Let the restoration commence.

[Jennifer]

I think that is nice a subtle for 2 pipes

[TADO]

chuffin goodness. that looks great. what a lucky beat!
would love to meet up soon - we're back from jp towards the end of the month and hopefully should have a drivable beat waiting for us!

[imi]

That looks awesome, i'm soooo jealous!

[beardo]

Almost there now. Booked in for MOT on Thursday but still have a fair few jobs to do to it. Will be at Jap car night at Squires Cafe (LS25 5LX, for anyone interested in coming along) on Tuesday 5th June all being well.

[beardo]

Woo Hoo. MOT passed and now taxed. No pictures because the wife has grabbed the keys and disappeared. Needless to say she is a very happy bunny.

[Wh1teLeopard]

Congratulations

[beardo]

Apart from the Honda badges the exterior is pretty much finished.

[8EAT]

Looks very good ,nice job,where did you get your new roof from?

[Mylee]

Looking good Beardo, love the exhaust - looks the part, very smart. All I think your car needs now is lowering a couple of inches.

[TADO]

that looks stunning - that must be one happy little car.
i really like the moulded mudflaps and the exhaust is really nice. i agree with mylee too - it would look awesome if you could bring it down 2"

[imi]

Great job Beardo, it looks stunning!

[beardo]

Cheers guys and gals. The roof was on when we bought it last year. Not sure about lowering it as there are a number of speed humps where the wife works. Will have to have a look and see what clearance we have.

[Jennifer]

awesome good finish that

[beardo]

I'm getting on with the interior now. Ran it last summer without any carpet or sound proofing. So, had my orders and away we go.

Still undecided about the type of seats we're having so have opted to take care of the originals for the minute. I have stripped them, sent the covers for a trip in the washer and made some minor repairs. Also had to add a bit of sponge here and there. End result is a very clean standard seat.



Fitting the carpet is fun, not. I bought 2 rolls off ebay for not a lot of money. There is next to no pile in the carpet but it is still quite tough to cut and shape. So far I have carpeted the boot, rear shelf and rear wall. I have added sound proofing to the shelf and wall. I'm now on with the floor which is a bit of a pain. I'll soon be ready to paint and trim some plastic. Looking forward to that. I am really.







Sorry about the links, uploader isn't working.

[LEE.W.]

Superb... Been following your BEATS progress from the begining.Great to see the finished article(albeit with a few trim parts to finish).You must have put in a lot of hard work and money and i,m sure you'll have lots of fun driving it..when your wife returns with the keys..

[unclejemima]

looks great! This is my first visit to this thread, and I'll be coming back for more!

Can I ask where you got the exhaust from?

I ripped my seats apart as well. Did you have a hard time getting all the metal loops back together to hold the cushion tight (you know, the ones that you cut to take the seat apart) I'm not sure of the technical term.

Your seats look brand new!

MY seat is at the dry cleaners today, and I have to re-assemble it next week. I'm not looking forward to it. Any tips?

Keep up the good work! I have the full interior carpet ripped out of my beat as well, but I'm just going to give it a good steam clean I think to get rid of the stains/smoke smell.

Take care,

[beardo]

Putting the seats back together was fairly easy. Forget about the metal rings, put them all in the bin. Use nylon zip ties. The seat back is straight forward, obviously you tie the head rest first and then the lower back. The base is a little more tricky. Tie the bit that goes across the middle first and make sure you cut the excess because once you start the edges you won't be able to get to the middle anymore. When you do the rest, don't pull the ties tight, leave them all loose until you get them started, then pull them tights. Make sure you get the ties in a position where they are going to be easy to pull and trim. You'll know what I mean when you get started.

Some have had success steam cleaning the carpets. We opted for a new darker carpet because I will be painting most of the interior black. What doesn't get painted will be trimmed in black leather.

The exhaust was made by a local firm called Custom Pipes.
http://www.custompipes.co.uk/aboutus.html
Not a very big firm but they do good work.

[Mylee]

Looking forward to details on the interior painting.

[TADO]

crackin stuff beardo - cant wait to see the interior come together.
we're off to pick ours up from the bodyshop in 30 mins - cant wait!

[beardo]

crackin stuff beardo - cant wait to see the interior come together.
we're off to pick ours up from the bodyshop in 30 mins - cant wait!

Nice one. Have they built it up or are you doing that. I enjoyed building ours back up. Get some pictures up.