Newbie-here's my car

[kiran_s]

ello, newbie here, alot of you may have seen this off of mig but thought i may aswell share it with u lot too, been very busy workin on the car and have some pics fresh out the piant shop:

http://img62.exs.cx/img62/7273/picture0458dn.jpg

http://img62.exs.cx/img62/8463/picture0381xe.jpg

http://img62.exs.cx/img62/2599/picture0370zv.jpg

http://img62.exs.cx/img62/1079/picture0341jm.jpg

http://img62.exs.cx/img62/8493/image2941yv.jpg

so far the spec stands at

Exterior:

Mk3 gsi front bumper with open mouth and type s splitter
Bad boy bonnet over headlights, ridding of grille
Animal sideskirts
de-locked
de-handled
de-swagged
roof rails removed and smoothed
mk3 gsi rear bumper with custom extension for exhausts and 106 recess
flush tailgate
evo wing mirrors
finished in two-tone paint, bmw m3 blue and silver with 16 colour holgraphic topcoat

Alloys:
18" kie racing velocitys

Sus:
koni adjusstables all round
-25mm lowered (i think, cant remember lol)

Brakes:
standard front brakes
rear beam off mk3 gsi

Engine:
XE transplant
carbon cased air filter

Interior:
mk3 dash
reverse indeglo dials (cheers lee)
blue led kit (cheers evil)
to be fitted:
ritchbrook goodies inc steering wheel gear knob and gators in black, and pedals
door cards with custom pods
cobra daytona's in blue.

some things you see on my car you may think dated such as the front end but i ws one of first to do the front, just the cars been sitting around almost a year because i didn't have money for spraying.
im pleased with the outcome so far, it will hopefully bring some freshness to the old mk2 war horse
please guys all comments welcome

[REMUS]

Sounds like a feature car to me! Very nice, and looks like a nice workshop too, alot of space! The interior needs to be done tho, also I don't think those side skirts suit it very well, they sort of break up the smooth lines of the car but thats just my opinion.

Lovly car and an ace paint job!


EDIT: Welcome to the forums btw Kiran m8!!!

[kiran_s]

yeh i wish that ws my workshop lol, iv done it all out my garage, thats just where it got sprayed.

yeh i was hopeing the sideskirts would work but we'l see.
as for the int, it sstarted with the mk3 dash, got the cobras etc to go in plus prob a few tv's :D

[astramike]

ive seen it before on mig but ive got to say it again that is a really nice car!!!

[REMUS]

sounds sweet man! ;) keep us up to date with new bits.

[kiran_s]

i will indeed lads, get it back this week hopefully, then final prep for show season, may even go for a -60mm or more drop :D

[astrasteve23]

i like the mk3 gsi bumpers on mk2's! i think they look great! not sure about those side skirts tho! not to my taste. its your car tho not mine! how hard was it to get the mk3 dash in?

[REMUS]

Yeah I ment to ask, how did you fit the mk3 bumper, splitter and how did you do the big mouth mod?

[kiran_s]

oo now that wld be tellin! lol
the bumper was prob 300% easier than the dash.
the bumpers suprinsingly easy, fits easy enough jus needs new holes drilling for front mounts and i bonded on the old slider mounts off the mk2 bumper.
the big mouth is like and body mod really, i removed the metal bumper support, cut out the number plate support and fibrglass/filled the open areas. would of been better to foam the holes to looking back on it. i also left a 1-2mm 'gully' for the mesh to slide into.

right the dash, hmm pain in the ass! had to cut here there and everywhere, welded on the mk3 mountings, had to chop the glove box as it fouls the mk2 bulkhead. wiring is a pain but theres a good guide i used off mig.
biggest problem is the heater, i could be arsed to get it all working so left it on hot, windscreen/vents. makings a custom centre console as the mk3 one dont really fit.

[REMUS]

ahh, i might have a go at that, the front end looks really good!

[Kris]

I am loving your car mate ,i think the two tone was a Vgood choise for this .I cant wait to see the pics when its done :D ,i think the GSi bumpers will be the road im going after seeing a few they suit the mk2 to the ground .

Welcome to Mk2.com btw ,hope you will get regular and keep us up to date on this ;)

[kiran_s]

cheers fella, im feelinfg thats the only down side to oit, its so popular now that its already been done 3 or 4 time, and i like the one off's so i might have to cook up somethin special for the next front end.

anyone know where i can get a quality smooth scuttle for 2 wipers? i did buy one off mig but the bosdy shop wernt to impressed with the quality as it had no mountings etc and the mold was a bit poo

[REMUS]

i think it's not a merit sells them lol!!

If you want to change the front bumper I will buy it off you kiran for definate.

[kiran_s]

hmm, we'l see, went to pay for it today, looks good with the lights back in and mesh in. also had my rocker cover sprayed and nos bottle covered with the same holographic effect :D

[REMUS]

nos at 19, is it just a 25 bhp kit for show?

[kiran_s]

lol not even that, just a purge kit for shows but considering adding it to the engine later

[REMUS]

get some more pic's of it up you git :D

[_SBD16v]

yea i like that not really a car i would own because i like mine plan but i do like it well done fella

[Astranomical]

very nice indeed! my little bro (yt), has been playing about with two tone paint jobs for mine for a while. I was going to go with somthing very similar to yours before i see yours! but in the red of my car at the bottom and black on top. i better start looking at other ideas now! im sticking with two tone tho!

[Tom]

Seen your car on MIG, does look great ! :cool:

[kiran_s]

cheers fellas, yeh i ws gonna go with the plain blue but though id try something new, and the fella that sparyed it had this new holographic stuff that no one would try so i thought hey why not, looks mint in the sun! when ever iit arrives again! lol

il get more pics soon, maybe tommorrow if ya lucky.
but it gets mot'd mon so should have it back next week :D

[kiran_s]

niel aint it? there loads of options iwth two-tone, i went for a fairly simple line but you can do crazy things, he did offer to fade mine but i chose the line instead, you could fade it with flames (bit fast n furious though) a 3 tone blend? options are fairly unlimited seeing as you have mad paint already, never seen a flip two-tone?

[REMUS]

i think your paint job is ok, not my bag tbh but any more extreme and it wouldn't do the cars appearance any favours, if it where me I would of coated the entire car in that blue, it's very nice, a bit darker than the one I have in my sig with the avez C's (if anyone see's any azev C's for sale second hand I want to know!!!)

[kiran_s]

hmm, well i went for a blue saab pearl with purple last time so fancies somethin a lil dif, prob will change again by next year, let and somethin special on all 4 corners ;)

[Jon S]

i like the two tone idea.
very nice

[Sweeny]

very nice indeed! my little bro (yt), has been playing about with two tone paint jobs for mine for a while. I was going to go with somthing very similar to yours before i see yours! but in the red of my car at the bottom and black on top. i better start looking at other ideas now! im sticking with two tone tho!


what like dat

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/DjSweeny/Sig2.gif

u swine ths wot mine ws goin 2 look like anyway ill let ya do it seemin as thou mines rip

[SammyP]

Good work that is :D

[REMUS]

i like the two tone idea.
very nice

I've seen a few cars with two tone paint job's not many in the same style as kirans tho, they usually don't have a secondary colour on the boarder and the design is usually more like sweeneys sig, bonnet then on the front pillar back, across the base of thw windows, on the roof and boot.

There are quite alot of variations on the general theme tho.

[caul pope]

Loving the car mate. Good to see progress atlast, i remember mailing u about the car on Mig ages ago. If someone described it to me I'd think urgh no, but it's turned out looking real good!
I don't usually like clear rear lenses but I think they could look real good on your car with those colours. The no spoiler look is good in my opinion (as mentioned in other other previous mails) would look even better if the rear wiper was removed and blanked over.

well done mate, keep us posted.

[Jon S]

I've seen a few cars with two tone paint job's not many in the same style as kirans tho, they usually don't have a secondary colour on the boarder and the design is usually more like sweeneys sig, bonnet then on the front pillar back, across the base of thw windows, on the roof and boot.

There are quite alot of variations on the general theme tho.
i quite like this theme
what dya reckon remus..
http://img120.exs.cx/img120/3008/05768ip.jpg

[Allen Mead]

Two tone colour schemes I think can be difficult to get right, if done badly, it can look like MTV has pimped your ride, but the colours you've gone look good!

[Astranomical]

yes sweeny,quite like that! my quads black too tho.i also have a metalflake to go over the top to break the colours abit.

[kiran_s]

fookin hell where did all these posts come from! cheers fella, went to see it today, was dark but got a few snaps for ya:

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/5561/picture0021ig.jpg

like this one because you can see how well its painted! it was dark and the flash has managed to mirror off the side of the car and reflect everything next to it!:
http://img30.exs.cx/img30/2699/picture0033yv.jpg

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/9017/picture0043zu.jpg

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/6145/picture0015lb.jpg

and to try and pick out the holographic effect heres a pic of the nos bottle :
http://img30.exs.cx/img30/7743/picture0091dv.jpg

still work in progress so ignore the standard brakes, ignore the poo interior, ignore the exhaust and fog light(just for mot) and its just been moped so needs a dam good clean!

[caul pope]

Looks sweet even though its dark and dirty! Still not keen on that rear wiper kiran. I was wondering what you were going to do with the plastic rear three quater trims. Leaving them black would look odd as there's no other black parts on the car, yet color coding them can look dodgy. How about a set of smooth nexia jobies.

[kiran_s]

Looks sweet even though its dark and dirty! Still not keen on that rear wiper kiran. I was wondering what you were going to do with the plastic rear three quater trims. Leaving them black would look odd as there's no other black parts on the car, yet color coding them can look dodgy. How about a set of smooth nexia jobies.

the rear wipers coming off! and i will be gettin nexia rear quarters and a smooth scuttle, still work in prigress like i said :p

[caul pope]

Nice one matey, keep it up!

[GTE16v]

top job

[Kris]

Do you have any pics of what you had to do to the Mk3 bumpers to make them fit ?.

[Ross_Mk2]

Don't mind me askin but errr.............................. whats a scuttle? :D

[Kris]

Don't mind me askin but errr.............................. whats a scuttle? :D

The plastic bit between your bonnet and the windscreen ,the wipers go through it .

[Kris]

Nice fog light on the rear Kiran s ;) :p

[kiran_s]

for mot purpose only!!! i hear u do 2 wiper smooth scuttles?

[Kris]

for mot purpose only!!! i hear u do 2 wiper smooth scuttles?

Only the two piece ones at the mo ,just the same as the oe ones

[REMUS]

get your arse in gear and make some twin wiper blade ones! ;)

[Kris]

get your arse in gear and make some twin wiper blade ones! ;)


Im trying to get the dude to do them ,but its a big company so its his free time he gives up to do them so ive gota wait

[Ross_Mk2]

I want one!!! What sort of price we looking at? An can anyone get me one?

[REMUS]

Merit is the only guy i know of that does it m8.

[Astranomical]

I got a single piece one :p cheers merit,its a quality bit of kit!!

[Kris]

I got a single piece one :p cheers merit,its a quality bit of kit!!


Welcome mate ;)

[kiran_s]

hmm do i want to go single wiper? car had a major set back on the way to the mot, i put the wheels on and asked the sprayer to tighten them which he agreed, guess what, the cunt dint and a wheel fell off, arch is fooked, bumpers not bad at all, sideskirts fuked where the arch dented in, he agreed to sort it for free but the mechanic inspected it and has had to replace one of the koni's (with standard shock) so do i make the sprayer pay 4 that too? hes cost me soo much and was on recomendation! cracked on of my rear lights, pulled off the rear window seals that are £70 each! :mad:

[Jon S]

hmm do i want to go single wiper? car had a major set back on the way to the mot, i put the wheels on and asked the sprayer to tighten them which he agreed, guess what, the cunt dint and a wheel fell off, arch is fooked, bumpers not bad at all, sideskirts fuked where the arch dented in, he agreed to sort it for free but the mechanic inspected it and has had to replace one of the koni's (with standard shock) so do i make the sprayer pay 4 that too? hes cost me soo much and was on recomendation! cracked on of my rear lights, pulled off the rear window seals that are £70 each! :mad:
better off loosening the wheel bolts on his car, see how he likes it.

[REMUS]

Knee cap him or torture him with a rusty tea spoon!

Seriously though, the sprayer should pay for all damages if he is willing to accept he was in the wrong for other damages.

[Astraoid]

That looks absolutely stunning! :cool:

[kiran_s]

lol cheers matey's. gonna call him and see what he says, he wants to be paying for it!

[Ross_Mk2]

I want one of these smoothed off scuttles, they still in production?

