Buttunz Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 This is my EP82 Gi ♥I was looking for a starlet well Craig (quadcorecraig) pretty much made me look for one We had a look around on forums/auction sites to see what there was but nothing local Craig knew Idrees had just got a Gi and he was pretty in love with it himself and made him sell it me At first glance it looked like there wasnt much to fix, and looked like a good starting project.Went to see it, was really happy and excited gave him the money there and then.Managed to get it to Worksop the next day, just in time before i went on holiday and left it with Craig and friends to sort outWork that needed to be done:Change F/S wishbone - As it was bentChange N/S wing mirror - as it was bashed off and hanging from the wiresChange N/S side repeater - as that was missingChange N/S rear side glass - as there was a masive gash down itChange drop link F/S drop link - as that was crushed inbetween the wishbone Ended up changing the full ARB as the Gi ARB is differnt to the GT Craig had some drop links and polly bushes to fit the GT ARB but the Gi ARB had a flat mounting point where the GT ARB has a side mounting point Refit center console and trim jumbled wiresChange the alloys as 1 was smashed to bits with the impact of the crash (pics shown below)This is what she looked like when i went to view her!! Looked in abit of a sorry state but Craig reassured me that it will look lovely after abit of a fettle !!Gave it a wash! I went away on holiday for 3 weeks Craig and friends did abit of work on it while i was gone and took some pics for my build thread Fitted the mirrorPulled the bumper out Removed the ACRemoved the alloy to have alook at the damage (NOT PRETTY)i have plans to get some TOM'S wheels Checked out the damage of the chassie and got away with it really well only a little bit of a chunk missing from the drive shaft pass though.The wishbone was was bent pushing back the wheel into the arch making it look worse than it was the droplink was crushed inside the wishbone. idrees sorted us out with a wishbone :] Got the new 1 fittedNow i am back from my holiday and wanted to start work on my Gi me and Craig fitted the GT ARB & links There was a big difference between both the Gi was really light and has flat mounting points where the GT ARB has side mountsThis was my first MOD to to the GI as the old ARB has weak points and the polly bushes on the links :] i cleaned up my discsBorrowed some Rota slips from Craig and i stole some D1 (black) extended lug nuts from Dale (RinseEP82)Look pretty nice :]Idrees you also left this scruffy ginga dog in my car do you want it back???Was going to re-spray front wipers, but got some better ones donated to me by Rinsepidz So just took off old rusty oneswhackd on the rinse onesAlso changed a broken vent which was also donated by Rinse Starting to look the part on the inside now Plans are at the moment to get it through a MOT see how that goes, then for the VIC test and then ON THE ROAD!! :]Cant wait to get driving about!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryan lang Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 good work on rescueing this 1 dudelooks better already, ill keep an eye out to see what you do to this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EliteMilk Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 haha wheyyyy ! build thread :] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob_bower Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Awesome! About time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeSR Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Great work, but I wouldn't trust them pair with my car Only messing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
miib14 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 nice car.. looking forward to seeing how this turns out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbuck Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Good work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ep_brad Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 very nice good work buddy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 About time an you'll not go wrong with them boys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigMan Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 looks like a good little project Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drongo boi Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 looks smart dude Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buttunz Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Power Steering today boys Then shes off for MOT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lew777 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 nice little project Quote Link to post Share on other sites
starlet786 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 good base to start from mate good luck with it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gaz Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Yeh great project. Let's see how it progresses! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 i went to see this car the other day its propper tidy and engine is souuuuuund !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gaz Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Other than the bonnet what differences does the GI have? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buttunz Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Other than the bonnet what differences does the GI have?Not sure atm, the arb and droplinks are different, hopefully not too much because the parts wud be really hard to get hold of Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buttunz Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 haha wheyyyy ! build thread :]Dont think a Gi Turbo exists.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buttunz Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Time to build back up for the MOTNice clean outSHE PASSED Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob_bower Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 awesome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigMan Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 looks mint! hope to see this at shows this year! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 lookin well lisa well have it blazin soon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buttunz Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 VIC on tuesday then instant TAX and away! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I'm in the same position as you Lisa, my car is being put back on the road after being written off. It's just had all the repair work done, and is going for MOT next.Do I have to get tax and insurance sorted before the VIC or is it VIC then tax and insurance? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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