Road Legal ST185 For Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dee]

Well me and Jools were talking this morning about me swapping my astra for a 202 when he decided he'd give my insurance company a ring and see how much more it would be for me to insure the ST185 and low and behold its only £120 more for the year    So it looks like rather than doing a swap I'm just going to sell the Astra and use the 4.

I cant wait!  She's been sat for about a year now on the drive as she failed her MOT on a bearing and rear brake calipers ( I think ) so we're going to get them sorted ASAP (sometime in between getting the Faff sorted  ) and she's going to be mine to use.  I've already got him charging her battery so I can move her to the middle of the yard so I can give her a good wash and a polish as she's very bleached from just being sat there.  She really could do with a re-spray but ouch thats far to expensive so for now I'll give her some love and see if we can get her back close to her former glory.

I'll feel like part of the 4 family now    Another nutter to the list ay 

Lol I'm sure its not huge news for everyone on here but I'm bouncing around the room as since I met Jools all I've been hooked on is the 4's and now if we can get her sorted quick enough I might have one all of my own to drive!

[Jools]

Hmmm, We shall see, heh heh!

It's gonna cost ya!!!!!!  : :

[RobbieMcVee]

make it worth your while Jools always good for bargaining ...lol

[Dee]

Hmmm, We shall see, heh heh!

It's gonna cost ya!!!!!!  : :

Yeh so far I've T-cut her and polished her, and after a year of not being touched believe me I'm paying  But I'm sure thats not what you had in mind ay Jools, one arm still doesnt stop you being bad does it 

[Dee]

make it worth your while Jools always good for bargaining ...lol

I owe you Robbie, he dont need any encouragement you know 

[paul_gt4]

payment in kind dee comes to mind........ all the best with it

[Dee]

  Thx mate I'll ear that in mind when I'm able to move again, seems I've seized up from all the poslishing 

[Dee]

Well she's just about done with the T-cut and polish and I've sorted some discs for Jools to fit (with my help of course, 3 arms better than 1  ) 

I've also just bought her new decals as the ones Jools put on her have started to peel due to being sat for so long.  I wont take them off till I have the new ones though as I dont know what the paintwork is like underneath.  I got a HKS sunstrip which I thought would look good   

Jools took some pictures of me cleaning her yesterday so I'm sure there'll be some sort of post on here and some sarky comment  I'll put up some pics of her when I'm happy she looks good 

[Jools]

"WAX ON - WAX OFF!!!"



COMING ALONG NICELY! 

[calam]

oo shiny! Bet you cant wait to drive it again

[Dee]

Oh I am just itching to get her on the road and take her for a spin!

All we have left to do is change the brake discs on the rear and we can put her in for her MOT.  There are a few little jobs that I want to do while we are waiting for the discs to arrive (please god let them come before the weekend) like clean up the alloys, give the inside a good go over and make her smell nice, clean the windows and I want to put new number plates on her as the old ones are a little tatty as you'll see from the pics.  She ideally needs a new paint job but somehow unless someone on here is feeling very generous thats not going to happen anytime in the near future 

I spent all day on her yesterday t-cutting her, today I finished the t-cut, then rewashed her as the dust from the factory behind us had just covered her, then we went out to get some other polish as I just dont get on with the Mer polish that Jools has, so we went and got some of that new ICE with sponge and cloth for 11.99 and all I can say is Oh MY God   Its absolutly brilliant!  It took me 5 mintues to cover the car in it, then another 5 to rub it back off and as you will see by the pictures its done an amazing job on a 20 year old car    Its the easiest polish I've ever used and to do a whole car I litrally used about 2mls out of the whole bottle.  Seriously impressed. 

So here's to new brake discs arriving soon and the crate being back on the road before the next bubble (must look to see when that is  )

[RobbieMcVee]

looks great - needs lowering next - go on Jools you know you want to..!

[Dee]

You get me some free springs Robbie and he'll happily lower it 

There are a few things we are going to do, I want to paint the underside to give her a little extra protection, and paint the calipers in red to match the car, got a new decal just need to get it sent (waiting on vendor grrrrr), just bought a new cd unit with cd multi changer for a song on fleebay so Jools will fit that when it arrives, and got some mats on watch to fit her.  I'd love to get her resprayed but dont have that kind of money, but going to give her loads of love and polish and see how she goes.  She was really bleached when I started yesterday, proper pink in places, and after a good clean etc she's come up great, but there are still a few areas that are patchy in colour but I think with a few coats of colour restorer she might pick up loads and be back to somewhere near her former glory.

I have to say, when I started out on this project yesterday I didnt think I'd enjoy it as much as I am, I think I might be turning into a car nut 

[paul_gt4]

that ICE stuff seems to give good results could be trying a bottle of that soon......... all the best with the car Dee

[Dee]

Its amazing stuff mate, even Jools was more than impressed.  And you use so little of it!