right... where to start?? at the beginning is prob best. so in 2010 i picked up the following starlet for a few hundred squids off a matey of mine: got her down my garage and let it sit for a while before deciding to get started on her, heres a walk round damage report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGwujYp63wc first thing i did was get the car in my garage and stripped all the exterior, fixed any broken parts and resprayed the outside with 2 coats of Spies Hecker 2K 001 BLACK! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76yW3llf5gs after this i decided to go traveling and just before i went invested in a few engine bay parts (my plan was to sell whilst i was abroad to allow me to travel longer but this did not happen) when i returned from travelling i got some cash together and injected £1000 worth of service parts and other bits n bobs to make her look sweet as: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zqpABJDmAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSvFbSC3Aso now she was looking sweet, i needed to take the biggest step and attempt to register her (she was still on foreign plates). i booked in an exam at my local dvla (£400+) and failed miserably with 15 defects! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duvqdBWeGMA a further 2 visits and a few hundred more in parts later and it was done, she was finally on local plates and legal to drive. now the fun began and i could start adding the stack of mods i had ready https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIH3ug-zCI0 and since then: this is her as she stood the other night, come along was considering the opening image on this thread TO BE CONTINUED...