D.I.Y stuff you can do that is cheap

17th June 2010, 17:40

when i say D.I.Y i mean you dont need special equipment to do stuff. and i aint too worried about how hard it is to do just how much it could cost, im just gona make a list of things that i can do myself which people think is alrite, and if things are legal or not.

smoke fogs, legal?

smoke lexus lights, legal?

widemouth, legal?

i only worry about this coz i got mot in 2 months lol

17th June 2010, 17:44

respray the interior trim
colour code things
change gear gaiter
better ICE

17th June 2010, 17:47

interior is gonna get done red

colour code: black car with red parts

gear gaiter i will put down to get done

and i got me self a good ICE

anyone got any other opinions or ideas?
or what they've done that's gone ok?

17th June 2010, 17:49

smoke lexus lights, you want smoked jewels they look much better. and are legal as far as i am aware

widemouth, yeah its legal.

other mods that you can do cheap is de-wiper, tcut rear badges so they are black, mesh front grill, smoking the headlights, which really is spraying the silver insert there are really a lot of small and cheap mods you can do. check out a few of the larger progress threads for some ideas.

not sure on fogs

17th June 2010, 17:50

t-cut badges
de-wiper
smooth lock out of tail gate trim
paint badges/mirror caps
i bought some clear jewel rear lights and tinted the bottom half to give it that euro/standard look, look much better than any other lights that you can buy imo
tint fogs as you said
tint the headlight inserts

plenty of things you can do mate, also everything you mentioned is legal, the only thing that might not be legal is if you tint your rear lights as the reflector might not work properly

17th June 2010, 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by mishy

smoke lexus lights, you want smoked jewels they look much better. and are legal as far as i am aware

widemouth, yeah its legal.

other mods that you can do cheap is de-wiper, tcut rear badges so they are black, mesh front grill, smoking the headlights, which really is spraying the silver insert there are really a lot of small and cheap mods you can do. check out a few of the larger progress threads for some ideas.

not sure on fogs

yeah i allready got lexus lights on from when i got it so ill smoke them for now thanks

de wiper after mot, allready got a dimma grill and headlights might do after mot
and rear badges are touched up with black but will get sprayed red or black

thanks for the input mate!!
much appreciated

17th June 2010, 17:54

having looked at your progress thread those lights are illegal without reflectors as iirc they have no reflectors in them so wont pass mot even without being smoked.

17th June 2010, 17:54

you dont need a rear wiper for the mot

17th June 2010, 17:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffchiz

t-cut badges
de-wiper
smooth lock out of tail gate trim
paint badges/mirror caps
i bought some clear jewel rear lights and tinted the bottom half to give it that euro/standard look, look much better than any other lights that you can buy imo
tint fogs as you said
tint the headlight inserts

plenty of things you can do mate, also everything you mentioned is legal, the only thing that might not be legal is if you tint your rear lights as the reflector might not work properly

all that sounds pretty good,
and lexus lights dont have reflectors inside them, and how far can you smoke foglights? well what i mean is how dark? and doing the headlight part you where saying, is that legal or not? i would do it gloss black
thanks for giving us some ideas

17th June 2010, 17:57

spraying the headlight inserts is perfectly legal, not the reflective part though. replace the lexus lights though unless you want someone to hit your car at night, you need reflectors for the mot

17th June 2010, 17:57

my fog lenses are gloss black and past m.o.t as you dont need front fogs just rear

17th June 2010, 18:01

them rear lights will pass mot fine and if your really worried my garage advised me to get the reflector tape and tape it to bumper for mot, and then if i so wished remove it when i;'m home.
so back on topic

clean engine bay maybe colour code it
re trim door cards for a theme
maybe respray alloys

17th June 2010, 18:14

nice ideas.
engine bay is pretty good, person who i bought it off
sprayed the rocker cover and various other bits and
gave it a good clean

and wheels will stay black im afraid if u no like

but will have red highlights round em so they dont
look too boring lol well i got a little list i think i shall
give a go at doing
thanks

also how do u get moisture out of foglights? got some in 1 of em if u can

17th June 2010, 18:15

i know people are gonna hate the chav thing but ohwell

Colour code car: black car with red parts
Respray interior trim
Red mirror caps
Widemouth front bumper
Smoke fogs
Spray bump strips gloss black
Get xenon bulbs
Do led washer jets
Blue neon footwells
Mend door cards
Gear gaitor
Gear knob
Handbrake cover

17th June 2010, 21:38

widemouth ? someone explain this please lmao

17th June 2010, 21:41

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=319575 look at post 5

18th June 2010, 18:12

If you want a smooth boot trim piece, if you type in euro Saxo on eBay well I think it's that and there's some bloke selling like ten I think.

18th June 2010, 18:30

They are £20 but you could smooth your own and by a popper for £15 max

18th June 2010, 18:46

i would LOVE a smoothed boot, i have wondered about at sometime i could try it my self, but then thought it would take time a patience.
and yeah if i done it i would want a pretty perfect job of it

and i sprayed the interior today, sprayed red, look pretty neat and mesh in dimma grill is red and the dimma grill is sprayed gloss black, looks nice to me

will get pics up, takes the pure black part out of me car a bit

18th June 2010, 21:06

paint calipers? paint rear badges, change grille, citroen sport door badges...

18th June 2010, 22:55

calipers!!! yehh boy that's what i've forgotten.
red calipers and drums

i've got dimma grille
need to spray rear badges
got vts badges

19th June 2010, 00:44

nooo dont spray the drums red, it just points out to everyone you have a lower model saxo lol just spray them black to smarten them up a bit

19th June 2010, 16:15

lol that's a good point. how much is it to upgrade to calipers on the back? and hammerite is ok int it?