You scrapping the badger mate?

If you are, are you not gonna take more parts off? (VT kit, badges, interior?) et cetera.

Could sell them mate.

Also, sounds like shit luck on the repairs, £95 for a manifold?! :O... That was the 4-2-1 I hope not the standard right?!

Also, just noticed..

You put a 1.4 back in to it?

Apologise, probably answered most of these in the thread somewhere, but cba to go looking :p.

Shit man, you've spent a lot on it to get it through the MOT :(

Garages are bastards... they charged me £200 to fit some new front dampers. I supplied them as well! Got it back, and they hadn't put the struts back together very well, one of the springs wasn't seated properly, and they didn't bolt one of the brake calipers back on properly :wall:

Last time i got to a garage :(

You need to get a photo whoring session underway :D

i dont think the westy i show standard this year! but i might still come. was a good laugh last year.


bagder has been scrapped mate. went afew week abck now. VT kit was tiger sealed on and not in amazing condition, so no point in selling that.

Mani was £35 delivered and then £60 from the garage to fit it. At that price maybe i should have bought a 4-2-1 and got a friend to fit it!

Its never had a 1.6 in it either lol. only thing i changed was the box.

haha yeah, i wont be using that garage anymore. they have stopped giving me discounts because my mechanic friend is leaving them lol
ha theyres no point in getting photos to whore it, the body work is in such crap condition! and its currently got 3 white and 1 black VTR alloy lol

Might finsih refurbing my s wheels if i get a chance!

excuses excuses!

1 day to spray the S wheels... 1 day tidying it up and its fine to go to the show with a damn good clean before hand!

Doesnt need to be a full on show car! after all last year we were there for the shits and giggles mainly and it was fun all the same!!!

Il give you a hand with the wheels if needs be? or pay £150 and get them powdercoated any color you like through Bondie/Pred whoever was doing it!

That's cheap if that's for four wheels!

Ahh right, another guy in here said it/thought it was a 1.6 16v so I did wonder.

Bloody hell mate, why didn't you fit the manifold yourself? It's Simple (unless the bolts are siezed on under the heat shield).

there just need quite a lot of sanding, but i might start on them again.

car might not be fixed any time soon though.

Oh yeah, UPDATE:

Its fucked again!

your lower strut looks like mine :(



killed :(...

mines considerly more bashed than the pictures suggest!

Thing is iv just taken it off and i hit something 2 nights back that might have been protected if i had still had it on.

Will know the extent of the damage today i hope

dude that sucks! whats happened now? I heard through the grape vine that something is a bit wrong again!?
My strutt brace ends are eliptical too! they all do that! but mine is just scratched not bent as im only down 25mm or thats what the springs suggest... tape measure said more like 35mm...

samuel yours is twisted which is worrying when you consider what that bolts to and the shape thats prob been left when the strutt has been removed :(

Well, this is the latest spanner in the works! or should i say badger in the works.

Apparently the badger disliked being scrapped, so thought it would leave an ACTUAL BADGER dead in the middle of the road to damage the westy.

Long story short, i came round a corner, dead badger in the middle of the road, didnt have time to swurve, thought id go over the top, didnt, smashes into one driveshaft and breaks it in 2.

This is how the driveshaft looked when it was removed:



As you can see its pretty foooked!



On the back of the truck on way back from glastonbury.

Have to say a big thanks to Marc and also to Adzvtr as without them i would have been royally screwed. Marc fitted a driveshaft from adz in about 20mins and had me on my way after i thought car would be off the road for weeks.

Cant recommend Marc enough, he knows what he's talking about and his work is quick and reliable. Thanks man!

Still looking to do a few touches to the westy soon, but im in process of moving out so money is tight.

If any can sort me out a free full respray that'd be awesome :y: lol

RIP badger :(

Ive smacked a few pidgeons and stuff but never anything as large as a badger AKA a small bear lol

yeah they are fairly large things and hitting one as fast i was going (about 40mph - was doing the speed limit as i was on unfamiliar roads) it just mulched it.

but its fixed now. slightly worried the gears seem a bit tough and brakes a bit no responsive sometimes, but maybe its just in my head.

hello mate, cars lookin pretty sweet. but just wanted to know where you got the morette head lights from and how much? :afro:

Sell me this car back! I miss it! Who cares if she's dieing! :(

if you wanna buy it then go for it! Its not had anything wrong with it in a while which is good. But needs new tyres. So some new alloys on the way as well.

Like i said though, you wanna buy it back, its yours!

Engine still seems sound though!

How much wanting for it? And whats milage now?

mileage is like 103000 or something, but the dials dont read the actual mileage as i put MK2 dials in. well i cant sell it at moment anyway, havnt got enough money to buy a new car!

..the westy may be returning to saxp in the very near future...

stay tuned for updates