Project Back to Black

[couzens]

1. Bonnet - DONE
2. Stealth system - DONE
3. Lower - DONE
4. Clean up faded headlamps - DONE
5. Splitter of some sort
6. Two new center caps
7. Steering wheel refurb - Keeping the Sabelt Cup wheel
8. wheels refurbed
9. New gear box fitted (crunches in 3rd) - DONE
10. Tow eye cover - DONE

Collected the PB from the body shop last night looks so much better with a tidyer front end on her now!

Collecting a Skoda Fabia splitter one day this week. Still waiting for the Cup Spoilers brake light to be fixed before that can go on.

20mm Wheel Spacers to go on at some point and I'll rattle can the wheels once the weather gets better. Thinking of dark silver or anthracite??

Comments welcome

 

[Willliams]

Looking lovely Ryan.. Soo much better for the bonnet being done.. If you want that splitter.. the wheels stay silver.. LOL

 

[couzens]

Cup Spoiler brake light is fatal ffs got to order a new one!

 

[Budgie]

Looks awesome with the new bonnet!

Wheels- shiny silver or nothing. I got mine done at a company in Watford. They charged £150 but they were seriously mint. Worth the money IMO.

If you want some spare wheels to roll on while they're being refurbed, i've got some Ph2 172's you can use.

 

[couzens]

Cheers mate, thanks for supplying it!

do you have any tyres? I have some turbines I can ideally put on

 

[dalejenga]

ive got some pearl black ph2 door strips if your keen, with 2.0 16v bullets.

 

[guysy]

Really nice this mate, for me personally side colour coded strips and ph2 rear lights would be the final touches.

 

[Stu.]

Looking seriously good mate! I need a black one in my life!

 

[couzens]

well you know the offers out there mate

 

[couzens]

small update from me, treated her to some fresh clean plates from FancyPlates. shes booked in for a full paint correction in a couple of weeks to try and tackle the remaining grime left on the paint work.

as the sunshine seems likely to stay around for a couple of days, I'm going to try and get the wheels off for a spray. And I still need to put my bloody spacers on!

 

[couzens]

29.05.12

Bit of a biggish update for all those following!

1. Cup Spoiler brake light bought and Cup Spoiler added
2. New clean reg plates added
3. Deatiled
4. Alcantara freying touch up

Cup Spoiler

29.05.12 6 by couzens1989, on Flickr

New Plates

29.05.12 5 by couzens1989, on Flickr

Using a bluntish razor, I tackled the freying of the alcantara.

Before:

29.05.12 7 by couzens1989, on Flickr

After:

29.05.12 10 by couzens1989, on Flickr

Detailed:
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?643363-Black-ph1-172

29.05.12 2 by couzens1989, on Flickr

29.05.12 4 by couzens1989, on Flickr

ph1 2 by couzens1989, on Flickr

 

[Toby]

Splitter?

Apart from that it looks spot on

F1's <3

 

[couzens]

Gave this a service last week.

New plugs, oil + filter, gearbox oil and need to fit the pollen filter.

Runs so much better now, no more lumpy idle and really smooth going now


have a slight exhaust issue atm with a crack so looking to replace that next week!

 

[Sam]

I like this. Dont know how much i like the yellow tints on the fog lights but it doesnt look to bad.

Keep the wheels silver in my opinion.

 

[couzens]

18.08.12

Wheel refurb has started!

Sanded down the F1's and got them in primer today, leaving them to bake in the sun as it's nice out and will spray them silver tomorrow!
New tyres will then be fitted next week and put back on the car.

 

[subarufreak]

nice work so far!!

 

[LiamR172]

I think colour coded side strips would finish it off nicely!

Great turnaround

 

[couzens]

Finally got tyres fitted to the F1s, much better than what they looked like!

IMG_2293[1] by couzens1989, on Flickr

1. Bonnet - DONE
2. Stealth system - DONE
3. Lower - DONE
4. Clean up faded headlamps - DONE
5. Splitter of some sort
6. Two new center caps
7. Steering wheel refurb - Keeping the Sabelt Cup wheel
8. wheels refurbed - Poorly but DONE
9. New gear box fitted (crunches in 3rd) - DONE
10. Tow eye cover - DONE

 

[Cw Tuning.]

nice to see silver instead of black or antracite on the wheels! nice clean car tho buddy

 

[couzens]

1. Bonnet - DONE
2. Stealth system - DONE
3. Lower - DONE
4. Clean up faded headlamps - DONE
5. Splitter of some sort
6. Two new center caps - DONE
7. Steering wheel refurb - Keeping the Sabelt Cup wheel
8. wheels refurbed - Poorly but DONE
9. New gear box fitted (crunches in 3rd) - DONE
10. Tow eye cover - DONE

Just the splitter to go.

Removed the yellow tints as well.

IMG_2382[1] by couzens1989, on Flickr

 

[Cub.]

The ph1 looked lovely today chap, good work. It's pure OEM'ness is what makes it stand out from all the others IMO.

 

[couzens]

Cheers Ollie Flamer was a bit of a beast!