53 Saxo VTS - End of an Era RIP

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by danzman1991

Hope you're keeping well

I'm not too bad thanks mate, you too

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by Jamie

Gdgd John keep it minters, you have a good base to start with and it's a 53' one of the very last

Plan is to keep it as good condition as i can. Changing a few small parts over the next few weeks as i think they past it. Going by its history on the direct gov site (prev mots since new) the most its had come mot time was a leaking exhaust and pads and discs. its had a good life so thats win.

It should wizz through the mot this year.


Anyway will update with pics and vid when i get the pipe etc this week.

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by Prickle

Plan is to keep it as good condition as i can. Changing a few small parts over the next few weeks as i think they past it. Going by its history on the direct gov site (prev mots since new) the most its had come mot time was a leaking exhaust and pads and discs. its had a good life so thats win.

It should wizz through the mot this year.


Anyway will update with pics and vid when i get the pipe etc this week.

Sounds bang on.

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by Jamie

Sounds bang on.

Cheers.

I looked for weeks and weeks on the internet and they looked like a bag of nails most of them tbh (localish to me). I think if this one was when i looked at it i would of gave up looking for a near mint one and looked at other cars. Got lucky for a change minus the little tiff i had with the calipers and ABS sensor.. Its been trouble free for nearly a month touch wood so i can finally move onto uprating certain rubbers etc.

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by Prickle

Cheers.

I looked for weeks and weeks on the internet and they looked like a bag of nails most of them tbh (localish to me). I think if this one was when i looked at it i would of gave up looking for a near mint one and looked at other cars. Got lucky for a change minus the little tiff i had with the calipers and ABS sensor.. Its been trouble free for nearly a month touch wood so i can finally move onto uprating certain rubbers etc.

Extremely hard to find a decent one now days. When I found mine it was stock which was rare but dirty as fck swear the previous OP was a joker and took it down mine shafts lols.

Anyways enough of the waffling, nice car John do her proud haha

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by Jamie

Extremely hard to find a decent one now days. When I found mine it was stock which was rare but dirty as fck swear the previous OP was a joker and took it down mine shafts lols.

Anyways enough of the waffling, nice car John do her proud haha

It is man pretty hard to find a decent one. Car itself was clean. The archs were something else.

And i will.

[LSOfreak]

how did you stick on the 16v badges?
they kept falling off my spare vts

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by LSOfreak

how did you stick on the 16v badges?
they kept falling off my spare vts

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1305409829...84.m1439.l2649

Was a ballache cutting in/around the '16V' tbh.

[Pricklep]

power update;

Got my centre section off mishy off here. Liam westcost iirc prev owned the pipe. Turns out its a nigh on mint. Thanks mate!

Pics before. ( i know what you're thinking, a mess. Naww.



This is also on the backbox with the same digit of '820...' so..

Bore



Painted;





Underneath; Having had a proper look it looks primered/silverish so i think il scrub that dirt off. Its uber clean underneath!





OE vs SS









Poweflex'd



Underneath; Having had a proper look it looks primered/silverish so i think il scrub that dirt off. Its uber clean underneath!





Done. The Poweflex rubbers are perfect! I reccomend. No cable tied just adjusted to suit and it sits dead on.. doesnt knock of the bumper, nothing. Vids another day.

[hegg]

lookin sweet

[m11ler]

Need a video mate!

[mishy]

Glad its gone to a good home and is fitted to a ss back box. looks mint all painted up, sitting sweet in the bumper too.

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by hegg

lookin sweet

Originally Posted by m11ler

Need a video mate!

Its quite loud haha. The cats defo staying on! the pops and bangs are fap worthy though.

Need to get used to the noise again. I got used to it being quiet haha.

Originally Posted by mishy

Glad its gone to a good home and is fitted to a ss back box. looks mint all painted up, sitting sweet in the bumper too.

Cheers man.

[NOSHERVTR]

good shout keeping it standard. worst thing i ever did moddibg the saxo. made it to loud and too low

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by NOSHERVTR

good shout keeping it standard. worst thing i ever did moddibg the saxo. made it to loud and too low

Cheers. I just like Standard looking Saxos better atm. Dont get me wrong i liked modded ones too i just cba to go there. Im just uprating certain parts and making sure it runs sweet which it does atm. Just a tad noisy now till i adjust again. Pops, bangs are good though.

[Pricklep]

Changed the petrol filter today and the clip thats 'meant' to support it. Old filter wasnt that bad but it had to be changed.. Wasnt that bad lost abit as you do *set back a £1 or so but all wasnt bad, The inner end you have to push a small White clip in. The rear just pulls off along with the fuel and then in teh eye

Old/before;






After;



On my first day off this week its going on the ramps and getting washed underneath. Pics before and after ofc.

Next are droplinks (already have but doing it all at once) and arb polybushs when i order them this week. And thats it for a month or so.

Then Kamracing gearlinkages

And a decent panel filter

[Frankay]

Looks amazing mate, the exhaust really suits the car.

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by Frankay

Looks amazing mate, the exhaust really suits the car.

Thanks man.

I wasnt sure at first because with the OE centre section it made the tip stick out too far and looked shit. Now with the SS centre pipe it sits nice in the recess and not in your face haha.

Next year plans are new cambelt and decent clutch. Then no idea. :/

[Baz]

video!!!

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by Baz

video!!!

All good time haha.

Will get one this week.