Stanced XUD Estate (IT'S ALIVEEEEahahaha)

[cwspellowe]

Is this page 5? YASS!

Right, after a long wait, these fellas turned up at my house today



And after realising my drive has quite a steep incline, we huffed and puffed and eventually got it to the top of the drive where it now resides next to its dead amputated cousin. Let the fun begin!







And a teaser of the wheels..





That's Xav. He has cancer tbh. No lie.

Then this happened, manky black slam panel stripped back with the ol' wire wheel drill bit, followed by a bit of primer and paint. Looks much better, ready for clear tomorrow.













It's all red now, got too dark to take a picture so will get some tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, MASSIVE day ahead. First I need to give it a proper clean, stocked up on Farecla Detox shampoo, tar remover, clay bars, detailing spray and polishes. Once I can see what i've got to work with I can draw up a plan of attack.

Already started the mods though. Dewipered rear, smoked indicators and aero blades. Pretty basic mind.

[Foxy-jim]

You need pics soon man!

[cwspellowe]

Pics are up!

[Dan!]

Oh yes :romance-inlove:

[Connor]

Hmmmm be interesting to see where this ends up

[Jonny b]

f*ck me hurry will ya



Ha ha

[Foxy-jim]

That is going to be absolutely epic!

[Matt]

Surprised everything's not on by now hahah. Get it done lad!

[cwspellowe]

Just glad to finally have it tbh!

[Eeyore]

should be a good project! cant wait to see these wheels sitting in the arches!

[Curt]

Awesome, will be keep and eye on the progress. Especially now you have a car

[cwspellowe]

More fun was had by many today, including lots of errands buying things and a LOT of paint prep.

First up was to get the car cleaned. Didn't have much time spare to do a thorough job but tbh, the paint was MANKY. It looked like it had never seen wax before in its life, probably not even polish! Imagine how it must have felt when I came at it today all guns a-blazing?

Here's the list of tools for the job. Farecla do a G3 four-stage paint renovation but I only use a couple of their products, and chop and change others for slightly better results.

1. G3 Detox (stage 1) concentrated shampoo
2. Meguiar's pro clay bar lubricated with Zymol natural shampoo
3. G3 polishing compound
4. G10 finishing compound

Once they're done, the regular routine will be:

1. Zymol natural shampoo
2. Autoglym Super Resin Polish
3. Finish Kare FK1000p paste sealant

Obviously a lot of other products will be used, like tyre black, wheel cleaner, metal polish etc but i'm concentrating on the paint for now.

Some pictures of the more ugly tar spots





Coming off





And just after a clay, no polish or wax/sealant used



It's coming up not too shabby, but it's a long way from the required standard. Lots of parts need painting too, front bumper, rear bumper, wing mirror caps, door handles, phase 3 rub strips... good job I stocked up on plenty of paint!

Speaking of paint, I made a start on the engine bay too. Nothing fancy, just a wire brush and a tin of hammerite smooth white. Spot the difference eh?





I then got tired of cleaning so gave the restoration a break, and went to see what the wheels would look like. Obviously the stance is a bit, erm, off still. Hard to adjust coilovers when there's no engine fitted so rather than guess, i'm waiting for the oil burner to arrive first.















Not as much poke as I thought actually, and that's on a drum beam with ET -5. IIRC the disc beams sit slightly narrower? Not much work needed to fit them in at all though, in fact the fronts hardly look wide at all!

Oh more randoms too, aero blades and Xsara jets on



Head unit and steering wheel fitted





Need to neaten this little bugger up a bit but decided iPod connection will be in the rear ashtray in the centre console



And YAY! I haz boost gauge! Got a bit of a chub from making this. Felt like "one of the lads"





And on the Tuesday night, Chris rested.

[Foxy-jim]

Great work mate! We have the same headunit!

Wheels look good!

[cwspellowe]

Is yours an X100 as well aye? Picked it up second hand for £110. Bargainous. It's in mint condition too!

[Foxy-jim]

I think mines the 130? Will check tomorrow. I paid £200 3 years ago new!

[xav]

any side on pics? the wheels look dead small now for some reason :?

[cwspellowe]

Only this one xav, only fitted the n/s and cant stand far enough back to get a decent photo



They'll look better when the car's lower

[Foxy-jim]

I think they look spot on mate!

[Niall]

This is full of win!

[cwspellowe]

Ehh at the minute it's full of no engine. Need to arrange fitting with Gav, going to get the bay nice and clean first then fire an engine in.

[Jonny b]

Lower it 40 put some clones on and that will be full of win !! If you speak bbaaa (ie sheep)


Quality bud!!!

[4WayDiablo]

Duuude! Those wheels look epic! Love the work keep it up!

[Pompey306mark]

Wheels looking good? how much arch work do you think you will need on the rear?

Should look good when its finished.

[mark_airey]

:dance:

Good progress, you have been busy!

[devils_fuel]

Lower it 40 put some clones on and that will be full of win !! If you speak bbaaa (ie sheep)

stop singing baby songs jonny, don't you know its a project thread....now theres a car involved

Nice to see the progress on this chris, i got bored of 4 pages of arguments about stretch etc !

[Foxy-jim]

Just checked my head unit, I have the 300.

[ginge191]

One of the lads!! Wayayayyyyyyyyu!! <-- said with the best jock voice ever..

Top work!

[cwspellowe]

Red suede trim LIKE A BOSS

Pics up when am on the laptop, promise xx

[Dan!]

Oh hell no! Photomagraphs Chris, now :romance-inlove:

[cwspellowe]

Patience young dan, only just in from work and am fecking starving!