The overall plan

[fraggie]

like a glove matey

thanks to both of you

[tazz666]

pleasure mate

[Fraggies Dad]

I recognise the macdonalds and skittle wrappers from all your previous cars including the one u borrowed from me!!...... I bet you didnt find any money in there!!!!! hehehehehehe...... and now we have photographic evidence that u can actually weild a hoover............ wow wonders will never cease...... keep up the hard work matey cos dad and I love a good laugh!!!!!!! Lots of Love Fraggies Mum xxxx

[fraggie]

you're both just jealous

[fraggie]

right more stuff done today to get it as road legal as possible ready for the kitting and painting

got a new cowling and rear ashtrays


cowling was fitted...


and so was the ashtray but i didn't realise there's a bit in the centre console which has snapped off too. I will be replacing this with a small bolt to hold it in properly soon


my nice dry underlay was refitted...


and my nice new carpet


followed by the drivers seat...


and the passenger seat


refitted the old headlights (will do the new ones when the cars back from kitting)


fitted ze rear bumper...


along with the cleaner numberplate light holders (might get some new ones soon)


i then set about removing the bump strips from the front bumper so they can be sprayed separately. I hate doing this as the clips are all a pain to get off! finally got there though...


and refitted the bumper...


i then got the mirrors back on...


i then ran the car for a while to get it warm. All the smoke disappeared nicely and it got up to temperature but still no heat from the matrix

only then i found id mixed up the pipe from the lower resevoir and the upper matrix pipe



Will sort that out sometime in the week.

Almost ready for kitting now though so getting very close!

Cheers

Bill

[fraggie]

i know a lot of people are getting bored by now (well its been nearly a year :p) but got a little more done tonight and got another milestone up...

i now have heat

lower resevoir pipe and the upper matrix pipes...

and swapped...


and a little vid of it running


not too long before the real changes start nice to see its getting mint again though before the real changes begin!

[Allys Cally]

well done mate, and it makes for interesting reading

[calibra_16v]

ive just sat and read through the whole thing, coming along nicely cant wait to see the finished result, keep up the good work mate

[tim74]

well done mate comming along nicely soon have it on the road

[fraggie]

well some of you more astute readers will notice that last week there was no progress on the calibra, partly because theres not a lot more I can do to it before the kitting etc and partly because I didn't stop all weekend

Well its now official, tomorrow is the day its leaving me and getting its kit fitted and the repsray done

First off though my spoiler arrived this week...

I know its not most peoples cups of tea but for the DTM look its the kind of spoiler I need. Slight problem in thatthe stands haven't turned up yet but im hoping they will sooner rather than later!

It will be resprayed in white though to match the car

So off it goes tomorrow and in the next 2 weeks im hoping to get pictures from the guys doing the job to give you all an update

Cheers

Bill

[fraggie]

ok folks first day of beautification has taken place.

The kit has had a preliminary fitting with no smoothing or arch cutting taking place as of yet, and later on the bonding has started for the front bumper...

Front splitter prelim fitting...







Rear splitter prelim fitting...





Side skirts...





Arches prelim...











In this picture you can see the bump on the front of the arch which will be smoothed...




Start of the bonding process



And thats it for today. As you can see its starting to take shape and im getting really excited!

Big thanks to Gaz and Robin for doing this! looking good so far and cant wait for more pics!

Cheers

Bill

[tazz666]

it's looking good

[vinny_69]

thats gonna look mega

[RAINMAKER]

looking good there Fraggie...

[fraggie]

right well another mass of photos (cheers gaz!) coming your way!

Ill let the pictures speak for themselves here, as you can see the arches have been cut and filled, the kit has been filled and sanded (as you go down the pics) and (with the exception of one small problem and change of plan) things are going great.

The problem is that with smoothing off the doors the door wont open fully and will foul on the wing. After some inspection of the touring cars themselves they have the indentation on the sides too. So im hoping to have the front quarter filled but the doors and rear quarters left (with a little smooth over) with the dent..
like this...


Again a massive thanks to gaz & robin who are putting in the work!

Here come the pics... concentrate