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 Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:17 am |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2013
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heres my 206
ive had her for a week now, she cost a wopping £150 with 11 months MOT but as with all cheap cars shes got afew problems.
first things first, off with the gti badge....
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:20 am |
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next out with the old headunit and changer.
replaced with a bargin bin halfords cd/dvd/usb etc..... headunit
only problem i had was that i had to swap the yellow/red leads round for the h/u memory
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:39 am |
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next was the lack of lighting on the dials.
no front/rear fog light bulbs, no mileage bulb, no full beam, no fuel light just to name a few...
just changed afew bulbs on the dials and now ive got lights....
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:41 am |
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time for some child slavery
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:34 pm |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010
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Location: Palestine
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looks nice for 150 GBP :D,well some work,like polish and wax and it will be nice,alloy wheels  and you got a lovely ride,so why you didn't change the speedo plastic protector?
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:52 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Margate, Kent
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I like the colour 
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:04 pm |
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| Timon2210 wrote: |
| so why you didn't change the speedo plastic protector? |
dont have one, when i find one i'll be changing it
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Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:43 am |
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little bit of a update, my pockets are now £200 lighter.
was dropping the boss lady off at work when the clutch decided to pack up out of the blue without warning, could only get the car in gear with the engine not running.
i dropped the car off at my local garage who found that this part - (number 5)
was snapped into loads of mini bits inside and mushed the clutch.
the garage replaced the part and fitted a new clutch, also new g/box oil, drive shaft seals and clutch cable.
on the down side the heater blower is only blowing on full and wont turn off.
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 7:39 pm |
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Joined: Feb 23, 2013
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Thats nice and cheap! Was it the releasing bearing that gave up on the clutch ?
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:08 pm |
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the release bearing was very warn
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:12 am |
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Happened to me too they seam to be very weak !
One question, how did it pass an MOT not long ago with so many warning lights out ?
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:50 pm |
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my guess is that they where working fine when it had the MOT (well the lights that were needed) or it was a very friendly tester
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:18 pm |
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Probably the latter unfortunatley !
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:49 am |
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a little bit of an update,
the heater fan packed up the other day, a quick wanted thread on the forum and i got a replacment today.
now it nice and warm.
cost so far -
car - £150 - gumtree
dash bulbs - £5 - ebay
cd/dvd player - £40 - halfords bargin bin
clutch kit + fitting - £200 - local garage
heater motor - £28 - forum
total - £423
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:05 am |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2013
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Location: kent
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bit of a update....
me being one of the last of the big spenders i got a "carbon look" (dont look anything like carbon) tax disc holder, looks loads better than the sticky tape holding it to the dash.
next gave it abit of a hovering, took the front/rear seats and door cards off. under the back seats there was loads of saw dust and wood chippings, under the front seats where just dead leaves and moss/mold growing. after giving it a hover i gave the carpet a going over with some "shake n vac".
MMmmm nice...
as i was missing one of the wing mirror caps i got some used carbon wrapped ones off ebay, being used there is a little nick on one of them but you cant notice it without looking.
i also replaced the bonnet badge with a carbon wraped one off ebay, again this is 2nd hand so cheap but when i fitted it i noticed that the quality was very poor and im unimpressed with it. if i was new i would be wanting my money back.
last thing, ive now got a working clock
clock - £25
badge - £6
mirror caps - £7
tax disc holder - £1
total -£39
so at the moment - £462
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