Renault 5 GTL 1987

[errey]

now thts what I'm talking about !

[michiel]

I want black 14 inch steels on my white Starlet, but not until my fairly fresh tyres need replacing, which at the current rate (about 4,000 km a year...) won't be before 2017. Might spray the current wheels black one day though.

[michiel]

Oh, and I really like them 5's! Cool little froggy.

[samyboy]

errey said:

Its my aim to take it down the strip at Santapod at least once!

good man don't let anyone put you off this don't let anyone tell you its not worth it its too slow and such like its a great experience and a rigt adrenalie rush

i sujest stripping the rear seats out for a quick simple mod gives you a little more accel and braking

then give your engine a right good service

these also look the nuts with a little lowering

[dollywobbler]

The Pod is good fun. We took our 2CVs there earlier in the year and hardly anyone laughed! We were racing the Renault 4 boys but their large capacity (all of 1108cc) engines had us whipped.

There was a seriously souped 5 turbo there. It blew its gearbox all over one of the tracks so don't go crazy!

[akku]

I learned to drive in one of these. metallic blue one would have been a similar year. I thought the 5s were all 3 stud?

[errey]

The engine has had a really good service and now runs good n proper. Taking out the back seats does sound like a well good idea lol. but sadly i need the space for people. I plan to take it road trippping! Lowering would b imense. Its got bars on the back instead of springs which i have no idea about...

[jettadeluxe]

DON'T waste time on using Back to Black or painting bumpers and trim. B2B will last 5 mins and paint will just flake off if not prepped/done properly and thats gonna cost £££.

A simple trick, get a heat gun, like those used to strip paint from window frames, and heat the bumpers. Keep the gun moving so as not to melt them, and you'll find that they'll 'magically' turn black again. don't get too close though, and mind any surrounding plastics or paint.

They'll need doing again, periodically, but its cheap and straightforwards to do!

[trg1984]

love ur car mate, please don't make it too ratty looking, its sweet already, spend 2-3 hours a day staring at a pic of slaters metro and then try and decide what to do to ur reny.

[errey]

Good news i have bin put in for my driving test! I will finally get 2 drive my 5!
As soon as i get paid i gna get looking for some alloys on ebay.
my dad sed he will spray them for me at work. so tht sorted.
what tyres do u reckons i should whack on them?
I have also started looking into what sound system I'm gona put in the 5.
i want 2 it b really subtle and then blow ur head off.
so i dnt want any speakers in the parcel shelf. i think i will create a speaker box in the boot?

[street]

Congrats on passing the test bud!
What size wheels have you settled on? Lowest profile tyres you can get are always a winner in terms of looks

[Mr K]

Cool, alloys, lowering, stereo, done!

i vote for building a speaker box in the boot containing a pair of 6x9s and a sub (seperate boxs) and then uprating the front speakers and head unit, hide the amp somwhere and cover the speaker box in some kind of crazy cool material, and have a old man rug at the ready to chuck over it for extra grandpa points!

does it have speakers in the rear doors? and can you hide the head unit.... 100% stealth.

[qwerty]

You don't need to have loads of speakers. I'm friendly with the Guy who runs Bass Mechanics and most of his big (award winning) systems comprise of three speakers and two tweeters.

By the absolute best you can afford and go for 2 mids in the front doors a 12" sub in the back and a four channel amp powering them all.

Sounds amazing!

[gotwood]

Thats a tidy looking 5 you've got there mate.
As it's white,why don't you do something like this...

[Snoozin]

qwerty said:

You don't need to have loads of speakers. I'm friendly with the Guy who runs Bass Mechanics and most of his big (award winning) systems comprise of three speakers and two tweeters.

By the absolute best you can afford and go for 2 mids in the front doors a 12" sub in the back and a four channel amp powering them all.

Sounds amazing!

A man with good knowledge of car audio. Rear speakers are simply not necessary unless you carry passengers often. 6x9's are the devil if you have a sub as well.

R5 looks cool, absolutely loads of potential there too!!!

[SteveP]

Hurrah, useful audio advice - that's exactly how my setup is ;D

Got bored and did a photoshop, standard rims... just needs to be lowered...

[dollywobbler]

Nice photoshop. Just looks smooth and very tasty.

As for the "Herbie style" Polo, where's my sick bag?!

[errey]

Yeah the polo is interesting...
I love the photoshop. the indicators n repeaters r imense, i might have 2 do tht!
and the mouldings looking really black look great against the white.
will tht heat gun method make them tht black?

[errey]

WOOO passed my test!!! bin driving around alll day. got my retrorides stickers up in it. I really need a new sound system badly!! bloody awesome.

[Davenger]

Congrats on passing your test mate.
Nice one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!