Posi Blue vtr 16v * quaife atb on its way*
 

I've been on here a while now but never really posted much but as a few might know by reading his project thread vtcarl has sold his immaculate vtr and i've been lucky enough to be the one to get it, I've put another progress blog on a different site im on so im going to copy my main post from there other wise it will take to long to do it all out again.

my main plans with the car are keep it clean and not touch it much as its perfect atm only thing that needs doing asap is the wheels need a refurb, I cant decide between black/silver and white deff not going any stupid colours its staying smart. Hope you enjoy the read.


i got a text from my mate ste (badgersport on here) that a well known saxo was for sale, so as soon as i got the link to the thread i had to get in touch an go and view it. The previous owner has owned it since it was 16 months old and has every bit of history you could ask for, He's also done a few choice mods which have made the car so much better.

I soon fell in love with her and put a deposit down, then last friday i went down to pick her up.

spec list:

sparco upper brace
omp lower brace
206 gti 180 front brakes with red stuff pads
standard rear brakes with green stuff pads
braided lines front and back
23mm 406 master cyclinder
janspeed 4-2-1 manifold
sports cat
powerflow catback exhaust
pollybushed all round
bilstien b8 shocks
eibach 40mm front springs with rear matched
green enclosed carbon induction kit
oil catch tank
oillite bearing less rear beam with 24mm rear arb fitted
mk2 airbagged vts interior
modded track rod arm to avoid powersteering pipe
quickshift but cant remember the name
black vts wheels need a refurb as they were his winter wheels and only rattle canned.

Dont really have any plans for her apart from tidy bits and bobs up like get wheels refurbed an eventually get the stone chips on the front end sorted

now for the pictures, heres some from the previous owners project thread on saxperience












i haven't took many my self but heres the few that i have taken:







then on sunday i thought im going to treat it to a good clean so i went and got some new goodies


then after a good clean and polish





abit of a random pic but i like it for some reason

Looks a minter mate really nice car as for the wheels id say white or silver tbh bit that's just my opinion and may I suggest smoking the headlights? Other than that gorgeous!

looks really nice afta youve given it a coat of wax! i also agree with tingaling, wheels would look nice in another colour im thinking white!

tbh the more i think about it the more white is winning i know silver looks good on it but i think white would be a nice change, my mrs has a gold vtr with all the smoked bits on, jewel rear lights, smoked fronts ect an as good as it looks i want the two cars to look different, ill do another progress thread for her car inabit aswell.

cheers fcor the nice comments anyways guys

Looking good mate looking good. Cheers for the link, be nice to watch it develop more. If you have a chance on Sunday afternoon after 2ish pop by mine for the supersprint centre pipe. Just knock on and I will give it to you for your mrs car.

have always loved this car...everytime i drove past your house carl i always had to look at it lol n now i get to look at it everyday n occassionly drive it hehe sooo much more comfortable then mine, but now making me wana get mine a bit better, well fix little rattles etc or should i say get dan to fix them n ill just pay lol

Sound mate ill text you before i come round.

After a chat with badgersport tonite the wheels will be getting refurbed in the brightest silver i can get and maybe a flake put in them to make them really sparkle when clean, i will also be lowering the back another 10mm just to get rid of the arch gap because as much as i love how it is, its really been eating at me more and more knowing the back looks so much higher,

Lookin good dan mine will be back on the road by the end of the week I hope, gettin the windscreen changed then all thts left is to scrap the black 1 which will b a shame but I've got ma new toy now lol then get it taxed and insureed and I'm sorted

Lol. Yours is a nice car, but if your not 100% happy I suppose you may aswell get bits done.
Dan if your going to lower the rear some more you may as well grease the oillite bushes a little. Keep them in good condition.

looking tidy bud keep up the good work

Ye i will grease them mate been looking at different grease but have no idea which one to get so im gonna message im axles and ask lol i think it will keep it looking smart an practical an also level the car off fingers crossed

The reason it is higher at the rear is it's supposed to be better for handling. But 10mm shouldn't be bad for it. I think it can ruin the car if it's too low.

Ye i really donno what to do one day i want to lower it 10mm the next i dont ive spoke to im axles and he said the bushes are self lubricating but ive asked him what intervals he reckons i should renew the grease

I was intending once a year with servicing the bushes. I think youshould look at doing this as I've not done it yet. I'd say just a little "squirt" of grease on each bush.

I should have an update later with a fair few pictures, it includes new wheels, sprayed grill and a new center console

Tell today i was bored so i took my wheels off and swopped them with the mrs car and both cars are so much better for it. I'll let the pictures do the talking.

looking good dan!! black suits the mrs car!

Both look much better mate :D

Got a nice posi there mate! thought of white alloys?

i have but then i love the silver atm lol where in wolvo you from mate? aint seen you about

I gave it a clean y-day so thought id upload some pictures. There should be a small update in the next few days.

Wheel before and after:




Front bumper before and after:




The car after:




then i popped up the road for some pictures not the best as they are on my iphone:








and a few pictures i found from when we swopped wheels:




really happy with the car atm a few things are started to bug me, power being the main but that should be sorted in the very near future

small update:

everybody commented on the horible looking heat shield and i never liked the red strut brace so yesterday i decided to paint them

engine bay before:




after:

Looking good dan! Keep it up!

glad you approve carl, i think its a nice sutle touch to the bay

I've wanted to do this to the car since i had it but i didn't as for some reason on this car i actually liked the standard lights but i bit the bullet and just got on with it.

during:



after:





im gonna clean it and go take some decent pictures in abit, i've got to say im not sold yet i preffer standards lol so i'll see how i feel after the clean but if i dont like them ill be getting a standard set of inserts

Now you need the rear jewels on. Looking good though.

Very smart

yet anoth fine example of a possi blue car keep up the good work mate

cheers mate but i can't take any praise for the work thats got to go to carl lol, i've decided im gonna look for some standard lights again as i really don't like the smoked lights on it, so im going to get some standard inserts

Loving the car mate....posi is the best colour

cheers for all the comments guys, i haven't driven the car in about a week due to one thing or another(nothing to do with the actual car i just haven't needed to go anywhere in it) so i've just been for a blast in it and all i can say is i fudging love this car haha

heres some pictures i took:







and my favourite:

looking good dude. any more plans? i need to lower mine but trying to find someone to do it

white with possi blue is to common now thats why i have had a complete change

i think white looks tacky. gloss black all the way!

The wheels are staying silver its fresh an looks mint clean, im still unsure on the headlights but they are growing on me

Looking good dan! Keep it up.

not much of an update but it should be getting cam'd in the next few months,

plans are:

newman phase 3
venier pulley
new timing belt kit
remap

then if it needs it a gti/vts box but im undecided on that bit yet as this box is mint so might just wait on that one

cheers

just thought id do a small update

one thing i really didnt want to do was put an aftermarket headunit in as if im honest i dislike every one i've seen. So i got thinking why do i want a new one, i only want one so i can have my sub fitted so i had a quick look and found an adaptor that taps into the rear speakers and turns into 2 female rca leads so i got one and fitted it.

fitted:


headunit back in:


and a complete view:


im over the moon with it tbh since having a little play with the amp it now sounds perfect

looking good ladd love the posi blue vt

my car had its mot on friday and passed first time with the only advisorys being the rear tyres which made me so proud of it haha.

proof:


i fitted a nice clean new grill aswell, as the old grill was painted and although it looked better it was chipped:

old too show a few marks on it:



new:




one of the car itself: