Been Busy On the Car!

[Zmaster2k]

So then chaps where to start!

Got a bit bored of the car, and just had a mad moment and decided to just make it into a fun track car!

However it soon spiraled out of control really!

I went nuts. and below is a brief account of what happened!

Although you can see it unwind in full on my blog http://www.mattscar.co.uk

Day 1 she looked like this!

here is the story of the wukbrid....so far

here she is when we got her

then we went nuts

Then some more madness

She stayed like this for a while!

 

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Then the bordom set in! So we went big style mad!

Stage one..... find a garage i can strip the car in

made a phonecall at lunch time by dinner time i had one sorted!

Moved the car into her and removed the bonnet!

then removed the wings bumper, wipers, head lights,skuttle pannel

then out came the wiper linkage and internal fan makeup and the washer bottle and the old OEM alarm (that i didnt know i had)

obviously i would be a fool not to expect some rust... soo here are the bad bits

and the bit that looks like its going to need the windscreen removing to repair...fail....

what i dont get though is one side of the car is rusty... the other side (passenger side) has light surface rust....

and now she is looking like this... will keep you all informed day by day

 

[Zmaster2k]

Ok off she goes to the bodyshop! Proceeded to discuss bonnet fit ment with aero catches then remembered I forgot to take it lol
!

Ok some images from the bodyshop.....N REG disintegration factor!

As you can see YES that IS the floorpan thats nearly falling out... but better the devil you know.. so all getting fixed propperly....

 

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Fitted

Jack damage repaired

Cill is now hard as nails

Floor patched

Arch in

Front arch repaired

Screen out

A rare morning off ive Been into bodyshop today, to find all the welding is now complete! Joy! No more rust
floor has been sorted,

Sill has been smoothed in yay

Door shut cleaned up

Engine bay in primer yay!!! One v happy mrs lol

thankfully no leaky powersteering will return here!

Ok remember the hole in the skuttle? Quite frankly the only bit I was worried about...before saw the floor?!?
Well it turns out the repair was **** simple!

Two cuts in the dash bend back weld in plate, bend back weld up, grind clean lol

And one photo before I left!

 

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Car is now in primer with guide coat applied before flatting...paint this week

That's it for now, next time you see her she will be in her new colour!

 

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Decided i needed a cage sooooo

CAGE FITTED!!

Big thanks to the lads at RBS fabrications in Blandford worth every penny

 

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So went down to body shop to see the progress...happy so far...few touch ups but otherwise ok!*

Doors are done, bonnets done interior is done

Pics xx

Can see the slight colour difference here

Touch ups required my shoddy primer

Things still to do:-
Touch up cage..(pic3 you can see where my primer wasn't very good)
Remove bumpers and wings for painting
Paint car (lol)
Touch in the cage in the engine bay (in the old colour)
Lacquer grill
Flat and polish
Reassemble

 

[Zmaster2k]

Right went for another visit today!

I've had the final bill for everything! Gulp!

Paint finish is fantastic...and it's not had a wet sand and polish yet?!?
Proberly OTT for track!

Anyway enough waffle here's some pics

Getting excited

 

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Ready for collection!

Excited isnt the word!

 

[Zmaster2k]

Just ordered

Omex 600
172 flywheel
172 coil pack
Race technology dash2
race technology Ecu link cable
Polycarbinate windows with sliders from acw
Sparco Sprint Bucket seats
mk3 clio dashtop
harnesses
2 x more aerocatches
washerbottle and pump kit
Window rubbers
new side clips
Roof gutters
2x sparco sprints
2 x sparco mk1 subframes

which sets me up pretty well for Itbs next year some time

New gutter rails well I say new….. second hand but all in good nick, still black not faded …still flat not curled up

New clips and tabs for bump strips
Lol they came in red whoop

Fitted new clips to the weatherseals down the a pillars

And fitted rubbers for sealed rear windows ready for my poly windows whoop

parts hoard getting bigger! lol
omex, which is getting sent to OMEX to have 70d firmware installed FOC as its new.
aerocatches
172 flywheel and coil pack
new lamda
new map sensor
new waterbottle and pump

Standalone baby!

Also
172 flywheel
Aerocatches
172 coil pack
Camber bolts
Map sensor
Lambda
Washerbottle kit

I’ve wanted one of these for so long (since i had a go in an M3 race car)

Whoop I’ve had the windscreen fitted!

Cliosport taxdisc holder (fuck you gav)

Cliosport rear (another fuck you gav)

i'd rather things are done right than i rush to get things done for a set date and end up doing things twice


im genuinly in no rush..

not a huge amount left now though tbh

sunroof blank
need better seat mounts imo
harness
Complete re wiring by Mr Beanie and Mr Moo have offered their wiring services
8 new nipples on the wilwoods and a good full bleed
mapping
mot
tax
insure
shakedown
track

 

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Today we fitted my lasercut sunroof blank!
Big thanks to Steve and Ryan @ http://www.pmapowdercoating.co.uk/ they previously used my car as a dummy for shot blasting.. all the engine bay has been done by those lads! Great turn around.
Fitted my black which steve powdercoated for me and powdercoated some sealed rivits for me but unfortunatly i had 2 missing… gutted its always the way isnt it!
Also set about fitting my seats aswell! Another job by PMA was to adapt my seat runners to fit the Phase1 adaptor plates another job they have aced! Thanks Lads!
anyway heres some pics!

Also seats now fit thanks to Steve at PMA POWDERCOATING what a star he also did laser cut sunroof blank

So fitted passenger seat today

And set about marking up a newer mk2 Clio dash to try make that fit

Hopefully the vents will pop back in after but I may just fibreglass the lot lol

So got busy with grinder!We have a dash! Well a dash top! Out a Mk2 Ph2 But that’s all I need lol! Took a bit too much out but meh I’ll get another and use this as a template!

Got to keep heater vents too! A bonus! Will pipe them up to a lightweight T7 design heater.

Whoop quite happy dossnt look like it needs much more work to fit right!


Hope you have enjoyed this so far!