my 2001 baleno GsR "buildup"

[GSRLoz]

hey guys, here is my uk baleno gsr (j18). i bought this on a wim, accidentally discovered it, went to see it, drove it loved it! and considered selling it but cant bring to myself to get rid of it! shes not perfect few dings and scratches but its used not garaged! heres how she was looking a few weeks back, all id done at this point was induction filter and cold air feed.

since these pictures i have tinted the two rear windows, painted the rocker cover, had a custom exhaust fitted and today my new steering wheel arrived. i have some subaru impreza seats im considering getting fitted and im also looking into the impreza coilover conversion. il try keep you posted on how things are going

[GSRLoz]

some more recent pictures, these with the windows tinted and the car lowered, also the rocker cover painted and the air filter slightly further forward.

[GSRLoz]

now only has the cat on the manifold, hid kit is ordered, gsr badges removed to make it look more like a grannymobile! also have a load of heat wrap, think i might wrap the exaust this weekend, and fully flush out the coolent and replace!

[STAR2K8]

Nice!
I see you had the same problem as i did with the heat shield not coming off lol, i had to take the manifold off and hammer/chisel got them rusty bolts off 

[GSRLoz]

yeh, i ended up having to chisel it all off while it was still attatched haha. all heat wrapped now though instead. no more rattle!!

[paulmcc]

loving the car, fan of the gsr's in silver. how did you remove the second cat? any performance gains or problems with engine light comin on?

[GSRLoz]

cat was removed with the assistance of a grinder! then a straight pipe welded in its place. no problems with the engine light, and i regularly run a diagnostic on my car just to check too and thats fine. quite a big difference, just revs so much free-er and eliminates that flat spot in the lower revs. helped the top speed a little too

[GSRLoz]

striped the rocker cover, and started polishing, its coming off again next weekend to finish the job, this is the work in progress



and i removed the silver S as the metal was peeling off. removed all the double sided take holding it in and decided i like it without it



let me know what you think!

[paulmcc]

to be honest i prefered the rocker cover in matte black lol personal preference, still looks good polished and im liking the grill all black, i was thinking about paining the silver 's' black but i didn't know you could remove it

[GSRLoz]

each to his own and all that. still not sure about it myself, but iv started in now! yeh, think im gonna keep the s off i quite like it! would look better on a black baleno though i think

[JimmyGray]

ive just bought some chrome paint to re-do my Suzuki badge! thinking about getting some mesh involved on my grille too

[GSRLoz]

[andy b]

how did you get your indicators clear ?

[GSRLoz]

its in the how to section mate

[GSRLoz]

new disks, will be ordering some fast road pads on pay day, maybe some performance brake lines