My Not Silver Ph1 172 Project Thread

[Nick_P]

It all started one boring afternoon in weston-super-mare, when i saw this lovely black ph1 172 for sale on the forum.

It was a great price, so the following day I went and had a look. It all seemed good to go, so i bought it.

My previous car, the original black wizard, will be up for sale shortly, after i have had all the bits i want off it :evil:

There are a few things wrong with the car, and it needs a bit of TLC, but most is cosmetic.

First up I took it over to GDI for a major service. Well impressed with their workshop, and very friendly people :star:

Today i started prepping the side strips from the old car, as the match was a bit crap (shoite halfords paint ftl).

I then started to rub down and paint the interior door grab bits, they were bloody minging tbh.

The centre airvents were broken/missing, so i got a pair from Cliospares for a fraction of what the dealer wanted. To fit these I had to take the entire dash out, pain in the arse.

Now that the dash is finally out, i have to remove the plastic welding so i can actually change the vent section. As its all out, i will also remove the silver bit from around the head unit, and respray it.

Once this is done back goes the dash and its all happy again. Hopefully


Future plans for it are:

Transfer my speedlines
Sportlines or coilies
Carbon Splitter
and a few other bits and bobs...

Its currently got a powerflow stealth system:dead:, which will be removed and replaced with a prospeed exhaust

Its also god Brembo HC Discs and DS2500 with braided lines :approve:

Plenty of updates in the coming weeks.

Nick

 

[Nick_P]

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For some reason it didnt show the nice pics of the new car at the top so here they are...

 

[Dave Hester]

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was the old car a 172?? The front brakes look tiny!!!

 

[sideways danny]

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get those wheels swapped not a bad one you've got there with a little bit of love put into it

 

[Nick_P]

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The previous car is a 1.2.

And yep, those wheels are going to get swapped asap, current wheels are gashtastic.

 

[jesus]

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This project has potential.

 

[W17GLE]

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Very nice!!! black ones are growing on me quite quickly now keep up the good work with it.

 

[Nick_P]

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Very nice!!! black ones are growing on me quite quickly now keep up the good work with it.

lols, you own one, they shouldnt have to grow on you

 

[Russ_16v]

nice one chap, will be over soon and have a closer look, still ok for me to steal a pair of wheels?

 

[Nick_P]

yup, just gotta swap various wheels over

 

[Russ_16v]

cool mate let me know and il pop over and get them

 

[Nick_P]

Today i put the lower dash back it, after painting the centre silver bit, and replacing the airvents.

Yes my hands, they look retarded.

Also put the handles back in, and its all matching up now.

And i finished up the rear halves of the bump strips. Much better colour match and general good-ness

Also took out the irritating aftermarket immobiliser

 

[shovon]

can I ask what colour paint you used for the door grabs and the silver bit round the central vents please?

 

[Nick_P]

Yup, Audio Aluminium Silver. Its not a exact match to the original silver, but i re-sprayed all the parts, so its fine.

 

[Nick_P]

Eurgh, today the electric window regulator broke in the passenger side, New one on its way.

New Toad Alarm came today, looks, interesting to fit. ha.

Also got a cup spoiler on its way to make ph1 rear end perfection


Also the above post should say AUDI not Audio.

 

[Russ_16v]

oh get thr reg from ECP mate my passenger one went, cost me £63 and came with a motor lol

 

[Nick_P]

Got one of ebay, £26 woop woop, and its got a warrantee

 

[.Ben.]

Holy $hit!

Dashboard out, just to spray that fascia?

 

[Nick_P]

Holy $hit!

Dashboard out, just to spray that fascia?

Commitment ehh

Dont forget the heater vents as well ha

 

[Nick_P]

Right well time for an update.

Fitted the new alarm, which is good.

Also swapped the turini's from my old car onto the new one.

Deffo need some spacers in there, they are hiding in the arches a bit.

I got a new steering wheel from Warren4 and Riz, thanks.

The old one was buggered and the new one totally transforms the interior!

Today i set about getting rid of the nasty gaps infront of the headlights, well reducing them anyway. Very happy with the results.

The gap before was literally 1cm bigger. Pic's dont show to well as the cars black.

Next up a set about repairing the crack in the cup spoiler i have got for the car

Now its totally fixed, you wouldnt know it was there. Just being painted atm.

After this i wetflatted my headlights to remove scratches, or rather create them :quiet:

Next up i whipped out the PC and took them back up to a brand new shine.

Very pleased with the result.

And last of the day was to give the calipers a coat of silver paint, just to tidy them up

Thats all for today :approve:

 

[Nafoff]

good roght up dude....

my headlights are a mess, you have given me inspiration on them....

could you give me a step by step on products and what you did please

 

[Rob]

Looks great mate, how difficult was it to get the centre vents out? Someone mashed mine when they stole a stereo out of the car years ago, and i have another one sitting in the garage, but when i found out the whole dash had to come out i left it!!!

Was the old car on springs or coliles?

 

[Andyman]

Cracking thread mate.

Is the steering wheel a re-covered one or a genuine new one?

How did you reduce the gap in the bumper? Just adjusting the mounts ?

As above plus one. What did you use to do the headlights, grades of paper, polish etc etc ??

 

[Chris205]

Nice car mate, IIRC this is the one I wanted to buy but you must have just pipped me to it, was it on about 60k with timing belt due?

 

[Nick_P]

Yeah its on 60-something. The timing belt had actually been done, but i got it done with tensioners etc for peace of mind.

As for the headlights. I first masked up around them and then flatted them with 800 grade, then 1200 grade until all defects were removed. I then polished them up with Intensive polish via kestral. And next time i detail the car i will polish them with final finish.

To do the centre air vents its best to take the lower dash out, remove the plastic welds. Drill out rivets. Then you can remove the whole section. And replace the vents. I got the vents as a pair in the unit. I think its almost impossible to remove them/put them in without breaking them otherwise.



The previous car was on eibach sportlines

 

[Nick_P]

As for the bumper gaps i got an assistant to push it in, whilst i tightened the bolts under the arch. The gap is so much better now, even if the pics don't show it.

The wheel has been retrimmed, i think its one that Mikeyk18 has done on here.

 

[Rob]

Cheers for the info mate, looks amazing what you done so far!

It sounds like a shed load of effort to sort out that centre piece!!! The one i got doesnt have the vents in either so it would mean taking mine out, which doesnt sound good. Maybe i'll give it a miss for a while.

Are you selling the sportlines?? Was it a 1.2?

 

[Nick_P]

Yeah, i am selling them, but they are provisionally sold already. Not even off the car, lols

 

[Rob]

How? JUST HOW? The first time i've seen a set of 2nd hand sportlines for my car in forever, and they're sold before they are even in the for sale section, think i'm gonna have a breakdown...

Cheers anyway mate

 

[Nick_P]

There now a quick guide up for doing headlight correction

 

[Spongebob 172]

how did you go about refurbing the door grab handles???

 

[Nick_P]

Nightmare tbh, covered in gunky rubber stuff...

I had them in the sink with a metal scourer thing and some hot soapy water, got all the crap off, wet flatted, the sprayed like any other part. Does look nice now tho

 

[Nick_P]

Just a little one for today. Got an air filter from ktec and some greenstuff pads for the rear.

The air filter looks like it hasnt been changed for a good few years...

In goes the new one...

I noticed a clip on the air box was missing, so i DIY'd one out of a bit of old hacksaw. Does the trick :approve:

Green pads look cool

Before:

After, with a splash of colour:

 

[Russ_16v]

you tart lol

Oh and the the handles come up lovely with just sand paper

looking good, photo shoot coming on on your drive i think lol

 

[Nick_P]

Well just thought i'd say what was happening...

basically im at uni, so not physical updates as such.

Got all the colour coded bits back from the body shop.

Got some H&Rs on the way

Also got some F1's for the track/when i want a change

 

[Chris205]

is the filter you've put on an ITG item??? If so how if any difference have you noticed as I imagine mine needs a service (ph-quick) and I want to upgrade it to an ITG element

 

[Nick_P]

It's a ktr one, does the trick

 

[Nick_P]

Been a long time since the last update. I now have H&R coils and black OZ F1's....

This weekend I am changing the radiator and sump gasket due to on going leaks

And fitting new HC Disks and Ferodo pads

I decided to move it into the "shed" for this as f doing it out on the gravel in the cold...

Unfortunately couldn't get up the 2 inch step into the shed, fecking lowered cars. Makeshift ramp.

Oh Hai. I have never hit a bird as far as I remember :dead:

 

[Aluco]

Nice lol.

 

[Rob]

I do love this car, I want one of those re-con'd sterring wheels, fancy swapping for an omp dished wheel? lol!

Do you know if the guy still does them?