had a stubborn roll pin and ended up ruining the little pin that drops through, ended up getting another pin and she eventually went, the other side was very easy iirc though,

[alex johnston]

Top job, love the colour op

That old mig any good then op?? Been looking at them

the mig has been fantastic, and with the vat free offer only cost £300 with the mask, it was ideal for the shockingly thin metal floor pans and bits that burn threw easy, the rest of the car and all welds were covered in a thick seam of sticker flex, so it shouldnt rot for a few years

door pins are fitted, and of to collect my new white clock set in the morning , then just a case of fitting the turbo tues/weds, then the project is 99% done

[Tony Walker]

Looks great. Wheels are fantastic

[gttjames]

lovely work!

[alex johnston]

not a massive update, but it was missing this, so i brought one...

[Brizza]

That interior looks absoloutly fantastic!!!

[Romil Davda]

Great work all round mate, well done...

Let me know if you want to get rid of the door pin tool? as mine need doing!

Oh, my sills also need welding (got the items), as you've done such a great job, fancy taking on my little project??? lol

[alex johnston]

Great work all round mate, well done...

Let me know if you want to get rid of the door pin tool? as mine need doing!

Oh, my sills also need welding (got the items), as you've done such a great job, fancy taking on my little project??? lol

id would cost a fortune to make me do it again, once you start cutting the rot away, it dosnt stop!

door pin tool was only £13.50 plus postage, ill pm you a link

[Coops]

looks gorgeous mate, nice work on the welding up etc :-)

[Jonny5]

Love how the car sits on those rims

[scratcher]

Nice work dude Was this your first time welding? Loads of bits need doing on my car and I'd love to be able to do it myself.

The Compomotive Turbos suite it perfectly I've been looking at some for mine but I'll feel like a copy cat now

[R5TURBORON]

Great work mate how you getting on with the welder I work for machine mart

[Nottswoody]

Great stuff.. What did you use to paint the floor underneath?

[alex johnston]

Great stuff.. What did you use to paint the floor underneath?

i used hammerrite under seal, and first applied a think coating of u-pol brush on sealer

Great work mate how you getting on with the welder I work for machine mart

machine mart tools are under rated, and the mig welder i brought was as good as a snap-on i i have used before

Nice work dude Was this your first time welding?

this is about the 4th time welding a car, only problem with renaults is the thickness of the steel, you can somtimes have it on the lowest output and still burn a hole

[5 turbo]

the mig has been fantastic, and with the vat free offer only cost £300 with the mask, it was ideal for the shockingly thin metal floor pans and bits that burn threw easy, the rest of the car and all welds were covered in a thick seam of sticker flex, so it shouldnt rot for a few years

door pins are fitted, and of to collect my new white clock set in the morning , then just a case of fitting the turbo tues/weds, then the project is 99% done

Cheers fella, i'll be mooching the mart very soon

oh and superb job on the interior an all

[benj88]

Great work mate. Sure Iv got a pic of this 5 on my computer off years ago

[alex johnston]

well after a bit more work, ive got the arch and petrol cap painted, and fitted to the wip..





went down the local renault garage, proper old school place, and got some of there plates made, i think there better than french metal plates, plus i cant be bothered with the police



then the best part turned up in the post, a fully rebuilt t28 turbo, new rear housing, polished inlet, new exhaust wheel and shaft, stagger gap and 360 thrust bearings, the works...







im going to sleep next to this turbo tonight, and just stair at it in ore

[LiamR]

Very impressive project mate. Well done.

That turbo looks good fun

[alex johnston]

after a bit of faffing around, and a few jerry cans of fuel, and fitting the new turbo on, it moved under its own steam agian, seems weird that the project is finished already, only thing im going to invest in is a new cat 1 alarm and imob, and get a scratch done on the door and bumper over the next few months..

heres the final product..

[Big Steve - Raider]

Looks ACE!

[Brigsy]

Where did you get te replica dealer plates from??