Red CD 5-door - my first car! (Pic heavy)

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Hi all, this is my 1997 CD 5-door. My first car and 'project' in many ways . Has just over 115,000 miles and two owners before me and cost £595. At the moment, money is an issue so the work done to it in the future is most likely going to be minor, as I'm looking for another job when I pass my driving test to fund the bigger stuff.

Mods done:
- SR indicators
- 15" Wolfrace Asia-Tec wheels
- Subaru STi Prodrive gear knob
- Removed 'CD' badging
- Replaced original stickers with Glanza S reproductions
- Few random stickers





SR indicators.


Yes, I know the Glanza sticker is wonky.


Although it's hard to tell because of the bad quality and lighting, the bonnet is hugely faded. You can also make out that dent and that large rust patch as well.


That rusty wiper will be something I fix eventually.


Has a sunroof, which is nice as I heard they're usually uncommon for these cars.


The wheels. As you can tell, they're pretty hammered, but for £200 with 4 fairly new tyres from eBay, I can't really complain too much.


This is the most annoying thing about this car to me. My first mod was to take away these side strips and get a cleaner look, but I had to be unlucky and realised after I'd bought it. This bodge job repair the previous owner had done means I would most likely wreck the door trying to get them off. Lame.

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

And now the interior. The seats are another thing I wanna tackle. Ideally, I want a set of Paseo seats as they use the same factory mounting points as Starlets do, meaning hassle is minimal. Sadly, Paseo parts are hard to come by.


Prodrive gear knob, taken from my dad's old WRX. Replaces the old manky one and looks quite good in my book.


Still has the stock speakers!


Mods I'm planning:
- Import plates
- TTE backbox
- Lowered springs
- Paseo seats
- New door cards
- New gear gaiter
- Black bonnet (or fix the one I have now and have it carbon wrapped)
- Some sort of front lip
- TTE spoiler (carbon wrapped maybe?)
- Repaint the wipers
- Reflect/'98 Glanza taillights (way too pricey though, will be holding off those for ages)
- Factory Starlet Glanza rear strut brace (rare item, would be cool in a 5-door )

That's it for the moment. Any form of criticism is welcome. Cheers!

Edited December 11, 2013 by INEEDNAWZZZ

[Chris Green]

Looks a good base mate, please take the Glanza stickers off though! Lol

[TomStarlet]

Welcome to UKSO mate! my bonnet was the same as yours as well as a faded roof/bootlid, some compound with a machine mop followed by a tcut brings the super red out lovely! not a bad first car though!

got to agree with chris ^^ get them stickers off XD

[drongo boi]

Nice project dude

[Zeldoz]

Welcome mate! Your love it here!

[Starlet-Joshy]

Nice base mate, needs a glanza spoiler and rear bumper though, my mate has a white 5 door glanza rep,

ill upload some pics later give you a idea then ,

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Thanks guys!

Welcome to UKSO mate! my bonnet was the same as yours as well as a faded roof/bootlid, some compound with a machine mop followed by a tcut brings the super red out lovely! not a bad first car though!

got to agree with chris ^^ get them stickers off XD

In fairness, a lot of compund, T-Cut and elbow grease has already brought most of the paint back, without the use of a buffer which actually surprised me. The whole car was like the bonnet when I got it! I think a lot of effort into doing the bonnet and bumper could easily bring it back to a respectful level; I'm just too lazy at the moment.

As for the Glanza stickers, they've annoyed me slightly since the moment I put them on, mainly because one isn't on straight. They also seem to attract attention; there just always seems to be someone in the car next to me reading them if that makes sense. Ah well, if I decide to keep them or not, it was only £8 either way.

[Chris Green]

Try some cutting compound with plenty of water, the like of G6.

Definitely get rid of the stickers, maybe put them on when you have a full Glanza kit. But it's like putting 'Evolution' stickers/badges on a bog standard Lancer. But each to their own.

Edit: I remember a fella from NZ did a Glanza rep with a five door, looked quite cool.

Edited December 11, 2013 by chrisgreen1993

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

This one?: http://forums.mightycarmods.com/showthread.php?2820

My original aim was to build the exact same car, only in red. Now though, I'm just gonna stick with simpler, cheap mods like a Laguna splitter and a TTE/Glanza wing if I can get hold of one.

[Chris Green]

That's the one buddy. Think he got close to 100bhp too.