[REMUS]

lol cheers matey's. gonna call him and see what he says, he wants to be paying for it!

How about you sell me the current bumper, and make him pay for another ;)

[kiran_s]

How about you sell me the current bumper, and make him pay for another ;)

lol nice try but the bumper actually survived un touched, quite impressed with the strenght of the splitter!

[REMUS]

pffft... :(

[Kris]

Sounds nasty mate ,its the sprayers fault so tell him to get the wallet out and start paying !.

[caul pope]

How you getting on with the beasty Kiran? I hope no news is good news ;)

[kiran_s]

gettin there lol, got it back fri, has to go back for a few touch ups though!
lovin xe power :D
jus gotta do a few bits before i get it in the road, few bits on the dash need fiddling with like fuel light and temp guage, wheels were rubbin quite bad but think we got round that one today.
Radiator doesnt kick in so going to have a look at that tommorrow.
gotta find a power steering set up to, them 18"s aint easy to shift!! :rolleyes:

then gonna gut the interior, i know theres a bit of rust somewhere, get the seats in make the custome centre consol and start on the install.
been informed redline, max power and total vauxhall are after it :D

[REMUS]

when you get into the national mags, give us a mention ;)

[kiran_s]

for tryin to steal mt front bumper? :p

[caul pope]

Nice one Kiran!

[REMUS]

for tryin to steal mt front bumper? :p

lol, just gimme half a chance kiran... ;) you better sell it to me if you decide to move on to a new image!

EDIT: Oh dear 1000 posts I do believe I am obesessed!

[kiran_s]

hmm maybe, seen a nice is200 front bumper i like the look of, but not for a while yetttt so you can keep waitin :P

[REMUS]

pffffft... meanie... :p

[kiran_s]

whateva! :rolleyes: :D try somethin one off yaself? cav gsi front? mk4 front?

[REMUS]

lol, i'm just messing around I don't want to do any styleing mods to my kadett gsi, just clean up the body and concentrate on performance. But that will be after I finish my cali.

[Dazzi-Gsi]

very nice Astra mate, mk3 GSi bumpers on a mk2 look ace :D

[kiran_s]

cheers mate, might be up for sale soon, but thats a big might at the mo

[kiran_s]

noticed iv not actually put pics up of the car complete, for now...

http://img297.echo.cx/img297/8140/astra8on.th.jpg (http://img297.echo.cx/my.php?image=astra8on.jpg)

http://img297.echo.cx/img297/6866/astra28hd.th.jpg (http://img297.echo.cx/my.php?image=astra28hd.jpg)

the half done interior, prob stayin strippes until USC

http://img297.echo.cx/img297/3199/image5390pi.th.jpg (http://img297.echo.cx/my.php?image=image5390pi.jpg)

and a close up of the 'holographic' paint

http://img297.echo.cx/img297/3464/image5310kh.th.jpg (http://img297.echo.cx/my.php?image=image5310kh.jpg)

bit stuck what to do with it, the body shop done a few bodges and one of the door handles is about to fall out!! :mad:
also found some rust in the front chassis, not great for the show car i want to turn it into! so do i reshell and make it with the full on interior etc as a show car?

OR

reshell but complety strip the interior and make it silly fast?? (seems silly chucking loads of money into a old car thats gonna be all throught the front wheels when it maybe better to go jap for speed??)

OR

reshell making it a show car that will still be pretty quick(just a standard LET with a few tweaks)?

[astrasteve23]

option 3!

reshell making it a show car that will still be pretty quick(just a standard LET with a few tweaks)?

it looking very nice!

[kiran_s]

yeh think im leaning that way, after going to jap fest i wanted big power, but hardly worth it in a mk2! just love them coz there so rare!! but i got some ideas i wanna work with :D

[astrasteve23]

turbo 4X4!!!!

[kiran_s]

now this did also tinker in my mind, making a racer then eventually 4x4ing it, but frackly i dont have the knowledge to do so and it would cost far to much gettin it done proffesionally, would be more cost affective to buy something rear wheel drive later on?

[richie00boy]

How bad is the rust? Maybe you don't need to reshell it, finding good shells isn't easy.

