Working on a cat-D VXR
Discussion
Finally convinced the missus that it's now warm enough for her to park outside, which means the garage is now free.
My son and I cleared out piles of boxes and spare parts to make room for his Ro. We've picked up no end of parts for it, some of which deal with the slightly sorry state of the bodywork due to it being a cat-D.
We decided the first job was to check out the 2005 VXR alloys that some might recognise. Three of the wheels are reasonably straight. The forth runs very slightly out, so I'll have to see if it will balance/run okay. Anyone know if very light buckles can be fixed?
He's a shot of the replica (18-inch) against the original (19-inch):
There's not much in it to my eye, though the spokes are fatter, further apart and have that raised edge between them. I think the difference would be less noticeable if they were flat black.
So, having decided not to fit the genuine alloys for now, we move on to trial fitting the VXR front bumper, The CV8 one came off easily enough and that's where easy finished for the day. I struggled to get the VXR bumper on. The offside simply wouldn't fit properly. Closer inspection revealed that the near side inner wing was 'out'. Removing the wheel arch liner uncovered some rather shoddy panel beating, which ends up pushing the wing into an odd shape. This, in turn pulls the bumper over affecting my ability to fit it properly.
On the bright side, when I'm finished with it, it'll be a decent car. One day.
My son and I cleared out piles of boxes and spare parts to make room for his Ro. We've picked up no end of parts for it, some of which deal with the slightly sorry state of the bodywork due to it being a cat-D.
We decided the first job was to check out the 2005 VXR alloys that some might recognise. Three of the wheels are reasonably straight. The forth runs very slightly out, so I'll have to see if it will balance/run okay. Anyone know if very light buckles can be fixed?
He's a shot of the replica (18-inch) against the original (19-inch):
There's not much in it to my eye, though the spokes are fatter, further apart and have that raised edge between them. I think the difference would be less noticeable if they were flat black.
So, having decided not to fit the genuine alloys for now, we move on to trial fitting the VXR front bumper, The CV8 one came off easily enough and that's where easy finished for the day. I struggled to get the VXR bumper on. The offside simply wouldn't fit properly. Closer inspection revealed that the near side inner wing was 'out'. Removing the wheel arch liner uncovered some rather shoddy panel beating, which ends up pushing the wing into an odd shape. This, in turn pulls the bumper over affecting my ability to fit it properly.
On the bright side, when I'm finished with it, it'll be a decent car. One day.
By way of a thread resurrection...
I've been busy with eBay. My wife is beside herself, as the garage is now so full of shyte that I've started hiding stuff outside.
And having bought some [near] replica alloys, two sets of 2005 VXR alloys and 19-inch VXR8 alloys, I finally got hold of some 2004 VXR alloys for the project car
Whoever invented buy-it-now has a lot to answer for
I've been busy with eBay. My wife is beside herself, as the garage is now so full of shyte that I've started hiding stuff outside.
And having bought some [near] replica alloys, two sets of 2005 VXR alloys and 19-inch VXR8 alloys, I finally got hold of some 2004 VXR alloys for the project car
Whoever invented buy-it-now has a lot to answer for
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