Tatty, Rusty, Cheap - Renault 5 Project

[jaake]

Did a super quick job repainting the wheels (theyre silver right into the dish now rather than like.. halfway-ish) and I prefer it so I'll be taking them all off tomorrow to do a proper job of it

[Mähks]

never seen a cool renault 5 love it!

[DutchieSaxo]

now this is something i really enjoy lookin' at. haven't seen much frenchies like this on here. Nice work already,

Sub'd for this one

[jaake]

now this is something i really enjoy lookin' at. haven't seen much frenchies like this on here. Nice work already,

Sub'd for this one

never seen a cool renault 5 love it!

Thank you! I'm starting to think about changing things up again, so it may take another path over the next few weeks..

But for now, I took the wheels off today


Repainted them with the card method because I'm somewhat lazy

And then put them back on


I know the bumper is hanging off a bit and the arches are kinna chewed up, thats something I'll be sorting out soon (and I'm really tempted to go for a Volvo 480 Turbo engine swap since it goes straight in.. ). Oh and I've wondered about doing the diesel oil thing on the fender to darken the rust maybe and theres a few more things I've yet to mention so I'll get more (and finally, better) pictures of those tomorrow

[jaake]

finally got new seat(s)... £5 for the pair theyre about 50 years old which is why probably



only problem is that they sit super low, it feels like im sat on the floor amd even though im easily over 6ft tall the visibility is really not great (and the interior really needs tidying up i know, the wheel is probably gunna be swapped out for something else too)

[jaake]

As it currently sits (in the typical UK rain) with the oil cooler refitted



Might take the rack off for a while and clear the indicators.. opinions?

[TeckniX]

Stop messing around and recreate the Renault 5 Turbo 2 look.

NAOOOOOO Enfin si tu peux

[SnazzyQ]

+1 ↑

[jaake]

Stop messing around and recreate the Renault 5 Turbo 2 look.]

But where's the fun in that?? ..
Anyway, this is the second generation ('85-'96), and the Turbo 2 was made from the first generation body ('72-'85), not to mention that the Turbo 2 is mid-engined and rwd
Obviously the Turbo 2 is worlds ahead but they're so much rarer and more expensive
This car is nothing serious at all it's just a bit of fun

[P78]

mm

has potential, but not liking the oil cooler, and the rusted fender

[jaake]

mm

has potential, but not liking the oil cooler, and the rusted fender

Thanks, not gunna go down the gt turbo route either since I would rather just buy one instead of making it look like one but I definitely prefer them over the normal ones (who wouldn't though really)

I'm pretty sure I'm gunna get all the rust off and then maybe even repaint it

[P78]

good luck in finding one that hasn't been wrapped around a tree

back in the day i used to know a guy who put an mi16 engine in it from his 405 lol

[jaake]

They're fairly easy to find over here, and I'm sure I'll get one eventually
As for this, I've seen a lot of cool engine swaps done on them so that's something I wanna do in the near future hopefully.. (a full mid engine rwd swap like the Turbo 2 would be awesome but an absolute nightmare to do)

[jaake]

rack off

[jaake]

Currently..


Engine swap coming soon hopefully..