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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:55 am |
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Joined: Sep 23, 2012 Posts: 37
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been on here a little while now and the cars starting to take shape abit so thought id make a little thread,
basically looking to buy a house some time in the next couple years with the missus so she had a little 106 1.1 and i had a bmw 320td compact, thought the best thing to do was sell these and put the money in to a car to share, and the change in to savings for the house,
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looked about abit and she wanted a 206 or a audi a3, looked in to it and mother has a 207 hdi 1.6 which is "95 a year tax so thought that was the way to go, looked at a couple and found a nice little 206 hdi gti- sporty looks with cheap tax, insure, fuel etc. bought it then the fun began
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1st thoughts were wheels are gunna have to go along with the lexus lights asap
but polished it up a tad first to see what i had to work with
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all was well went through the service history and saw it was due a service and a cambelt soon so cracked on with that
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and gave the engine bay bit of a clean up same time
before
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after
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after a couple weeks i had "insufficent oil pressure" message on the dash and the engine was sounding majorly tappy so found a genuine oil pump for £170 so put that in and cleaned up the bottom of the engine, small amount of carbon in the crevises
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turned out the relief valve was sticking because after a light rev it would go back to normal
since then everything has been well and the modifications have started ![Very Happy Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif)
out with the bk halford specials, in with some 17" kei force 10s
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then to get rid of those awfull lexus lights, was after some m3 style led lights with the clear strip but found these at £40 so had to have them
and at the same time some fk street coilovers popped up on here so had them aswell
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fitted some new wishbones and drop links same time
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also fitted a laguna front splitter ![Smile Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif)
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took a couple grubby pics over christmas
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then we went away last weekend so the weekend before i thought it would be nice to sound deaden the front doors a little to try to reduce the tin can sound
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thats kinda how it stands at the moment, next is to decide on someone to remove the dpf or whether i remove the hardware and get celtic tuning to do the remap and software.
then it will be looking in to clutch options then it should be a fairly reliable car with cheap tax, performance
cheers for reading
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:04 am |
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Joined: Jul 20, 2012 Posts: 234
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Location: Gainsborough
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Looks great pal, keep up the good work!
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:19 am |
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Joined: Sep 23, 2012 Posts: 37
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cheers, loads i want to do to it..kinda caught the bug so to speak
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:09 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2012 Posts: 247
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Location: Isle of Man
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Looks good so far
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:21 pm |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 4266
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I love this project,the transformation is great,the way it stands before,and the way it stands now,i would say you have done a great job ![Smile Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif)
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:52 am |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2012 Posts: 367
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Where did you get your rear lights from?
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 7:52 am |
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Joined: Sep 23, 2012 Posts: 37
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rear lights were off ebay @ £40 ![Smile Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif)
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:26 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2505
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great read mate, its sitting at a spot on hight.
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 2:13 pm |
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cheers spike, yeah really pleased with the height its sitting at.. doesnt catch on speed humps which is good but still have to be careful because the shocks make a really harsh bang when you hit a pot hole let alone a road hump:(
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