Beginning of July I sold my 197 and bought a written off LY. It had been bought as a project but the guy had run out of funds ... it was road worthy and mechanically it was fine so I thought I'd take up the challenge and try and finish it off. At first I thought it would be quite a simple fix and most of it has been. Bought quite alot of parts from wreckers but had to go to Renault for some bits. So far I've ...
- replaced cruise control switch
- 2 new tyres on the front
- refurbed all 4 wheels
- 2 new rear windows
- toolkit
- bonet carpet
- window rubbers
- door sill trim
- rear brake discs and pads (Renault ... ouch!)
- door handle and wiring loom (Renault ... ouch!)
- compete drivers side re-spray
- sprayed dash strips Liquid Yellow
The re-spray was fairly pain free and the guys who did had two attempts and they've done a brilliant job. There's a slight colour change in certain light. I'm happy with it and that's all that matters. They took off all the sills etc. and the bodywork was in pretty good condition.
Only thing I've got to do now is replace the passenger window and the rear windscreen. Bought both parts already just waiting for time off work to sort. Oh and yes, one other thing to sort ... airbag computer! Have bought a new one but not had it fitted yet.
Pretty pleased with what I've done so far.
Once it's completed I'm gonna do some work on egine and exhaust.
- replaced cruise control switch
- 2 new tyres on the front
- refurbed all 4 wheels
- 2 new rear windows
- toolkit
- bonet carpet
- window rubbers
- door sill trim
- rear brake discs and pads (Renault ... ouch!)
- door handle and wiring loom (Renault ... ouch!)
- compete drivers side re-spray
- sprayed dash strips Liquid Yellow
The re-spray was fairly pain free and the guys who did had two attempts and they've done a brilliant job. There's a slight colour change in certain light. I'm happy with it and that's all that matters. They took off all the sills etc. and the bodywork was in pretty good condition.
Only thing I've got to do now is replace the passenger window and the rear windscreen. Bought both parts already just waiting for time off work to sort. Oh and yes, one other thing to sort ... airbag computer! Have bought a new one but not had it fitted yet.
Pretty pleased with what I've done so far.
Once it's completed I'm gonna do some work on egine and exhaust.
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