without fooling his parents into re-mortgaging their house. On top of that he had devised an eevil plan, ok so it wasn't evil but a plan nonetheless. Shaun planned to buy a written off Renault 5 Turbo and strip it of all its goodies, within a week he had found a suitable car, it had everything bar an engine, which for obvious reasons was perfect, a full body kit and interior for £100 -bargain. Whilst looking for a body shop that could squeeze him in ASAP he ordered new rims, 15 inch Mille Spiders. A few days later Shaun was faced with a huge dilemma when his sparkling new alloys arrived - Keep driving around in a completely standard 5 Campus and look a little bit sad or put the alloys onto the campus and smash through the barrier of social acceptable. Shaun opted for the latter as he just couldn't endure seeing the alloys stacked up in the corner of his garage any longer. The following week he had the car lowered 50mm and a Peco big bore exhaust fitted, before getting it kitted.

Finally the day Shaun had been waiting for had arrived; it was time to collect the completed car. After even a quick inspection of his car it became evident why the body shop could fit him in so quickly. The kit colour wasn't the greatest and as for bonding, not a tube on super glue in sight, a master craftsman this guy was not, however the kit was on the car at last. On the way home, god took sympathy on Shaun and made sure that he was sandwiched in a three car smash. Remarkably although Shaun’s car was the oldest of the three, he only lost his rear bumper. A couple of intensive DIY hours later and the bumper was back on the car, admittedly sagging slightly, but he couldn't pull the string any tighter. A couple of months after his bump and a cheque arrived from one of the other insurance companies, to replace his bumper. With the money Shaun bought another old Renault 5 Turbo rear bumper, termite meshing; a Laguna grill and a Prima Tarmac rear Spoiler. After some recommendations he found a new garage to do the work and had the lot fitted and bumpers smoothed - Better still this time he couldn't fit his fingers in the gap between the kit and the car. The 5 was now almost complete, a few finishing touches remained, such as ICE, colour coded interior and a two Cobra seats.

Now a modifying veteran – (not quite) here are Shaun's top tips:

1. When putting your car to the garage to have it lowered take the key for the locking wheel nuts.
2. Only use a body shop that has adequate ventilation
3. Don't drive over pot holes, especially deep ones.