My 205 'style'

[petrolsniffer]

Bought last year as a christmas present from my brother.

It sat on his drive untill may 1st when I passed.The decals were added by a friend when we were talking about gettng my first car I said I wouldn't mind making a rallye rep they're not cheap so thats one thing off the list











406 steels I got tired of looking for rallye steels that weren't miles away so found these only 10mins away they were badly corroded so I took them to a blasting place for £10 per wheel they look good as new.

I hope the finished product will look simular to this.



I also bagged a cheap TU3 1.4 engine out a quicksilver for £10! I intend to build that up over the year or whenever my tu1 decides to give up.

I'm aware it won't be to everyones taste and the general consensus on here is not to spend massive amounts on your first car but i've never done anything mechanically I don't even have a toolset yet!

I hope to start with this car maybe getting it to as high spec as mi6 or gti-6 in the comming years the shell is pretty much perfect and it has no sunroof.

I'll keep the thread updated about my exploits hopefully i'll atleast get the wheels primed and sanded today.

[bob1179]

Cracking first car.

A good first car to get some spannering experience on too. They are pretty simple and the TU engine is bullet proof if service properly.

My first car was a 309 with the ancient old 1.1 Simca pushrod engine if, it rattled like nothing else but had bags of character.

One word of advice, just make sure you declare anything you do to your insurance people, you can get into a load of schtick otherwise.

Good luck with the project and happy motoring!

[arun1uk]

A 205 Style was my first ever car!

All 0.0000001 Litre, 4 speed of it. Brilliant little thing! Lots of 3 wheeled nonsense on roundabouts and lift of oversteer. The only problem was the suspension, interior, sex appeal, seats, locks, stereo, and any sort of protection from accidents. Good car to learn in though.

Cracked an indicated 100mph too (on a private road) which, of course, was more like 45mph.

[timnoyce]

Great work on the wheels, they look awesome. Nice project.

[Alec]

bob1179 said:

Cracking first car.


My first car was a 309 with the ancient old 1.1 Simca pushrod engine if, it rattled like nothing else but had bags of character.

And my first was a 309 1.3, I bet the 200cc made all difference . Fond memories of that car (when it was working)

[Waugh-terfall]

Ha, brilliant, my Mum got a 1yr old dark blue G-reg Style when I was born, we kept it for 11yrs and sold it to my cousin at something like 56,000mi Loved that car and kinda miss it too. Only issues we had with it was the battery, starter motor and paint issues. It had about 3 re-sprays to sort a paint/lacquer separation after I took a pad of sand paper to it aged 3... My cousin had it for a while, don't know where it is now, think it may be dead G992 RAA it was. Have fun with it, proper back to basics car!

[soad]

Cracker.

[petrolsniffer]

Made abit more progress on the wheels today


Filler primed they were actually all filler primed last week also under the filler primer theres 2 layers of zinc primer


After wet and drying


White primer

This is the only wheel thats at the white primer stage atm leaving it overnight to set then its ready for actual paint and lacquer!

Come two weeks I should have them ready and funds to wrap them in some toyo proxies

[ApexJimi]

Am I the only one that thinks the yellow wheels would look ace with a plain white car, with the odd yellow detail here and there?

[yazza54]

ApexJimi said:

Am I the only one that thinks the yellow wheels would look ace with a plain white car, with the odd yellow detail here and there?

Yes.

[Doofus]

I've decided that the 205 is such a handsome car. They really have aged well.

Must buy one...

[yantorsen]

please keep the 80s graphics down the side, they are uber cool.

[petrolsniffer]

Changing driveshafts and bearings is fun! not!

Well I didn't do most the work my brother who was a mechanic for 15 years did.

I just helped abit but I have a fair idea how to do it so will be having a go on the drivers side as that one is knocking but not as bad yet!

[shalmaneser]

I also have a 205 (see profile) and my trim looked as bad as yours - until I used this stuff

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Plasticare-Trim-Dye-GREY-Pla...

It really is bloody good and has lasted for two plus years so cheap in the long run too! Smartens the car up 300% once you have nice consistent dark grey bumpers!

Good luck on the engine swap and associated work! These little cars are addictive but nice and easy to tinker with!

[petrolsniffer]

I'll have to purchase some of that plastic stuff as the faded bumpers let it down somewhat



wheels all done

Edited by petrolsniffer on Saturday 10th July 16:35

[ShadownINja]

Interesting. I was contemplating doing something similar with my steel wheels but spraying them black. Without removing them from the car. I figured any paint that gets blown in the wind would just hide the rust. And the tyres are black so you wouldn't notice.

[Evangelion]

Yes I once did something similar; sprayed the wheels silver and any that went on the tyres got covered up with black tyrewall paint.

[ShadownINja]

Evangelion said:

Yes I once did something similar; sprayed the wheels silver and any that went on the tyres got covered up with black tyrewall paint.

Oooh, ok! Did the brakes get damaged in any way?

[The Nur]

ShadownINja said:

Evangelion said:

Yes I once did something similar; sprayed the wheels silver and any that went on the tyres got covered up with black tyrewall paint.

Oooh, ok! Did the brakes get damaged in any way?

I suppose that even if the brakes did get some overspray it would probably be taken off the first time it was driven.

[ShadownINja]

The Nur said:

ShadownINja said:

Evangelion said:

Yes I once did something similar; sprayed the wheels silver and any that went on the tyres got covered up with black tyrewall paint.

Oooh, ok! Did the brakes get damaged in any way?

I suppose that even if the brakes did get some overspray it would probably be taken off the first time it was driven.

Oh, ok. I think I have drum brakes, anyway.

Now to source cheap spray. Don't want to double the price of my car.