jamie_8v vtr progress thread, more pics, pic heavy

[jamie8v]

right some off you might now i sold my saxo furio loooking for somthing a little bigger well i sold it goodbye wheel trimed saxo

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/2.jpg

now my sisters boy freind had some bad luck with his silver vtr at one off the teeside meets on a wensday and got in to a crash well they dint go frow the insurence soi offferd him £300 for it we seteled on £400 bargin i thrort y reg on 2001 45k miles i damge was not recorded well i got it home and i went i bourght a new bonnet as the one on it was f***ked also needed new frount pannel and crossmember and radiator so ordered all off these. heres a cuple off pics off her then i love how low it is and its got alloy wheels and rear disks

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/DSC07051.jpg

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http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/DSC07055.jpg

after that i went and picked up my parts and ordered a set off vtr badges off ebay with the yellow r with arived with in a day or two i got on removeing old crossmember picking all the welds was a pain to do neat as it was bending in so got them off a pulled the arms witch was so easy they realy are made off paper lol and fitted crossmember and frunt panel radiator and badges welding crossmember in and im happy with it im geting paint at the end off the week to blow every thing in

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/fixed.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/fixed2.jpg

new badges

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/newbadge.jpg

engine shot

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/engine.jpg

bourght some head lights off ebay last week with arevied this morning

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/lights.jpg

i will keep you all updated and posted soon

[Marshy]

You got a bargain there tbh. Not too much work to be done there on the front, the rest of it looks good

[edwardsvtr]

nice little project, should be a bargin when its done, keep us updated

[jamie8v]

i have a spear set off vtr alloys witch im on refurbing in black then i will get a new set off tyers on them i will put them on after vtr has been resprayed before respray im going to get all dents and scratchs out i want it looking good then supersprint manifold and supersprint race exhaust will be on its way and replaceing open induction kit with a raceland one and painting cam cover do i need heat paint?

[jamie8v]

i have just been having a word with my dad who is a macanic who helped me change my focus engine last year seid he would put a vts engine for me no charge as hes my dad so im going to do that after car is fixed still going with supersprint header and exhaust and raceland and full servse gos with out say before the engine go's in gonign to cam it one up and running aswell what sort of bhp will i be looking at spec gos like this:

-supersprint manifold
-supersprint race exhaust
-raceland airfilter
-fast road cams
-and good remap

[jamie8v]

started preping the car for painting and im going to get it all colour coded so i have started smoothing badges on the sides and rear going to get some black mesh for the frount grille as well shoud look well with the black vtr alloys as well going to smoke the head lights this week as well

[Saxy1]

Good progress so far mate.

[Yates]

what an idiot to sell for 400

[Proffitt]

Got ya self a bargain there mate :y:

[jamie8v]

thanx people yes im sure i got a bargin lol

[fossie]

Nice bargain you got there mate

[JONAC]

Hi mate , you got a link for the side VTR badges...

Cheers JC

[landanimal]

bargain mate keep updating

[one_nation04]

wherex did you get your badges mate? with the yellow R?

[JONAC]

wherex did you get your badges mate? with the yellow R?

That's what I wanna know too :y:

[gaz4399]

good car with little damage, extremely well priced too

[jamie8v]

i got the badges off ebay but i think he is a member on sax-p cost £8

edit: here a link to his site with the badges http://www.dnnsigns.co.uk/shop/saxo-door-badges/cat_2.html

[Tinytinks]

Very good bargain, im sure its gunna work out fine:y:

[gdwelsh]

played mate.

[jamie8v]

thanks for the comments

[JONAC]

i got the badges off ebay but i think he is a member on sax-p cost £8

edit: here a link to his site with the badges http://www.dnnsigns.co.uk/shop/saxo-door-badges/cat_2.html

Thanks mate... sorted :cool:

[jamie8v]

update:.. well got my self sorted today and test fitted frount end bumper light ect.. to see if every thing lined up right before painting it seems about right little moveing off the lights and will be spot on..

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0018.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0017.jpg

when i bourt the car the interior parts hand been painted silver a very bad job anall so i removed all them to day and flated them back ready for painting black while i was on i flated the frount badge ready for painting black tomorow

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0015.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0016.jpg

i got some pics to show you the car in full.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0020.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0019.jpg

will update agen tomorrow after panting..

[jamie8v]

i did a photoshop to show what i want my car to look like i borrowed the pic off sax-p hope the member dus not mind i want to look the same as this exsept with standed colour coded grille with black badge

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/myvtr.jpg

[markmaddox]

got yourself a bargain with that mate. well done with all the work you have done coming on well! :y:

[louis_23]

thats dsh85 old vts. the nicest sax EVER, same sorta look im going for m8. best look for a silver saxo :y:

[jamie8v]

thanks for the comments vtr will be geting painted soon the black vtr wheels going on and then start saveing for vts engine

[jamie8v]

car is now finshed sorry for not keeping updates but i have been busy all done now will get some pics tomorrow and painting the vtr wheel black tommorow night

[TurboDonkey]

Brilliant! Cant wauit to see the finished article

[dsh85]

wheres my superlegs gone!!!

[jamie8v]

here the pics dint colour code because im goin with a smoked theame

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0006.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0013.jpg

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http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0003.jpg

i painted the rocker cover black bay is abit dirty , wheels are geting painted tonite or tommorow then going to smoke headlights and smoked jewls on the rear.
then going to buy supersprint race system because that will fit on the vtr engine until i have the vts engine in then will buy a manifold and cams.

will update with pics off wheel when they done

[jamie8v]

wheres my superlegs gone!!!

lol sorry man i cant afford them alloys so goin with what i got. i like them tho your car looks very smart but im not sure about the 106 mirrows

[jamie8v]

here is some pics off the interior parts i painted they ford panther black

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0014.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0016-1.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0018-1.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj293/jamiec883/PICT0019-1.jpg

[jamie8v]

just bourt my sax p stickers 2 side window ones :)

[Jimmy-Boy]

good job, looks well different :y:

[jamie8v]

was thinking off puting vts in but now iv been driving the vtr a cuple off days i love it so i will be tunning the vtr ,closed induction viper or some sort ,raceland manifold, super sprint race system ,fast road cams from ci tunning exchang ones, and the a remap by chip wizards what yous think

[AshC]

looks good mate!