My Citroen AX GT5 project

[clarkey2010]

more dirt!

sadly the trim broke on the other side when removing it which i am not surprised at really but hay-ho will source new.



also managed to source a brand new rear GT badge after the original was stolen off the car when the previous owner had it , handful of wedge clips (which have mostly all sold), headlight clips as mine pretty much all broke from removing the headlights, new bonnet stay and bracket and a new genuine passenger side rear central locking solenoid to replace the dead one.





as i broke my roof trim removing them i have ordered some replacements ready to go on.


another ebay bargain as the one on car has split or being bashed to many times...



also my exhaust heat shield had rusted and the hose had started to fall to pieces, so new was ordered which surprisingly are both still available from the dealers

New fog lights also!





also thanks to wilsys AX thread i had to buy a plating kit and was quickly set up  :mrgreen: . took a few goes to get the hand of it which a few would of seen the poor attempts in the whatsapp group woops! lol





fresh out of the yellow passivate:








another before and after (abit too long in yellow passivate but still a big improvement over the originals)

before:




After:





and finally the latest piece which i have finished and was probably the largest piece i plated as well. alot of tinkering with the current controller to get a good even plate which is the hardest part in my opinion. not perfect but certainly a improvement   8) 



progress has been slow but things are slowly getting done.

we took the drivers side arch off to get started on repairing the small 20p size hole we had next to the washer bottle seen in a few photos further up. we didn't get many photos (i will have dig through the old photos on the external hard drive as i took a few ) of the repair.

we didn't want just cut a patch out and weld in another patch as it would look odd compared to the other side as they had grooves in which we wanted to replicate so it looked like it never had a repair.







only picture i can find atm of the finished repair which involved cutting out the rust, making up a plate and groove, alot of welding and grinding and then paint 








also managed to source a few new pieces which were needed for the front of the car, mostly the rubber grommets etc for the wings . 


another ebay find as my door is fudged which i collected from a Citroen dealer 



followed by some new bumper brackets and some OEM headlight rubber covers 



with the manifold coming off as it was blowing slightly we had the rad out as well to give things a once over and replace what is needed. the rad fan will  be plated by a local company as it wont go in my tank so that will be done at a later date as well. 



further investigation and a hour or so in the electrolysis tank we found our first victim lol 




luckily they are still available new and a adjustable power supply for more plating  8)



more to follow once i get everything uploaded off the laptop  8)