iamstuart
Well-known member
Thought I'd kick off this section with my progress thread.
Picked up my car brand new on 11/06/2010 with 12 miles on the clock and it looked like this:
First mod I did was to remove the bung from the air box which massively improved the noise the car made and took all of 10 seconds
Next I replaced the front and rear indicator bulbs with chrome bulbs which took away the orange reflection from the original bulbs.
Before:
During:
After:
I also replaced the interior light, boot light and number plate lights with bright white bulbs to take away the yellow glow of the original bulbs.
Next job was for the stripes to be added, I had these custom made from a local car vinyl place so the stripes went down the back of the car instead of stopping on the roof like the Renault ones do. Results below:
Just after the stripes were added I received a K-tec panel filter in the post so set about putting that in which was very easy and took about 10 mins.
Next I went to a local car audio shop and purchased these:
Really easy to fit, took about 30mins in total, straight swap for the original speakers and a decent improvement in sound quality.
The latest job I have done on the twingo is to paint the break callipers, I bought some Hammerite metal paint from Halfords for about a tenner and a £1 paint brush, employed a helper and set to work.
They came out really well and think they look great, the backs only needed 1 coat and the fronts we gave 2 coats.
Only took around 2 hours for the first coat all round, then another 30-45mins the following weekend to do the second coat on the fronts.
Next mods:
Haven't got too much more planned at the Min especially as its starting to get cold
One thing im going to do soon is to put the original speakers which I took from the front of the car into the back as the wirings already there, just need to find something to hold them in place.
Also thinking about getting the RS gear knob/gator and handbreak as I think they will really finish off the inside of the car well so will save some penny's for that in the next few months, alongside saving for a RS spoiler which I hope to get and fit at the beginning of next year.
Will try to keep this thread updated as I add more to the car.
Picked up my car brand new on 11/06/2010 with 12 miles on the clock and it looked like this:
First mod I did was to remove the bung from the air box which massively improved the noise the car made and took all of 10 seconds
Next I replaced the front and rear indicator bulbs with chrome bulbs which took away the orange reflection from the original bulbs.
Before:
During:
After:
I also replaced the interior light, boot light and number plate lights with bright white bulbs to take away the yellow glow of the original bulbs.
Next job was for the stripes to be added, I had these custom made from a local car vinyl place so the stripes went down the back of the car instead of stopping on the roof like the Renault ones do. Results below:
Just after the stripes were added I received a K-tec panel filter in the post so set about putting that in which was very easy and took about 10 mins.
Next I went to a local car audio shop and purchased these:
Really easy to fit, took about 30mins in total, straight swap for the original speakers and a decent improvement in sound quality.
The latest job I have done on the twingo is to paint the break callipers, I bought some Hammerite metal paint from Halfords for about a tenner and a £1 paint brush, employed a helper and set to work.
They came out really well and think they look great, the backs only needed 1 coat and the fronts we gave 2 coats.
Only took around 2 hours for the first coat all round, then another 30-45mins the following weekend to do the second coat on the fronts.
Next mods:
Haven't got too much more planned at the Min especially as its starting to get cold
One thing im going to do soon is to put the original speakers which I took from the front of the car into the back as the wirings already there, just need to find something to hold them in place.
Also thinking about getting the RS gear knob/gator and handbreak as I think they will really finish off the inside of the car well so will save some penny's for that in the next few months, alongside saving for a RS spoiler which I hope to get and fit at the beginning of next year.
Will try to keep this thread updated as I add more to the car.
