How Easy/hard To Remove?

[stepples 2]

Stripped the back out today and the floor plan is fairly clean. Tiny bit of surface that but nothing major or deep at all.

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

Post up some photos if you get a chance

[stepples 2]

Will do, took some today but phone won't upload them

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

If you removed the Lexus lights , the whale tail spoiler and M3 mirrors then fitted a set of white Speedline SL434's on spacers you might get away with it - provided you ditch the subwoofer and under no circumstances play any drum and bass

 

Hey man don't spoil my fun !!

[stepples 2]

No stereo or speakers will solve the drum and bass issue

[stepples 2]

Pictures of the boot pan and inner arch. Some surface rust but no holes and arches are clean (apart from the glue making them look dirty!)

[welshpug 1,622]

those areas each side will be holes, its where the rail underneath is spot welded to the boot floor.

[Anthony 1,000]

those areas each side will be holes, its where the rail underneath is spot welded to the boot floor.

Yup, common 205 rot spot - pokey tool will find holes. Probably that one at the rear won't be too clever either.

 

Can't see if it's just a trick of the light, but is that a large rust patch on the offside under where the rear seat base would be? Again, a common rot spot but that looks like it's a fairly significant size and will likely become a fair hole once poked...

 

Still, fair play for taking it on and most would have shied away

[stepples 2]

Yeah that's just shadow and a harness! Thanks for the comments. Knew it wouldn't be perfect but glad it's a common problem and glad it's not worse. Difficult to tell the extent but have had a poke and not gone through anywhere yet!

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

My white one was worse than this and was really rotten in some areas of the boot. I think that's not too bad going by the pictures.

[stepples 2]

Also looks like it has been under sealed which is good as someone has tried to take care of it but maybe bad as not sure what else could be hiding. In general really happy with the condition!

[stepples 2]

Removed more of the interior and only found 1 tiny hole, when stabbed at with a screwdriver the hole didn't get any bigger so no major issues flaring up at the moment.

[mowflow 67]

Also looks like it has been under sealed which is good as someone has tried to take care of it but maybe bad as not sure what else could be hiding. In general really happy with the condition!

The boot looks slightly worse than mine was and I ended up with a fair bit of welding once I got the wire wheel grinder out.

 

These cars were more than adequetly sealed from the factory so I'd wonder why someone felt the need to add to that.

 

How are the front inner wings and headlight panel? Those were the worst areas on mine.

[stepples 2]

The front inner wings drivers side panel is absolutely fine. I am rubbish at explaining but on the passenger side where the 2 panels meet will need a weld but don't need to cut out and replace. Will try to upload a picture, it won't let me do it from my mobile.

[Juttie205 123 2 Cars]

that picture of inside boot is not showing the inner arches and allthough they may look ok from inside depends how kit has been kitted to them as as on my dimma the outer wing was cut and folded over and thats where the rust was mine looked fine from inside car.

[stepples 2]

inside the front arch

[stepples 2]

Tomorrow is mot day. Expecting it to fail but that way I will have a list of what needs doing to get it road legal.

[stepples 2]

Apart from things not working due to wiring there were no major problems. No issues on corrosion, just things like lights not working etc. that would have been where a previous owners attempted to do the wiring themselves. Already started to strip down the front.

[gibbz 0]

Did you give up?

 

any updates?

Edited April 2, 2015 by gibbz

[stepples 2]

Been trying to post photos but the phone won't let me! I have bought wires from a donor 205 so will be getting to the wiring this week hopefully.

[stepples 2]

Bought these wires and will begin attaching them very soon to try and sort out the mess of wires

[stepples 2]

Indicators bought, just need the mounts now

[stepples 2]

So my side lights were completely messed up through the wiring that had been put in. So with no knowledge of skills behind me I set about removing the mess and used a crimping set to reattach standard wires that I got from a breaking 205. This is the first connection, many more to go.

[Juttie205 123 2 Cars]

Dont take this wrong way but a better repair to the looms would be to solder and heatshrink all joints instead of using crimps.

[stepples 2]

Yeah, thanks for the advice, appreciate it. I don't have much clue about what I am doing so it's a case of trial and improvement. Crimps didn't work, got all the wires sorted but no joy when I turned on the lights. Back to the drawing board and gotta find a multimeter to find out what is going on.