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21st August 2012, 22:05
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Reshell a VTS in to a Diesel Shell
do-able? I've seen some dirt cheap diesel Saxo's which will sort me out for a non-sunroof shell cheaper then putting on a roof skin. Work wise isn't an issue, but will the engine drop in easy enough etc?
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21st August 2012, 22:25
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Yup, arches will need chopping, and all the fuel lines swapping, but if you have space and time go for it, not quite the same, but the gwynnespeed saxo kitcar started off life as a diesel 106.
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21st August 2012, 22:27
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You'd rather by a car,change the engine and fuel lines and pump, have to remve and flush the tank, change suspension and brakes
Then change the roof skin?
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21st August 2012, 22:28
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ive always thought diesel saxos are quite expensive?? not noticeably cheap anyway.
you'd be far better off buying a non-sunroof petrol 1.1 or something to do it if you really wanted to but what a ball ache that would be to swap everything
vts's are far better equipped? have the vts bodykit, power steering, central locking, alarm, abs, electric windows, better seats, disc brake beam, uprated suspension and thicker torsion/arb bars, vented front brakes as opposed to solid
completely pointless idea mate, just buy a vts and put the non sunroof skin on it if you dont want a sunroof so badly.
any kind of saxo are cheap as chips these days...
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21st August 2012, 23:05
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It's a rally car by the way. I have a VTS atm, which has rust (don't they all!) and will need the sunroof panel plating.
If I could get a Diesel Saxo for £400, swap everything over, sell all the left overs, empty VTS shell, it would work out a damn site cheaper than a roof plate & welding.
Petrol 1.0/1.1 was the other option.
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22nd August 2012, 00:11
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if its just a rally car, you could just rivet on a sheet of ally?
from my experience, 1.1s are cheaper than diesels and would probably be easier doing an engine conversion
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22nd August 2012, 00:22
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New roof panel is £100 or thereabouts. Welding is free if you're doing it yourself. Takes a few hours max. Really a lot of hassle to swap the entire cars innards over for a roof. Or as posted above, just weld a plate in.
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22nd August 2012, 02:55
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New roof panel is £100 or thereabouts. Welding is free if you're doing it yourself. Takes a few hours max. Really a lot of hassle to swap the entire cars innards over for a roof. Or as posted above, just weld a plate in.
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£200 from main dealers, that includes the bar that goes across and VAT 
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The smurf vts R.I.Pieces
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22nd August 2012, 09:24
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£200 from main dealers, that includes the bar that goes across and VAT |
There's your problem 
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22nd August 2012, 20:20
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Let me in on the £100 jobbies then please. By PM if preferred :-)
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22nd August 2012, 21:12
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go to scrappy...find a non sunroof saxo/106 cut the whole roof off via the pillars
take it home and drill the spot welds of and remove the roof skin...then with a bond cutter..remove your windscreen and drill the spot welds off your car... and remove the skin
bond the strengthener from the non sun roof skin into place..then put the roof skin back on and bond/spot weld it onto place
then bond your screen back in
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23rd August 2012, 00:59
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will take them a week to get it in stock lol
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The smurf vts R.I.Pieces
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23rd August 2012, 01:05
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Let me in on the £100 jobbies then please. By PM if preferred :-)
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Pm Titch308 on here - mate of mine. Got his for around £120 iirc brand new. Pattern part obviously but you'd never know.
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23rd August 2012, 21:28
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Pm Titch308 on here - mate of mine. Got his for around £120 iirc brand new. Pattern part obviously but you'd never know.
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Cheers! I'll drop him a PM now
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