Good/bad/ugly?

[Leon 24]

What do you reckon?

 

 

 

[welshpug 1,627]

Has potential

 

but what are we looking at other than a tired 205 needing attention?

[Leon 24]

Can't divulge just yet!

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

Well its a 205 so its good an as above really it has potential but i havnt seen any 205 that doesnt just some need more work than others etc .

Even the horrible green one on ebay atm has potential haha

[m_attt 31 1 Cars]

painted the red strip?

[Leon 24]

Sort of. Have another clue.....

 

[m_attt 31 1 Cars]

plasticare trims and new red strips?

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

Its really a fiat panda and you have cast an illusion spell on us? .... Im right arnt i , yes i am thank you! Haha

[TT205 42]

You've got a rear wheel bolt missing - I win, I win

[DanteICE 72]

Auto bonnet?

[bigalthenutter 8 2 Cars]

your aerial is in the shi#iest position ever known to man ? lol or could it be something to do with the brand new looking trims on a tired 205 ?

[Leon 24]

It's definitely trim related. Some of you are close......

[TT205 42]

You've dug deep and fitted brand new trims and strips?

 

 

 

 

 

(and you have a wheel bolt missing )

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

There not proper red trim bits? There are different ?

[Obey_R 23]

Hopefully you're going to tell us you've taken moulds of the trim and have reproduced them to an exceptional quality for only pennies?!?

[jamie_1992 66 1 Cars]

looking at the extension lead i amuse you have machine polished it?

Edited April 19, 2013 by jamie_1992

[Leon 24]

There not proper red trim bits? There are different ?

Spot on

[kee 21]

vinyl wrapped them?

[welshpug 1,627]

I wrapped vinyl on my 309 trims as getting good ones was tricky, adamB sorted me a load of chrome vinyl strips.

[Leon 24]

They're not vinyl wrapped. They're made of wood!

 

The trims on this car were wrecked. I mean properly mangled, dented, cracked, the door length is split in three places.

I was thinking about what I could use as an alternative and wondered if a piece of wooden profile from Wickes might do the trick.......

 

They're a little bit wider than the real thing, but to be honest once the whole side of the car is done you wouldn't know unless you really looked for it. The wood is just sanded a bit smoother than it already is, cut to shape, painted red and lacquered and stuck on with a few blobs of your favourite adhesive or sealant.

 

Here's a comparison against a spare piece of trim from another 205 before lacquering

 

 

Total cost (I had the paint and lacquer already)........ £4 to do the whole car. It's not perfect, but then neither is the car!

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

Good work mate I had a topic up about this just a few days ago , some people will say there not OE so no , but if they can afford to spend £200 on a set of OE ones let them haha.

[Leon 24]

If it was a minter I'd spend the money on new original trim, but it's not, so I can't really justify the outlay.

 

The plastics had been sprayed black by a previous owner so I've keyed them and done them in dark grey bumper paint, although it's a bit paler than I'd like, it's a lot better than it was.

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

Yeah in that case i agree , but to find a minter you would need a bob or two anyway hence being able to afford OE parts

[MikeC 10]

Bit of grain sealer will remove any sign of wood grain in the wood.

Or if you mix saw dust with cascamite powered glue, a solid filler, that will never rot!

Neat job on the trims :-)

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

I looking forward to seeing you do the bumper ones