Time to 'pimp' our 'ride'

06 July 2007

A middle-class, well educated man from the seaside in Suffolk called Tim about to do some 'pimping', yesterday.A lovely summer's evening, a jig saw and some bits of a Subaru Impreza. Sounds like a plan hatching.

Yes, tonight I started to hack away at the Renault and create a sports version. I'll be making the car lighter, thanks to cutting out parts of the bonnet. It'll also be more aerodynamic, thanks to a big scoop (don't bother me with technicalities such as a big lump of glass fibre being a bad thing, aerodynamically speaking). Importantly, it'll also look cool.

Kind of.

First, we removed the bonnet.



After (roughly) masking off where the vents and scoop were going, it was time for the first cut. I'll admit that, just for one moment, I hesitated. I feel ashamed and dirty admitting that.



Some jig sawing later and the hole for the scoop was done.



Time to crack on with the vents.



Resting the parts in place to get an idea of what the finished article will look like.



And, after more drilling so I could fix nuts and bolts, and a lot of filling, there is the finished bonnet.



Back on the car, it almost looks sporty.



I think that's a suitably high level of rubbishness achieved. Job done.

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