My 2000 1.1 Forte progress - Saxperience

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:06

So I thought i'd start a progress thread on my car. I've had it for about 8 months now, and it's my first car. I want to keep it for another couple of years, maybe eventually doing a VTR engine swap depending on what money/time allows. I bought it totally standard, with about 95,000 on the clock, everything was in perfect working order and there wasn't a scratch on it. It only cost me £580 so was a bit of a steal to be honest!

As a side note, whats the best site to use to upload my pictures? Thanks guys, and like with any progress thread, any input is welcome!

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:13

so here come the pictures! The first is last August when I got it, i'm not sure what shade of red it is but its pretty striking, I was more than happy.

http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/...ps929b7c41.jpg

All completely standard, and fitted with one of the horrific 'black boxes' that don't let you do anything fun in a car whatsoever.

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:17

Ok, so the first thing I did was change the boring citroen trims for some that suited the car a bit more, only temporarily till I bought some *I KNOW EVERYONE HAS THEM* VTR wheels.

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:21

So next I did some stickerbombing. I know a lot of you don't like it but I think it can looks quite nice when done subtly, so I went for it.

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:24

Not long after that I did the usual bits, changed the crappy CD player to a Pioneer aux unit, it wasn't hundreds but it does the job, sounds brilliant and had all important amp-out ports. I changed the front speakers too, from the paper things to a nice pair of Edge door speakers, again not a lot but made the world of difference to the sound.

Oli-VTR · 27th March 2014, 19:26

Quick heads up, you've posted in the non saxo section

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:33

So one Wednesday night in October I was driving home after work (about 11pm) on unlit B-roads. The roads are an accident blackspot round Peterborough, one week in December there was about 5 cars that went in the river in the space of a week, and a load more crashes near. Anyway, I went to pull out of a junction to turn right, and underestimated the speed a car was coming at me (all you can see at night is a pair of headlights). Obviously being national speed limit roads, they were doing about 60 and rightly so. Anyway, I pulled out, realised I was fucked and did the only thing I could do to avoid being T-boned by this other car (Pictures below). The police were called, I was breathalised etc but I hadn't been drinking, just working. I'd never been in shock before but its a weird feeling. The next day I woke up and thought i'd see my little sax parked outside but it was only then i realised I had actually crashed. It cost me £150 to get it recovered, but that's nothing compared to what could of happened. I had my friend in the car and I felt guilty for putting him in danger too, obviously it was completely my fault and I don't know what I did to deserve the luck I got. Not only was there no crash, but the next day when my car was safety checked, it was completely fine - the only damage being a small crack in the bumper, a smashed wheel trim and a mis-alligned wheel, total repair cost being just £15.

I did what anyone should, and drove it straight after I got the little guy, apologising after every corner for crashing my little car

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:35

I should mention, that ditch was about 6 feet deep, the pictures don't do it justice of how deep the ditch was and how much of an angle the car was at (it was half leaning on the passenger side). I was so lucky because of the angle I went in, the car kind of slid down the bank instead of crashing into it. The scraping it made getting it out in the last picture made me cringe.

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:38

In about November 2013 I finally got a set of Alloys, only £100 from ebay with 4 new tyres, all of them expensive performance types, I cant remember off the top of my head what makes but I know they costed a lot. The wheels weren't in amazing condition but refurbing them in a dark grey is on the cards at some point.

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:40

Christmas came around and I got just what I wanted - A 12 inch active subwoofer. I'm not a 'rollin round the estate listening to dnb' kind of person, but I do really enjoy music and love how much more bassy and dynamic music became when it was installed. I'll add pictures later on but it's just a standard Subwoofer boot install.

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:41

Next on the cards was to sort out the faded grey grill, which looked horrible. Easy enough, take out, spray black, put back in, and done.

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 19:45

Some time in January 2014 I decided to get rid of some of the stickerbombing, some of you will be thankful to know. The wing mirror, Citroen badge and petrol cap is still on but the boot stickerbombing has gone, and I think this was a wise decision, it makes the back look a lot better.

Now, in March 2014, my latest mod has been to DIY mesh the grill. It took about 4 hours all in all but was definitely worth it. I put the grill back in, gave the sax a good clean and took some pics.

More mods and pics to come whenever I can afford!

Jigs2895 · 27th March 2014, 19:47

Did the ride in the ditch not do any damage to it? In future post everything in one post as a pose to 10 separate ones

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 20:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oli-VTR

Quick heads up, you've posted in the non saxo section

Crap, how do I change this? Thanks for letting me know

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 20:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jigs2895

Did the ride in the ditch not do any damage to it? In future post everything in one post as a pose to 10 separate ones

Nope, it got taken to a local garage who said they wouldn't let me drive it away until they knew there was no damage or anything. They had it up on the stand and everything, apart from a mis-aligned wheel, they couldn't find anything up with it.
And I will do next time, i'm new to this forum stuff!

CorsaDestroyer · 27th March 2014, 21:24

Looks decent, shame about the crash, at least everyone is alright though!

tastysombrero31 · 27th March 2014, 21:49

Yeah, to be fair it wasn't too bad and I came out of the other side with barely a scrape, but it really changes your driving style, I'll always stop at a junction now if a car is pretty close just in case

tastysombrero31 · 7th April 2014, 19:50

This weekend I got a full set of either quicksilver or GTi leathers (not sure if there's a difference) but either way they're amazingly comfy and supportive and in very good condition, and they only cost £115!