Espero by Viper

Viper · Post by **Viper** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:51 am

Hi, my name is Vedran , I am from Croatia and I drive a 97' Daewoo Espero

So here it is..

it was like this before I got my hands on it

I bought some new rims, from factory 185/65/14 I went to 215/35/18

I had to put some track spacers on the rear axle , 2cm on each side

but then it was normaly very high , it looked like a monster truck
so , I ordered Eibach springs -30mm for it, but by mistake they gave me -30mm for Nexia , and it lowered the front about 70mm and the rear about 40mm , I was very pleased

that was it for a while..

then the project started

because of the big rims, the rear brakes looked silly , so I got the rear axle from a Vectra 2.0

first I dissasembeled it..because it was rusty and didn't work ..

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I got rid of all the rust and painted it in mat black

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the callipers were repaired , fitted with new parts..

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old vs. new discs

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new discs painted in mat black

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all new parts fitted and assembeled

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old vs. new axle

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after a while driving and parking , I scratched a rim , so I decided to repair them and paint them

painted the inside in mat black

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very carefully I had to tape the rim to be painted

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the rims repaired and painted

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on the car with the new disc

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then it was the cars turn, so I started do take it apart

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and ready for some bodywork

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progress

all the signes are removed from the car, the frot is given a bad look , the rear is changed , rust is fixed , fenders are pulled out etc.

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and the new rear spacers, 3cm per side

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the front bad look

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and finally ready for a little trip

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The car was then driven 100km like that

The custom front and rear bumper are being made at the moment , as well as the custom sideskirts and rear wing, I expect it to be finished and painted by the end of the week, so till the next report ...

Lao · Post by **Lao** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:38 am

I also replied on www.gmclub.ro , but I might as well post it here also:

Welcome and congratulations on a hard and well done job!!

I am really impresed to see what amount of work you had with this car. I like it that you've done everything so clean and nicely worked.

Be sure to keep us posted on every progress you make, don't abandon this forum, ok?

Cheers!

Rodd1s · Post by **Rodd1s** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:27 am

I am also very impressed with the amount of effort that went into your car.

Truly inspirational!

gets me itching to do something to my car. lol

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:56 pm

nice, thats a happy mistake on getting the nexia springs. looking good

Viper · Post by **Viper** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:14 pm

C/P from other forums..

here is a preview pic of the front bumper..

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Its being painted at the moment , i HOPE it will be completed by saturday 77000000.gif

hope you like it

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And here are some new pics

They were taken 5 minutes after I brought it home, so please dont tell me that the parts "dont fit" because I know..they were onli put on the car for the photos, I will assemble it tommorow..

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and the exhaust

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the diffuser will be paintet in mat black on tuesday , or wednesday, and then I will put the exhaust on drunk.gif

Flat_Iron · Post by **Flat_Iron** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:23 am

nice finishing , congrats...i like it

jidasas · Post by **jidasas** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:35 am

Looks great...like a completely different car.

Jimmy

Slammed · Post by **Slammed** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:38 pm

WOW very very nice great job

GsiTurbo · Post by **GsiTurbo** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:31 pm

Nice job indeed! This is definitely one of the better looking Esperos out there!!

Rodd1s · Post by **Rodd1s** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:49 pm

GsiTurbo wrote:Nice job indeed! This is definitely one of the better looking Esperos out there!!

+1

Lao · Post by **Lao** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:48 am

The paint job looks great. Don't forget about updating your topin on the gmclub.ro ok?

Great job!

mocpac · Post by **mocpac** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:48 pm

man you change fro mUgly Betty to a Center Fall... Excellent job.

mr_g · Post by **mr_g** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:18 pm

GsiTurbo wrote:Nice job indeed! This is definitely one of the better looking Esperos out there!!

+1!

Looks like best looking woos comes from the same country...

Rodd1s · Post by **Rodd1s** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:10 am

that front view pic looks absolutely awesome!

racer95colombia · Post by **racer95colombia** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:05 pm

wow, nice work!!!!

i got a question, how much did you pay for nexia´s springs??