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

hahah cant wait mate!

Woah, could it be update time again? after so long.... i think it is!

Well not much has happened recently. The Black R alloys are back on the car. Theyre semi temporary. Just had 4 new tyres so they will stay for a bit, but my plan is to change them for something bigger so i can get my big brakes eventually.

No pictures of the car as a whole at the moment, but things iv been working on recently include:







and some nice Kam Racing Exhaust bushes as mine appear to be worn



Should have ANOTHER!!! update later this afternoon.

Keep your eyes peeled for more ;)

all looking good so far! nice to see you back on the scene again!

Im selling my Drycell battery for £80 if you know anyone???

i did see that one and i am tempted myself, but not sure my audio will require it!
will keep an eye out for anyone looking though.

Yeah, decided to get my but in gear and actually do something! dont suppose you have any pictures of your boot popper wiring and mounting? i cant for the lift of me figure out a way to mount it!

Also have got some updates, but cant get the photos off my phone yet!

nice to see some more update :y:

Good progress mate :)

ta

yeah it is. Just got a janspeed system lol
bit of an impulse to be honest. Jordysports fitted it for me. Decatted. It is REALLY nice with the decat, but im just finding it hard to like the sound. Its just a bit tooo raspy!

so might put the piper back on and get a decat for it i think.

More pictures to follow when i stop having iphone fails.

Picture time!

my older exhaust rubbers!



look at the state of that!

My new LED's for numberplate light





And then on a complete whim, i bought a new system!

Janspeed full decat system....





Big thanks to jordysports for all his help fitting it. Thing is i dont like the sound! its so nice at high revs on motorways, but it has an annoying tendancy to be loud in low revs around town. And its not to my taste.

Its for sale if anyone wants it!
Janspeed Exhaust For Sale

But then i got home and on a whim bought something else quite expensive. Will be here in next few days i hope!

BIG update to come!

And im going to put my old system back on with a decat which i should be getting soon fingers crossed

Then im broke for the month, so back to hard saving!

Mini Update:

Pipers back on now. Big thanks for jordysports for swapping my system not once but twice lol

second time didnt take any time at all, so as we were contemplating maccy d's we noticed that my inside morette lenses actually had bulbs behind. so we decided to wire them in.

After me making a rookie wiring error and blowing 2 fuses up we had them done...

...thing is i assumed the inside bulb was a sidelight, but as the picture below shows, its pretty bright! I was driving home in the dark and it seems brighter than the HID's. People also thought i was being a douche and driving around with my high beams on. (I wasnt driving with fogs on though!)



These are the bulbs that were in theyre, definately not a side light!
any ideas as i want some Xenon HID effect ones.



They are 55W bulbs if that helps!

Still waiting for my sub, not even had any contact from ebay guy.
Also waiting for another bug update which should be here in the next few days i hope!

looking good m8, very bright upfront lol

yeah a bit too bright currently! had to take the bulbs out from fear of being pulled or shot by drivers i blinded.

hows your beast coming along?

Was no trouble fitting the exhaust, only got time on my hands atm. was quite funni about the bloomin fuses, well i found it funni lol.

Tbh those bulbs look like normal side light bulbs in some form of holder???, have a trawl through the net to try and find some, as they are deffo not dipped bulbs,

ye m8 its comin on nicely, check out my thread if ye wanna see.
urs is comin on nicely now

loving all the lights up front!!! looks fecking awsome! I want some morettes and 2 sets of main beam :)

Loving your car matey! Glad you put the piper back on as I love the sound they make. Sounds awesome when de-catted as well.

Keep up the good work.

haha thanks mate
and yeah it was amusing til it started to get dark!
They arent sidelight bulbs defiantely though as i cant fit a normal side light bulb in it!

Will go ga-googling in a minute


ill go check it out

thanks mate :y:

might need your help sorting them out actually!

They look the nuts but i just cant use them at the moment as they blind people and over power my HID's! Get really hot too. Drove for 30mins with them on, had to wait hour til they were cold enough to touch!

Thanks mate. It was technically decated when i got it as the cat was Empty and it sounded nice then, but when i get a proper decate its going to sound spot on i think.

Yeah definately happy with the piper over the janspeed!

EDIT: Also update coming hopefully monday. Need to wait for the parcel office to be open ;)

BIG UPDATE

Its been a while coming, but here it is. Had some more interest in the car recently so decided to snap up a bargain and buy some Team Dynamic Pro Race 1.2's

Got them half on at the moment as need some bigger spacers (30mm on the back if anyone has any?)

Completely changes the look. love em!







BEFORE....



AFTER....





Just need to sort spacers this month and get the other things on iv been working on. Then i can get the 283mm brake conversion on again :P

Keep eyes peeled.

looks gd

Bastard thats all im gonna say! been looking for a set of these for ages!
Pm me and let me know where you got them and what you paid!

Thanks

You have a PM ;) sorry!

and if i end up getting a pay rise and a new car ill sell them to you :)