RIP: VT1.1 (Tiffany) WRITTEN OFF

[lew15]

Chapter One: The Birth of Tiffany

So back in February 2007 i passed my test, went crazy in my mums Ford Focus, and was forced to buy my own car. I settled for a 1.1i 1997 Amazon Green Citreon Saxo. I would have liked a bit more of an engine, however, insurance wouldn't have liked it. So in March 2007 I got a call from the garage down the road saying they have an excellent Saxo in. For £1000, I got a 1.1i Saxo with 118k on the clock, however, it did come with a years tax, a years MOT, six months warranty and a full tank of petrol! I wasn't going to modify it to begin with.

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Chapter Two: Bitten By the Mod Bug

Within a week I'd bought a Sony headunit with an aux-in. Was dead chuffed! Fitted it and barryed hard for a long time!

Next was spraying the centre console and heater and speaker surrounds silver, which was then followed by a strange green from HomeBase. You'll all be glad to hear it's now back to black!

Then some d*ckhead smashed my wing mirror and I decided to get some M3 ones to replace them. DIY over-smoked rear lights and smoked headlights continued the dark theme with my hub-caps being sprayed black to match.
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Chapter Three: A garage full of parts

Next up I ran into some money and some luck; so came some three stud alloys, a R&A Designs front bumper and a VT* Kit in amazon green. However, running into money didn't go hand in hand with running into bother! Nothing was put on for a good four months.

Chapter Four: Realisation

I woke up one morning and realised that the car needed sorting so on eBay i went; a VT* exhaust, replacement glass for the original wing mirror, new smoked jewels, a leather interior, mirror caps, splitter. AND I started to fit everything I'd already got.

Chapter Five: It begins...

The smoked jewels arrived!

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Dewipered, got the back bumper on, smoked jewels fitted and alloys on along with the VTR back box.

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Fitted the new interior.

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To complete the interior, I decided to spray the centre console in iPod white to match the buckets and also ordered a Momo Millenium Wheel and matching gear knob. Also got a Richbrook gaiter surround and ordered some new mats.

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Thought it was time to tidy up the outside next, so lowering springs were ordered and the car was booked in for lowering! Bought some smoked side repeaters as well. I also began to refurbish my alloys.

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[lew15]

Oh, and these just turned up! :)

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Try to get some pictures tomorrow!

[Adam_Q]

Sounds good... but we need more pictures fella! :)

[givemeurewallet]

plans sound good keep us updated and ive got them lights top choice lol ;)

[SaxoJamie]

Nice colour. Smoked jewels will go nice on your car:) need more pics:drool:

[Saxy1]

looking good, get some more pics up mate.

[Ben_L]

more pics ftw

[DJsaxo]

Looks ok but we need some pictures .

[teebag]

get pics opf work in progress!!!!! i like the plans tho. keep it up and you'll have a gorgeous car on your hands there :)

[lew15]

new picture from today in the top post! :)

[lew15]

Just fitted my new interior the other day, picked it up for £200 so pretty chuffed

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Got to retrim the doorcards now and finish off the ICE then the interior is done!

[Mikey]

looking good

[MrHouston]

Amazin price for that interier, looks good

[lew15]

So now just need to ask... front doorcards retrimmed in black or white leather? the back are going the standard black.

[derbysaxo]

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Like the back VT bumper mate got any more pics with it on with flat arches?

[Saxy1]

interior looks good.

[rob_s]

coming on well :y:

[S1AN3Y]

interia looks good i would go with cream retirmed door cards to break the black up a little bit:y: just a bugger to keep cream clean lol:y:

[lew15]

Like the back VT bumper mate got any more pics with it on with flat arches?

I've got all the pictures up i'm afraid. I'll try to take some more soon before they get cut up! :y:

[Sharky-VTR]

Just fitted my new interior the other day, picked it up for £200 so pretty chuffed

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Got to retrim the doorcards now and finish off the ICE then the interior is done!

200...was that for front and back??

[lew15]

that was indeed front and back, theres a couple of scuffs and the drivers seat was falling through a bit, but nothing a block of wood didnt solve! lol.

[braziers]

looking good :y:
get the rest of that VT kit on
I fitted one to mine, take a look :p

[lew15]

Bad news! The Sax failed its MOT... So in order to get it through I'm taking extreme measures! I'm fitting the following so I know it gets through!

