My black mk2 VTR

[Noggers]

Sup folks, I've had my Saxo for well over a year now but never got round to making a thread. I bought it when I was 18 as I desperately needed my own wheels instead of borrowing the old mans car constantly. I'd wanted a Saxo for a while, and was looking at buying a furio for the more youth friendly insurance. However my dad showed me this advertised on autotrader within budget, and after getting a few quotes it turned out that a vtr was barely any more to insure than a furio. So I snapped it up and here's how it looked when I first got it.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/P261110_1615.jpg
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/P161210_1251.jpg
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/P130111_1446.jpg
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/P070211_1111_01.jpg
Admittedly the appearance was more to devo's taste than mine. I found some standard rear lights as soon as I could, and set about saving for new alloys, as the tsw's were ugly, kerbed and too big for my liking. However this was then put on hold as the rear axle decided that camber, knocking and huge amounts of play was the way forward, so that was quickly swapped.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/jpg.jpg
With that sorted I could concentrate on buying bits that I actually wanted, although progress was slow due to student funds. I don't have many pictures at the moment, but here are a few showing how she currently looks.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/STA70162.jpg
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/STA70160.jpg
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/STA70156.jpg
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/STA70153.jpg
The mods that I can recall so far are:

Lowered, unsure of how much
Pipercross induction kit
Black Vts alloys
4 branch manifold, not sure of make though
Supersprint centre pipe
Kam racing backbox
Corbeau boss seats with sabelt harnesses
Resprayed grill and chevrons
De-wipered at rear


Opinions and comments welcome!

[tom_smith]

Nice car mate, just got a black vtr myself, best colour going I reckon

[Mezza]

nice little motor, you got back seats in?

[Noggers]

Cheers lads. Yeah I think they look sweet in black, it was between black and icelandic blue for me.
And nah no back seats, my mate sold me the buckets and harnesses at a steal so I decided to strip the back. With all of the local speed bumps and potholes I don't really miss having passengers in the back to be honest haha.

[link_heroz]

Nice car mate, just got a black vtr myself, best colour going I reckon

Black is it best colour on any car.

[nad]

Smashing car. On low funds same here. Fuel bill is enough to spend on.

[finchy01]

nice motor mate.

[Noggers]

Smashing car. On low funds same here. Fuel bill is enough to spend on.
Thanks mate. Yeah I don't like to think how much I spend on fuel to be honest! Saying that I was surprised at how good on fuel it is though, even with less then steady driving.
nice motor mate.
Cheers pal :), it needs a few little bits sorting and tidying up though which I'll get round to soon.

[Amp79_vtr]

Nice saxo you've got there. Best colour black when all polished up just hard keeping them clean. I'll keep an eye out for u around stoke mate might see ya around.

[Noggers]

Thanks Anna. I drive down a lot of country roads so I know what you mean! And yeah same, I see quite a few saxo's knocking about Stoke. Don't think I've ever seen yours about though, looks smart!

[Tom-Saxo]

sweet car you got there bud :y:

[Noggers]

Cheers mate :y: . Found a few more pictures on my old phone. Pretty crap quality though.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/photo3.jpg
With my mates old 20vt Corrado.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/P081111_1527.jpg
Weighing it at uni on the corner weights out of curiosity.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/P081111_1523.jpg
Not bad with over 1/4 of a tank and clutter in the back.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/STA70163.jpg
The luxurious interior, painting the boot floor should tidy it up a bit.

[Noggers]

Thought it was time for my annual update, haven't been on for a while. Made a few changes since then, chief among which are the rallye steelies, or technically vtr spare wheels which I acquired for a steal and sprayed up.

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/BILD0332.jpg

I also ditched the fluorescent badges in order to appear less of a luminescent badlad.

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/BILD0340.jpg

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/BILD0339.jpg

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/BILD0328.jpg

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/BILD0327.jpg

The interior is back to its full former glory, with the addition of a sparco steering wheel. As you can see it didn't come with the centre cap, so the bear will fill this role for the foreseeable future.

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg505/Noggers92/BILD0341.jpg

Besides the visual differences, the car now has apex dampers all round, as the standards were pretty shot. I didn't know how long the car had been lowered on the standard dampers prior to me buying it, but they'd had their day. With the apex dampers it feels so much nicer and controlled to drive.

The decat manifold met its unfortunate end when it was crushed to death, so it now runs a 4 branch with a cat which I picked up used to get it through the mot. Sounds better and louder than it did with the standard manifold but has lost some of the cheeky rasp the decat gave it.

I also ditched the pipercross induction kit and fitted a standard airbox and ducting, which is a decision I don't regret. Feels much more free revving and responsive.

I don't have many plans at the minute, needs a few tatty areas sorting. I am considering some hubcentric spacers for the rear as the wheels look a bit too tucked in the arches in my opinion, but want to save up for a decent set. Too many horror stories.

[mof]

looks very nice mate, and NICE BEAR! ;)

[Noggers]

Why thank you, I get that a lot aha. The bear I fear could become a permanent feature, I've got used to it staring at me when driving now.

[mof]

haha thats good then! ive always had a mascot, not got one for my Saxo yet, normally get somthing themed to where the country the car was manufactured.

But yer very nice, and what you said about Black & Icelandic being the best colours, i agree.. i have a Icelandic ;)

[Noggers]

Not a bad shout. I could hang some onions from the mirror but I'd be scared of it catching on in the vag scene.

Icelandics do look sweet, also just noticed you're from Doncaster which is where I bought the car from. Hopefully you've never seen it being ragged around on a halfords car park haha?