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Mar 12, 2008 18:13:52 GMT
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Hi all, newbie here and first post so hope the pictures,etc work. heres my toy, opinions good and bad welcome This how she was when I bought her  <a   its a tad low so this what I need to do to get a jack under it  Bodywork is solid but paint work was knackered so as a cheap quick fix it was time to break out the matt black   Then new roof and fog lights added  more pictures after the spray job, first time i've done it so really pleased with the results    I'm still not sure on whether I prefer the clear indicators yet,    Then a neighbour who I let use a bit of land at the side of my garage for free, orders the wrong spolier for his octavia RS so gives me this   and finally one with my mates metro  Its a budget build and running project so not sure whats next, at the moment i'm concentrating on the little niggles a 24 year old car has so nothing major in the pipeline, its the first retro (dare I say modern classic) i've had so just enjoying the highs and lows at the moment. |
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Last Edit: Mar 12, 2008 18:15:02 GMT by dibble
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Mar 12, 2008 18:40:29 GMT
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WTF is going on with your mates metro?
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dibble
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Mar 12, 2008 18:54:01 GMT
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Its not on the road anymore, he did the exhaust himself and cut a hole in the floor and ran a length of flexi exhaust hose from the cat, up through the car, and to the back box. It wasnt what you'd call sealed so when he took it for the M.O.T the car was full of fumes, the tester took one look at the hole in the floor and a car full of fumes and told him to save £40 and not even put it through the test. He doesnt know whether to do it properly or scrap it and cut his losses.
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Mar 12, 2008 19:04:13 GMT
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Thats a proper slice of 80's! Rattlesnake kits are pretty rare (is it a rattlesnake?) Personally I like to see amber indicators on these, and i'm liking the round spots up front!  |
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dibble
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Mar 12, 2008 19:49:38 GMT
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I don't think its a rattlesnake kit but it does look very similar, I saw another mk3 on e-bay a few weeks back with a full kit and the skirts were the same but cant remember the name of it.
I've been keeping an eye on your twin engine project, I love the mk3's and cant wait to see that finished.
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Mar 12, 2008 20:42:23 GMT
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No way was I expecting a matt Black makeover!  It kinda works  cant stop thinking about a 'roof chop' and detailed black clovers to go with it! Metro is MenKal |
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dibble
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Mar 12, 2008 21:10:47 GMT
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Thats a nice cabby you got there, nice old skool bodykit, looks abit like the old Warrior kit but without the arch spats  last time I saw one of those kits was on a GL in a scrappy years ago Wheels look a bit odd though, too bright, either need black painted RS 7 spokes or those wheel diamond cut with black centres imo  Clear indicators do it for me, looks alot cleaner  I was thinking about spraying the inside of the circles of the clover leaf part of the wheels black too to break it up a bit, I've seen it done before and looks good, they look bright and shiney cos it'd just been cleaned, i don't do it often so when the wheels get a bit grubby the contrast isnt as obvious. No way was I expecting a matt Black makeover! It kinda works cant stop thinking about a 'roof chop' and detailed black clovers to go with it! Metro is MenKal I only did it matt black as a quick fix until I could afford a proper respray but its really grown on me now so I might keep it like this. My mate who's metro it is has also got a 1985 mini project too so with it failing the M.O.T he doesnt know whether to give up on this or save it and put the lotus k series engine in it, he had a metro before with the vvc engine and that really shifted |
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slater
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Mar 12, 2008 21:40:20 GMT
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80s ftw! metro has nice stance!
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Mar 12, 2008 23:30:05 GMT
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Do like matt black cars, Escab looks tough in matt black and metro stance is great.
