Introduction
Hi all, thought I'd start a thread to track the progress of my Mk2 project.
First of all we start with a base spec 1.2 8V Mk2 in black, bought for £500 with 49k on the clock, with 10 months MOT. The car came with 2 dented front wings, a slightly bent front bumper and a rusty rear Jeffery.
I then swapped the interior for that from a Mk2b Active Sport to get rid of the hideous standard grey.
I started to play around with a few different sets of 4x98 wheels I had laying about, the pepper pots from my '89 Lancia Delta and 7 spokes from the '84 Beta.
I found inspiration by way of another member on this forum who had fitted Alfa Romeo Speedlines to a black Mk2b, so I negotiated a deal on a refurbished set with a friend for £100. New rubber on them and they went on the car, my new mirrors then arrived, to replaced Shrek's ears. I'm not a huge fan of the base-plates that came with the mirrors, so a friend is custom making me a smaller, more streamlined set which follow the lines of the doors a little better
I cleaned, clayed and waxed the car yesterday.
Wax on, Wax off.
Before:
After:
Plenty of back to black was used, to good effect
Comments and opinions welcome
First of all we start with a base spec 1.2 8V Mk2 in black, bought for £500 with 49k on the clock, with 10 months MOT. The car came with 2 dented front wings, a slightly bent front bumper and a rusty rear Jeffery.
I then swapped the interior for that from a Mk2b Active Sport to get rid of the hideous standard grey.
I started to play around with a few different sets of 4x98 wheels I had laying about, the pepper pots from my '89 Lancia Delta and 7 spokes from the '84 Beta.
I found inspiration by way of another member on this forum who had fitted Alfa Romeo Speedlines to a black Mk2b, so I negotiated a deal on a refurbished set with a friend for £100. New rubber on them and they went on the car, my new mirrors then arrived, to replaced Shrek's ears. I'm not a huge fan of the base-plates that came with the mirrors, so a friend is custom making me a smaller, more streamlined set which follow the lines of the doors a little better
I cleaned, clayed and waxed the car yesterday.
Wax on, Wax off.
Before:
After:
Plenty of back to black was used, to good effect
Comments and opinions welcome
