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 Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:01 pm |
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Joined: Sep 12, 2010
Posts: 1912
Trade Rating: +4
Location: Manchester
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Thought i would do one of these so i can share how the cars came along to how it stands now and what my future plans are  (also i'm bored)
So i got my first car on 29/10/2009 a few months after passing my driving test - 206 1.4 HDi LX which was completely standard and in pretty good nick with around 90,000 on the clock and i paid £1900 which on reflection seems a bit steep but i'm still happy as she hasn't really let me down on anything more than general wear and tear
When i got it:
Then i made that first mistake lots of people make and got myself some rear lexus lights:
Didn't take me long to realise i didn't like these and they were off again!
Not long after i decided to get painting so thought i would spray the bonnet grille/vent silver, that didn't last long either as the pain started to peel off and got swapped back to standard lol
Next up i got myself a colour coded bootstrip which later on i sprayed the badge black
Afterwards i removed the "Peugeot", "206" and "HD" badge (HD because the 'i' snapped off when it got caught in a wash mitt) and also got an exhaust tip cover to hide the dirty old thing poking out the back
Also got a clear 3rd brake light and fog light and later on a gti bumper
After that i didnt really do anything for a while due to the weather being pretty grim for a few months but when it got decent again i felt a bit more motivaed
So i bought myself some new alloys - Team Dynamics Tornados in black
Bought some black side repeaters, black mirror caps and painted the front badge black too:
Got a black fuel filler cap
Went on holiday to corfu and found this guy, so stuck him on the dash which i had painted a few months before
I later bought a sport bumper off harry along with some SP arches and a honeycomb grille off ebay then colour coded teh washer jets
Crystals came with a free spider inside them...
Put some 9 SMD LED sidelights in along with some Osram nightbreaker plus' which i'm pretty impressed with!
I found some cheap rear LED lights on ebay so i won the auction and got them cheap! They were the same as these:
When i put them on i wasn't sure about them so left them on for about 2 weeks to see if i could make my mind up. Then on 28/4/2011 went to the Trafford Centre meet and Tom said "Eyyy you have sperm lights"  so yeah my mind was made up that i was going to change them!
So I cracked out the standard PH1 rears and some tint spray and got to it:
I'm really happy with them and the light output isn't massively reduced so all is well and they completely change the look of the rear!
While i was taking a picture of them i thought i would also take one of Steve, my back window screaming chicken:
2/5/2011
Put the car up on some ramps today so i could have a look at getting the cat off and came across this which reminded me i didn't have any exhaust paste, so off to halfords i go... get back and it's obviously too hot to do today so will be doing it tomorrow now 
3/5/2011
Today i took off the catalytic converter and hollowed it out to give the car a DIY de-cat and it's worked great! Acceleration has improved along with the throttle response and that oh so lovely "ssssssssssssssssssss" of the turbo! Can't really take a picture of that so so use you imagination
Ok so for a while now I've had some gloss black side strips which i never got around to polishing up using Ste206's method  I've only got one side on for now as more clips broke than i had lol
You probably can't tell too much from the picture but they do look better in the sunlight when it reflects off them
30/5/2011
Ok so last week i was driving down the road and the car filled with smoke.. not from the engine bay but from the handbrake area! When i lifted the handbrake lever up i could see sparks from down under the cover. So i jumped out and disconnected the battery. When i took the cover off i was pretty shocked to see that the whole of the plastic handbrake cable casing had melted off due to the heat
After a lot of people saying a similar thing i spent a few hours take apart all the earth points i could get to and scrubbing ell the components with emery paper. When i was doing this i noticed that the wires were stupidly thin and thought it would be a decent idea to run a new cable from the battery to an earth point close to where the problem was (but only had one length of wire to use) so i ran it to the passenger side sill under the carpet and it fixed the problem! It's not come back since and hopefully wont now.
But yeah i ended up having to get towed home before i could sort it out as whenever the battery was connected the handbrake cables were getting hot...
This week i fitted my half leather interior to get rid of the original cloth thing that was in there but covered with seat covers until i could get this.
I love it, its so much firmer and comfier, i think the old one was actually a bit broke!
Old:
New:
When i got the half leather seats where was a bit on the right of the driver seat but covered it up by using leather cleaner/restorer and then using a leather shoe scuff coverer, then repeated a few times, worked quite well and was stuff i had in the house already which is even better!
Also, when i was picking up the interior harrys mate said he liked this so thought i would but it on here too:
1/8/2011
Got back from the summer site meet yesterday and those that were there would have already seen these updates
First up i have been without front fog lights for a little while, i ordered these off ebay and am pretty happy with them! More so because they sent me 2 RHS ones instead of one for each side lol, so i contacted them and sent them back but they took a while to send me the right ones back to which they made no excuses and just gave me a 50% refund
Also i have added a bit of yellow to the front end:
And yes, the car needs a wash 
More to come soon
2/8/2011
Just a small one for now! Got bored before so cracked out the steam cleaner and cleaned all the hard to reach places after giving the rest of the car a good going over and a proper waxing yesterday which took about 3 hours to do
Today i done the roof gutters, around the bootlid, around and under the rear lights and bits in the engine bay, was going to take some more pics but got carried away and forgot only managed to take some of the roof gutters which were filled with pine needles, moss and what can only be described as compost, so heres a before and after
Before (but after id wiped away all the compost):
After:
23/8/2011
Got the boost gauge in now so i can keep a eye on the turbo and maybe adjust the boost slightly
The easiest way to plumn it in was to but a Garrett "Quick Tap" which is basically a bolt with a hole down the middle that is fitted to a pipe:
20/10/2011
Not much with this update.. broke down on the motorway a couple of weeks ago when my tyre blew and i had no spare, right on top of the big motorway bridge that goes past Meadowhall in Sheffield on the M1, that was loads of fun!
Anyway heres the wheel!
Also, this week i got myselg a flip key! well happy with this as now i wont keep getting stabbed in the thigh when i have my keys in my pocket!
13/11/2011
Some of you might have already saw the thread but i got this off ebay for £50 with the boot strip, spoiler, light and loom (wiper too but thats gone now):
And spent a bit of time putting it on today:
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Really happy with it
Anyway that's all for now! will be buying more soon im sure
So that's it so far! I still have more plans which include:
- Intercooler
- De-cat > Done
- Lowering
- Window tints
- Mask/tint crystals
- Buy some front fogs and mask or tint them > Done
- New interior > Done
- Respray some interior plastic gloss black > Not doing anymore
Thats all i can think of at the minute! All comments welcome
Ant
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:05 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Moscow
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I said nothing of the sort....
Intercool it! Look forward to seeing more updates when you come to the Summer meet in buxton! I *may* even have Poppy remapped for you then as well!
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:06 pm |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2010
Posts: 1848
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Location: Leamington Spa
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nice buddy
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:10 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 5113
Trade Rating: +7
Location: The car in front
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Can you see the reflectors in those rear lights?
Looks good, definite improvement from when you bought it lol. Is the free spider alive?
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:14 pm |
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Joined: Jan 05, 2011
Posts: 2985
Trade Rating: +36
Location: North Manchester
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:17 pm |
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Joined: Sep 12, 2010
Posts: 1912
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Location: Manchester
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| tomd0801754 wrote: |
:lol:
I said nothing of the sort....
Intercool it! Look forward to seeing more updates when you come to the Summer meet in buxton! I *may* even have Poppy remapped for you then as well! |
woop i look forward to it either way sure you don't wonna swap?!
| kingdom200 wrote: |
| nice buddy |
cheers im pretty happy with it atm!
| Dabamash wrote: |
Can you see the reflectors in those rear lights?
Looks good, definite improvement from when you bought it lol. Is the free spider alive? |
just about yeah, just to be sure though i have some stick on ones in the post and wont be driving til next week anyway so all is well
Where would you stick them on if you had to? cant decide and thanks im pretty surprised at the difference myself
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:21 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: The car in front
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What shape are they? (the new reflectors)
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:35 pm |
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Joined: Sep 12, 2010
Posts: 1912
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Location: Manchester
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rectangle, think they are 2cm x 7cm, was thinking maybe under the numberplate if they'll fit?
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:46 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: The car in front
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How about just past the tow loop, then the other on the other side of the bumper?
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:48 pm |
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Joined: Sep 12, 2010
Posts: 1912
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Location: Manchester
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I like nice one, probably best to have a play when they get here and see where they would look best (admittedly that would be not on the car LOL)
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:55 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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looks good so far!
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:25 pm |
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Joined: Sep 12, 2010
Posts: 1912
Trade Rating: +4
Location: Manchester
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| iainlovatt wrote: |
| looks good so far! |
thanks
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:41 pm |
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Joined: Oct 19, 2010
Posts: 290
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Location: March, Cambridgeshire
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I like, shes looking very good so far
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:04 pm |
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Joined: Sep 12, 2010
Posts: 1912
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Location: Manchester
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| peachypeachez wrote: |
| I like, shes looking very good so far |
thankyou cant wait to get an intercooler and decat and lowered, they are my 3 main goals this year
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:34 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Taking a gearbox off somewhere
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Looks nice
Definitly dont miss these mornings!
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