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Hi there ive been on the forum a while and owend the car for several months and decided to start a build thread of the old girl as i go along so here we go

This is how she looked when i first picked her up in may 2013 shes number 221 with 62k on the clock
it can with BC racing coilovers and the wheels painted







I then proceded to pull it to bits to clean powder coat and paint everything i could lol

i firstly removed the coilovers and stripped blasted the struts and paint them and powder coat the srpings

















I then cleaned all the wheel arches and wheel arch liners

after i removed the rear bumper and powder coated the bumper carriers and cleaned and polished behind the rear bumper









I removed the front cross member cleaned and powder coated this awell









I removed the rear subframe at the rear and front and powder coated them aswell









Diff removed stripped cleand and checked







It been re sealed and sent away for the casing to be painted lol

all the rear and front arms have been removed to be coated and a complete poly bush renewal on everything that i can get polybushes for

the wheels have been sent away for powder coating grey and new track tyres to be fit

the calipers have been sent away for a fresh paint and re seal

all new bumper clips and arch liner clips

i have loads more to do underneath i will keep posted with fresh pic

after the under side has been done im starting with the engine more power infact a shit load more power and a freashen up


cheers for looking

Missed abit lol, looking well that bud...if ya fancy doing another after thers always mine

looking really good Tamsy. Love the attention to detail, striping and cleaning....keep up the good work.

Looks like you do all the Powder Coating yourself?

LordG wrote:looking really good Tamsy. Love the attention to detail, striping and cleaning....keep up the good work.

Looks like you do all the Powder Coating yourself?

Thanks fella she should hopefully look well when she's done. No mate I don't do the powder coating I take them to lsn in castleford they do a really nice job glad ur a fan

davey boy wrote:Missed abit lol, looking well that bud...if ya fancy doing another after thers always mine

Lol cheers pal il of had enough when it's done plus il be busy driving it next year nurburgring and track days. Just tex me if your wanting some of them coilovers pal

Looks really good pal, makes me want to sort underneath mine out
Going to as clean as gsi was when you've finished

Cheers mate. Ye gsi was a really clean car hopefully the wr1 Wil be as clean if not cleaner. You want to do it over winter mate give your self a challenge just start pulling it apart and worry about it after lol

Wow looking very good, it would be good to have the space and time to do this sort of thing but with two young kids its a nightmare getting the time to do it

Great work,keep it up,like your attention to detail.

Thanks alot lads much appreciated I'm getting there slowly try do abit on it every nite still got plenty to do on it should hopefully look good when she's done defo up for a bringing her out 4 a meet next year

Amazing work there mate looking really good,keep up the good work. Would love to have the time,space and spare cash to do this. Maybe one day.

S4lford wrote:Amazing work there mate looking really good,keep up the good work. Would love to have the time,space and spare cash to do this. Maybe one day.

Thanks mate

How's car bud? I'll pop round soon, don't have mobile at min only work phone so can only contact you through here.lol.

Hey up mate its going good. Just been waiting for bits to come back just got all my suspension back from coaters just got my calipers back and just got my bells back sent them off for anodizing they look really good. Il put sum new pics up soon shes getting there stil got alot 2 do tho hows u pal ?

Yeh sound bud, my contract ran out on mobile so lost your number. Pm me it & ill pop round soon, been working none stop recently so never had chance. Sounds like its going to be awesome, like brand new!

Hey guys here we are again with some new pictures of the progress so far hope you all enjoy looking and like the progress

I decided on poly bushs and poly bush the lot





I then decided to buy a front mount intercooler I couldn't resist the picture of it on the car was just a dummy run the intercooler has gone to be painted and the pipes powder coated







I then purchased some genuine brides



I then decided on some bells & Rottas iv had the bells anodised gold I also had my calipers stripped re sealed & painted yellow probably not to every1s taste but I'm a big fan and think they look awesome in these next few pics anti roll bars have been powder coated candy pink and al the bottom arms graphite grey so al the suspension powder coated graphite grey







So there we are guys hope you like the progress il keep you posted with pictures as the work gets done thanks for looking people

Looks like you have been busy, keep up the good work

Do you have an end goal power figure in mind?

Only thing I wouldn't do would be the seats, standard are fine for my big boned back side, not sure id actually get in those lol

Thanks megaman

I'm not really going for that this year ye iv done front mount and mite sound daft but just guna re-map and tidy up under bonnet
Im guna go big power next winter while she's parked up just nice clean up and looks for now just waiting on some nice weather now and a trip to the nurburgring once she's done

Looking awesome tamsy, like how most of parts are kept in the house lol

Looking good,

nice thread this, keep us posted.

davey boy wrote:Looking awesome tamsy, like how most of parts are kept in the house lol

Haha you know how it is pal you have been to mine. We will get that track day and nurburgring booked soon

BIG"E" wrote:Looking good,

nice thread this, keep us posted.

Thanks BIG E glad your a fan mate

loving this Tamsy - great work.

LordG wrote:loving this Tamsy - great work.

Thanks pal glad you like it mate

Awesome work on this, seen it real life & all the little details are top notch

sh*t wish i hadnt opened this thread. just bought mine and wanting to tidy things up a bit . but this is making me want to hemorrage cash!!!!!
i use lsn and cant rate them enough . done loads of wheels for me!!
looks like next time i go they will be moving premises with your business
see you are wakey also , cant say i have seen many 1s round here.

Super si wrote:Awesome work on this, seen it real life & all the little details are top notch

Cheers si good to see other day fella when you came to have a look at car

silver-sonic wrote:sh*t wish i hadnt opened this thread. just bought mine and wanting to tidy things up a bit . but this is making me want to hemorrage cash!!!!!
i use lsn and cant rate them enough . done loads of wheels for me!!
looks like next time i go they will be moving premises with your business
see you are wakey also , cant say i have seen many 1s round here.

Hahaha thanks mate im glad you like it. It wasnt planned its been sat on axle stands since june iv just started putting it al back togther got the rear diff painted and back in at weekend still go a fair bit to do tho. And lsn do ok out of me lol but they do a awesome job still got a few bits to take down. Ye I live in wakefield but you wont of since this not hardly been on wakeys just yet lol ye there is super si who lives in wakefield and davey boy who lives in Barnsley so a few of us how you like the wr1 and fella

early days but back in luv
had a couple of classics before, and missed them, just got rid of a golf r32 .
really comfortable quick car but not in the scoob league!just not the same grin factor.

silver-sonic wrote:early days but back in luv
had a couple of classics before, and missed them, just got rid of a golf r32 .
really comfortable quick car but not in the scoob league!just not the same grin factor.

Haha ye there a different league. Few of my mates have had r32 and stuff nice cars