My Peugeot 205gti (Dimma) Restoration

[dai1983]

dimma205 said:

As for engine it is staying the 1.9 that it came with cannot see the point in changing it.

Do the turbo technics conversions come up much on the used market? That would be awesome as it would be a period style mod and you would have the novelty of the switch on the dash!

[dimma205]

new shell picked up and allready on spit in garage so will start agin in anger this week to get it ready for bodyshop in new year.

[benters]

dimma205 said:

Another good day for the project got the call from dimma that wheels are all refurbed so should have them by end of week and picked first batch of parts from platers all looking good there are a few bolts that didn't come up too well but will just replace the worse ones.

glad to see the correct use of a dining table. . .10/10

[Soov535]

Bookmarked

[dimma205]

Wasn't to popular with the wife but needs must and all that

[dimma205]

I have spent a few hrs out in the garage tonite just cleaning new shell as there was a lot of dirt and dust that has built up over the years in storage got about half of the car cleaned so thought I would just put some pics of new shell up.

[dimma205]

I have made a start of bolting bits back together steering rack been fully restored with all new bearings new bearings have been pressed into hub, rack and antiroll bar bolted to subframe and then bolted to car.

[dimma205]

Subframe now fitted and have built up passenger side but have seem to have misplaced the nuts to hold coilover in strut housing so off to the fastners in morning for some m7 nylon lock nuts.

[Shadow R1]

Looking good.

[Mavic82]

The refurb looks great but don't you want to paint the underside, interior and engine bay first?

[Sf_Manta]

Mavic82 said:

The refurb looks great but don't you want to paint the underside, interior and engine bay first?

I was thinking that, given Peugeot's do have rust issues, its a perfect chance to get the car sprayed up, and cavity wax / seam seal and stone chip the underside.
Dinitrol treatment for the cavity wax: http://www.dinitrol.co.uk/

And 3M Stone chip http://catalogue.3m.co.uk/en_gb/gb-aad/Coatings/An...

[dimma205]

running gear only on to aid transport to bodyshop then they will remove and paint underside of car

[Caddyshack]

This is going to be one of the best 205s. Have you taken the Dimma kit off the old shell yet?

I was wondering if it would come off un damaged

[dimma205]

old kit has been removed but also have a brand new kit aswell so will fit new kit and poss keep other one that needs lots of repairs maybe for another future project.

[supersingle]

Beautiful work your doing. Looking at the rack made me go Have you considered fitting power steering? Quite a few people rate the conversion on the standard GTi and I can imagine a Dimma car would benefit even more! Still lovely work OP, I can't wait to see it finished!

[dimma205]

corsa b power steering is being modified to fit my coloum as we speak.

[supersingle]

Cool, no need to install messy hydraulics

[nicolelh]

such an epic read! love a good restoration. those dimma wheels are probably some of my favourite made, beautiful

[Mavic82]

The refurb looks great but don't you want to paint the underside, interior and engine bay first?

[dimma205]

read previous post bodyshop will be removing running gear to paint underside and engine bay etc its only going on so easier to transport and move around