I'm getting bored waiting for my suspension to arrive so I thought I'd share some pics of what I was up to 3 months ago (August 2006). Not sure if you'd be interested but what the hell...

This is what my project looked like when I first got her:



Stripping down for respray:

(Note the stupid tow bar)

Goodbye door strips!


Door cards gone


Laquer scrubbed off for respraying (It felt very wrong ruining that lovely classic red)



Bodykit


I'll let you guess what used to be here




And here



Dent filled


Laquer and kit gone


Bumperless and bonnet-free ready for paint



A photo of a car my sprayer had just sprayed


There you go, the car has long since been sprayed but I'm waiting until december to show the finshed result. I know it looks a tip in those photos, but it's very shiny now. For now I'll just have to keep tinkering with the main site to keep me occupied

Adam

Goodbye door strips!


i've been sifting through trying to find out what you been upto my friend

you leaked this pic a while back

and stupidly i thought it was a pic of your donor car - just cos of the state it was in

Very nice - i like your plans

Cant wait for more info

With the looks of things its gonna be AWESOME!!!

it is awsome i want it

brutal nerve shattering pics,but cant wait to see the end result.
c.

Looking good Ad, Can't wait to see the end results.

lol u wont hear the last of it now! should have kept the secret a bit longer

yeah more more more!!!

i've been pestering him for months - this is the most we can get from him!!!

awesome Ad... can't wait to see what she looks like as the finished article!!!

awesome work there mate. have mercy on us, dont hold the suspense too long. I'm sure it will be a stunner. but y r u making us wait if its all done and ready?

Of course I may be wrong - but I love the fact that it looks like you're going for a 'smooth' look, can't think of anything that would suit the F better!

Roll on 2nd Dec?

lol .. mate you should have waited .. or maybe not ... the suspense will be interesting Good luck with the lowering

I got impatient Dan . And I can't take it to the meguires seminar either Rich... (I really really wanted to)

Besides, I havn't given anything away.

@ Rich, I think you're spot on with that prediction. It looks very simple and curvy smoothed.

@ Parvez, I've done a lot to it since and it looks good, but with the standard springs it looks very high and it ruins it. So I'm waiting for it to be lowered which will be mid-december hopefully.

Thanks for the comments all,

Adam

I know how you feel mate ... I wish I could just click my fingers and as if by magic my KLZE would be in the car and running .... unfortunately not that simple ..

Keep up the good work ... cant wait to see it in the flesh

ah, cool. makes sense now. looking forward to see it mate.

u go for the coilovers then?

ahh i c adam so this is the route u'v gone down huh? interesting i'd keeping ma eye on dis thread.

Yes Chi, I thought about it a lot and I wanted to be different from all you 1.8 turbo louts

lets just hope it produces sum gud results that is more important. gud luck!

Nice one Aide. You told me what you were up to a while back and it's good to see some pics finally

Can't wait to see more


Mark

awesome - cant wait to see it all finished, shiny and lowered!

Very curious Adam, keep the pics comin fella

doesnt look great at the moment!!
but when its finished it will look amazing!! by the way are u going to de handle as well?? or even change them for some small more discret ones like the mx5 import ones with just a finger pull!
caint wait too see it in the flesh!!

Dammit, this tells us nothing! From the title I thought we might get real pics!

Looks like a lot of works gone into it tho' can't wait to see the final result.

Keeping the standard handles, I thought about getting rid of the rear handles but my sprayer convinced me not to and I'm glad I kept em now.

Dan you're right, waiting sucks!

I just hope you will all like the colour I chose

out of curiousity how and why did he convince you to keep the rear handles?

practicality probably! (or less work for the sprayer lol)
would look gd but would get annoying having no handles!!

Yeah Lee/Nathan is right . He made a joke of it and said that if I were to do that I might aswell weld the back doors shut and make it a 3 door

haha those are bullying tactics!!! no fair comment though...

what the hell's goin on here? i've just looked at this thread now for the 1st tym, and even im dying to see the outcome.... its december!!! more than half way through the month.... any update adam?! looking good right???