Rest of VTR Kit
Down pipe
Catalytic converter
Back-box
Lambda Sensor
New rear brake cylinders and shoes
New front discs and pads
All new filters
All new bulbs
All new fuses
New spark plugs

And after the MOT will come a new cambelt and possibly headgasket with refurbed alloys and resprayed parts.

It's going to be the smoothest running Saxo EVER! :)

[MattWilliams]

Coming along nicely mate. Keep up the good work :y:

[lew15]

Car is running better than new now, as citroen didn't exactly make saxo to a high standard! lol... i've finished blacking the interior so will get some pics of that up soon and just ordered some 45mm springs. gonna be dropped about 55mm at the back as well i think.

[lew15]

Right, just about done now... I'm high on paint fumes from the alloy refurbs! :)

Should be ready for the show season, although just found out I'm going on a cruise when FCS is on :(

Who's gonna be at Trax?

[danzman1991]

Looking gooood..

[lew15]

Right so a little update, the springs are on the torsion bar will be lowered on payday! :y:

Smoked side repeaters really tidied up the sides and currently refurbing the off-side side skirt as it's falling apart.

Plans are:

May:
Lower torsion bar
Toyo's on the refurbed alloys
VT bumper sprayed and fitted

June:
Headlining retrimmed in black leather
Boot build in black leather
(Holiday :y:)

July:
Angel eyes

August/September:
Badboy bonnet
Respray and colour code
Smooth the towing eyes, the aerial, and the rear washer
Front number plate recess removed

Hopefully all in time for Trax :panic: which will be it's debut appearance!

Winter:
VTS conversion???

[AlexB]

sounds like some good plans youe got there!!

hope it all goes smoothly for ya

[lew15]

cheers mate, hopefully it'll all go smoothly. just be a challenge to get it all done for Trax! lol... if anyone wants to lend a hand though ;)

[lew15]

just been quoted £1010 for bits and bobs smoothed in! :( anyone know of any cheap places to get this done? am willing to travel!

[JRC1]

Looks great mate. Smoked jewels look so much better than the DIY ones lol.

Keep it up :D

[lew15]

thanks very much for all the feedback, got it lowered yesterday, so will get some pictures up soon... just waiting for the alloys to go back on.

[rsmithone]

lookin good

[lew15]

Wrote it off yesterday! :(

Got some final pictures of it...


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[vtsshiv]

:shocked: OMG how did you manage to do that

[mattchewone]

What happened mate?

Surely all the effort you put in getting it running right and looking right you could fix it fairly easily? New bonnet, wings, lights, grill, rad and slam panel.

[Saxo_Scott]

superglue?

[AlexB]

tcut is your friend!

[lew15]

went into the back of a corsa at 40... woops... would need new doors, chassis is twisted as well so its a no go really. about to salvage what i can this afternoon (alloys, interior, back lights, etc) the most annoyng part is the angel eyes were brand new a week ago! :(

oh well, shit happens. was my first (and hopefully) last crash. got my eye on another 1.1 going for about £500 so i'd just put everything from tiffany into that...

girlfriend was in the car at the time so i said she could name the new one... she's chosen the name Touloula ! lol... might have to see about that!

[lew15]

no one was hurt in the making of those photos! lol

[CoolC]

Ouch what happened??

Edit: read ur post, nice name. Good luck with your new one :D

[lew15]

my girlfriend was in more pain than i was... apparently she was going faster than me :mental:

[Saxo_Scott]

Hope you declared mods?

[lew15]

yep, all mods declared... insurance don't even want to see it. just told me to do what i want with it.

[Saxo_Scott]

Buy it back FTW and track slag it.

[lew15]

it's mine anyway... im only 3rd party f&t... it had 130k on the clock anyway and the engine mounts went as well... the whole of the front end would have to be rebuilt... including the engine! not worth it on a 1.1

[Connor_scotland]

unlucky mate was real nice looking

[Sneakydevil89]

harsh one on the car, it was looking really good mate.
I always thought that back VT bumpers were a pain in the ass to fit???
A lot of good stuff there and a shame that you didnt have a chance to finish the rest.

[Euphoria]

its not that bad? could be repairable

[Caino]

unlucky mate