update on my car

[marc GT Turbo]

in april my car was parked in the street and a lorry tried to park in a gap in front of where my car was parked. he failed what a burk the back end of the lorry has a huge steel bar that runs across the back, acting as a bumper. when he turned into the space and he caught my drivers side front wheel and wing and bumper it went through insurance and they took my car away to be repaired i knew it would be an insurance loss and couldnt believe the old fartknocker insurance assessor they sent round to my house to asses my car i told him i was in the job, and had been for 23 years . he overlooked to many things for my likeing ! given the nature of the accident my wheel took the impact first (my car was moved about 1 feet) . my concerns were about tracking / camber / steering/ strut damage/ wheel damage/ steering rack . he overlooked all this and wrote down on his note pad my car was still road worthy and needed a new wing , indicator , bumper repair and a new plastic wheel arch guard. i wasnt to happy about this and said what about the wheel ? strut etc ............... he put down for the wheel to be refurbished its polished alloy with an acrylic heat shrink ! (that means its a type of wheel that can not be polished ) i was dealing with a complete moron here i told him the car needs checking for wheel alignment and how do you come to the assumption that the car is road worthy by just looking and kneeling down to have a quick glance underneath !!!!!!! complete idiot ! i wanted to kick his ar$e there and then :smt013 i knew the car would be an insurance loss because i knew the wheels on my car could only be bought in a set of 4 . i told him this but wouldnt have it ............. so they took my car away to be repaired then nearly a month later i get a call from my insurers to say the car is an uneconomical insurance loss =D> =D> clever twits ! we cant buy a single wheel for your car , they can only be bought in sets of 4 !! so after a month of being messed about , i get my car back. they gave me my car back and a cheque for £1500. result :smt023 first thing was to check the steering etc . the tracking needed doing and thats it wheel not buckled , no strut damage . i needed a toblerone indicator ( £12.50 ) and i knocked out the wing and repaired it myself and painted it at a cost of nothing more than my time ( total 7 hours ) there was a tear in the bumper where it meets the wing . i just plastic welded it and its solid. here are some pics of the car
this shows the wing gap ! the wing was pushed against the bonnet




this shows the dent in the wing , the snapped end of the indicator , the wing lip bent under and the damage to the wheel






you can just about see the tear in the bumper where the toblerone is snapped





i straightened the wing gap and panel beat the dented wing out and reshaped the wing lip





i then repaired the wing and got it into primer





preped the wing ready for paint and masked it up ready for paint





then painted it





all that was left was to paint the toblerone trim (which is now done )











and the latest mods ive done is fit crystal side lights/indicators







and a rev 3 rear lights cluster with centre panel






i am quite happy again now


i would just like to make a point about the rev 3 lights and centre panel ! i bought these off ebay from a member on the oc . they have nothing to do with mr2 will !

[sl8ter]

nice work there looks realy good

[marc GT Turbo]

cheers m8

[marc GT Turbo]

painted and fitted these last night

[craig]

top job mate

[rev3kid]

looks lovely matey top job ive got the carbon border ones that need to go on just not got round to it yet what did you use to fit them matey

[marc GT Turbo]

thanx for the comments guys


to fit the scoops i used sikkaflex . but i modified the scoops a little ! i bonded 8 mm threaded bolts x2 to each flat portion of the scoops and put a 10 mm nut to fasten it to the body/intake panel of the car . you dont need to do this but because i live where there are thiefing sods about this will prevent them from being stolen . remember !! not to bond them all the way round otherwise they could become a water trap ! leave an area where water can run out

[lockys96]

didnt take you an hour to fit and spray those side pods

[marc GT Turbo]

i got stuck in m8 so impressed at the quality of the fit i used to work for TVR and have experience with fibreglass , and rogue certainly make a quality item . thanx for the sale again si

[marc GT Turbo]

ive been messing again fitted lockwood dials last week






also fitted new rear number plate and cut off that black rail guard on the back bumper. took the black paint off the exhaust back box and polished it up .

before








after

[marc GT Turbo]

fitted new steering wheel today

[flackie666]

i love those wheels looks v good

[marc GT Turbo]

fitted a turbo engine lid cover








and some shiney bling off rhon

[ancient mariner]

looking good mate! you just need to get your ar$e over here,and give it a blast round the cat.(i mean your car,not your ar$e) .paul.

[marc GT Turbo]

i will paul ! looking forward to meeting up again . let me know when sommats happening just in case i miss it !

[marc GT Turbo]

car has now done 91 k , just fitted new brake pads on the front. handbrake cable . oil and filter . flushed the brake fluid out and replaced with new. to my suprise i thought my car was running ok but when i took my air filter off, ( induction kit vented to the air intake) i noticed that after all the salt thats been put on the roads of late that my filter was looking a bit dirty ! it was almost blocked with salt after cleaning it, the induction noise has returned (quite a pleaseing sound ) and performance is noticeable . stuck a new set of denso plugs in as well. all is well again and petrol consumption is alot better

[xanthus400]

looking gud mate you did the same as me with the rev 3 rear lights.Black centre panel. Im not sure anymore tho sometimes i like it then other days i dont dont know why you thought about spraying it red? i have but just dont know might just buy a red one and change it every now n then lol......anyway back on track top job mate

[Mike 'MR2' McHugh]

Hey mate, top job on the spraying ? What are you using ?

Have you thought about colour coding your front lip and rear spats ?

Top Work mate

[marc GT Turbo]

.....anyway back on track top job mate

cheers

[marc GT Turbo]

Hey mate, top job on the spraying ? What are you using ?

Have you thought about colour coding your front lip and rear spats ?

Top Work mate

thanx for the compliment what am i using ?? paints ? i take it thats what you mean ??

i dont wanna colour code it so i can have black still. if i put skirts on and a front bumer lip then i wud do the colour codeing . i like the contrast thats all.