I know this thread already excisted guys but tbh i got a bit annoyed that i couldnt change the title lol
So moved it onto its own page!!
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Originally Posted by Adum
UPDATE: New Owner takes over
well i sold this last year around june/july time, but as the new owner is on Sax-p he will be taking over this thread with his progress since taking it off my hands.
so over to you Sean_VTS................
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Well as previously mentioned from Adum I am the new owner of the VTS a few people have met me and a few have seen the car about, no doubt thinking hold on that’s no Adum lol.
Love the car, soooo much fun to drive and the gold looks awesome……………………………….......
I thought it was about time to start my own progress thread but because the car was previously Adums I thought that it would be a good idea to carry on with his original progress thread.
I’m nowhere near as good with Photoshop as Ad so don’t be expecting any amazing chops like previous.
Since ive had the car ive done a few bits so take a look and tell me what you think J
As it stands today
New ICE
I had my head-unit left from my previous car so thought id use that it’s a Kenwood touch, flip screen DVD. Really liked it in my last car so thought id use it again. Also whilst I was there I wired up an amp and put in some JBL components and some Infinity 6X9s (as much as you guys are now rolling your eyes) Sound a lot better than it did so im happy
BMC CDA (A DIFFERENT WAY TO BREATH)
When I bought the car it came with a Piper cross induction kit and I thought that maybe it needed something that would allow more air into the head. So after much debating I went for the BMC.
Simple job getting the Piper cross off and took me all in all about 10mins to fit the BMC with red SFS 90degree bend to TB.
Its made a hell of a difference, really worth the money to be honest!
And now with the BMC and how the Engine bay now stands.
Removal of the so called EGR Valve.
Well after being told this was an easy job and seeing how much it tidied up the engine bay I thought WHY NOT?!
Instead of using the pound coin like a lot of people have I used the blanking plate. Just seemed much tidier.
So after a while I got the top bits and pieces off and thought hey this is easy took me about 10mins so I was chuffed…………………………….until I found out that the pump had to be removed, what a biach that was, took the passenger side wheel off and it was just behind the arch a bit further up in the engine bay. After a few more hoses and screws and bolts were removed I started getting somewhere and it did look a lot better!!
New number plates.
Just a little touch.
Number plate lights.
Just to make things a bit fresher really, make a hell of a difference look much nice than the yellow look bulbs lol.
No pics but everybody knows what they look like by now!
Fitted new brake pads and painted calipers.
On my last day off I got round to fitting some new red-stuff brake pads and paint my calipers red. With the use of good old hammerite a few coats and job done.
Also whilst I had the wheels off I thought id give them a really good clean and also clean the wheel arches and surrounding areas.
Before
After
Well thats about the 2nd coat i think so looks better than that now will get a pic up under the wheels soon.
Black badges.
Another little touch. Got some t-cut involved on my rear badges, looks 10xs better no continuing with the black theme.
OMP upper strut brace
A delivery from kam racing bought me my upper strut brace, really hard job this one lol jokes took about 5 mins and continued with my red/black theme, made the car feel more solid so quite happy with it would defiantly recommend!
Random engine bay colour coding session.
Well much to the pain of Adum after he spend hours cleaning up the rocker covers and giving them the polished look I went ahead and painted them
(sorry again mate).
I painted the rocker covers satin black and the coil pack cover red. As I already had a red/black theme going on I thought best to continue with it!
Service
Just had a full service, oil changed now with Silkolene pro-s. New plugs- NGK Iridium.
Car drives a lot smoother now. Really pleased!!
Plasma Dials.
Fitted some Plasma Dials aswel now they look awsome, just need to change the rest of the bulbs to LEDs so that they all match in well etc.
How they look now, like i say it will look a hell of alot better when ive changed all the others to LED.
Got a few more MODs coming within the next week or so. So i will make sure you keep it all posted guys!!
UPDATE!
Port and polished throttle body.
Right just a small update, after a random idea and the fact that i couldnt live without my car for a couple of days i decided to port and polish my throttle myself. This is what it looks like
I thought it came out pretty well and it is a well worth while mod as you do feel the difference, as much as people argue about it the throttle reponse is better.
New Brakes.
Picked up some new brakes, got 406 V6 coupe calipers, carriers and 283mm disks.
Am in the middle of painting so i will get some pics up of them once i have finished them, got some new brake hoses on the way so im hoping to have them fitted by next weeked but we shall see!!!
MK1 Rear lights.
After being told that MK1 lights would look a lot better on my car, the hunt to find a set was on! So i set my sights to ebay as i havent got time to go to a scrappy and the ones by me are pretty useless.
So i got myself a set think deals for £4.75!! I took a pic with one of each on the car so comments and thoughts please!!
SMALL UPDATE
Well after much talk of widemouthing i thought well today on my day off id do it
Well heres the pics so let me know what you think
Say goodbye to the slats
Once it had been cut out
The next bit was the pain in the arse, a hell of alot of sanding and about 2/3 hours later this is how it looked......................
For now thats about it, i am going to pick up the paint etc 2moro but i wont actually be able to paint it until sunday which is my next day off.
I put the number plate back on as i have to drive it to work for the next 2 days.
Thats how it looks now.
I also gave it a quick clean, id already cleaned it the evening before but i noticed a couple of swirls so got some Meg's Scratch X involved and did the whole car, no more swirl marks or scratches
(All pics are from my mobile so not really all that great lol
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