50k Mile Makeover!

[scouk]

Well couldn't have come at a better time. With 50,000 miles on the clock exactly

Finally managed to get all the body parts on the car this weekend. Taken months of trial and error stuff with spray painting and the like. But learnt a heck of a lot and now realise why it's so expensive to get a paint shop to do the work! It's really not as easy as just slapping some paint code matched paint on a panel and make it shiney! It's takes a LOT of patience. I admit, close up it's not 100% perfect but it will get better with time and polish But bloomin good for a home made job! I've seen worse jobs done by professional paint shops so I'm happy! Cost about £60 (+ the body parts obviously..)

So (to finally get to the point) what's been done?

Well here's how it looked more or less when I first got the car nearly a year ago:

And here's how it's more or less looked for the past several months:

Finally here's how the car looks today with the front splitter/colour coded side skirts and Prodrive Rear wing attached. Car probably wont change from now on.. I'm happy with the way it looks...

Big thanks to "Irish Al" for the side skirts and "Smiler AS" for the Prodrive Rear wing...

Front splitter came from HT Autos on eBay.. Which has been rebuilt once after running over it a few months back during a SIDC meet. Resprayed red, and bolted on properly along with some silicone sealant so it "shouldn't" come off any time soon......

Edited October 21, 2007 by ScoUK

[fai17]

Great work...do you fancy painting mines?

[micra_wrc]

that looks great, love the spoiler

[thewelsho]

Looking nice man. A set of after-market rims would finish it off nicely.

Oh aye, and a wee set of those eye-lid things for your head lamps.

Edited October 21, 2007 by TheWelsho

[boris b]

Looks braw

[scouk]

Thanks for the comments guys n' gals

I have been thinking long and hard as to whether to change the headlights or not. The standard ones dont look that bad on that colour IMHO. Not a fan of th emorettes, seems too common nowadays, eye-lids is an option but I don't like the look of them.. But I would like to see how it would look with a set of STi/JDM lights on it!

But they aren't easy to get a hold of Won't be cheap either...

Edited October 21, 2007 by ScoUK

[scouk]

Infact, just finished switching bits around on the rear end.. Removed the SIDC sticker in preference for a reflective prodrive logo.. But fear not! the SIDC sticker has been replaced with the website address on the back window, now that you can see that part of the window with the high spoiler

Once I get one of those Mcrae Signature stickers in I'm going to redo the top part of the rear window and leave it more or less plain with the McRae signature on the top right hand side...

[euan_r]

lookin good al . think i remember saying going for the black but you were right, going for the body colour

[iain01]

Lookin good, some handy work.

[marky.t.s]

looks mint now Al,ye canny beat a bit of DIY mate,well done

[cullenmin]

Well done min, looks good

[scouk]

ye canny beat a bit of DIY

Couldn't agree more! that's the PPP upgrades finsihed too now I've got the proper newage PPP backbox thanks to Westra! 3rd cat delete pipe from Spaceman IIRC, turbo silicone pipes from eBay and ECU Remaps courtesy of the OpenECU project!

(PPP upgrade installed DIY'ily including ECU map for approx £300-£350!)

Just need to do more tests and refine the ECU map (without blowing anything) and then move onto the Onboard PC project

DIY rocks!

[st3ph3n]

Good work man!

When you passed me outside the chippie in Carluke the car was sounding and looking the part.

[z1000]

Good work man!

When you passed me outside the chippie in Carluke the car was sounding and looking the part.

Looks really good totally different