Das Boot

The first thing that we finished (although when you do a project like this nothing is ever finished) was the boot. When we got the car there were no gas struts on the rear boot, and every time we lifted it we almost broke our back. We wanted to try and loose as much weight from the boot as possible. In the vein of that we lost all the trim plastic on the interior, the rear windshield wiper assembly, the exterior plastic trim under the licence plate and the badge ; ) The only things left are the things that are needed to keep the car road legal. We thought about the possibilities of removing the rear screen as that is where most of the weight is, but firstly the shape is to complex to mould in plastic by ourselves (it curves in two axis) and secondly it would not be heated and therefore a little dangerous for everyday use on chilly days. Then as you have probably noticed we painted the boot black. Personally I love it, and I think once it has all the black details on it, it will look pimp.




As you would imagine once the wiper was removed there was a hole left in the glass. Funnily enough one of the bits of the interior fit right into the hole and looked factory fresh.