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I love this car..... and its a bloody good job, because it would seem this really is the gift that keeps on giving! I got her back, tucked her into the garage and started fitting the carpet. to do this you need to remove various trims etc, including the kick panels. When i removed said...

End of the month i thought it would be back huh....! I guess a little update is in order. The reassembly didn't quite go to plan, car ran great for 10mins, then the noise was back. Stripped again and rechecked, back together, still there. and so on and so forth for a while. Eventually it...

Minor updates.... Seats ready to go back in And door card surgery has begun... these were obviously the wrong colour, and are also damaged. First task is to change the colour - carpet off and masked trim: Coat 1: 5 coats later: Leaving them to cure, hopefully all is good and I end...

Not a perfect job by a long shot, but it's made a 20+ year old Ally manifold look 1000x better. Really looking forward to having the engine all back together and looking more presentable than it did before!

ok so a couple of updates in one to come here.... I really liked the black on the valve covers and air cleaner, so much so that I stumped up for these : Promptly fitted them, chucked in new plugs, new leads, and threw on the new Holley and all was good! Except when I fired it back up it had...

You aren't wrong, as the next update will attest........ :mad:

No major update to be had here - Not really had any time to do much, so mainly just been spending money ( mostly on things i don't really need right now...) :lol: Found that the Bonnet scoop was barely held on and was missing most of its a fastenings, so did a quick repair with some Marine...

So, first things first - the car - Originally born a Grande Coupe with Silver Jade paint and a white vinyl roof and beige interior. Someone in the last 4 years decided to strip her down and paint her in BMW Laguna Seca blue. Wouldn't be so bad, except it really isn't a great paint job. She is...

So looks like I lucked out here.... just been down to see the car and the engine does indeed have some mods - Holley carb - 600cfm I think Edelbrock performer intake Mild cam (unknown as yet) Msd electronic ignition Msd distributor Ally radiator Exhaust system (unknown as yet) Project wise...

I have absolutely no idea just yet pal! need to get it in the garage and have a prod about!

Literally won this on ebay an hour ago, haven't even arranged collection yet, but here's my new toy! 1969 Mustang coupe, 351ci

not boring anymore.......

Hey Wizzer, Sensible/Boring cars have been my life for a little while now, and i have to admit i kinda like things not needing fixing every 5 mins..... tesla is only a model 3 SR+, but even being the baby of the family its pretty damn impressive. Ill always be a petrolhead, but Electric...

Wow... been a while yet again! I wonder if this place is still active as it once was? facebook seems to be killing off forums over the last few years eh! Well, the S4..... Cost me a fortune (full engine strip down, new crankcase breather system, new supercharger coolant cores, new clutch, etc...

Ordered some light smoke tint film for the lights front and rear, yellow for the fogs, red caliper paint and new caliper decals, and going to debadge it. Then I need to transfer my private plate and fab a small plate mount to go down low on grille between the parking sensors. That should keep...

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And here I am again.... Been through a few since I was last here... Had a vectra for a bit, then another mk4 (gt tdi130 with some trick r32 bits). That got wrote off in Jan last year when some dick in a merc decide to pay more attention to his phone than to the traffic in front having come to...

at the rate i seem to go through cars mate i cant afford to hang about! lol Hopefully this one will do me just fine for a good while to come. the stuff i want to do to it is just minor things really, nothing ridiculously extravagant so the things i love about it, the comfort, the power, the...

Well I got the exhaust sorted, she is silent again :) Also have a new clutch and rocker/filter gaskets on order as that's the next things on the list. Full service will be done at same time as gaskets. Brakes have plenty of life left in them so those can wait for now.... Going to order a few...

Had a chat with a mate of a mate at an exhaust specialist place today, he said he can sort it no bother. He's going to remove the studs, replace the gaskets and fit high tensile stainless bolts so i don't have this problem again :) Now all I need to do is have the work I already did checked...

