Stanced XUD Estate (IT'S ALIVEEEEahahaha)

[cwspellowe]

Whew, getting there eventually!

Cut the exhaust pipe and sleeved the back box on so I could start chopping things and making them nice before I remove the rear bumper and paint it. Pokes out a bit further than I want as i've not put it together properly, just wanted to get the shape for the exhaust cutout. I think I like it though

Got the front suspension built up too, brand spanking new coilovers, top mounts, bearings, track rod ends and ball joints. Oh yes. Need to paint the calipers, don't know what colour yet, and I painted the hubs hammerite gold to smarten them up a bit. The coilies are wound all the way down at the minute but bear in mind there's no engine, the helpers aren't fully compressed so there's a bit more to go yet. Rear desperately needs to go down but it's still got Gav's old beam fitted, yet to fit the refurbished GTi beam. So instead the boot's full of stuff, heavy stuff, to bring it down a bit

Anyway here's some pictures again. I like pictures. You may note that there's a white ph3 bumper on there now too. The grille's not staying white, wanting to remove it and paint it matt black but cba masking it off so painted the whole thing for now Will see how the FMIC fits when I do it next month before cutting/painting it. Also have a Megane Coupé splitter to fit, perfect length for the ph3 bumper without cutting and is slightly shallower than the more common Laguna splitters.



















Last couple with the pressed plates on, wanting to get some French number plate surrounds though. Next month maybe.





Also broke out stage 3 of the paintwork deep clean, using Farecla's G3 paint restoration products. Already done the detox shampoo and clay bar, now it's the scratch restorer's turn. I'll let the pics do the talking.









Bo.