Picked up my first car last night, Peugeot 206 1.4litre Fever.
I love it already, but it does need a bit of work.
Here's some pictures of it, I'd love to know other peoples ideas of what they would do if it was their car so feel free to add your ideas
Front badge - has some rust:
Interior:
Need to get some sill plates:
And a steering wheel cover:
And maybe a new gear knob:
Rear bumper - has a small crack:
Small scratch on the wing mirror:
It's got a couple of big scratches too, but they're not deep so I'm going to try some T-cut first:
Overall, I don't think it's too bad. There's a few minor things but nothing major. I've got a few ideas of what I'd like to do, but seen as I'm completely new to all this then it'll be a learning curve.
#2: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:28 am ---- Stuff the steering wheel cover, go for the multiplexed sport / leather steering wheel instead, looks & feels much nicer & is OEM
#3: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: Lecktorious, Location: ScotlandPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:37 am ---- Might be cheaper to replace the bonnet if you can find one in the right shade of black, rather than paying to have it painted. I'd leave the interior, give it a clean but replace the steering wheel, gearknob and stick a set of mats in there. Doubt those scratches will polish out unfortunately, but as a first car I wouldn't be too bothered about exterior cosmetics until you have got some experience on the road.
#4: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: Vexs, Location: LondonPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:58 am ---- Have to agree with BSI, replaced mine the other day, feels so much better to drive with now. If you replace bodywork then your paintcode should be on a sticker inside the drivers door near the lock it'll either be EXL or EXY, looks to me like EXY; same as mine.
#5: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: gjab95, Location: LancashirePosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:19 pm ---- How hard is it to get hold of a steering wheel? I'll have to look into it.
I'm hoping I can make the scratches a little less obvious, but like you say I'll most likely bump it once or twice!
Paint code is EXY I think - Onyx black
I'll have to have a look for a new bumper too - any ideas of places to look, or is it just eBay and Preloved etc?
Thanks for the comments!
#6: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: luke079, Location: LancashirePosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:24 pm ---- How come it has phase 1 rear lights but phase 2 everything else?
#7: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: gjab95, Location: LancashirePosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:33 pm ---- I've no idea - I didn't even know that was the case. I've read a thread on here about the difference, but I can't remember and I can't find it now either
#8: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: gjab95, Location: LancashirePosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:34 pm ---- I'm sure you know the difference by the way - it's me that doesnt know anything about it!
#9: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: luke079, Location: LancashirePosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 2:37 pm ---- I can't talk I have phase 1 bits with odd phase 2 bits on mine! Car looks good though best colour
I'd try and pick up some alloys it would set it off nicely
#10: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: Danz, Location: HertsPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 2:52 pm ---- I have a fever in that colour got some nimrods and put the rear spoiler on looks a lot nicer now. Just need to change the steering wheel as suggested above
#11: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: Vexs, Location: LondonPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 2:59 pm ---- EBay is pretty good for sourcing parts, check the for sale section too, a few members selling odds and sods as well as breaking cars.
If not local scrappy if you get lucky. You'll need a T50 to remove the steering wheel though.
#12: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: MrWhite, Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:26 pm ---- I bought a black wing for my Merlot from a really nice guy in Trafford the other week. Let me find his Ebay link as I know he had the full car breaking and the bonnet looked alright was really cheap.
#13: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: MrWhite, Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:29 pm ---- Found it Hope it helps
#14: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: Targa180, Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:54 pm ---- Save every penny youd spend on this, drive it into the ground and buy a GTI or 180 with the coin youd otherwise still be putting into a 1.4
#15: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:48 am ---- Or drive the 1.4 in to the ground, save up & buy something decent & that means NOT French!
#16: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: gjab95, Location: LancashirePosted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:23 am ---- Thanks for the eBay link - I'll take a look
I'm hopefully going to have this car through Uni - 3 or 4 years so I'm definitely going to do some work on it.
I've bought some scratch remover paste to try out, but thats about it for now.
Someone has advised me to buy car seat covers -what do you think?
Thanks
#17: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: PezHdi, Location: ShrewsburyPosted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:49 am ---- Are you going to be traveling a long way to uni?
#18: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: gjab95, Location: LancashirePosted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:59 am ---- I'm staying near the Uni but will be travelling home (about 45miles each way) every few weeks.
#19: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: gjab95, Location: LancashirePosted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:50 am ---- Took a couple of pictures of the inside.
Part of the display is faded - I know the date is wrong but the "14" is very faded compared to the rest. Is there any way to sort this out ?
I might try and find a new case for this. There's a few scratches, and I'm sure I've seen them for sale for less than £20
Also need to test the cigarette lighter and if it doesnt work try to fit a new one, it'll come in handy when I need to charge my phone.
I was thinking of replacing my radio (eventually) with this www.halfords.com/sat-n...car-stereo or something similar - with CD/radio and USB - is it worth it?
#20: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:19 am ---- The display is easy to fix, you need to replace the blown back light bulbs
I warn you now, the cigarette lighting socket in the 206 is a right pain to replace, even just changing the bulb is a mission
I warn you now, the cigarette lighting socket in the 206 is a right pain to replace, even just changing the bulb is a mission
The cigarette lighter socket is in completely the wrong place on a right hand drive car for having any type of charger coming out of it, as the wire can interfere with using the handbrake, and if you have the wire trailing forward to anything mounted on the dash/windscreen, it gets in the way of the gear stick.
Better off putting a second socket somewhere on the passenger side.
#22: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: gjab95, Location: LancashirePosted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:01 pm ---- Oh I like the look of that - was it a lot of work? Charging my phone isn't a necessity but it would be nice to able to do so.
I'm off to search for a thread about how to change the back light
#23: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: gjab95, Location: LancashirePosted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:05 pm ---- I've read a few threads on fixing the display and it seems quite easy. Is it just a case of gently pulling the top off and then changing the bulbs?
I warn you now, the cigarette lighting socket in the 206 is a right pain to replace, even just changing the bulb is a mission
The cigarette lighter socket is in completely the wrong place on a right hand drive car for having any type of charger coming out of it, as the wire can interfere with using the handbrake, and if you have the wire trailing forward to anything mounted on the dash/windscreen, it gets in the way of the gear stick.
Better off putting a second socket somewhere on the passenger side.
Sorry to hijack your thread, but how easy is that to do? Electrics is not my strong point
#25: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: gjab95, Location: LancashirePosted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:32 am ---- I haven't changed anything on my car since I last posted and despite trying to learn I still know nothing about cars!
I'm thinking of altering the car slightly by painting the bonnet vents either red or blue, and the calipers too (hoping to get alloys soonish). Also by painting the dashboard console etc, but I don't know if either would clash with the orange interior? I don't really have the money or the knowledge to replace my seats, and the interior door panels and glove box have an orange interior too. So what would you do?
Thanks
#26: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: MrWhite, Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:53 am ---- I managed to pick up second hand 180 interior for £30 and sold my old one fr £28. I re-trimmed the door cards in black pleather and sprayed the a b and c pillars in black I might be able to source you a few parts down here as my old place was a Peugeot breakers and stock changes all the time check out my "project merlot" thread to see what other mods you could do
#27: Re: gjab95's Peugeot 206 Black Fever - ideas welcome Author: gjab95, Location: LancashirePosted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:08 am ---- Where did you get your interior from, and is it easy to change? What kind of parts do you think you'd be able to source? I'll take a look at your thread - Thanks!!
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