Shannon-ob's 53 Black VTR. Overdue update.

[shannon-ob]

Hello everyone!

As some of you may know, my old Mauritius blue 16v VTR died.

So I was on the look out for a new car (had to be a Saxo, and had to be black)
after a few days of looking. I found one. It had an awesome spec!

It was a 2003 53 plate Black VTR
It had 43,445 miles
Full air bag interior
ABS all round
Lowered 40mm
No tax or MOT though

But for a bargain of a price £600

So I got the missus to kindly drive me to Surrey to go have a look at it.

When I got there it looked amazing Had a look around it and no rust what so ever. Took it for a drive around a private sorta housing estate and it drove so good!

I had to have it.



















Yes, a few things will be changed... Exhaust

[Oli-VTR]

looks clean, exhaust is maybe not the best tho!

[shannon-ob]

So I got it home and was time for the M.O.T. I knew it was going to fail. Due to the ABS light being on when I bought it.

But I took it in anyway to make sure there wasn't anything else that would need doing. Unlike so other Saxo's I know it had a very small failure list 5 things to be exact.

Those things were;

Anti-Lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault

Offside rear fog lamp not working

Offside rear shock absorber has an excessively worn bush (no bush at all to be honest.)

Battery insecure

Nearside inner front CV joint gaiter split.

Obviously some of these things are quick and easy, like putting a new bulb in, swapping battery from old car (one in this is too big) Lucky the chap gave me the standard shocks with the car so that will be a quick swap.

Whilst I was at the garage I got the M.O.T tester to plug in to the car to find out what was causing the ABS light to be on. It came back saying no readings at all from nearside front and rear sensors so they have been ordered.

The CV gaiter was cheap but by no means quick as it's the inner one

[shannon-ob]

Originally Posted by Oli-VTR

looks clean, exhaust is maybe not the best tho!

Yeah I know I have a 4-2-1 and my supersprint to put back on

Just means I have to get a new bumper at some point as there is now a cut out for the other tip.

[shannon-ob]

This was the difference in the batteries;



Oh and this has been swapped straight away as it was really gay -.-



I've also got an ECU cover on No picture yet though but I'm sure you can all imagine what it'll look like.

[Oli-VTR]

pretty sure i've just seen someone breaking a black vt in the for sale section so you should be able to grab a bumper there

[shannon-ob]

The plans are as follows;

Make a set of number plates at work (just to clean it up for now, pressed ones will be put on)

Put my 4-2-1 and supersprint system on

Put my audio set up in from old car

Put my half leather interior in from old car

BBS's From old car to go on.

New rocker cover

My battery cover to go on

De-wiper and fit stalk.

Omp steering wheel to go on

Upper and lower braces to go back on (unsure whether to fit lower again)

Black a b c pillars to go back on

Unsure whether to put s2 rallye carpet back in?

Buy a citroen badge for the boot.

Put my depos in

Maybe put my smoked jewels in

Put the standard grill on as meshed one is not in properly

I think this is everything at the moment!

[shannon-ob]

Originally Posted by Oli-VTR

pretty sure i've just seen someone breaking a black vt in the for sale section so you should be able to grab a bumper there

Going to have to wait a while I cant afford anything

[VeiRoN]

Like the list,good luck with it.

Which OMP steering wheel you got?

[shannon-ob]

Originally Posted by VeiRoN

Like the list,good luck with it.

Which OMP steering wheel you got?

Yeah well should be quite easy, a lot of it is swapping from old car

I have a Corsica buddy

[shannon-ob]

I don't know whether to put my Rallye carpet back in. Can anybody help?

[shannon-ob]

Got a few bits on last night!

Managed to get the 106 gti half leather seats in

My depo lights

My smoked jewels

And my wind deflectors.





Apologies on the mess

Before headlight swap



After



C&C welcome.

[AlexBp]

Fancy a black rear bumper with only one exhaust recess?

Ive got 3 atm

[shannon-ob]

Originally Posted by AlexB

Fancy a black rear bumper with only one exhaust recess?

Ive got 3 atm

Alex! I will need one at some point when I put super sprint back on. But not just yet as I'm lacking on money

[shannon-ob]

Got a few more bits done for retest on mot.

Got the inner cv gaiter done and the rear shock

Then as always, came to the last fail and problem. Rear abs sensor snapped yay fiddly job.

Got my upper front strut brace on though

[lwigmore]

Originally Posted by shannon-ob

Got a few more bits done for retest on mot.

Got the inner cv gaiter done and the rear shock

Then as always, came to the last fail and problem. Rear abs sensor snapped yay fiddly job.

Got my upper front strut brace on though

I had to physically smash my rear abs sensor off when i changed mine over on my vts.

But car's looking good, i was tempted to buy this car but the no tax/mot put me off

[shannon-ob]

Originally Posted by lwigmore

I had to physically smash my rear abs sensor off when i changed mine over on my vts.

But car's looking good, i was tempted to buy this car but the no tax/mot put me off

Yeah had to with this but other half got stuck -.-

Yeah put me off a bit as well but someone had to risk it lol. Tbh it didn't fail on much so yeah

[lwigmore]

ah fair enough lol

Well at least you bought this car and not some chav who would ruin it.

Any more plans?

[JoeHindle]

This looks really smart mate! nice clean base, what colour rallye carpet do you have for it mate? Red or blue, either way it'd look the business..

[shannon-ob]

Originally Posted by lwigmore

ah fair enough lol

Well at least you bought this car and not some chav who would ruin it.

Any more plans?

Haha exactly umm not really. When the weather gets better then ill gloss black the strips and other plastics. Maybe flock the dash too