1985 Capri Laser 2.0 - Bike Carbs, Terrible Paint, Rust, etc

The body kit is going
My immediate plan is to get the exhaust fixed, sort out the fairly minor bits of rust, get the kit off and generally tidy it all up. I want to enjoy it a little bit as it is and then slowly make it my own.

Like the grill and I will put a vote for banded steelies (15"though)

Are those recaroes retrofit ?

Will look mean as fook when them arches are filled!
I really want a capri for my 1st retro ride, currently driving a 106 quicksilver :/
What about weller racing wheels?? 14x7 fronts and 15x8 rears (raked stance for attitude)

Not a lot has happened to the car since my last update (well not as much as I would like) but it's all one colour now, albeit quite orange-peely and in need a good wetsand... and possibly painting again. Lost my mojo for a little bit due to mystery electrical faults and typical Welsh weather, but I decided to rummage through my inspiration folder to get my mojo back:



...this may give you some clues as to where I want to go with this (and also shows some of my all time favourite cars and biggest inspirations, like Loxlee's and Daveyboy20's Capri's, and carlb1970's '77 Celica)

So after gazing on those inspirational images I decided to get some curse word done. I love the bumperless look on Capri's, but sometimes the front just looks a little un-finished, so I set about mocking these Mk2 Escort bumpers up:



But with all them lights I felt the thing looked a bit too much like a bloody Christmas tree up front, so I Potatoshopped a picture to show how it should look with tinted indicators and the carbon bumpers painted black:



I have a Mk1 Golf GTi splitter around here so I've marked that up ready to be hacked and butchered until it fits. Also, hopefully within a month or two I should have some suitably wide 15x9 Revolutions copies, that look a bit like these:



...which will come in white, but may eventually be painted in some other colour. Dark bronze? Who knows. Hopefully they'll sit nicely under my superawesome JDM arches. And I know a lot of this may not be to most peoples tastes but it's what I want to do, BECAUSE RACE CAR.

But before I start work on any of that I first have to tackle what has become a thorn in my side, cause of much cursing and endless nights of alcohol abuse...

Got the plastic mesh from ebay. Here's the link: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seat-Honda-Hyndai-citroen-Renault-Ford-MESH-GRILLE-/250877428418?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a6975c2c2#ht_1423wt_1132

It's easy to work with and you get a pretty big sheet of the stuff!

ooooohhh... had a hunt for ya build thread... this is how my mate Robs capri should look, but it wont because no matter how much i nag him, he fears the matt black.
been trying to persude him to lose the bumpers on his too- no luck with that either( i think he may be gay). he needs to see your car to see the possiblities.

I was wondering when you'd spot this thread. I was gonna get some new pics taken and reply to your Pinterest message.
Yeah, I'm still in two minds about the arches. Every time I look at a car with them though I love it, and I've always wanted to build an almost 'kyusha' style Capri (and I'm fitting my DIY duckbill splitter today). I'll have to go pretty wide and low with the stance to justify the arches though... hmmm...
As for wheels, I've changed my mind over and over. Thinking of some 15" Minilites again, possibly 8" and 9" wide. They're the closest thing to Watanabe wheels I can fit/afford

Hmmm Rota... I can't decide on wheels as it is, now I'm thinking of all sorts. curse word!

I thought it was about time I updated the thread with some pics, and show what's happened to 'Dirty Harry' lately.

My daily car broke, so I'm now running this daily. I had botched together a join between my 4-2-1 manifold and the rest of the old exhaust, but it was rubbish, so I got this done.


Which isn't a noisy straight-through that I'd have loved, due to not wanting to deafen myself on my daily commute.



This was how it looked for most of the last couple of months, wibblepoo paint an' all.


Then I started making this chin spoiler/splitter/whatever.


Which lead to this (complete with leet photoshop skillz).





Super downforce!

Next on the list is sorting out the rough paint. It's stupid rough. Also need some sweet rimz, and a good slap with the lowering stick. I'll decide what direction the arches are taking once I've settled on wheels... Decisions, decisions!