[kiran_s]

well theres quite alot on the front of the car on most areas of the slam panel and inside the front errr subframe?? the sills are also weak, iv already patched 3 large holes and put in a whole new drivers footwell

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/6804/image5331ra.th.jpg (http://img218.echo.cx/my.php?image=image5331ra.jpg)

http://img218.echo.cx/img218/2725/image5367hm.th.jpg (http://img218.echo.cx/my.php?image=image5367hm.jpg)

and if you look inside the rear arches from inside the car there is alot of tiny dots of rust, rub at these and you'l find that the intire inside of the archs is rust, may only be surface rust but it doesnt look good!!

[Dan Gliballs]

The dashboard looks great :)

Was it hard to fit?

[kiran_s]

to be honest looking back on it, not really, it didnt help that my wiring had been hacked by the previous owner! but its not a bad fit for a DIY job although the only controls i have on the heater are speed, havnt sussed the directional or temp yet!

[GazJevs84]

mint car first time i have looked at this thread does anyone know if it's still about?

[markygd1]

That is fooo kinn gorgeous.. Good work mate.

[kiran_s]

mint car first time i have looked at this thread does anyone know if it's still about?

cheers fella's, but unfortunatly its no longer alive :( i got cut up on a dual carraigeway and locked up into a wall!

but i have found a fairly decent 16v that iv started work on so she will be back, bigger and better!

[GazJevs84]

cheers fella's, but unfortunatly its no longer alive :( i got cut up on a dual carraigeway and locked up into a wall!

but i have found a fairly decent 16v that iv started work on so she will be back, bigger and better!

sorry to hear that mate by any chance you got the rear bumper then lol :p

[kiran_s]

sorry to hear that mate by any chance you got the rear bumper then lol :p
i do and the entire back end has been transfered to the new car :p :D

[GazJevs84]

oh well worth ago lol :)

just out of interest and you have probably been asked b4 what did you have to change to make the rear bumper fit cheers gaz

[ashtray]

not seen you around and im only just down the road :(

[kiran_s]

not seen you around and im only just down the road :(

did i see you down the gate last night?
mines the very dodgy matt black looking thing, temporary for the moment, it was the same colour as yours but i put new archs on it and did alot of inner arch work, de-locked and handled and was looking patchy so i got bored and sprayed the whole car with 6 cans of matt black lol

il get some pics up soon

yours is stunningly clean!! :cool:

[ashtray]

aha spotted you last night :)
come to think of it think i spotted you a while back but was in my m8's 205 gti
with polished wheel's
what have you got planned for your''s
mine will be staying as it is mainly due to having another toy
im trying to refrain from dropping in a let at the mo
you might remember my yellow mk3 let from 5 or 6 years ago though was a while ago now. am i right in thinking then you work in the bodyshop enviroment :cool:

[kiran_s]

aha spotted you last night :)
come to think of it think i spotted you a while back but was in my m8's 205 gti
with polished wheel's
what have you got planned for your''s
mine will be staying as it is mainly due to having another toy
im trying to refrain from dropping in a let at the mo
you might remember my yellow mk3 let from 5 or 6 years ago though was a while ago now. am i right in thinking then you work in the bodyshop enviroment :cool:

i wasnt into cars 5 or 6 years ago so prob not lol, i would of only been 14, nah i dont i work for royal mail lol, all this body work stuff is done in my garage! not fun!

i got a fair bit planned, wide archs, 19"s, lexus front bumper, vauxhall angel eyes (not telling what off of) and maybe m3 rear lights and a fuel cap re-position but not sure on this either!?

thought id make a show car of it rather than push loads of power through the front wheels! where ya live then?

[untouchable]

morning kiz lol

[kiran_s]

afternoon mel :P

[ashtray]

not that far from the gate,
sound's like you have some serious plan's there m8 sound's like a magazine cover job ;) yeh it was a fair while ago now when i had the mk3 about 1996 when i bought it, keep forgeting im a old git now lol,
hello to untouchable :)

[untouchable]

hello to untouchable :)

welllllooooooo we should have a Mk2 meet up at the gate one evening i think, it would be cool to have us together :)

[ashtray]

sound's like a plan im sure i can drag myself along :D

[Black Magic]

nice car that. similar to how im planning for mine, except ill be doing the lights as well

[kiran_s]

was i nice car indeed, in the big scrapheap in the sky, however i am currently creating somethin that some ppl will love and others will hate, dif vaux front AND rear lights, different front that no one to my knowledge has done and something special down the sides. watch this space! :)