big update as my last posts didn't post Was nothing too interesting though so didn't bother to repost 'till now, bit of a copy'n'paste jobby too.
Pics of the car after xmas.
Quite like the height of the car now, I think it's sunk a bit since I put the springs on last year. Will have to remeasure but I estimate -50/55mm front with matiz rear springs, -40/45mm rear with cut front springs. Only on temperarly as corsa coilovers might be going on when I switch insurers, won't be 100% happy 'till the mudflaps scrape the ground :wasntme:
And a photoshop I did just to tease myself:
So anyway, winter hit the car quite badly, it's also the first one its seen as it usually goes into storage for a few months. So it resulted in some laquer peel under the rear window seal and since then it kept getting worse, I was never quite pleased with the rear as the smoothed wiper and lock wasn't quite as smooth as I'd like it and being a bit of a perfectionist I wanted to redo it, so I now had two excuses to repair the tailgate. Also colour-coded the original handle. It took a few days to finish and used rubbing compound and t-cut to bring up a mirror shine, it's nearly good enough, but it looks a lot better than before. Except I can't get the seal to go back in in one place :glare:
re-painted:
before rubbing down:
Also colour coded the front mudflaps with the rest of the paint from the boot. Going to remove the rears at some point, or possibly replace with some shorter ones, may even try and cut these longer ones as that wont cost anything. And I finaly painted the 3rd brake surround black to match the parcel shelf.
Have fitted a new knob, it came off a pug 406 and with it being leather-like it doesn't get cold like the old knob did. Fitted a leather gear gaiter too, and worked on the custom gear surround a bit more, got annoyed as there were still imperfections so I stuck some carbon-fibre vinyl over it that I got for 99p of ebay, looks alright for now imo. Might cut off an inch from the stick as I think it's a bit taller now, but I may get around to DIY'ing a short shifter. Also painted the centre console black too.
Would love to paint the rest of the interior black as well, but I don't have the time just yet, and it'll probably go wrong.
