all GOOD bodyshops would do it, it gets rid of orange peel and any imperfections, and once buffed back up with some cutting compound and a decent buffer, theres a lovely deep shine.

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Team Dirty Black... Formerly Known as Astor

It's going back on standard cyclones and fresh refurbished calipers, back plates etc, no expense spared.

I think it will look great, just got to see how low it sits with the cyclones.

Carl

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No was lowered quite a bit iirc

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Nothing to see here

bo***cks, maybe I will have to sort the suspension out too. We shall find out tomorrow, hoping to get it sorted.

Carl

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C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK
36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn

MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest.
Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo

Good to see you're saving it. Just read the original for sale thread

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Dan

Well i have got loads done today but to look at the car it doesn't look like a great deal, found some bits and pieces that needed my attention as i went about fitting more of it back together

Here is what i started with, moved all the cars out of the garage so today i could put it on the ramp, it decided to run out of petrol outside, doh-




Whilst the car was outside i decided to clean up all the wheel arches and door shuts etc as the car had all the wheel arch liners removed, as you can imagine this meant there was sludge like mud every where, (dint worry it starts to get a bit like detailing world), jacked it up and removed the wheels-



With the wheels removed it wasn't as bad as i though but still not clever-



Sprayed a truck wash solution all over and let it dwell for a good 2 minutes, then i came back with my best friend a 150 degree hot pressure washer, before-



Rear before-



After-



Rear After-





Obviously the same was carried out on the other side (i don't want to bore you with more photo's) OK maybe just the one-




Once all this was done i refitted all the wheels and brought the car back inside and on the ramp, by this time i had to get a hot drink and get sat on the bloody heater, i was froze, once i had the feeling back in my fingers i set about, sorting out the brakes and cleaning up the disc's etc.

I had chosen to go silver with the calipers all round to make it that little bit more subtle, i also decided to replaced the rear backing plates as they had gone rusty and looked a mess-




I started with the rear brakes, off came the rusty rear shield, new caliper slider fitted and then i decided to clean up the disc mating surface and spray it Matt black (i normally do them in etch primer but this morning i couldn't seem to find it). Once all that was fitted i refitted all the brake pads and sat back and admired my handiwork, looks so much better-

From this-


To this-



I then set about doing the same to the other side and also moved onto the front brakes

Front before-



Front after-



Doing the drivers side setup i notice the cv gaitor had come adrift, this was because a cable tie had been used to secure it in place, these sometimes work but more often than not cant be done up tight enough-



Repacked the joint and boot with fresh grease and refitted a metal cv gaiter clip, these only cost pence and are no harder to fit than a cable tie, job done-



As some of you may notice from the above picture i have refitted the wheel arch liners and modified them where necessary to fit.

It was now time to bleed the new brakes that were fitted, as it was me on my own i used the pressure bleeder and completely flushed the brake system out and filled it with fresh fluid-



With the front and rear brakes sorted it was time to grab some refurbished cyclones and some bloody good tyres (Pirelli P6000's), and on they went-

Front-




Rear-



Now with the brakes, wheels and tyres done it was a case of just sorting out a few bits and pieces that i had noticed before, like the radiator fan not working so the old one was removed and a new bigger unit was fitted in its place-



Whilst i was playing with the fan i came across a bit of a naff repair to say the least, looks as it the wiring loom had dropped down to the floor and got snagged on something causing it to break open-



Off i went and found an old bit of loom i could cut up and use to repair the damaged one-



After halve an hour with the soldering iron and some heat shrink it was all repaired-



Out came the insulation tape to keep the water at bay and we were ready to re fix it to the lower cross member-




With it starting to come along i decided to run the car up to temperature and get the cooling fan in to make sure it works as it should, whilst waiting i took a recording of it, noisy bugger-



Thats going in the bin, the thing is way to load, what you can hear above is when the car is on tick over!! Going to fit a standard system and go from there.

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C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK
36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn

MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest.
Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo

wet and dry between coats of paint (on a respray)..

or if doing it to your own car, as my boss did to his S4 when he detailed it, flat back (wet and dry) the complete car, even if its clearcoat (laquer) only to give it a slight key effect as though you was prepping it for paint, and use a cutting compound and a mop to bring the shine up, obviously polish after as well..

when my boss did his S4 it looked Spot on!!

although, you need to be sure on the layers of laquer and paint realy before hand.. as when my boss did his, he found a 'thin' patch of paint, as im awre lots of rallyes are as well on bumpers, etc, and he went through the paint with the wet and dry. but that was only on a discreet patch where the rear number plate sat.

overall it is safe to do... if you have a little idea of what to do.

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Team Dirty Black... Formerly Known as Astor

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340 horses

Why should you make a profit?

Looks awesome mate,tip top work

Be patient fella, its coming, here you go-





It doesnt appaer to have that much of the subframe modified at all, the drivers side leg has a little bit removed but apart from that it all looks relatively standard.

The pictures may not help you much but if you need anymore help you are more than welcome to pop over and take a proper look.

Carl

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C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK
36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn

MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest.
Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo

I think you should swap this for my 306 Hdi estate! That'll avoid you making a profit debate!

I may aswell put the rest of the phot's here.

With everything more or less finished, i put the one rallye blank i had back intot the bumper and fitted it to the car-



I then went and measured the throttle body and went on the hunt to find a k&n filter, managed to find one and fitted it, unsure whether or not it will stay but it can do for now-




Well i then decided to take it up and down the street to see how it drives, at first i thought it drove nice and sedate, when you put your foot down it doesnt matter where you are in the rev range it instantly picks up speed and pins you into your sits as it does it, very suprised.

Once i had a play up and down the street and wasted the

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C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK
36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn

MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest.
Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo

Very nice Carl, but thinking a set of anthracite alloys to finish it off

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Mike

08 BMW 320d M-Sport touring (Superchipped Spec)
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Yeti DJ (Jump spec)
Specialized SX Trail (DH spec)
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