The chassis work that needed doing after the accident was getting done by Zane at Zannetec and when I sat down with him to work out exactly what needed to be done, he agreed to fit the AC at the same time as the repairs. The rear axle turned out to have a bent halfshaft and was in need of a rebuild. While it was all in bits Zane also fitted the Baer brakes and rotors for the rear which should balance out my braking system a bit. The AC took a lot of messing about to clear everything, and some of it had to be fabricated to suit. With it all done, Zane delivered it to the paintshop who I’d found to do the work, who handily were only about a mile from the house.

With new doors and wings to fit, they set about repairing the rest and taking all the orange paint off ready to pain the car in its new colour. There were no real horror stories under the paint but some cracks of the factory joins were cut out and remade with weld. I also took the spoiler off along with all the chrome trim that I didn’t want to go back on. They filled and sanded then filled and sanded some more till they were happy with the way it all looked then got it into the booth for some high build primer. They were concerned about my choice of colour, as it seemed very bright so wanted me to come down and agree it before they went any further. I loved it straight away and knew it would be right for the car so told them to carry on.