RetroPug's Ph.1 Diablo Gti-6

[RetroPug]

Well, I haven't had it welded yet due to work being busy and me being abrood on holiday visiting the gf's family for a bit.

This weekend I set about doing the most essential work when your car has no MOT and needs repairing before it goes: cosmetic modifications.

I started out with these, which were a bit grubby, especially near the driver's and passenger's buckles where people have grabbed them with their grimy hands:





So, I soaked them in warm water with some laundry soap mixed in:



The water which remained after this was a bit horrible. Not very nice to think that these rub against our chests all day:



After this, they looked a fair bit cleaner but there were still some stains and they still weren't as bright as they could have been, so I blasted over them with the pressure washer from a safe enough distance not to cause damage. This created a night and day difference between how they were previously and the colour has pretty much come out bright, primary colour red, as they were when new:







I then pulled the rear half of the interior out of the car in order to swap them over. Had a bit of confusion as the rear belts were labelled for the opposite sides of the car and wouldn't extend which took a bit of headscratching!





They break up the all black of the interior quite well, and match the outside of the car. I'm very happy with them.

Last weekend I also started work on a set of morettes. I sanded off all the paint, then fillered all the imperfections, then sanded again with various grades, and painted them diablo red. The paintjob has turned out fairly well for a rattle can job. Trying to decide whether to fit them, get new inside lights for them, fit them with trumpets etc. I do have inside lamps but they're corroded and I haven't been able to get them to work yet. The outers work with sidelights, dipped and main beams.