Bluey the 1.2

[LJ989]

How i got it,









What i plan on doing to it

Gettin rid of the horrible mats & pedals
New/Smoked rear lights
Angel Eyes
Tint Windows
Remove corsa badges etc...
Alloys
Exhaust System
Lowered

Posibilities

Resprayed
2l 8v conversion
Colour Code Plastics

[LJ989]

How it looks now,

Team Dynamics Alloys
Badgeless Grill
John Ashley Backbox
Dash lights changed to blue today, took me agessssss lol
gsi spoiler also arrived today needs spraying though
Richbrook doorpins
Windows tinted
Air filter
chrome bonnet jet washy thingys

also got rid of the one horrible mat that came with (in the driver side photo above) and changed the awful pedals lol





still alot to do though think im going to take all the sticky thingys next this weekend

[danthemann]

looking good..next thing id do is get some nicer lights-even standard ones would look nicer lol.

[LJ989]

i know there mingin arent they lol i liked them to start but after lookin around its shown how bad they are lol

idk wheter to have chrome or smoked/black though with the colour of the car, any thoughts?

[danthemann]

go for either standard ones.or smoked ones.

[LJ989]

disaster tried takin strips off side earlier using tar/bug remover and card, i started with a small strip and just as i thought it was going well a small circle of paint pulled up and did in several places as i tried to get the d/sided tape off

[roperstun]

disaster tried takin strips off side earlier using tar/bug remover and card, i started with a small strip and just as i thought it was going well a small circle of paint pulled up and did in several places as i tried to get the d/sided tape off

thats cuz u didnt heat them up ur sposed to heat them up so the glue turns runny then it jst peels off

[LJ989]

u meant to use em both at same time?

i was readin a forum n quite a few ppl were sayin they'd used tar remover and a credit card, also asked in halfords and they said it would be ok because they used it to remove their labels so i thought that was the way to go

[roperstun]

most ppl i know and the way i did it was heated it up with a paint gun then just pushed an old card behind it n off it popped

[LJ989]

ima try that for the rest i think, will it be easy to cover the chips?

[roperstun]

depends ow big they are n weather its taken off yo bare metal or jst a layer of paint

[LJ989]

probly 3mm dia and smaller, its just taken the paint there like an orange colour.

hairdryer work as good as a heatgun?

[roperstun]

yea just takes longer to heat up, dnt be disheartend if theres still glue left on after the strip its easier enough to get that off.

i duno by the sounds of it its gne back to the primer

[LJ989]

cheers looks like its more of a nightmare than i anticipated typically had 2 happen 2 me tho lol

[LJ989]

finished taking the other strips off today and cleaning the rest of the glue off using furniture polish and white spirits lol , heat gun definitely worked better than the stupid bug spray suggestion i read about now got some paintwork to sort out

il post some pics when ive washed it lol