Nuts lil Icelandic has gone new car is here

[wingnuts]

well i finally picked up the saxo and i love it

here she is when i got her



mid way through (trying some things)




more pics





new pics



CAR SPECIFICATION:
- Model: VTR
– Engine size: 1.6ltr 8v
- Year: 2003 (52reg)
– Colour: Icelandic Grey

ENGINE/TRANSMISSION MODIFICATIONS:
Rocker cover, Ecu cover, fuse box covers sprayed purple
Pug 106 OMP strut brace sprayed purple
GE Quickshift
Sportex 3" back box with unknown make straight through centre pipe

INTERIOR:
Halfords car mats
Alloy 'vtr' tax disc holder
Purple alloy gear knob
106 gti black A, B, C pillars
Purple dial light conversion
Centre console, dial surround, side vents sprayed gloss black with purple splashes.
Momo sports steering wheel and boss
Roof lining done in purple suedette
106 quicksilver grab handles

EXTERNAL:
Black bee sting ariel
External B pillar vinyl removed
Black and Icelandic standard grill
Angel eyes
Smoked side repeaters
Purple tow strap
Purple dice valve caps
Gloss black mouth on front bumper
Body coloured wing mirrors with gloss black caps
De-wipered boot
Smoked jewel rear lights
Aero wipers
VTR side badges smoothed off
Rear spoiler removed
Smooth front bumper
Bump strips sprayed gloss black
Rear badges, and washer jet smoothed off


CHASSIS:
Lowered 50mm all round on Apex springs and shocks with torsion bar to match
TS rims (previously standard VTR rims refurbed in Honda combat grey metallic with purple rim tape)

ICE:
Alpine headunit with iPod connection
12" fli active sub i blew up my jl sub :-(
Edge components

[Saxomatic]

Looks in good condition. I think 17" wheels would be a bit too much though. Probably need arch work too.

[wingnuts]

yeah know about the arch work but 15's are far to small and apparently i would need arch work with anything bigger

and i think if i were to go 16" i would wanna got the euro look and all the euro wheels i like they seem to be silly money plus i would need to lower ity and i canrt be bothered with all that lol

i mean if anyone has any suggestions of what to do then please dont be affraid to let me know

[Morgan_VTR]

Nice mate, maybe my eyes are scewwif but what colour is it? Silver or icelandic grey?

Plans sound good apart from the 17's.... personally would stay away unless you want to show car it! 15's will be fine - 16's you may need a little bit of arch work, but not much.

Look after it

[wingnuts]

its iclantic grey how funny i thought it was silver when i first saw a pic of it and it wasnt until i saw it in the metal did i realise it wasnt lol

[Rich84]

if you lower it around 35-40mm on 15" they'll look fine

anything bigger would be too much imo

[Saxomatic]

I know you've got your heart set on 17's, but if you fancy a gander at some nice 15's, check out page two of the link in my sig. (car needs lowering though )

Also, check out the pics in username Clairehall 's progress thread: http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...=235283&page=8

[Maxwell]

16" are fine so long as offset is correct and you run 195/40 16s....but then you would feel every bump on road!

dont chav it
dont euro it/dub it

just modify it sensibly!! sick to the teeth of euro look and need i mention chav look!

[wingnuts]

well found some nice 16" lenso's

they are 16x7 4x108 ET38 with 195/45/16 tyres

will these need arch work?? coz if im honest i cant be bothered with the arch work

[Maxwell]

Originally Posted by wingnuts

well found some nice 16" lenso's

they are 16x7 4x108 ET38 with 195/45/16 tyres

will these need arch work?? coz if im honest i cant be bothered with the arch work

a standard vts saxo wheel is et18 so to get the lenso down to that
you will need 20mm spacers as that et38 is ford offset!

as for arch work i highly doubt you would need it! i ran oz saturns and mim raffinos in 16" with 195/40 16s and they where ford offset and i ran 20mm spacers. the car was down 80mm at rear and only buffed a bit with people in it!

if anything you would need to bend back the bumper brackets and remove front arch plastic liners! thats about it

[Saxomatic]

Offset is waaaay out, if it helps, standard saxo offset is ET15

[wingnuts]

finding some nice wheels in the right size is such a pain in the arse coz i must admit i am the worlds fussiest bugger lol

[Maxwell]

Originally Posted by wingnuts

finding some nice wheels in the right size is such a pain in the arse coz i must admit i am the worlds fussiest bugger lol

why not buy these off me, refurb them and get them polished




here they are on my car in normal format!



when i bought it in white format (with my old r5 gt turbo)

[wingnuts]

they actually look pretty good how low is your's? and how much?

[Maxwell]

that was about 2 and a half years ago....car is in bits now!

but in them photos its down about 80mm!

im wanting £220 for the wheels....but would need delivered to you from northern ireland mate!

[Morgan_VTR]

Originally Posted by wingnuts

its iclantic grey how funny i thought it was silver when i first saw a pic of it and it wasnt until i saw it in the metal did i realise it wasnt lol

Haha not just me then have fun with the modifying!

[wingnuts]

cheers buddy i cant wait to start

does anyone knbow how hard it would be to spray a badgeless front grill my self?

[wingnuts]

ok peeps need some of your expert taste

right i notice alot of people with the icladic grey go for black lights which i do really like but i want to be different

so 1) should i stick with standard fronts, clear rears and standard side repeaters

or 2) should i go standard fronts clear rears and smoked side repeaters to blend in with the side strips

or 3) chrome halos clear rears black sides

or 4) all black

lol help much needed thank you

[Toz]

Sweet ride u got there

[wingnuts]

cheers mate