cubixgames

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Apr 16, 2007
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Co. Durham
So I got this last week at auction for £1700 which I think was an alright price to be paid.

It already has some changes made to the inside of the car, So I think im going to stick with the colour options that are their already as im a fan of red and black.

So not sure how its going to go yet as ive only had it a few days.

But was thinking of getting the car sprayed as the body work looks a little tattie just bonnet and roof. Or doing it the cheaper way and getting the roof and bonnet wrapped in a dark red to match the rest of the car.

Going to send the alloys off the get a full work over and get them sprayed in dark red as well.

Going to order a set of adjustable coil overs or a full set of set height lowering springs and shocks.

Hit luck with the turbo as it had a new one fitted about 10k ago.

Going to change all the pipes I can under the bonnet to red pipes just to keep the red going.

One of the tv screens in the rear is not working so going to replace and upgrade them.

Media player that is in the car is not fitted in a very good place and cds/dvds jump when going over bumps so going to replaced with a full MP3 SD card system.

Already has a full stainless steal exhaust system on it but I don't like it looks too chavie so I want to keep the stainless steal system but replace the back box with one that is more like the original.

Want to make the car look nice again and then will start on other things such as

Stripping out the engine bay where possible
Remap
Then go from their on performance mods.

Dump valve is possible, as I love the sound they make and think all turbo should make that noise. (any recommendation on make model type that work) would be nice pls.

1st Jobs already getting done tomorrow. Full service with replacement timing belt and waterpump as not sure if it has already been done so getting it out of the way. All with original parts.



This is what the car looks like at the moment, If any one knows the car or the past owners their is a button next to the hand brake and I would love to know what it does.
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This last one is the one with the strange button

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Little update to the car.

Had some issues with cooling on this over the last month. So needed to spend some time learning to work on the car by my self and with the help of you lot on here.

So this month the car has had

Brand new alternator
Brand new thermostat
Brand new radiator fan switch and Coolent sensor fitted
Brand new Main Fan as well as the little controller under the batter replaced. Ive got to have the cleanest coolent around after the amount of times ive had to take it back out.

Got the waterpump and the belt done about 400 miles ago.

Now have a spare set of 18inch my work wheels to go on the car so I can get the standard wheels sorted out as their in rather bad condition. with some nice full hub spacers of about 15mm to clear the cals with extended bolts. Should look nice sitting on these and will be fitted soon as I can find out what Halfords has done with my locking wheel adapter which is cause major problems getting the wheels off.

Also decided that I want to have a media player sitting in the front of the car so im in the middle of reworking the heater controls to some where else and putting either an Ipad 1 or a Kindle Fire hd in the dash with all my mp3s on.

Have my front mounted intercooler sitting in the garage waiting to go on the car, Just looking at different ways to fit it as I don't want to lose my fog lights.

Also now looking in to a electronic boost controller and a retune