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Small Update: Badges, Spoiler, Skirts and Grille
Picked up some plastidip last month, grabbed a few cans of black and white. Original plans were to do the headlight eyebrows in black followed by the bellones in white. I ended up doing the grille also as seen in the picture below, however opted to leave the chevrons chrome (still undecided about this).
Had been longing for the CSR spoiler since I picked up the keys months ago, finally got one and had it sprayed the same colour. Doesnt have the same depth as the colour of the car however its close enough to keep me happy. Haven't got around to permanently fixing it on yet however here's a test fit:
Can also see from this photo that I've removed the rear citroen lettering and dipped the 'ds' emblem black.
Originally one of the side skirts from my car were cracked, my dealer had agreed to source a new one for me as well as the securing clips. (It's the plastic strip along the very bottom sill of the car). These are an absolute pain to fit, the clips are flimsy and snap easily, I've been through 2 sets trying to get the fitment right. My other side skirt was slightly loose, so I removed it and got new clips to tighten it up. However, as is the way with these things, it snapped half the clips on the first try, so I'm currently driving around with one skirt while I wait on more clips arriving.
Moving onto the bellones. As you may expect with this being a 2010 car, the corrosion around the center caps of the bellones is ridiculous, I've been saving my pennies for a set of team dynamics in white (Similar to those from the racing).
Sadly, my TV packed up last week and the money I'd set aside for the team dynamics was sunk into that.
As if things couldn't get any worse, I encountered a Fiesta zetec S on the backroads near where I live :rolleyes:, and during a 'Spirited Drive' I managed to clip a pothole around 60mph, which my front left and rear left bellone didn't agree with.
Picture makes it out to be less bad than it is, the entire alloy is split, the tire completely blew out, and there is a hole the size of a £2 coin in the sidewall.
The rear alloy is buckled out of shape and has a small crack (unsure whether it can be repaired) and also a slow puncture.
Never in my life my life had I longed for a space saver like I did last night, tried to switch the wheel for a black steelie off my mate's fiesta, however it was the wrong size, tried again with my cousins mazda 2 space saver, however it was nowhere near big enough. I was out in the middle of nowhere up a steep hill where no tow truck would have been able to get me (unsure how I even made it up in the first place, had to rev the nuts off first gear). So I eventually gave up and risked driving it back to my house at 20mph the whole way, with both tires now completely flat, and the front alloy wobbling as If no tire was even fitted!
My dad surprised me today with two (Very rough) matching white bellones with tires, so I'm planning on plastidipping all four in the hope of tidying them up a bit.
Thanks for reading!
Edit: Proper photo of the car:
Had been longing for the CSR spoiler since I picked up the keys months ago, finally got one and had it sprayed the same colour. Doesnt have the same depth as the colour of the car however its close enough to keep me happy. Haven't got around to permanently fixing it on yet however here's a test fit:
Can also see from this photo that I've removed the rear citroen lettering and dipped the 'ds' emblem black.
Originally one of the side skirts from my car were cracked, my dealer had agreed to source a new one for me as well as the securing clips. (It's the plastic strip along the very bottom sill of the car). These are an absolute pain to fit, the clips are flimsy and snap easily, I've been through 2 sets trying to get the fitment right. My other side skirt was slightly loose, so I removed it and got new clips to tighten it up. However, as is the way with these things, it snapped half the clips on the first try, so I'm currently driving around with one skirt while I wait on more clips arriving.
Moving onto the bellones. As you may expect with this being a 2010 car, the corrosion around the center caps of the bellones is ridiculous, I've been saving my pennies for a set of team dynamics in white (Similar to those from the racing).
Sadly, my TV packed up last week and the money I'd set aside for the team dynamics was sunk into that.
As if things couldn't get any worse, I encountered a Fiesta zetec S on the backroads near where I live :rolleyes:, and during a 'Spirited Drive' I managed to clip a pothole around 60mph, which my front left and rear left bellone didn't agree with.
Picture makes it out to be less bad than it is, the entire alloy is split, the tire completely blew out, and there is a hole the size of a £2 coin in the sidewall.
The rear alloy is buckled out of shape and has a small crack (unsure whether it can be repaired) and also a slow puncture.
Never in my life my life had I longed for a space saver like I did last night, tried to switch the wheel for a black steelie off my mate's fiesta, however it was the wrong size, tried again with my cousins mazda 2 space saver, however it was nowhere near big enough. I was out in the middle of nowhere up a steep hill where no tow truck would have been able to get me (unsure how I even made it up in the first place, had to rev the nuts off first gear). So I eventually gave up and risked driving it back to my house at 20mph the whole way, with both tires now completely flat, and the front alloy wobbling as If no tire was even fitted!
My dad surprised me today with two (Very rough) matching white bellones with tires, so I'm planning on plastidipping all four in the hope of tidying them up a bit.
Thanks for reading!
Edit: Proper photo of the car:
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