The Silver Project **R.I.P??**

Hi guys, Hope this is the right place to have a build thread.

I only aquired the car yesterday and it seems to be in good condition, bit of bubble rust above the windscreen, and some dodgy arch work on drivers side due to previous owner rolling the arches to accomdate 17" rims.

Needs a fog light and a patch on rear arch looks to have been repaired and sprayed badly. It has also been sat in someones garden for a while so is accomodating some moss and algee in places.

Currently has 16" wheels but the rest looks to be standard at the moment.

This is her when i brought her......



Stage 1 : Clean her and Tidy up - Fix Simples

Replace missing bulbs in interior lighting, fix boot carpet (messy), T-cut some of scratches out, Replace fog light or bulb, find replacement rear light as small chip to the corner.

This is her today looking a bit more sprightly but pictures didnt come out too great as phone camaera sucks

















Hope to get some stuff done over next few weeks just need to get paid first

Looking nice man, i will post some pictures of my new baby, the owner before mine was catering some 18s on it, and every small crack on the road on the way home was proper griding.

Very nice pictures, and lookin forward to more dude, very nice ride you got for so cheap.

lol thx mirror and yeh im starting to think it wasnt a bad buy

@emo yeh cool love to see what other people are doing with thier cars im allways trolling for pics and reading its awesome

Of course it's not a bad buy for that price! The good thing is that you haven't spent too much money on it that you can't start modding and fixing it up!

i couldnt agree more gold haha :p

Is gunna tek me time but I got a couple of ideas in my head

very nice buy mate, looks like you still have both your fogs so you may just need fog bulbs..

the rest of the car looks good for an 18 year old car..

just do a full service on it when you get a chance.

also clear fender lights (from an e11 or an e12) would look nice against the silver paintwork

do u mean side indicators?

yes the side indicators

yes its on my list of things to be done haha alon with headlights and rear lights but will do the mall at same time

try to get the rear 20v reflector



rare to get but will look ace if you can get it

got any pics?

in the post above yours

me no likey

^I prefer the silver around the bumper, the way it is.

Welcome to ae101oc and hello to a world of building your car. Just a little warning my friend, its ADDICTIVE!

your car still has good paint. im just curious. what mods would you start with?

knite wrote:

me no likey

Good, I don't like that either haha.

haha, everyone has different tastes

Well just look at it! That center panel thing looks nothing like the tail lights! Well almost nothing.

well it does, kinda

yeah sorta haha. But don't worry, this is coming from someone who went to the trouble of grafting in BMW tail lights to eliminate the trunk panel!

yeh im a ill stick with clear or lexus lights kinda guy

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Welcome to ae101oc and hello to a world of building your car. Just a little warning my friend, its ADDICTIVE!

your car still has good paint. im just curious. what mods would you start with?

I gotta start tidying it up then its more a case of what comes along but im thinking wheels and lights first as they seem to make the most noticable difference I cant go too mad atm as I have to retake my test so mods are gunna be on a budget but then so was my last car lol

I would definitely leave the stock tail lights alone, I like those. It is only the front lights that look good, when you switch them for black crystal ones. Really gives a clean, updated look to it. And of course the indicator lights, you want to remove those completely.

My suggestion is to take a look at the DIY area. theres a thread there showing how to create a retro headlights. It will defenitely look good on your car with a black housing. or of course a BZ touring black housing head and clearance lights.

gelovash wrote:

My suggestion is to take a look at the DIY area. theres a thread there showing how to create a retro headlights. It will defenitely look good on your car with a black housing. or of course a BZ touring black housing head and clearance lights.

this i have been doing