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Getting there matey

coilovers on the front with a willwood four pot calliper setup. most likely the redtop as for engine choice. cheers for the comments peeps

Sounds cool. Definately coming along.

When do you think it'll be done at the body shop?

ma hoping 3 weeks, wont be coming out in it though as want the retrim and exhaust completing before i use it. Should be ready for the middle of summer. Come september will get the engine conversion carried out.

you doing it yourself?

hell no am going to leave it to a decent coach builder will be getting new headliner,door card trimmed, seats trimmed and new carpet, want a show quality finish which I wouldnt get doing it myself. Am just going to do thing like brakes etc as I only have a tiny garage and cant going undertaking any major work, the only way I would do it myself was if I had a work shop with lodsa tools nothing worse getting half way through a job and realising you aint got the right tools so then you struggle like f..k using the wrong one lol.

Makes sense,
but you could go that little bit further and restrict
your self to topping up the window washer now and then

I'm sure when its done mate we will all be gob smacked

but thats half the fun, i always get half way through a job and realise sh*t i needed that 13mm spanner from work! can't wait to see this in paint!

seen the colour on the car today and to be honest it was crap. It not the actual paint job but the paint. It looks like a plain dark blue. dont get me wrong it looks nice but not as impresive as people make out looking at it it looks like a standard colour from a ford etc. Maybe I would have been better to do it with that than pay £600 on paint. When I hold the light on my phone to it though it is really sparkly but when do we ever get a sun in britain to achieve that effect lol. I have been assured though that I will be impressed when its all done and is pushed outside( in other words should look totaly different) but for some reason I dont think so lol

when pete showed me the black i wanted for my 200 is looked nomal in the shop but he insisted that i went outside an looked at it an it was total differant so id w8t an see am shure it will look amzing

But it will hopefully be done for the summer though Rhys, if its anything like last summer, we should get lots of sun and blistering heat and I am sure there will be plenty of oppurtunities for to show its worth perfectly!

Have just bought this to cheers myself up lol, want a fancy exhaust with out a huge expense this at £35 suited me fine. It is only a trim and is meant for beetles but will adapt it to fit.

looks good mate, just had an email from ebay and thought to myself i havent bought that have i and then reliased you must of bought it, lol

will look quality on it, is it going along the back bumper? or coming straight out?

not to sure yet will have to remove one of the tubes coming of it and weld it up so it only has one inlet, the idea is to go along the back but will see how it will look along the side, maybe to short but will see.

Decided now on doing a zetec turbo similar to what dazza was doing, choose this route as their are so many easy options getting the zetec rwd. The turbo is okay but one of the seals are damaged so will be ordering a complete kit soon.