[Car_Upgrade] 1.9 Gti Rust Repairs And Bodywork

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

There should also be a bracket from the spot light mount on the valance back to the front panel. Without it the spots will vibrate like mad and potentially crack the plastic.

 

Do you know where i can get these from? i think i remember actually there being some sort of really rusty bracket on the back

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

Yes, me!!!

 

http://205gti-nfp.co.uk/?page_id=16

 

Or they would not be hard to make yourself if those are more than you want to spend.

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

I never realised you made items Tom, they look great i may have to invest after xmas!

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Found a new one of these in the packet in the bottom of my tool box, i quite like the look over the clear so think im going to buy orange all round

 

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

New battery tray stripped and painted,

Slam panel and head lamp panel painted, Didn't know the colour code for the slam panel and the paint shop had some blue left over so it went blue

 

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Huge thanks to Farmer, got me some parts i wanted,

 

Genuine side repeater i was missing

Genuine front indicators, fit so much nicer than the aftermarket clear ones i had!

New nearside headlamp, although now the offside doesn't match as it looks old.

 

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Slowly, getting more parts to get the bodywork back together,

I purchased some ''205'' and ''GTI'' stickers of ebay for the rear quater badges but after fitting one i wasn't happy with it! didn't look goot at all.

 

So i spend a bit of time trying different ways to try get it looking nicer, first attempt finalised and apart from a little paint bleed im happy!

 

Sanded down the part and sprayed red:

 

 

Left to dry over night

 

masked and sprayed with black trim plastic paint, left to dry and pealed masking to leave this...

 

 

No stickers, all paint

[Andy_C 50]

Coming back together nicely. You should be really pleased - great job so far.

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Thank you Andy, yes im really pleased with how its going, its just finding the time and more importantly the money, i never expected the costs of all the smaller parts you can no longer get hold off

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

The 205 was put outside today as i'd be spraying some more trim,

 

 

Started on the rear badges,

 

sanded and cleaned, coating of black trim spray

 

 

Masked

 

 

Sanded hi area leaving low masked and sprayed silver, not the right silver i know but i think its a close match

 

 

Heres the Peugeot badge with the highs sanded,

 

 

Then sprayed with the silver

 

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Light dusting off clear coat on both so it doesn't dry super shiny but to protect the finish

 

Left to dry and masking removed to reveal...

 

 

masking tape wasn't great and a couple of spots of paint bled but i think it looks much better than i did

[DBG 16]

Nice work with the badges.

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Thanks Ben

[Andy_C 50]

What trim apart are you using? Looks good.

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

trim apart?

[calvinhorse 870]

Looks good john, bonnet pins came out well

[ALEX 98 1 Cars]

Neat Idea on painting the badges. Never thought of sanding away the masking tape.

I spent hours on mine with a small paint brush and some silver model paint,

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

This took about 15 mins, plus the drying time, real easy todo with a DA

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

I have booked xmas off at work so i thought it would be a good time to spend on the car,

Ive sorted out insurance, everything declared, engine conversion, throttle bodies, ECU ect and agreed value too, i was expecting it to be about £1500! but it was very reasonable at around £300! so im very pleased its now insured.

 

Rang up my work for an MOT booking on saturday morning just gone, insured and ready to drive down it decides not to start!!

Got the odd back fire but nothing,

Took the plugs out, all wet so was getting fuel, cleaned the plugs and checked for a spark, very weak if a spark at all.

quick trip to halfords for some plugs, got back and fitted them and it fired straight up.

 

Unfortunately i was too late for the MOT

 

Luckily as im off this week, my ramp at work was free so the car sat there locked away ready for a couple bits for me to sort before it MOT

 

 

 

So on the monday i got the car up on the ramp, fitted some small bits, Handbrake cable, rear brake pipe brackets and a front number plate

 

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

As the car hasn't been mapped yet, it been running really poor, i thought it was due too the not being mapped, but after a play about on the laptop and reading the OMEX instructions i had a fiddle with the idle when the engine is warm with the emissions machine hooked up, its running really lean at 0.2 CO but the hydrocarbons are bang on now the idle is sweet and the engine ticks over really smooth!

The Mot went really well with it failing on just headlamp aim, and some missing locking wheel bolts i removed

 

 

Sorted out seized adjusters on the headlamps

 

He wasn't too happy with the front plate but couldn't really fail it.

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

so four new wheel bolts borrowed from a 106 gti, and headlamps adjusted and it has an MOT with no advisiorys yay

[Andy_C 50]

What trim apart are you using? Looks good.

Or even trim paint? Bloody phone.

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Oh haha, Andy i started out with some 'black trim spray' that the bodyshop had when it was being sprayed, but it matches what halfords sell.

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Got the battery bolted down, still a tad unsure about it, not sure if i need to mount it in the engine bay so the cables aren't as long but it does seem slow to turn over, but always starts,

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Sorting out some niggly bits, the oil pressure light wasn't working, found out id wired it up wrong!

Cant find the wire for the oil pressure gauge??? need to check a wiring diagram,

 

This wire is the oil pressure switch wire i had it plugged onto the gauge sender,

 

I have the xsara oil pressure switch and a cut a plug of an old loom that fitted the switch, think it was a coolant temp plug as was blue but was ok, soldiered and connected and tested,

forgot to get a picture of the plug