Matt's Evo VI - 380Bhp/415 lb/ft

[matt_vtr_15a]

Been on the ramp this weekend stripping her down ready for the replacement parts, the bumper could of almost been saved however rather keep her pristine and get a new sprayed one on.

No inner wing damage whatsoever which is such a relief, all the damage around the headlight is replaced by the outer wing... phewww.

Also found one of the coilovers was damaged however apexi allow you to order replacement parts so a new damper and £101.50 later the suspension is spot on once again. Just need to get it laser tracked and geo set up now.

Awaiting parts which are being put on as and when they arrive, total cost is looking around £1 - 1.2k in parts and respray.. majority of labour is free thank god (my insurance excess is £1200, so just thankful nobody else was involved)

Depending on parts arriving on time etc. could have her back and back how she was by the weekend fingers crossed.

This was the last glimpse I had of her shortly before being towed away to be repaired by the old man, can't wait to get her back in tip top condition.

[Pricklep]

Big shame but it happens. At least it hasnt damaged the inner wing etc.

[Ali123]

looks so evil with that intercooler! (despite the damage)

oooooft! <3

[matt_vtr_15a]

Originally Posted by Ali123

looks so evil with that intercooler! (despite the damage)

oooooft! <3

It has no bumper on at the minute, wish i could drive it around like that, great big intercooler and oil cooler staring back at ya.

Wing & headlight are now on and lined up fine, rear bumper has been sprayed as it had a light scuff and refitted.

Front Bumper, splitter and indicator should arrive thursday and will be resprayed and put on the car.

My dad has a friend that owns a bodyshop and managed to get the rear bumper and front bumper when it arrives all sprayed up for £200 which is much better than the £600 quote i received.

He's a good sprayer and uses high quality paint, glad that my dad's in the trade at times like this.

Looking more likely to be on the road for the weekend.

Struggling to find a foglight, even ones with broken brackets are around £80 so I'm going to remove the passenger side foglight and sell it which will give me £80-100

I am then going to buy a single foglight cover and a carbon air feed trumpet (£85 delivered) which will then make the front look more like this which all in all will cost me the same as finding a drivers side fog replacement.




Just trying to make nigly things work in my favour, I can always keep an eye out for a pair of fogs for the future and keep them handy.

[Oli-VTR]

glad its getting put back so quickly! which bodyshop you taken it to?

[matt_vtr_15a]

Originally Posted by Oli-VTR

glad its getting put back so quickly! which bodyshop you taken it to?

It's at my dads garage as the parts are direct replacement and he has been sorting out the suspension and re-setting up my coil overs as well as he can ready for full geo set-up.

I'm not entirely sure who is doing the spraying and any final tweaks as it is a personal friend of my dads however I believe the guy is based near my dads garage around alfreton area of Nottingham

I live about 10miles away from my parents so havn't been able to get to see the car since saturday, just updating via my dad

He keeps letting me know when he recieves parts i have ordered and when he has put them on etc.

It's his birthday this weekend so going to have to get him something to thank him for his hard work seeing as he wont ever take money off me for labour.

[Oli-VTR]

good set up for you i guess! i think more than garage flowers are due this year

[hard_corejoeboy]

Looks much better than those ugly fogs do it.

[matt_vtr_15a]

The oil cooler is on drivers side and those fog caps are alnost as expensive as carbon trumpets so may provide an additional feed to the oil cooler.

Just recieved this off my dad, she is looking much healthier already, although my pockets are hurting now everything is ordered.

[matt_vtr_15a]

Having slight issues with the front drivers side headlight not quite lining up, however my dad is on the case with this when he recieves the front indicator tomorrow.. an easy fix but not worth wasting the time on until he has the front indicator to work with also.

At least it will be de-tango'd and rid of the front orange indicators and sidelights.



Sourced a new drivers side front OE foglight cover for £40 and ordered a carbon inlet trumpet for the passenger side, so the fogs will be gone also soon.

Undecided on whether I should get the fog cover carbon dipped or just have it sprayed silver to match the car?

Thoughts??


I can get the front oil cooler vent in the bumper changed to a carbon one as well for around £150 so could use this mishap as an opportunity to throw some carbon on her. However delivery is between 2-5 weeks so this wont be immediate just weighing up whether or not to go down the carbon route, only a subtle amount.

Or will it look tacky?

These are the carbon vents by the way....

[Nik_L]

Coming along nicely.

Will you be replacing the bonnet also or just put up with the small crease.

[matt_vtr_15a]

Originally Posted by Nik_L

Coming along nicely.

Will you be replacing the bonnet also or just put up with the small crease.

Fortunately it is not creased, just a slight chip in the paintwork fron the headlight catching it, going to get that looked at by a mobile scuff and dent repairer next week and also get the alloy refurbed.

It's barely noticeable in the flesh at first thought the bonnet was untouched, the lighting and angle here makes it look a lot worse than it is.

I intend to replace it at some pint but uprate it and shed some weight but i can't justify spending the best part of £600 quid on that at the moment but maybe something to do in the future.

I really need to try and keep some money available for maintenance of the car and I want to get it undersealed before winter strikes which is £250 for a proper job (prop-shaft & exhaust off job)

Which is more of a priority at the moment knowing the issues with these cars and rust..

[hard_corejoeboy]

Get the bits from halfords and do it yourself?

[matt_vtr_15a]

Originally Posted by hard_corejoeboy

Get the bits from halfords and do it yourself?

I know this sounds a bit materialistic but I'd much rather have real carbon on the car than carbon effect, infact I just wouldn't even go close to carbon look wrap.

Would have it dipped though I suppose.

[chompy]

Love evos. Looks cracking.....no pun intended

[j40mek]

Few carbon bits would look nice just don't go daft and put it everywhere fog light cover and the intake and vent would look nice carbon

[matt_vtr_15a]

Found a carbon dipping place locally so going to get a couple of items done, also have one of the carbon trumpets being made which I should receive next week.

It is now officially de-tango'd, has smoked sidelights and front clear indicators so thats one item off the list of mods today.

Front bumper & splitter have arrived and have been sent to the spray shop with the back bumper for a respray so should have her back tomorrow/saturday!!

Will get pics of her when I have her back

Also found this in the folder of invoices, mot's and receipts so thought i'd post it up.. seems to confirm it's around the 350/350 mark which is more than enough power for now.

[MuZiZZle]

What the flip is carbon dipping?

[josh11490]

Originally Posted by MuZiZZle

What the flip is carbon dipping?

It's like a film you can dip something into, will make it look like carbon fibre, looks better then carbon wrap but no where near as nice as real carbon IMO.

Gutting about the crash but it's awesome your getting it back upto it's former condition like before!

[wullvfr]

Just noticed that you had a mishap with the motor dude

Gutted for you.....thankfully it ain't extremely bad and that you are ok,that's the main thing


Hope its up and running again soon enough so you can enjoy it,I love the evos