amazon green R *266 brakes fitted and smoked lights*

[dan-sport]

As some might remember my mrs had a gold vtr that she loved until some little scrote broke into it. Ill post the project thread link but heres a pic of how it looked just before it got broken into:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/a0bc94c0.jpg

link: http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377181

so last october i spotted this on ebay, she liked it so we went down to have a look at it offered £700 an drove it away.

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/399949_10151149609800704_744815703_22471173_566796 291_n-1.jpg

it needed a starter motor (was sticking), the clutch pedal was at a ridiculas height and the drop links were both gone, luckily i had a recon starter sitting in my garage, i popped out an got some service items (plugs, oil filter, fuel filter an gearbox oil), a clutch kit and 2 drop links for the grand total of £90.

after many i cant be arsed weekends i finally got my arse into gear and fitted it all at work(with her watching and taking pictures). found out it had a 1.1 starter on it aswell could of been why it wasn't working properly?


http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/8e6cf9b1.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/89f95754.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/12cf642d.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/d556428e.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/a104fe39.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/6bc73315.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/7266e980.jpg

stuck drop link ment more persuasion was needed

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/f6a44b86.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/fcb207b4.jpg

the cars current spec:

mk2 vts non airbagged interior
silver vts wheels
supersprint middle section
piper backbox


jobs to do:

fit the raceland manifold
lower it 50mm front 60mm rear
fit black s wheels that im currently painting
fit handbrake cable driverside
fit new indicator stalk
paint and fit spare rocker cover
wire brush and underseal underneath
smoke headlights
fit my smoked jewels.


after ages of trying she finally let me clean it today so yes you guessed it more pictures:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/IMG_0579.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/IMG_0585.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/IMG_0587.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/IMG_0589.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/IMG_0595.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/IMG_0599.jpg

so thats it so far hoping to get it lowered within the next month. theme should be black and yellow, got a few idea's on some nice subtle yellow touchs (calipers, rear towing eye ect)

cheers

[Badgersport]

Looking good Kim ! Can't believe you let Dan loose with air tools !

Plans sound spot on. This will be a much better car than the gold vtr by time you have finished !

Ste

[KimieAddy]

Why thank u Steven haha!
Am loving it a bit more now its been cleaned better all thanks to Dan as i went shopping haha. Do miss the gold one but time to move on lol
We seen the gold ine not long a go as we keep buying bits back off it lol n it just does look like mine now n said to Dan that i dont wana c it again as it recks my memory of it lol :) x

[dan-sport]

well i popped to see the old gold saxo y-day £30 lighter i came away with the 266 206 gti brakes, the cars been stood for almost 6 months so i gave the calipers a quick clean and fitted them.

before:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/012b968f.jpg

after:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/89ae1436.jpg

first bit of yellows on:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/fb0b1c2b.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/8467eb82.jpg

really needs lowering now then its almost finished.

Edit - forgot to say ive got some braided hoses for the front to go on aswell

[valenta]

Always liked the green saxo, my first car was a green flat arch, looks good what youve done so far, stick up some pics when you have done the underseal, i plan on doing mine soon be good to see how it looks :)

[dan-sport]

i decided i didn't like my smoked front lights but my mrs did so we did a swop she also wanted my smoked jewels on so i thought it would be rude not to, but while i was there i thought how horible her rocker cover looked so i painted my spare one and fitted it while i was there.

pics:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/a5cd246e.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/67d8e5b7.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/dfb0aded.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/cd8dd7ad.jpg


i've finally finished refurbing my spare black s wheels which as usually she wants so once its lowered these will be going on.

ignore the mess its my parts/work room haha you can see the springs in the box under my toolbox.

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/acidan_2007/greeny/0a4968b5.jpg

[jsaxo111]

Looks real nice mate :) defiantly did the right things painting the alloys black looks good

[carlsaxosport90]

any more progress fella?

[jeffchiz]

good progress so far, i personaly hate black alloys much prefer the clean looking silver ones

should do the fog lights, very easy to do fill with oven cleaner leave for 30min and then wash out and you will be amazed...

[dan-sport]

Hmm what brand of oven cleaner or doesnt it matter lol?

As for updates it had its mot and failed due:

Rust
Nearside ball joint
Indicator stalk not working propperly on left turns

All sorted and passed now but we dont know weather to keep it an carry on or use it for another year and break it as rust will only ever get worse.

[jeffchiz]

i dont think the brand matters ha but yea so easy to do and no one knows about it, i used to keep it quiet as me and a mate were gonbna try and make some money by selling them but we cba in the end lol

[Prickle]

Looks better with silver S wheels personally.

How bad and where was the rust? Only get worser if you dont keep the archs clean.

[jeffchiz]

Looks better with silver S wheels personally.

How bad and where was the rust? Only get worser if you dont keep the archs clean.

worse*:afro:

[Prickle]

worse*:afro:

sssh :homme: