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 Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:17 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2011
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Location: Nuneaton
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Well I thought I would do a little tribute thread to my Gti that I loved, I bought her about 4 years ago for £2800 with 46000ish miles on the clock, the first 3 years she was just left as I bought her, then I found info and the bug kicked in, here she is as I bought her
Refurbed alloys
The sp grill and alloys were on when I bought it, she was off the road for 8 months and in feb this year I spent a mini fortune getting her back on the road, 4 new tyres, new discs and pads all round, had the alloys refurbed and a few other little things, she passed the mot with 1 advisory, front springs slightly corroded so all in all not too bad, first mod was getting some black masked valeos and the fog lights masked and also black side repeaters
 
Then an sp bonnet vent
Then the standard exhaust that got put on in feb started rattling, the baffles inside the centre silencer were loose so a trip to mr tyres in Coventry and £320 later i had a Powerflow cat-back on which sounded great, I asked for a mild to mod sport sound as I didn't want something too loud
Video of exhaust
i1193.photobucket.com/...f67538.mp4
Then I fitted a splitter, I think it was an old megane one
Then it had it's first Claying from me and a mighty good clean
Next up was new led rear lights and smoked led 3rd brake light with matching fog
After I fitted the lights I took a 2 hour drive to Manchester to pick up some pearl black vortex's and some sp arches
The day after the above pics were took I was on my way to work and lost control on newly laid gravel and ended up in a ditch
When I arrived home from the crash these had arrived in the post to rub salt into my wounds lol
She's on stilts now and pretty much completely stripped of everything, I removed the battery about a month ago but decided to attach it back up today to see of the old gal would still start, well here's the Vid you can see for yourself how she did, as much as I like my black 180 the silver Gti was the first car I ever slightly modded and will always be missed
i1193.photobucket.com/...27e2ea.mp4
Thanks for reading,frankie
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:49 am |
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Joined: Feb 16, 2010
Posts: 440
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Location: Devon
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just watched your video....the thing didnt even hesitate to start  whats the plans for it now? track car? break it up?
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:55 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2011
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Location: Nuneaton
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I think there's too much damage to think about tracking this, I'd have to get another shell and buy almost new panels everywhere, the engine was and still is a good runner, it's the perks of having a step-dad who is a mechanic and master tech for Peugeot 
I would ideally like to see the engine go to a good home but like you said it didn't even hesitate to start which actually amazed me considering how long it's been sitting there along with the front end damage, it's relatively low miles for an 02 reg aswell, it had only done 69500 miles ish
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:03 am |
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Joined: Feb 16, 2010
Posts: 440
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Location: Devon
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haha yea that does help havin a master tech in the family! corr that is low miles....someone in a minute will need one or something...if u end up breaking it....i could do with a new steering wheel for my machine
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:05 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2011
Posts: 2977
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Location: Nuneaton
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Yeah steering wheel and comms will be sold next I think, unless a 206 comes up for £300 like it did the other week on here, if I'd have seen it soon enough I'd have snapped it up and used it to make a track car with my Gti engine
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:11 am |
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Joined: Feb 09, 2010
Posts: 2207
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Location: exhall, bedworth, coventry
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she was a goodun
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:13 am |
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Joined: Feb 16, 2010
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Location: Devon
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sounds like a plan with the 'spare' engine....
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:22 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2011
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Location: Nuneaton
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Cheers Matt she certainly was, and yeah if a cheap donor car comes up I think tracking it would be a nice farewell to the Gti and the engine will live on
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:19 am |
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Joined: Jul 21, 2011
Posts: 212
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Location: clackmannan central scotland
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got to say buddy your gti was looking proper sweet before the accident you must have been well gutted
if you ever do go to split the car id be interested in the exhaust
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:24 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2011
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Trade Rating: +34
Location: Nuneaton
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The exhaust has been sold mate, literally nothing left on the car but a shell and engine
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:36 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 3617
Trade Rating: +9
Location: Under your bed
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What condition was your engine in matey? If you need to get rid in a few months just let me know 
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:43 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Posts: 722
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Location: Ireland
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That car looked savage in the pic's after you fitted the sp arches! such a shame!
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:13 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2011
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Location: Nuneaton
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The engine is ok Seb I'd say it needs a new radiator and fan from the damage but other than that it was running sweet as before the crash and still starts and runs fine now, and cheers Michael I'd just got it looking how I wanted, heres the 180 that I bought after the crash and has took me 6-7 weeks to look how I want, when I picked it up it looked like this
And how it is now, after a few sp goodies and a janspeed cat back
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