The propshaft flexible coupling (donut) and Centre bearing were utterly destroyed. literally 2"+ of play in the coupling. no wonder it made such a racket!! Old vs new! Unfortunately, yesterday eve when driving my kids back from the park my straight6 decided it wanted to sound like a...

wow, not like im predictable or anything but....... before i got chance to clean it, i got rid haha! My mate offered me a deal too good to turn down on this 530i, so i bit his arm off! But.... Has to be a but eh, BUT, remember the golf hasn't needed a thing in my ownership, took all the...

Thanks guys :) Certainly hasn't been easy, but in the long run its definitely worth it! Will post some pics when I finally get around to cleaning the golf up!

wow.... been a while guys. I wont lie to you, my life has been utterly turned upside down, inside out, and finally, getting re-arranged in some sort of order. I left my wife in November, which also entailed losing my home, and my job ( worked with her father). I sold all my toys, my van, and...

Its a runout mk1 waynne, with the pd 150 lump. Its running a Turbo dynamics Stage 2 Hybrid turbo amongst other things, 200bhp and 315lb/ft. plenty for now as tbh it cant put the power down in 1st,2nd and most of time 3rd anyway lol quick spec copied over from the advert: 2005 seat leon fr tdi...

Scarletts gone! :( I finally left the wife, but unfortunately that means the tt was no good for carrying the kids/buggy round so she had to go... Picked myself up a Leon FR tdi with a few tweaks :) Info soon!

My car is in the projects section.... hardly a shopping centre chav wagon! And how low a car runs is the owners personal preference... thats not the debate here, stretched tyres is!

^^ thats where bash plates come in..... ^^ :)

Secret is, she's named after my wife's mate.... she's pretty hot too! Lmao

Manufacturer recommendations are just that, RECOMMENDATIONS. The only reason they are even printed is to cover their own arses in the event of a lawsuit. Besides which the use of the words "optimum" and "could" would suggest that actually this only happens in extreme cases. I have personally...

Ok so i finally picked this baby up, haven't stopped driving it since thursday :) Spec: 225BHP 1.8 turbo BAM Full stainless steel exhaust Ap racing coilovers 18 x 9 bbs ch reps in gold with custom red bbs center caps Misano red pearl Late spec quattro sport grille V6 rear spoiler V6 rear...

New project going up now waynne....

Well being a VAG fanboy im going to go against the grain here.... 1. It IS legal, provided the treaded portion of the tyre is under the arch there is no legal limit as to how much you can stretch. 2. On the right car, it looks good. But im fully in agreement that stretch for the sake of...

The driver is the biggest danger. Not the car. Exactly the same with a motorbike! I have a gsxr 1000 with 186bhp, weighs 180kgs,power to weight that works out at over 1000bhp/ton. Very few cars, even with 1000bhp+ have such a high power to weight ratio and can accelerate in the same manner. The...

Cheers dude! Im not worried about the "hairdresser" image, ill soon show the haters a clean pair of heels ( pun intended ) ;)

Correct Rob. mk2 TT had the RS variant, mk1 had the QS = Quattro sport edition, which was among other things mildly mapped to 240bhp and 70kgs lighter. going to see how useful the rear seats are for the kids, if they arent actually much use then ill probably strip her out and go for a...

It ticks all the boxes for me! I think the interior is gonna be marmite but I'm in the love it camp so it's all good! It may well end up stripped out, caged and running a pair of carbon recaro buckets if I let myself go down that route.....

It is very red!! lol i have only ever liked 2 cars red on red... e46 M3, and now this. i didnt want a red tt, never mind a red interior. but i saw this and fell in love!!! just hope its as good as it looks!

So i will be picking up my new car on thursday (unless it turns out to be a dog lol)..... It still has a 20vT Bam 225 engine, but its not big or practical.... it is however 4wd, and bloody pretty!!! Will be having engine work done in time, but for now im just going to enjoy her as is! Here she...