Right not updated this in ages so here goes
Grill swapped for a standard one and stripped into pieces and smoothed and repainted properly
Exhaust surround smoothed and painted Gloss black
Then i was on the look out for some wheels nearly bought a set of pescaras from a gti edition 30 but then i saw a set of BBS Rc's in 5x112 fitment in a bit rough condition
I bought some brand new centre caps for them as 1 was missing and 2 of the 3 were not fit to refurb lol
I then tried them on my car to find i had major rubbing as they are et 32 and 8.5j i thought 225 tyres would have been enough stretch to give me clearance obviously not.
So i got 5mm machined off the front wheels as this was the main area that rubbed and i bought some 215 40 18 toyo proxes t1 sport.
Then it was off to mike the polisher in glasgow, I originally wanted them polished but then decided to go for a chrome powdercoat to replicate the original ball burnished finish.
Here is the result
In the photos they look more like silver but in real life there is more depth
and finally the pictures of the wheels on the car
Future plans are full respray to get paint perfect and to smooth roof aerial , full retrim in half leather half alcantara with red stitching on the side bolsters, US spec rear bumper for the shortened plate recess and maybe coilovers
