Martin's Red GT

[Martin_172]

Picked it up yesterday, car is pretty imaculate example 50k miles, so far runs sweet as a nut! Has the full Glass roof option too and pretty dark tints on the 3 rear windows not sure if they are standard/optional or aftermarket?

first thing was to give it a tidy up now im no detailer but heres what i used to get the results which im very happy with...
A good wash using the 2 bucket method with Meguiars washmitt and Meguiars Ultimate wash wax, Dryed with a Sonus drying towel, Clayed using a Meguiars clay kit, polished using the new formula Auto Glym SRP by Porter cable rotary polisher, washed again as above then waxed using Meguiars tech wax 2.0. Wheels cleaned with bilberry wheel cleaner and tyres dressed with AG instant tyre dressing.....

 

[Jjay]

By far red is the best colour to detail. Always comes up sooo beautifully

 

[scott133]

Looking good man. I've never seen one with the glass roof before

You going to go up to knockhill tomorrow for the performance car show?

 

[Martin_172]

next up was philips silvervision indicator bulbs

and then onto the exhaust!, didnt spend to much time on it today but a quick clean up with a scotch pad and then quick polish with some metal polish
Before...

After...

 

[Martin_172]

jjay, yeah i agree never owned a red car before and quite like it so far!!

Looking good man. I've never seen one with the glass roof before

You going to go up to knockhill tomorrow for the performance car show?

Considering it mate gonna see what the weather is like and whos all going and decide, you going'?

 

[scott133]

I'm going and matt is going for sure not sure about any other members though. Hopefully the weather is ok

 

[Kelly_GT]

Could you wash my GT?

 

[Martin_172]

haha sure bring it over!!!

 

[Kelly_GT]

Haha my poor little car has been neglected for the past 3 weeks, was out the country for two and I can't stop sleeping due to jetlag so it's not had the TLC it deserves

 

[DrDrew]

Looks good

 

[singlespeed]

That looks rather tidy

The glass roof is quite a rare option. I can only recall a couple of other cars with it

 

[waitey]

That looks rather tidy

The glass roof is quite a rare option. I can only recall a couple of other cars with it

I have a glass roof on blaze orange, now that must be rare!

I love the glass roof gives a feel of more space, the tints are also same as mine and at night they are basically one sided!

You should lower the car a tad, looks a little too high

 

[Martin_172]

looking into my options suspension wise, i like to drive my cars fairly quickly so any suspension changes i like to plan so that they are going to benefit me and not hold me back

Quite interested in the Weitec coilovers

 

[waitey]

looking into my options suspension wise, i like to drive my cars fairly quickly so any suspension changes i like to plan so that they are going to benefit me and not hold me back

Quite interested in the Weitec coilovers

In that case clio coilovers with the 58mm bolt spacing are proven to fit the GT, people go down this route as there's more choice and it's a bit more cost effective as they tend to cost less.

 

[Martin_172]

i read somewhere that the bolt spacing wasnt quite 58mm so the coilovers need modified? if thats not the case i should never have sold my old 58mm Bilstein coilovers lol!!!

 

[waitey]

IIRC thats the RS models, on another twingo forum GT owners fit Clio coilovers and I'm not sure if JE has clio coilovers on his he might do!

 

[Martin_172]

new mats fitted today, didnt have time to hover it, ill do it at the weekend!

 

[133_Ads]

Looking good how much they rob you?

 

[Martin_172]

£55 odd from ebay, for both fronts and both rears, same quality RS mats i had in my 200 which i had used in my GT DCi before that too, they were 2years old and 50k miles worth of use and still like new so a worth while investment!

 

[maggi200]

I like the roof! Must be one of a kind in that colour