The Bumble Beams - Printable Version

The Bumble Beams - Printable Version

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The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 26-11-2019

Right, I've been on this forum a while now so it's about time I started my own project thread...
Most of this was done a while ago and I don't have many photos so I won't go into too much detail.

This is near enough how I got my car:
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I'd just given it to a paint shop to tidy a few bits up.

The first thing that had to change was the registration plates. I also had the standard wheels powder coated matt black and bought myself a shiny new sport grille.
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Next on the list was a new set of rear lights. I also tinted the rear fog lights to match.
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I finally got fed up with not having any music in the car as the standard stereo had the dreaded Err 3.
I'd always fancied a car pc and now that I had a car that I loved I figured I'd have a go at it.
First up was the touch screen. I bought myself a double din fascia, a 7" touchscreen and a dremmel.
I cut the screen surround down so that it fitted nicely in the fascia and glued it in place.
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Next I glued the screen buttons into the lower part of the fascia.
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I then filled all the gaps with leftover pieces of plastic, covered the whole thing in filler, then sanded, primed and painted.
After I re-fitted all the electrics this is what I was left with
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I don't seem to have any photos of the Installation of the PC...
[runs outside to take photo of finished item]
I had a clear acrylic cover made for the pc, although it's not been fitted properly yet...
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And the amp
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The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 26-11-2019

Next the headlights were split and repainted. I decided to tint the indicator lens rather than remove it.
Test to see how good it looks.
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Finished Lights. Front fog lights had been removed for painting. Side repeaters were tinted as well.
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At this point I joined the forum
This is how the car looked after a good wash.
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Time for a new exhaust... A 5Zigen fireball exhaust came up on ebay. A bargain at only £92
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I had now decided I wanted to improve the handling of the tezzy so bought some HSD coilovers from another forum member.
They were a bit dirty when I got them so they needed to be cleaned up
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I had the springs powder coated as the paint was flaking off of them.
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The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 26-11-2019

I got a mate to fit them for me.
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I think the car was lowered by about 2".

Now for some engine bay dress-up
Fuse box covers painted purple
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Purple camo vinyl produced. (perks of the job)
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Fuse box cover outline designed on computer and cut into vinyl
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And applied to covers
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Next the rest of the vinyl was stuck to the underside of the bonnet and cooling panel bought from sprinter2012
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The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 26-11-2019

HKS Exhaust manifold! Another great find on ebay.
I polished it up a bit before it was fitted.
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I eventually got round to painting the rear calipers and centre caps. Made the car look much better.
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Bought myself some TRD gauges though they still aren't fitted.
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I think that is pretty much how the car stands at the moment. I have bought some new wheels that I'm about to get shot blasted and resprayed for summer.
The wheels are Racing Hart C4's in 18" x 8.5" which had just been "professionally refurbished" though the paint wasn't very smooth and there were loads of blemishes etc.
That didn't really bother me though as I was planning on respraying them anyway. I have done a little experiment on the wheels to see how they would come out.
I left the matt black paint that was on the wheels and shot a coat of purple pearl mixed with clear lacquer.

First the wheel was masked up with pink gaffa tape. Looks awesome!
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Then the paint.
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They came out exactly as I wanted. Depending on the light they flip between black and purple nicely.

The Bumble Beams - purplewitch - 26-11-2019

Absolutely love your car Kev, you've done a great job .... and those wheels are AWESOME!!!!! I want I want I want!! Smile

The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 26-11-2019

Ha ha, I thought you'd like them!

The Bumble Beams - FirebirdPhil - 26-11-2019

Key that's a beautiful car. Yellow wins, purple wins.

The Bumble Beams - Kevpr - 26-11-2019

2tongues Yellow wins, purple wins.

Cheers mate. Does that mean my car is bi-winning, Charlie Sheen style? :laugh:

The Bumble Beams - FirebirdPhil - 26-11-2019

Yea, well triple winning as the black really works also.

The Bumble Beams - Almost Finished - 26-11-2019

What a very nice " Beaming " car you have :biggrin: