Carls VTR

[CarlStinson]

Picked her up on the 13th for £225 with a smashed back window and a flat tyre,
got her in for inspect at my buddys garage on the 14th who repaired the tyre for me for free and found that the drivers side lower arm rear bush is giving alot of play in the steering.
far as i know its lowered on the front with springs and adjustable shocks with after market shocks on the rear,
it has bluetooth an towbar fitted, also has a horrible after market filter thats just sucking in hot air from the engine bay.
Heres how she looked when picked up




Front lowering springs - Apex 35mm
Front and Rear Shocks - Koni S.T.R.T Kit (nothing special)
K&N - Panel Filter
Reconditioned polybushed rear axle lowered 30mm - imaxles
Raceland 4-2-1 manifold
Full Sportex decat - silenced centre - 3inch tail pipe
JBL speakers all round comps speakers up front powered by a JBL 400watt amp
Single sub in the boot not JBL yet wanting to replace with a JBL
Original Saxo car matts out a 1998 VTR with saxo written down them (probably from factory)

[CarlStinson]

Quick update
replacement boot and replaced rear lights with my old lexus lights (would prefer tinted lights but have to make with what i got for now)


Bluetooth stero in

[SimpleJoee]

Looks like a good project you've got there, fairly cheap too!
Mind me asking how much it cost for a replacement boot and or respray? Mines fucked from the previous owner lmao

[CarlStinson]

Thanks moving things over from the old car slowly
The boot was free it came off my 1.4 Exclusive because of its front end damage, maybe worth check on ebay and seeing if anyones breaking a saxo nearby aim for the same colour
as when i got the KIA resprayed it was £100 a panel

[CarlStinson]

Had its first mot today with me as the new owner, it failed but im pretty happy with the list.

1. amplifier wire was unadequately supported ( its now been tied out the way)

2. offside rear brake binding (the dust cover has come off, picking up a new caliper from down my local yard for £20)

3. centre steering rack gaiter split (not sure how much a new one is yet probably less than £10, not sure how to fit it yet)

4. offside front suspension arm ball joint nut is ineffective ( Its not the correct nut by they are getting me one for free)

5. High level stop lamp less than 50% viable ( It spells out SAXO but i have a spare i can put in for the retest)

6. Finally it failed on emission (its cated with no element inside, but have a MK1 cat and 4-2-1 mani to go on)

I'm pretty happy with that, it had two new kumho tyres on the front size 195/50/R15 thanks for advise wullvfr and is still running 195/55/R15 on the rear all 4 wheels were balanced too

[CarlStinson]

Started the MOT work yesterday, off with the old exhaust, and on with a mk1 under floor cat for the MOT, and also while in here a MK1 oil conversion which i got the part in from France to do. Also removed the air box so i could find the split rubber, its in worse condition that described on the MOT lol

[CarlStinson]

Quick update
Fitted the under floor cat exhaust for time sack i have a complete exhaust
from cat back so i can just unbolt cat from mani, slide out
and slide the new one in,
heres the decat set up i have been running for past week sounds great saxsport back box


Removed the sump to clean and find the other half of my dipstick lol


Its looking tidy, but not happy, it needs an original VTR air box


Changed the rear lights

[Pricklep]

Engine bay looks muchhh better!

[greyjasper51]

can you post a picture of the tread pattern of your kumhos please

many thanks

[CarlStinson]

Just went and took one same on all 4

[greyjasper51]

Cheers pal

[CarlStinson]

Why did you Want to see the tread?

[PastyVTR]

Originally Posted by CarlStinson

Why did you Want to see the tread?

Tyre thread fetish.

[greyjasper51]

Originally Posted by PastyVTR

Tyre thread fetish.

How did you guess?? Ooh i like the angle of the blocks... Please put a durometer on them please, thatll send me over the edge...


It was only to see if the tread pattern was different to the ones i had on my road car (different sizes have different tread patterns) as i was very impressed with the ones i was using, for £40 a corner might as well try a pair

[CarlStinson]

They are great at about £35 a corner from my buddy's garage

[Schism]

Nice work on the speakers, do you think the upgraded rears make much of a difference?

[CarlStinson]

To me it sounds alot better and for £24 was well worth it will help the new front speakers nicely

[CarlStinson]

Finally got some time to sit down and upload some snaps of my car at FCS, had a great time weather was amazing, met up with Jigs2895 & lewismonteith on the way up, shame about the low turn out for saxp but was still at great weekend
Heres me coming back in from a few laps Link

New Sticker

[CarlStinson]

Been along time since I've been on here so thought i would update this thread, since FCS 2014, i have removed the bonnet bra and fitting bonnet pins, (due to my road accident with the last saxo) Also fitting my toe strap to the front, with saxp sticker (wouldn't stick very well), Next was a recon rear axle, got it from ImAxles polybushed and lowered 30mm to match the front, had to replace one of the rear hub, while i was there, also replaced all the rear brake lines.
on another know have just sorted out that dam airbag light, turned out to be the wire behind the steering column i plugged it into a resistor to shut it up, for MOT.







Bring on FCS 2015!

[CarlStinson]

Update - Its coming up to MOT time and the 3hour drive to FCS, so brought her some bits, and fitted them over the last couple days.
shes had new
Cambelt
Waterpump
Aux belt
Spark plugs
Antifreeze
Thermostat
Fuel filter

due to MOT coming up had to put the Cat back exhaust on, will put Decat back on after MOT
Worked it out shes only done under 2k miles this year