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

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    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
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    respray the interior trim
    colour code things
    change gear gaiter
    better ICE
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    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?
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    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
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    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
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mishy View Post
    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
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    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.
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    you dont need a rear wiper for the mot
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jeffchiz View Post
    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
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    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
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    my fog lenses are gloss black and past m.o.t as you dont need front fogs just rear
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    widemouth ? someone explain this please lmao
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    http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=319575 look at post 5
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    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.
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    They are £20 but you could smooth your own and by a popper for £15 max
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    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
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    paint calipers? paint rear badges, change grille, citroen sport door badges...
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    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
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    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
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    lol that's a good point. how much is it to upgrade to calipers on the back? and hammerite is ok int it?