My 2003 Icelandic Grey VTR Progress Thread - MANI FITTED AND ENGINE BAY CLEANED PAGE 6! - Page 5 - Saxperience

badasssaxo · 13th June 2009, 16:49

looking good mate, rear smoked jewels are the best i got them on my vtr

chris_ph2 · 15th June 2009, 12:35

yeah they are nice, glad i did the swap for standards

think i might spotted your car on the sax-p stand at fcs? looked good anyway!

SaxoIOW · 28th June 2009, 16:14

citroen sport badges look good

What happened to the super Ts?

Liam-westcoast · 28th June 2009, 16:25

smoked jewels look good mate

saxovtsmad · 28th June 2009, 16:31

i hate to admit it but your car is stunning mate decided i want some jewls now top job well done falla

Jamez · 28th June 2009, 16:33

M8 ur car looks amazing lovin the colour and the jewells suits it to a t m8!

chris_ph2 · 2nd July 2009, 18:43

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citroen sport badges look good

What happened to the super Ts?

thanks mate. just took them off for a proper clean before fcs! they're back on now

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Liam-westcoast smoked jewels look good mate

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saxovtsmad i hate to admit it but your car is stunning mate decided i want some jewls now top job well done falla

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Jamez M8 ur car looks amazing lovin the colour and the jewells suits it to a t m8!

thanks chaps

just fitted my smoked fogs. will get some pics up soon. think that's the exterior finished now. will be getting lower profile tyres though when they need replacing

all i really want now is the supersprint manifold. they're hard to come by though and silly money brand new. so will just have to keep an eye out

maybe upgrade the brakes to 266mm aswell when the pads need replacing. along with braided hoses

then start saving for a vts conversion!

SaxoIOW · 3rd August 2009, 00:09

the ride height looks spot on so im going to get my vtr lowered 50mm, is the back also lowered 50mm? Also did you have to have the PAS pipe adjusting?

chris_ph2 · 28th September 2009, 21:49

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Originally Posted by SaxoIOW

the ride height looks spot on so im going to get my vtr lowered 50mm, is the back also lowered 50mm? Also did you have to have the PAS pipe adjusting?

hi mate just seen your post. thanks, not sure how much the rear is lowered by exactly. just adjusted the height till it looked right with trial and error. would guess it's maybe slightly more as it was probably a bit higher at the back as standard. whereas now it's pretty much level, with even gaps between tyre and arch on both the front and back. so maybe 50 front, 55 rear?

yeah had to bend the pas pipe which was easy enough. was a few days gap before i did it and the material pipe coating had already rubbed through! metal piperwork undamaged though so didn't cause any problems

cheers, chris

5AMBO · 28th September 2009, 22:10

smart looking car mate. i like!!

RaNDoM · 28th September 2009, 22:13

car looks realy nice

chris_ph2 · 12th October 2009, 20:33

thanks chaps

a parcel arrived this morning

raceland stainless 4-1 manifold. will decat the car aswell. can't wait to fit it

smoked foglights to match the headlights

toyo proxes t1r 195/45/15. to replace my current mix of 195/50/15s. should look a bit better and be a fair bit grippier. hopefully curtail any rubbing aswell lol. bit of a bargain at £37.45 a corner. cheers camskill

mcgard locking nuts. been meaning to get some for ages! can never be too careful

hope you like

cheers, chris

dejot · 15th October 2009, 21:57

Owesome

I've recently bought Icelandic Grey VTS.

SaxoIOW · 15th October 2009, 22:48

bet the exhaust sounds good now! Ive just fitted matt back super Ts to my vtr, need some locking wheels nuts aswell.

chris_ph2 · 18th October 2009, 01:10

nice one dejot. a fine choice! really want 16v power in mine now

yeah the exhaust sounds crazy. so loud with plenty of pops. people stop and look round to see what's coming. too bloody funny lol

still needs a bit of tweaking til i'm completely happy with it. the manifold came in two parts which are currently clamped together. gonna get it welded though for a solid airtight seal. gonna get all new manifold studs aswell as the current ones are slightly corroded. don't want them to be a nightmare when the time comes to refit the original mani. also my top green lambda sensor is seized into the original mani so need a new one of them to get rid of this engine management light. new midesection fire gasket aswell, again just to ensure there's no blowing. think that's about it!

matt black superTs sound like a winner. yeah best getting some locknuts in case someone decides they like them too! lol

cheers, chris

Liam_ · 18th October 2009, 01:16

You're running without the green lambda? Makes the car overfuel like hell mate - aly051 had this problem as we extended the wires of his green lambda with the wrong grade of wire. Was overfueling to the point of popping flames!

New lambda can be had from Eurocarparts for £40 - £50 iirc. Might be easier buying a new one if the original won't come out with heat and hammering the end of a 22mm spanner.

chris_ph2 · 18th October 2009, 01:25

lol flames sound good to me! but yeah needs sorting really. don't want to be wasting fuel.

will have another go at removing it from the old mani and if no joy i'll have to get a new one. feels like a waste of £40 though :/

cheers, chris

Liam_ · 18th October 2009, 01:29

Get a blowtorch onto it, 22mm spanner and smack the opposite end of spanner with a hammer mate. If it won't budge, try some penetrating oil too. They are a bit awkward as the manifold is 'raised' around the lambda - hard to get a good grip with a spanner I found.

Definitely want that green lambda in the new manifold though. You can leave the blue (second) sensor disconnected if you can live with the light being on. Otherwise sleeve it and the EML should go off after a few drives!

chris_ph2 · 18th October 2009, 01:36

ok will try that mate. already tried wd40 but it didn't seem to make any difference. heat should be more effective though.

blue lambda came out fine so once i've sorted the green one i'll sleeve it then everything's sorted! don't want the light on all the time. then at least i know if something is actually wrong!

cheers, chris

iDaNz_VTR · 18th October 2009, 02:10

very good mate keep us updated