Edsers 1996 GT Project, Car still in hibernation years later! Options

[Edser]

My names Ed, and I live in Barcelona, Spain. I am from the Republic of Ireland. I've been living here for 13 years. In that time I've had a number of cars.

First one I got a year after arrival was a '93 Prelude 2.2 vtec. After that I got a '00 BMW 318ci. I sold that to get back into university.
So now I've got this 1996 GT. Its covered in dents and scrapes. Pretty tired looking. I want to make it look like new, improve it where I can and try to keep it as standard as possible. I'll be painting it black, and keeping the wheels as they are, just tarting them up a bit.
All of this depends on my finances of course, so it'll be a slow process. Patience will be required. Lots of patience.



















This post has been edited by Edser: Jul 21, 2022 - 5:58 PM

[Edser]

Thanks guys!

More stuff arrived today.

I got this double DIN from China. I hope it doesn't break immediately. It has a reversing camera included. nice.

I also got these SSIII splitters and power mirrors from Hong Kong from New Stars.


The other day I got to work on repairing the tab on one of the rear splitters. I haven't read up on how people repair these things, but I think that a flexible ABS repair product like Ceys would do it. I drilled some deep holes in the end of the damaged area and screwed in some screws. The idea is that the screws will hold the end of the tab on.


The stuff is easy to use, its two components mixed together in your hands and then can be applied to the damaged area, covering the screws.

Later when it hardens it can be sanded into shape.



I attacked it with my Dremel and a sanding bit, and finished the sanding by hand. The result is quite flexible, though I'm not sure how strong it is as I didn't want to pull at it. I'll paint it and it should look ok.