Collo's Vtr/ Now The GTI Progress Thread! (pic heavy)
 

Hi,

Right were do I start? The beginnings probably a good place. I’ve had my 51 plate Saxo Vtr for 2 years now after part exchanging my old 106 xsi for it. I picked it up with only 28,000 on the clock, pretty good mileage for its age. As soon as I got it home the modifications started!

Heres what it looked like to start with







Absolutely standard apart from the sub which I put in for the time being when I got it home.

looks tidy that how it is now?

nooo just started the thread few mods done :)

get some pics up of how it is now :y: and future plans

first thing to be changed was the back lights. i went for smoking the standard ones not to everyones taste tho.

then bye bye rear wiper and black badges

induction kit???? yes please!! cheers sam. free bmc dia induction kit!

next small mod was a sunstrip. the car hasn't got one on now as the police moaned at me sayin "it was too low, the wiper blades touch it.. blah blah blah".

next was smoked side repeaters, and a new mesh grille. which i look back on now n think what was i thinkin with that gille lol

looking good :y:

Looks gd so far apart from the grille

lookin well so far

forgot to add this bit just before the grille and sunstrip i decided to paint the callipers red :)

i then came to my sences and made a custom grille out of the old shoddy bit of mesh and the original grille. painted the chevrons in wikid red to match the paintwork.

Looking good that mate this cars going the right way :y: just get some black rims and its a winner ;)

liking your idea of colour coded chevrons!! nice

dont worry bud the black rims are on :) ill post the pics soon.

grille defo look better now

You made the right choice by putting the old grille back on and painting the chevrons, looks nice

Next job was to fit new lights with painted black inserts. when i opened the bonnet i saw the state of the engine bay n had a major clean up. I removed the heat shield, painted the manifold cove black, got a new feed pipe from the filter to the throttle bodie, and also got a cold air feed pipe. this will hopefully turn into a procomp intake and filter but can't find one anywhere. :(

Looking good so far mate

i then couldn't decide how much to lower the car by an what wheels to put on???????? in the end i opted for lowering it 60mm at the front and the rear torsion bar matched. cheers to manic motors :) i also went for standard vtr rims sprayed black.

then went through the trouble of bonnet raisers. only a small mod but looks good in my eyes.

due to me living in doncaster at the time and always travelling back to scarbrough my car became filthy in a short space of time so gave the belly of it a clean and the inside of the arches

Before



After



obiously ones the front arch and ones the back but u get the idea :)

next step bye bye standard seats, hello buckets. for 200 quid off a mate 2 cobra monaco seats, 2 subframes, 2 cobra harness' and he chucked in a show cage :y: cant really see the seats ill get a better pic of them soon

forgot to add the pic of the exhaust its only a peco back box was on the car for about a year. just had the car mot'd and it was the rust was that bad on it i had no choice but to put my pea shooter back on

the badges also came off at this point but need the holes filling and painting

then decided to give the car a good scrub and try and get rid of some of the tar on the bottom of the door and sills and some of the grime off the engine.

CLEAN :p

now for the inside, dvd player fitted

colour coded trim. not too much just the part in the centre as u can see and the two blower surrounds at both sides. not too keen on painting the glove box handle, speaker covers, door handle etc.

as you can see ive now got a smiley grille due to my other one flyin off at high speeds 70 ;) lol din't really want one of these due to them been quite common but they're well built. considering painting the surround so its colour coded with the car but not too sure as ive seen a few about and they look bodged because the paint doesn't match up. so im in two minds! any suggestions???????

few more pics to add tomorrow stripped out, strut brace, aero wipers, twin fan???

few bits needed to be done in the near future! thinking of removing the door pillar sticker because the one thats on has had it. but the paint underneath might be brighter than the rest of the car hhhmmm???? also need to find a passangers side CLEAR fog light lense as the one that on now is frosted :( also a tow eye cover for that hole in the front bumper. was thinking of a 106 gti front bumper 2 cold air feed pipes where the fogs should be ??? will a 106 bumper fit and will it need modifying much? !help please!

new fan just arrived :) got the houseing for free off a mate. just need spray the housing and the blades and then rip the old one out, link them up and bobs ya uncle. still dont know what colour to do the blade?? any suggestions?

looks really nice man, it looks awesome when it's clean (no offence intended lol) rear lights are a good touch too :y:

I think you have made this car beautiful to be honest with you mate, gone down the right path deffinately, keep it up :y:

looks great you got alot of work done there. keep it up love the grill.

Looking really well man keep the updates coming :A:

cheers guys :y: took the old fan out today. dint have much time on my hands so hopefully the new twin fan will be painted and fitted by tomoz night. thinking red fan blades and black housing.