16v sport project,

[pipz]

ello, thought i would start a log for my sport,
its a 1997 sport, rio verdi, had it for a month now so thought i had better start work now the weathers getting bit better.
sorry about the pics being so small but will post sum bigger one asap.

spent yesterday stripping interior and changing all the dash bulbs to green,looks pukka.
spent today stipping wings and arches(fronts),and front bumper , just finished primed them all,just got rears to get off and primed then get to play with the colour.

never used my compressor and guns b4 so shud be fun lol!
gotta spray a wing to as it was chewd up big style! any tips appreciated...

dunno what 1 will work lol.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s25/ ... dgreen.jpg



will update in few days as start back at work tomoz! gutted!

[Adam-D]

good luck with that

does look a little sorry for itself atm

[pipz]

yea she does but wont be long b4 she lookin lovely lol.
sprayed the wing last nite,came up realluy nicely just gotta give it a rub with sum compound, and then a little polish and hopefull it will match,
nearly got all the other stuff ready to paint and gotta put the dash back together.
gotta get a nother digi cam then put sum pics up.

wheres every1 gone? has every 1 sold there corsas?????

[pipz]

well ive sprayed the wing in what the paint shop said was the sam,e and it looks darker, but alot nicer than the rest of car. so im tempted to have a go at sprayin whole car,which means i get to do sum serious mods lol.
these wide arch kits are they direct replacement and will they go with original bumpers?

fancy getting sum and blending them and sum skirts in,
mess around with the bonnet a bit,bad boy maybe sum gte vents,nothing in ur face. smooth boot.doors delocked,
if any1s got any other idear let me know, oh and tips as im new to spraying and welding ect lol!
getting excited now how sad!

[pipz]

bit of an update,
got a fair bit done this week, gotta be done now the sri is dead im carless.hate walking lol!

ive got my oval magnex backbox comeing and will get the rest in stainless when i can afford lol.
anyways heres a few pics...



the front wings attached and filled but not sanded yet!


the bits i aint started on yet lol.


the rear bumper fully primed and ready to be sprayed.


rear quarter panel where the was a huge scratch.


the other side half made of filler lol


my newly semi smoothed bootlid,didnt wat the recess filled.


the front looking groty lol


allso stipped and painted the roof rails, was gonna fill them but doesnt look like its that easy as the outer edge is higher than the inner!
also fitted the boot popper even tho it plays up!
still got loads todo if i want it ready for pvs but its getting there!
gonna pick up the paint at the weekend im hopeing then i can start prepping for the respray! wohhooooo cant wait!

[LoudCorsaGSi]

lookin gd

[pipz]

in my head it looks pukka but in reality it looks like a scrapper lol!

[LoudCorsaGSi]

u think yours looks bad you should have a look at mine

[Adam-D]

jesus thats some progress, comming along well

[Dash]

Get the back box off ebay?

Im sure i remember seeing that picture when I was lookin for one on there. ha

Scrapping the backbox idea, gettin a stainless steel system from the cat back.

[pipz]

lol yea ebay! i love the magnex oval and it was a bargain. i had 1 on my black sri and it was awsome,wudnt want any other lol! im in love!!!!!

ten minutes later lol....

its just arrived! bit grubby but still gr8!

[pipz]

well got a bit more done today, fixed the boot popper seems to work 9 times out of ten lol, got the handle changed and filled in on the passenger door, still gotta swap the drivers tho
and got a few thing rubbed down and primed!

handle


car partly primed


interior bit messy!


my boot


gonna put sum paint on spoiler and rear bumper tomoz and anything else i can get ready!

[pipz]

got the paint, 120 quid ouch!!!!
still havent gotten round to getting any on the motor, but finnaly got the dash back together and now have both door handles blended into the door,still filling and sanding the big dent on the rear quarter panel, and decided where i had smoothed the boot wernt perfect so done a bit more filling and sanding on that. boot popper is pissing me off as isnt working consistantly, gonna get a new timed relay, shud be sorted then.
got 3 days off now so shud get a fair bit done, will post sum pics when i get anything interesting done lol!

[kaz]

coming along great lad im really enjoying watchin this project come together hope everything goes to plan and shud be an absolute corker

[pipz]

thanks , thias is the first car ive had chance to go mental on and try all the things i dream up lol. plus knowing that i will have done it all myself with out paying sum1 todo it feels great! just gotta hope i can get it done in time for pvs, might not be totaly finished coz of lack of funds but will do my best.