[JDMfreak]

nice project mate I wanted to originally get a 5dr and make a rep,,, i'm taking the kit off mine if your interested the full kit with headlights and bonnet

[Aamir]

Please remove them Glanza stickers of it, other than that looks a tidy motor

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

nice project mate I wanted to originally get a 5dr and make a rep,,, i'm taking the kit off mine if your interested the full kit with headlights and bonnet

I'm really strapped for cash at the moment (only have £70 in the bank for the rest of the month!), so I don't think any of the kit would be much good for me right now sadly.

[JDMfreak]

sure shout me when ya have a few quid saved i'll let the full kit go for £200 im just going to stick it in the shed anyways

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Nice one, thanks!

[JDMfreak]

[Starlet-Joshy]

Here's a pic of my mates 5 door rep, Took in the summer lol, haven't got one of the front atm but you get the idea,

[GlanzaJim]

Please remove them Glanza stickers of it, other than that looks a tidy motor

agreed!!

[oliolip]

Nice start to it mate. Get some glanza seats & lower it, but lose the stickers! Mines a 4 door cd an have some interestin plans ahead... Good luck with it

[Ep91sleep]

aup mate if you want some decent seats theres a pair if GT seats in good condition on gumtree atm for £25 , good luck with the project

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Cheers guys, the stickers will be gone shortly.

aup mate if you want some decent seats theres a pair if GT seats in good condition on gumtree atm for £25 , good luck with the project

Nice, I'll have to keep an eye on them, thanks for the heads up!

So, the other day I saw a Megane splitter in good condition for just £20, and, well...


I can't guarantee it'll be on straight away, since I have a mountain of college work to do and in all honesty, that's my biggest priority right now. That said, can't wait to see what it looks like on the car!

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Well, this is a bump and a half! Since my last post, a lot of stuff has gone on with my Starlet... but not in a good way.

I passed my test, so that's something. Then, to get the cheapest insurance possible, I went with a black box policy - at which point the guy who fitted it said I couldn't keep stickers on my car or else I'd be fined (I'd already changed my wheels back to the standards, yet somehow he didn't realise the completely bodged splitter on the car). I was gonna put my wheels back on (undeclared), but just to be on the safe side, decided to sell them off and run on my 13" originals instead.

These were taken about a month and a half a go, but the still looks like this:

Mismatched wheel trims = +10HP




That sticker above the 3rd brake light was given to me by my insurance firm for being a new driver. After they made me take my other ones off. 10/10, would use logic again. It isn't on the car anymore.


The crappy splitter. I have left over pieces and its an easy fix, but I've just been way too lazy to fix it. How he didn't consider this an aftermarket mod is beyond me.


So, that was that. I got an MOT (failed due to a shitty cat, other than that it was fine), and was just gonna drive it around as is and not bother modding anything on it. Unluckily, I had other plans a few weeks later, and decided on a different theme for my car. Rather than making a Glanza rep or some kind of 'stancestickerbombhellayo' style like in my first post, I've decided I'm just going to focus on minor details to keep it subtle... _{and cheap.}

So, the new plan is:

• Body colour mirrors and door handles (debating whether to fit factory items or just paint them myself)
• Repaint wiper arms (possibly get a Yaris rear wiper)
• Toyota Yaris T-Sport alloys
• Repaint the calipers and rocker cover gold (also repaint the drums black, just to stop rust build up)
• Remove side strips (still need to work out how to get the passenger side one off with those stupid screws)
• Import plates
• Fix that splitter

If they become available and at decent prices, I'd also add:

• TTE backbox
• Corolla manifold
• Factory Glanza front and rear strut braces
• Glanza front and rear seats
• Glanza cupholders
• Some sort of rear wing
• Clear side indicators
• New bonnet

And don't worry, no replica Glanza stickers again. So nothing really exciting I'm afraid, but thought I'd give an update anyway. Cheers for reading, as ever, other possible suggestions are welcome!

[don.binary]

Looking good mate I just got my Starlet last Thursday and have an almost identical dent on the bonnet same side of the badge and everything. Thanks for sharing pics as I've never seen a 5dr Starlet before, didn't even know they existed! Good luck man, keep up the good work!

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Thanks man, appreciate it! I'll be the first to admit, it really is far from perfect, but who knows, little bit of time and money and it can be looking good! 5 door Starlets seem to be a lot less common than regular 3 doors. They're aren't 'rare', you just don't see them very often if that makes sense. As for the dent, almost every used Starlet I've come across tends to have that, and that blotchy rust patch in the exact same spot as well. I've been meaning to find out why that is.