stroudy's vtr progress thread
 

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bought my saxo vtr in march this year so 2 months ago did a straight swop for my peugeot 307 that i used to have.
this is what it looked like when i 1st got it

it had a stupid big air filter fitted on with the original air box in boot with a spare vtr alloy wheel :P also had a performance back box already fitted which i hae left on the car

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right i aint a clue how to get my pic to show if someone could help and get them to show would be a big help lol thanks

upload your photos to photobucket and copy and paste the img code in to the message box and by magic we'll see your photos :D

bad thing when i bought it was a knocking noise on the steering when was stood still so i took it to a garage and they told me was the shocker so instead of buying a standard 1 i bought a full spax psx 40mm kit and is now fitted

and thats what it looks like

thats what ive done mate still aint coming up tho :panic:

comments are welcome lol

bored on a saturday morning a nice hot day i sprayed my alloys gun metal grey
pic below is for this post lol

not a clue why it aint working :S

yesterday i colour coded the brake calipers and wheel bolts and fitted the sportex decat manifold
pics are seperated below

right this is a shit way to start a thread lol load up stupid pics!!!!!!!

right the stuff i have done to it are blue side light bulbs, full spax kit 40mm, sportex decat manifold, sprayed alloys, colour coded brake calipers and wheel bolts, refitted the standard air box and air filter, new track rod end, drop links, wishbones with polyflex bushes and i think thats it that i can remember.

plans;
lowering back end 50mm (should be this week)
maybe a race centre pipe not sure yet
k&n panel filter (on the way should hopefully be fitted sometime this week aswell)
smoked jewel rear lights (or a nice black tint sprayed by myself)
smoked side repeaters (also might spray them myself depending on the cash that i have)
after the performance upgrades are done im going to get a dyno reading so i know what has been gained so far and then go from there with weather im going to get it cammed or just remapped (not 100% sure yet which to do due to money and time of getting the cam fitted and remapped in the same week)
and lastly lighter and balanced flywheel with uprated clutch kit and uprated gear linkage bars

also a lower strut brace is planned at some time

sorted it now mate cheers for the help :y:

bloody hell your already on your 20th post haha could have done all that in the one post haha

anyway the car looks smart with the colour coded calipers and grey wheels :y:

when are you getting the back lowered?

looks well chum! where did ya get the sportex manifold and how much did ya pay if ya dont mind me asking?

i know lol had problems with it all oops total newbie :). its going to garage to get down wednesday evening so should be done by end of thursday hopefully :y:

cost £155 of ebay mate :y:
cheers for feedback :y:

cheers lad! much difference?

ye seems quicker to pick up speed and better mpg sounds alot better now aswell

looks mintage with the alloys ;)

oo serious! didnt think it would be more mpg? your cat under the car still? or was it in the previous manifold?

cheers bud :y:

ye mate well seems to be better on mpg anyways when i 1st put it on i was low on petrol so i topped it up with some 97 octane petrol and its done around 160miles on half a tank so just need to see how many more i can do with the bottom half of tank now. prob be around another 100miles and ive been rassing car aswell with the exhaust blowing so to me its doing really good :y: and manifold was in the old manifold mate only thing i have restricting the power now is the silencer and the normal air filter but i have a k&n panel filter on way and will be giving the standard air box to air intakes :)

few little upgrades colour coded bonnet grill and rocker cover

How did ya do that with grill, just take it off and spray it?

wheels look really nice :y:

ye mate but dont really see the paint staying on for that long. i took it off gave it a quick sand, cover the citroen logo with some tape and then just sprayed :y: theres about 6-7 different coats on there though front and back and then put laquer on piss easy really bud :y:

cheers mate :y:

may think about doing it to mine then!!!

go for it mate personally think it looks alot better now :y:

It does look sweet i think i saw some thread from someone making their own euro style grille which i will be doing. How did the rear lowering go?

it aint been done yet mate taking to garage tommorow AGAIN be the 3rd time now the guy who is doing has been busy and waiting for parts to do it as he said the axle arm bushes are fooked so been waiting for them to come so he can replace them at the same time.

icelandic grey updates
 

new breather kit supplied by CHIPZ great price and looks great cheers :y:

also back is now lowered went more than i originally planned so now have to buy new front springs lol but looks great anyway

looking well mate!