Saskia's build thread

[Jojreynolds]

Hi,
first off im james and been a member of the forum for a while now but haven't posted much or been too involved, iv used the forum a fair bit for ideas and advice so thought id give something back and do i build thread to where i am now.
meet Saskia, i bought her on 1st of January 2013 after searching for the right spec for over 6 months.

[Jojreynolds]

First thing I did when getting home from the 250 mile trip to pick her up was to change the halogen DRL's to LED ones.



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[Jojreynolds]

After a long wait due to saving up for a mortgage and moving house, I finally had some money to burn and started the mods.
Next on the list was to get it lowered, after looking around at different options, coilovers and air wasn't what I wanted to bought myself a set of H&R springs




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[Jojreynolds]

Now the car was sitting better I had the wheels refurbished as I'd given up on finding a set of savannahs and my inters were in need of some tlc.
I changed the colour to gloss black as Iv always liked the black on white look so as it's no extra cost went for it.
Put a before and after of the springs on to show the difference.



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[Jojreynolds]

My next mod I know is very hit and miss on this forum, it's a marmite mod and that's for sure. I personally love the look of the cup spoiler as it gives the rear of the car some personality and it's also pretty rare as I personally haven't seen many around.
A friend of mine does carbon skinning (well did) and he owed me a huge favour so as payment he sinned the cup spoiler for me which I love. It's one of my favourite mods and catches everyone's eye who spots it.



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[lesvw123]

The finish on that spoiler is top notch looks awesome it would look good with bottom part of your rear diffuser carbon wrapped or if your mate could do it in carbon coating

[Jojreynolds]

The finish on that spoiler is top notch looks awesome it would look good with bottom part of your rear diffuser carbon wrapped or if your mate could do it in carbon coating

Cheers. Yeah the finish is flawless, I was a little sceptical at first but really love the look and wouldn't go back.


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[Jojreynolds]

I'll upload more progress when have some time. Car has changed a lot since the spoiler.


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[lesvw123]

This is my old roc with the diffuser wrapped

[Jojreynolds]

This is my old roc with the diffuser wrapped

I that a lot, was it hard to do? I always thing I'll never get a good straight finish on the bodywork.


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[lesvw123]

I got a local guy to do it about an hours work it was a pain to do but it did make the rear a lot better
Yeh your car has changed and it looks the dogs boll---s

[StevieP]

Hi. What LED bulbs are you using in your DRL's? Any bulb alarms. Car looking good.

[Jojreynolds]

Hi. What LED bulbs are you using in your DRL's? Any bulb alarms. Car looking good.

It was a while ago but looking at them they looked like this and no error codes.
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[StevieP]

Thanks :-)

[Jojreynolds]

The next mod on the list was a interior tweak. This was a quick and effective mod that I didn't like at first but grew on me every time I got in the car and now wouldn't have it any other way.

I pulled the dash and door trims out and sprayed them candy white to match the body work. This was pretty easy as long as you take your time between coats. There was a slight run on one of the door bits so re sanded it and was a easy fix.








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[Phil]

Your putting some people to shame with all your hard work

[Jojreynolds]

Next mod that went on was a front splitter. By coincidence philjay92 on this forum also ordered the same one so would have been rude to not have a car day and fit them. This was the splitter when it came and I give it a few coats of gloss black and lacquer before fitting


Quick trial fit before self tapping screws and rivets


This is the final result, I didn't want it sticking out too far so fitted it nearly flush with the front bumper.
So easy to instal and finished the front off nicely.




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[easyrider]

couple of pics of saskia from the other night: