China HDI Estate

[tomcannon]

Hi there, I have said hello in the newbies section and thought I would start my project thread.

I picked her up yesterday and the first thing I did was give it a good clean and check over today, she has very light scratches all over so could do with a good MOP.

Anyway, here's some pics as she stands today.

See how high she stands up front compared to the rear, any ideas on rough height difference? I want to drop the front to match the rear but not sure how much it needs.





Here's a picture of the beam which was put on for the last MOT, I'm not sure why I took this photo, hoping maybe someone could shed some light on why she's so low on the rear, not that the photo would help to identify this!



Fog needs replacing.



Engine bay.



The rear wiper motor didnt work and the wiper was snapped so I decided to remove totally for now, I'll see how I fair without one and may find a replacement, but it looks nice without.





So that's it so far and this is what I intend to do:

Drop the front, preferably on Eibach's, roughly 40mm to match rear. DONE
Sort body work, pull out dents and MOP, then decide which panels need replacing.
Replace drivers mirror cap with a china one.
Remove pointless cone filter and install K&N panel filter. DONE
Re-spray roof bars matte black. DONE
Spray tow bar matte black. DONE
Replace passenger fog as its rusted. DONE
Remove rear wiper. DONE
Remove drivers rear mud flap. (Passengers is missing and I prefer the look without.)
And to finish it off nicely, a remap. (Although this may happen first!!!)

If I can do the above before summer I will be happy, then:

Rear tints.
Black masks.
New summer alloys, either challengers, those similar pug ones (I forget the name, 16"), or refurbed cyclones.

As for the K&N I'm not sure what to do with it, keep or remove? Bear in mind it's getting a remap soon as so would the K&N help for better performance gains or would I be better off with standard box and K&N panel filter? Unless it's going to help after the remap I would prefer to remove it, Im not a fan. Although maybe I should keep it because it add's 10BHP over the standard setup!!! (or so the women selling the 'state told me while I was test driving! :liar: ) I couldnt help but laugh.

Hope you all like, It should look nice once I get stuff sorted.

Any help, compliments or criticism is much appreciated guys, Tom.

EDIT: Forgot to mention... It has WORKING Air Con! :o