Welcome BTW
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Hey dibble. Nice cabby, I really like the look of it in matt black I'm suprised I aint seen you about, being from west yorks myself. I don't know, but I'm sure I recognise the backgrounds in your pics  Anyway, are you going to try and make roads in for our little west yorks get together on the 6th? You'll get to rub sholders with some proper tat, and I can get some pics of your beast ..... please do, the more the merrier ;D D |
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Last Edit: Mar 13, 2008 3:42:36 GMT by mk14dr
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looks great and its definetly not a modern retro they are past that stage now the mk3 is getting a very rare sight these days. the bodykit is nice but makes me think thats perfect for a car with no sills left lol
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dibble
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Hey dibble. Nice cabby, I really like the look of it in matt black I'm suprised I aint seen you about, being from west yorks myself. I don't know, but I'm sure I recognise the backgrounds in your pics Anyway, are you going to try and make roads in for our little west yorks get together on the 6th? You'll get to rub sholders with some proper tat, and I can get some pics of your beast ..... please do, the more the merrier ;D D I would but its donnyshow or whatever it is they've renamed it that weeked so will be down in donnington for the weekend, depending what time we get back sunday i'll divert home that way and see if anyones still about though. I've got a few mates into their older stuff so they'll probably pop along too. I sometimes go up to westgate on a sunday but its all getting a bit Chavvy so don't go as much as I used to. Didnt some of you guys call in their after the last meet?, I seem to recall seeing some similar cars in the pictures up there the evening after the last meet. (p.s, thanks all for the comments and the welcome) |
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Tim
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The escy looks nice - keep standard plates and indicators though FTW. Don't really like the spoiler (think it ruins the lines) but thats quite subjective.
The metro is horrid :-)
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Mar 13, 2008 10:10:24 GMT
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Rear window don't look right??
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Mar 13, 2008 10:27:50 GMT
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Brilliant transformation!!! I like the clear indicators BTW!! |
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dibble
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Mar 13, 2008 12:43:22 GMT
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The escy looks nice - keep standard plates and indicators though FTW. Don't really like the spoiler (think it ruins the lines) but thats quite subjective. The metro is horrid :-) I agree on the plates, the next on the list is original style pressed metal plates, the little one was short term thing after the legal sized broke, I thought a little one was better than nothing until I got a new one. Rear window don't look right?? Yes, It was a 2nd hand but good condition roof that I put on and had never done anything like that before, its a problem with the straps that pull the roof frame and window to the correct postion when the roof goes back up to stop it sagging. Its one of those straight forward jobs that I always intend to get round to but either a mate needs a hand, or the call of pub is greater than doing minor jobs. |
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Mar 13, 2008 13:08:29 GMT
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I liked it in silver..
The side skirts look like Richard Grant ones ( RGA ? )
The Metro is er , interesting . 'Burnt Out Look' ftw.
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Mar 13, 2008 16:23:32 GMT
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I athink it looked nicerin silver, but if the paint was shagged anyway...
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Mar 13, 2008 17:11:12 GMT
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I athink it looked nicerin silver, but if the paint was shagged anyway... The silver was nice were it wasnt peeling or flatted down already, I'm in two minds about leaving it matt black, its replaced a 98 saxo vtr thats got starting and running problems so once thats sorted and sold the money will be going into this, I was thinking something loud like ST orange if i do change it. |
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Mar 13, 2008 22:21:01 GMT
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I athink it looked nicerin silver, but if the paint was shagged anyway... The silver was nice were it wasnt peeling or flatted down already, I'm in two minds about leaving it matt black, its replaced a 98 saxo vtr thats got starting and running problems so once thats sorted and sold the money will be going into this, I was thinking something loud like ST orange if I do change it. Saxo's.. yuck. I had a 2000 one with 60k and more rust and problems than my '89 escort. Its got to the stage where theres so many problems that I've donated it to a school in Wisbech for delinquents for them to learn auto mechanics, and hopefully focus their energy on doing something constructive, rather than mugging old ladies. Was stuff I could probably have fixed, but was going to cost more in time and effort than it was worth.. especially for a Saxo  But yeah, love the cab, I'm really liking it in matt black, not something I'd have expected to like, though. |
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cant stop thinking about a 'roof chop' and detailed black clovers to go with it!
last time I saw one of those kits was on a GL in a scrappy years ago 
