(Then it was time to turn her into a drift car)

Few bits done to the saph.

Bonnet vents painted



Diff sorted



Diff and rear strut brace ready for a lick of paint.



The paint



Done



Now on to fitting it, was a right cunt to do. Bearing in mind i had only fitted the lsd about 4 months ago, we had to ruin 5 of the torx bolts and one washer to get the shafts off. Then problems came when re fitting the original 7.5"diff, i had pulled the casing together when i fitted the 7" lsd. So a bit of hammering and bending and a lot of swearing and the pink one was in.

Saph jump started and pulled out the garden



Welded and lsd



All done!!



Was a long day and it took far longer than it should have done but at least its sorted now, loads more left to do and got just over a month to do it!!

Done a few more hours on the saph over the weekend.

Friday night i fitted my new coilovers on the dark!
Sitting very low at the front now.



Then yesterday we gutted the interior out, trying to save as much weight as possible seeing as its not the most powerful car in the world the lighter it is the better.



Then it was time to get the cage in place for a mock up. The b-pillar section needs some boxes welded in with captive nuts as i think its a 3door cage.





Not going to be too difficult to sort the welding for the cage out, i want to try and get it over to work either this week or beginning of next week so i can get all the welding done, get the cage painted and fitted in solid and get the bonnet painted as well.

Loads left to do but should meet my deadline, cant wait!!

2 weeks to finish the car now.

Been busy over the past couple of weeks.

Changed the headlights to ones with no wipers, so painted up a blank headlight strip and grille



Decided to buy a new std system for it as the old one was just too loud
Old vs New



Exhaust heatshield fitted to stop me melting even more of my bumper



Old and new daily together, raised the car up about an inch as it was too low



Seat mount welded up



Bonnet bare metal, was one of those jobs i wish i had never started, bonnet was full of dents.



Filler on



Repair work done, its not as straight as i could have got it, but it was that bad i could have spent another 3 hours on it easily. End of the day its only a track car so dosent have to be perfect. Its black as well so it will show up any imperfection, i hate painting black cars!!



3 thick coats of high build primer and guide coated.



Managed to flat and paint the cage as well, not going to be painting another cage anytime soon, was not fun.



Thats up to date, welding done now, got to re fit the cage this week and will probably paint the bonnet friday eve.

Its just small jobs left to do now, getting the engine running right is next priority!!

I have lost track of the amount of hours that have gone into this car now!!

Bonnet wet flatted



Painted



Got some old scrap OZ wheels that came off my mates saph because i didnt want to ruin my lattices

Trial fitted



The quickest wheel refurb i have ever done, bit of a key up on the spokes and a quick da on the faces and they were ready to go.



Painted



Next day got the bonnet bolted in place so the car could be taken home



Then this old shitter turned up, my bother has finally got a saph, just gotta spend the next few weeks welding it up!!



Back at home, got the cage fully fitted, and worked though all the rest of the jobs

Handbrake cable being sorted



Bonnet after a flat and a mop, vents and aerocatches fitted



Out in the road after her first wash for about 6 months



Nearly there, few little jobs to do after work tomorrow then ready to be loaded up weds lunch