#1: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:07 pm ---- Hey guys,
I thought I'd use this thread to keep a log of the things I've been doing on my girlfriends car and its progress.
The cars a 2001 china blue Dturbo with 117k miles on the clock.
As you can see it's in pretty clean condition.
But its in need of lowering as it looks like its on stilts.
We bought the car eighteen months ago to replace her 2001 Megane Coupe 2L IDE as it was too thirsty and costing loads to run.
It was a shame we had to get rid of it as it was a really nice car and it only had 70k miles on the clock.
Unfortunately it took about six months to sell the Megane so the 206 just sat on the drive until it had gone.
When we got it on the road the brakes were shocking so it had new discs, pads and while I was replacing them I noticed the offside drop link rubber had perished. The rear shoes had also shed its lining so it's had brakes all round and I cleaned up and painted the drums.
Next was the handling, the car was unsteady on the road and the rear swing arm was an advisory on the last MOT so thought it might of been because of that. I replaced the bearings on that side.
I had to use a hydraulic ram to get the arm off as the torsion bars were seized on.
Replacing the bearings made no difference.
I ordered these last week.
They're only going to lower 35mm as we don't want it too low.
Then I thought it must be something on the front so last weekend before I took that a part I checked the tracking on my new trackace , I found to my surprise that it was toeing out 40' and I should be toeing in 7' ±4 now I've heard that toe out can cause the issues but I didn't think it could be that bad any way I stripped the front suspension and checked everything. I found the bottom ball joints were dry, the offside one had a lot of play, the top mount bearing were also shot and the offside damper had also been leaking.
So I got myself down to eurocarparts for this lot.
Both top mount bearings where cracked and dry.
The strut made up.
Car waiting for parts.
Nice new stuts fitted.
All done and back on the deck.
I didn't get chance to adjust the tracking, I found the car to still have a mind of its own so the next day I adjusted it to what it should be. After that the car felt a lot more planted and didn't want to shoot off when changing lanes on the motorway.
I still need to adjust the rear but I was thinking of waiting to let the front settle in before adjusting but I think I need to get another axle as there still seems to be a lot of play there in the swing arm. So the plan is to get one soon, recondition and adjust that one.
This weekend I'll be fitting her old sub and amp.
Plans are (in no order);
Source rear axle recondition and fit. Got axle just need to adjust and fit
Fit ICE. Done - but now stolen
Source and fit electric mirrors.
Source and fit spoilers. Done
Refurbish two alloys. Sourced some 180 alloys
Colour code bumpers.
Colour code door hands.
Paint calipers.
Fix air con. Done -replaced condenser
Look in to fitting climate control. Last edited by DeeTurbo on Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:06 pm; edited 1 time in total
#2: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: marc206, Location: Bourne, LincsPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:14 pm ---- Love the title and looking forward to see how this project goes
#3: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:02 pm ---- Thanks, yeah this projects nothing major. I'm just going to get the car in a nice condition so it's more enjoyable to drive and a bit more pleasing to the eye.
I can't get over how jacked up the suspension is for the "sporty" diesel version.
It was heart breaking to let her Megane go on ebay for only £650, the car was mint.
#4: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:33 pm ---- I've got a set of GTi mirrors if your interested
#5: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: spike_202, Location: West midsPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:28 am ---- Great stuff, how come changing the bearings didn't solve the problem?
#6: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: LiamGTi180, Location: OxfordPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:49 am ---- Plans sound good. Clean and simple
#7: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: dan_manu, Location: Flintshire, North WalesPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:35 am ---- a year 2001 with 117k miles :/ how much did you pay for it? as it looks like its needed a fair bit of work on it which most people probably would of broke and got a new car , but tbf its looking realy good
id just be careful how much i spend on it as you might struggle to sell it for a decent price with all those miles on a french car
#8: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:27 am ----
LeeThr wrote:
I've got a set of GTi mirrors if your interested
How much would you like for them and will they fit a pre-plexed car? I understand there two types of connector on the wing mirrors.
I was thinking of getting this cheap new set of ebay, £42 for a set of mirrors, I couldn't believe how cheap they are. No doubt the quality isn't up to much but at that price I can't moan.
spike_202 wrote:
Great stuff, how come changing the bearings didn't solve the problem?
I think the car was left with the dodgy bearings for sometime and there is now too much wear in the shaft. Ether the bearings I've put in have failed again or there just flapping about on the worn grove on the shaft. It would be nice if there was a sleeve you could replace but I think I'll have to replace the whole axle because of this.
I'm thinking of replacing that one with one off a SW as it's one or two mm thicker ARB and torsion bars. I'm not going to go down the disc axle route.
dan_manu wrote:
a year 2001 with 117k miles :/ how much did you pay for it? as it looks like its needed a fair bit of work on it which most people probably would of broke and got a new car , but tbf its looking realy good
id just be careful how much i spend on it as you might struggle to sell it for a decent price with all those miles on a french car
Well we were after a 206 Dturbo for quite sometime and there weren't many coming up. We went to see a couple and traveled some distance to see them but they turned out to be a load of sheds.
There was this one in Manchester we went to see, it looked really nice in the pics and the guy offered partx on her Megane. I think he wanted her car and us to pay a grand. When we got there the car was pre warmed up, started it up and the stop light was on continues, the alloys were in really bad condtion, there was oil all over the place under the bonnet and I really don't think it would of got us back home. I wouldn't have had it if he gave me the car and gave me a grand for her car.
Anyway I paid a bit too much because we traveled to look at this one and I thought it wasn't to bad, I'd had enough of looking as well.
Millage wise I didn't think it to bad. I've got the same engine in my 306 and I've done 297k miles in it. I've had that from new and have never had any problems.
I'm not really to worried about the resale value of this car as I know it won't be worth much when we do go to replace it. she just wanted something cheap and had tidy body work.
Oh we paid £1.4k 18 months ago. Yep, definitely too much.
#9: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:35 am ---- £40 posted?
#10: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:34 am ---- Yeah I'll have them but will they defo fit? Could you take a pic of the plug just to confirm there the same plug? Or shall I upload a pic of the plug on mine?
#11: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:22 am ---- What colour plug are they?
#12: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:14 am ---- I'm not sure but I'll check as soon as I get home. I think they're brown, I know the driver side plug has four pins if that's any help?
#13: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:29 am ---- Well either way, I can cut part of the loom so that if the plug is different you can wire it in yourself.
#14: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:25 pm ---- Sounds good to me.
The plug on the driver side is brown.
#15: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:44 pm ---- Think my plugs will be different, but I can supply part of the loom for you to be able to wire it in.
#16: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:56 pm ---- I'm not sure I'll be able to use your mirrors. I've had a quick at the Haynes manual and my four wire plug isn't in the wiring diagram section. Your mirrors need five wires to operate and my plug has only got four. I've got the switch so I'll plug that in and I'll see what I get at the plug and go from there.
I'll also search the forum to see if anyone else had this problem.
#17: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:00 pm ---- You will just have to run an extra couple of wires, ask Iain on here he did it to his 1.1
#18: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:52 pm ---- This weekend I've not had much chance to get things done because of working late on Saturday and not feeling the best on Sunday.
So, I've not had chance to look in to the electric mirrors just yet.
What I have got done is install her old headunit, amp and sub.
I've seen Halfords have got a Bluetooth, Ipod, USB Alpine unit on sale for £99.99. I'm thinking of getting this for xmas for her.
I've got a quickshift on order now as well, as the throw is so long on this car. It's a cheap item from China so will take forever to arrive but for £36 I thought it's worth it.
The car drives loads better with the new bits up front it just needs some better boots as the ones one it have seen better days. The rubber has a few little cracks and doesn't grip very well in in the wet.
#19: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Mon May 20, 2013 4:38 pm ---- So it's been pretty quiet on the updates. I've mainly been doing bits on my car of late, that is when I can be arsed. Been getting a serious case of CBA.
Anyway got a bit bored yesterday so finally got around to putting her spoiler on. Was a bit of a pain as I went the bolting on route.
This is how I did it.
First made a template of the foot of the spoiler.
Stuck it loosely to the spoiler.
Placed the spoiler on the car and removed it. The template stuck to the car.
Drilled a 6mm hole through both skins of the boot.
Drilled the bottom skin out to 10mm so the bolt head would go through.
Next I used a m6x10mm mushroom head allen bolt to secure the spoiler to the car.
Next I need to fit the quick shift that's been sitting in the garage the last couple of months, change the door speakers for some Rainbow SLX 265 DELUXE I've got, amp them, fit an Alpine 9831 I found in the shed and get some body coloured door handles. I think it'll be cheaper to just buy them instead of spraying them myself.
Anyway lots do just hope I can get my a**e in gear the next few week now the weathers getting better.
Ooh, almost forgot need to change the rear axle as well. I think that should be pretty high on my priorities as the handling has gone to pot as the OS arm is pretty bad now.
#20: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:09 pm ---- The other halfs not so happy now as her sub and amp were stolen.
The strange thing is there was no damage done to the car. All the locks are fine and no punched hole in the door skin.
#21: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: 20Drift, Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:32 am ----
DeeTurbo wrote:
The other halfs not so happy now as her sub and amp were stolen.
The strange thing is there was no damage done to the car. All the locks are fine and no punched hole in the door skin.
Have you checked the locking mechanism on the car? I've got a mate whose boot doesn't lock with the rest of the car, so it could be a possible central locking issue :s
#22: Re: Project "keeping the other half happy" Author: DeeTurbo, Location: BedfordshirePosted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:02 pm ---- It all seems to working ok.
The alarm keeps going off so we never deadlock it but I'm going to look into this.
Today I put some Challenger/Vortex alloys on got them cheap. One was covered with CV grease and was a bit of a bugger to clean up.
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