car is coming along nicely

[j16jrf 0]

quick history:

car started off twilight violet 1995 vr6 totally standard

 

got bored and wanted to do something fun with it

so painted it pepper white with a black roof and carbon fibre spoiler

 

while in the body shop the car got totally smoothed with the arches being pulled out an inch all round and the flat edge rounded off.

rear wiper taken off, washer jets taken off, and roof ariel taken off.

 

so now it is oficially LOW and WIDE 8)

 

then decided to get some new wheels which i picked up today and fitted.

9x17 rears and 8x17 front with 205/40/17 strrrrrretched on

 

next thing on the list is the interior as it is just standard at the min apart from a nice set of mr beige shift lights and a b&m shifter.

 

car has a carbonio induction kit

6 branch raceland manifold and decat

magnex exhaust system

coilovers

 

lo

[_leon_ 0]

looks good. did you paint the bay too?

[j16jrf 0]

oh yes, ill get some pics up when i take some,

the bay was painted and the boot floor was painted. Was a proper windows out colour change.

[_leon_ 0]

cool - did you do all the work yourself? bar the painting

[g60greeny 0]

lookin pretty tidy mate 8)

although the orig colour was one of my fav colours for a rado :(

[_leon_ 0]

Thought about a colour change myself. I love the dark greys as on BMWs now: http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2006/11/ ... 3-spyshots

[j16jrf 0]

I didnt do the work myself.

A friend ownsa local body shop and the car was in for 5 months having extensive work done.

Every dent and ripple was identified and removed and the car was pulled apart then painted and rebuilt. All panels were stripped off the car to be painted so there would never be any of the original colour left.

 

the bodyshop is TSD in Bangor Northern Ireland.

[_leon_ 0]

only been to bangor once - but used to live near magherafelt - bit far from you mind...

 

where were you lucky enough to get that carbon spoiler from?

[j16jrf 0]

had to get the carbon spoiler made, another mate builds rally car panels in kevlar so he was able to take a mould and make me a real carbon one.

[vwdeviant 0]

had to get the carbon spoiler made, another mate builds rally car panels in kevlar so he was able to take a mould and make me a real carbon one.

 

Ah there's a thred on this.. :lol:

 

What sort of money would he be looking for to produce more spoilers?

[j16jrf 0]

i dont think he would do it tbh was just a favour for me. i could ask him but it wont be cheap would prob cost around 200 just to get ur standard spoiler wrapped in carbon.

 

where is the thread on it?

[j16jrf 0]

ok here are some more pics i took on my phone during a photoshoot today, with spoiler pics and bay pic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[_leon_ 0]

that looks fantastic. i never was fond of white corrados - but this has totally changed my mind. good job

[quattronutter 0]

nice wheels,im just refubing some of those,suit corrados well :)

[j16jrf 0]

cheers for the comments guys.

I am going to refurb my front ones over the winter and maybe put stainless lips on rather than the standard laquered aluminium ones.

 

 

the car isnt the standard corrado white, its BMW mini pepper white. wanted to do something a bit different than the norm ;)

[quattronutter 0]

where are you getting the stainless rims from? been looking about for some:?

[j16jrf 0]

think retro wheels do them mate

[Phil K 0]

Great looking C - was the photoshoot for a mag?

[j16jrf 0]

yeah was for an irish mag called modified motors.

[j16jrf 0]

decided to get the interior done too.

 

 

 

I changed the stitch pattern from horizontal to vertical to make it more recaro looking.

 

what you all think?

[DIGGER B 0]

That is very nice indeed 8) wot did the retrim cost ? if u dont mind me asking and who done it ?

[j16jrf 0]

im in Northern Ireland and a polish guy called Aric did the retrim he is based in Ballymena and works for carnoisseur.

 

The retrim for door cards quarter panels, front and rear seats, gear knob and gaiter, and steering wheel (not fitted yet) was £1100 which I didnt think was too bad.

[Stan 24v 0]

That is one nice looking Corrado!!

 

You need to get some of the photoshoot pics up on here mate, they should look ace.

[j16jrf 0]

thanks,

 

here are some more pics from the photoshoot and a recent show in Bangor Northern Ireland where it won best interior ;)

 

always nice to go away with a trophy lol

 

 

 

 

 

[Jim Bowen 1]

certainly bought it up to date!!

 

am not a great fan, but really like what you have done, deffo worth while