Name: Sy
HC Username:Sy




I had the saxo from totally standard and after 2 years of owning it i already had it kitted altho i was banned from driving for being a silly boy!



Now as i wasnt allowed to drive it, why not mod it?? a photoshop was drawn up for the intial idea...



So we began, selling the spoiler in return for a smooth boot panel, the boot was smoothed, and also the rear lights were re shaped into this idea



with the boot panel on the car i set about cutting he rear arches for the 17's and a large suspension drop, this was fairly difficult to get right with no sharp edges, and makng sure it was all neat and tidy under the arch that was covering the area



With the arches on the car sorted for the wheels we set about placing the R5GTT arches on the car to see where the work was needed



while working on the rear arches i also started sorting the rear bumper, i cut a recess from a fiesta into the bumper after shortening it, the bumper consists of the sides from a 106 bumper as well, all smoothed together.



Noe with all these parts started there was no turning back and the alteration of the arches with fibreglass started taking place



after a lot of applying of fibreglass, sanding, fibreglass, sanding... sanding and then filler the rear was taking shape



Ross had a great idea to make some custom mirrors at this point and before i could think about it had cut my M3 mirrors in half and had already created the initial idea for hte mirrors and just needed sanded down



the boot was also almost finished as well



Things were getting slow and seemed not to be getting very far with mostly rubbing things down, picking out holes, finding uneven sections of the fibreglass layers and evening them out, after a long while it started to look positive with the rear taking this form AND the mirrors being complete




with the back end looking mostly complete attention turned to the front. The front bumper was cut in the middle, the front arches had to be cut in half and extended by 2 inches, then once again the fibreglassing started again...


with many more weeks of rubbing down and applying fibreglass, things were taking shape at the front as well




With this look giving a bit more of a positive attitude, more work carried on until it hit the body shop for its final prep before painting



Then the fun began..Masking then Undercoating!!



then the final undercoats were applied, finishing in a barbie style pink before paint!






After removing all of the masking, and replacing all of the rubber seals, windows, catches etc.. i had i painted rolling shell ready for an interior...



The interior started as a simple pair of door pods... that suddenly turned into a full on show interior as you'll see




with a simple set of door pods built, they were heavily covered in 2pack primer before wet and dried down to give a silky smooth finish



Now here was the problem.. you cant do the car this far without doing the rest of the interior... so the dash was done the same.. as was the rest of the interior plastics!!



the rear quarters took some imagination and a clever bit of fibreglassing to make them work





Also the drivers side pilar was treated to a nice smooth guage pod



with all the parts finished they all went to the bodyshop for a lick of purple paint



Once all the inteior plastics were either painted purple or black, the interior refit was carried out over a whole day which i thought was pretty good time as with the amount of parts that were laying about i thought it'd take longer...




After fitting everything, wiring everything, cleaning everything and of course getting it mechanically right, MOT'd and on the road Redline magazine came and featued my car with a 4 page feature



I intended to leave it alone at this point but modifying cold turkey set in and before donny 2006 i sorted out all the bodywork problems and treated it to a full respray, wheel refurb and re sprayed in deep glossy metallic black



With all of this complete i took a bit of a carbon fetish and also added a set of cannards for just forthe crack... and that is how the saxo now stands!!



Major thanks to Ross, JP, Scott and SCotty for all the help with the car. Also to Shaggy for the advice and spraying, not to mention te use of his bodyshop and the biccies!!