Lewis' Desire - Page 4 - Saxperience

scott-e- · 29th November 2009, 20:34

lookin gud mate nice and clean have you thaught of putting a vt kit on it or going for a custom look?

Lewis · 30th November 2009, 12:58

I did actually but im on a bit of a tight budget to be honest. I think after christmas once its lowered and tinted ill decide wether to go for the VT kit or buy a VTR.

Lewis · 1st December 2009, 13:13

If anyone is interested i posted a vid of my exhaust noise on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4nYhT3zfbw

Cheers

Lewis · 2nd December 2009, 14:52

Thought id post up some images of how the car currently stands as im afraid i wont be updating until after the new year when ive done my sound system. Thanks for all your comments guys. Ciao!

Take care everyone and have a great christmas

-GG- · 6th December 2009, 13:32

Your exhaust sounds great! Like the car a lot

personally, i'm not keen on the yellow though...

Lewis · 6th December 2009, 13:36

Im back already, turns out thanks to Tom5190, your a legend mate, we did a straight swap my standard air filter for his PiperX one. Very chuffed sounds great, thought id leave some pics for you.

Cheers for looking

Morgiee · 7th December 2009, 20:09

Nice pipercross filter, iv got one it doesnt do much proformance wise but it turns heads when you slam it into 2nd and hit on the accelerater lol

Lewis · 7th December 2009, 21:13

Lol im exactly the same 2nd gear is your friend, 10mph up to 60mph in 1 gear sounds amazing

Ozzay · 7th December 2009, 21:42

Get silvertech bulbs for your headlights

Lew_C · 7th December 2009, 21:44

Lower it mate, would be spot on then

Chin · 7th December 2009, 21:48

...and de-wiper :]

Lewis · 7th December 2009, 21:56

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Originally Posted by Ozzay

Get silvertech bulbs for your headlights

What are they? easy to install? and the big one, expensive?

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Originally Posted by Lew_C

Lower it mate, would be spot on then

My parents are being awkward, apparently lowering is messing with the insurance too much, i doubt ill be able to.

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Originally Posted by Chin

...and de-wiper :]

Ive tried once and failed lol, i dont wanna take a hacksaw blade to it but id give it another go sometime if anyone could help.

Cheers evryone.

Lew_C · 7th December 2009, 21:58

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My parents are being awkward, apparently lowering is messing with the insurance too much, i doubt ill be able to.

Ring up your insurers to find out, i think it costs me about £50 extra for the year

Chin · 7th December 2009, 22:22

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Originally Posted by L_E_W_I_S

What are they? easy to install? and the big one, expensive?

Silver indicator bulbs, they look better than orange. (Obviously they still flash orange/amber!)

Easy to install, just replace your current ones

Lewis · 8th December 2009, 15:04

Sounds good mate, i did some research and strangly halfords wernt too bad, 10 quid so ill give it a look. Also i did call the insurance and they said they would need an engineers report and if its all good they would give me a price. Im with Quinn Direct if that helps

Chin · 8th December 2009, 15:44

Fucking hell , engineers report

Lewis · 8th December 2009, 16:27

Lol, what is it exactly? And it costs money, money i dont have

stingy insurance b'tards

Morgiee · 8th December 2009, 22:10

You dont need to tell your insurance mate, their only interested if anything you have done increases proformance. well i.e. your airfilter but i told mine its all stock parts

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Dewiper is easy i just used a hammer and hit the top were the bolt is but not to hard as it may break the window. It just loosens it.

And lowering, as llong as it doesnt affect your driving ability that doesnt need to be told.

I remember the hard times as a student wanting loads of car modds.

Keep it plane and simple for a couple of years or you'll end up in big debt. I almost couldnt affort my insurance at one point.

Lewis · 9th December 2009, 09:00

Cheers for the advice. Im thinking of dropping the ride height by 40mm all round, at least it wont look like a monster truck then so it would be hard to notice i had done anything.

Add on the cost of a spoiler and window tints i doubt ill spend much over £200 more on it.

As for insurance, ill see what happens, i may be able to bring my parents round and get away with it

Morgiee · 9th December 2009, 22:24

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Originally Posted by L_E_W_I_S

Cheers for the advice. Im thinking of dropping the ride height by 40mm all round, at least it wont look like a monster truck then so it would be hard to notice i had done anything.

Add on the cost of a spoiler and window tints i doubt ill spend much over £200 more on it.

As for insurance, ill see what happens, i may be able to bring my parents round and get away with it

Youll be lucky with £200 mate, once you get into it little things go wrong and need sorting, youll be talking thousands i never realised how much i spent on mine, now im stopping for a bit as money isnt that easy these days more modds in the new year.

As for window tints i had mine done at National windscreens and they did a fantastic job of the back window which only cost £40! And for lowering, to have it lowered 60mm all over and correct springs and full service you can get it for £150 at a garage i would highly recommend called Manic Motors in Sunderland, thier a Citreon and Pergoet specialist so you know its getting done properally lol. They are going around alot on sax-p so look out for them and apparentely you can get discount if you quote saxperience when enquiring

Good luck mate, keep me posted with further developments