Prelude to a build

TitzonToast · Post by **TitzonToast** » Sun Dec 24, 2017 10:38 pm

mart609 wrote:imgur is what most people use now instead of photobucket

I'll give that a try now, thank you.
EDIT
That worked a treat, I owe you one man.

TitzonToast · Post by **TitzonToast** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:57 pm

Quick update, I've been gathering parts, stripping wheels, wire brushing away rust on suspension components and painting as I go.
It's coming together slowly, but I'm gonna keep tipping away until she's back on the road.
I found a rear spoiler on these forums (thanks to Stefan) which I'm delighted about.
I've ordered a new set of drilled and grooved disks with some fast road pads and changed the drop links and a couple of bushes too.

Some amount of mud caked underneath it from the work I was doing but very little in the way of rust underneath or on the bodywork.

I'm thinking of spraying them gunmetal grey.

Here's the new disks I've ordered

I hope these pictures show up!

Post by **JEBB4** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:08 pm

Niiiiiice

Post by **tom023** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:18 pm

May I ask where you sourced the thermal intake gasket from?
Good job on cleaning up the suspension, have you thought about braided brake lines to go along with your new setup?

TitzonToast · Post by **TitzonToast** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 12:49 am

tom023 wrote:May I ask where you sourced the thermal intake gasket from?
Good job on cleaning up the suspension, have you thought about braided brake lines to go along with your new setup?

I got it from eBay, I think it was €40 delivered from Poland. Shall I post you a link?

I'm definitely after some braided lines. And some lowering springs until I can afford some coilovers and poly bushes.

Post by **Drax** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:43 am

great work here

fair play that wheel well looks 1000x better!!

TitzonToast · Post by **TitzonToast** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:56 am

Drax wrote:great work here fair play that wheel well looks 1000x better!!

Thanks very much, I was actually shocked at how bad they were. My own fault for leaving it sat on my driveway for so long. It lives in a garage now so no more of that.

Post by **tom023** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:23 pm

TitzonToast wrote:
I got it from eBay, I think it was €40 delivered from Poland. Shall I post you a link?

I'm definitely after some braided lines. And some lowering springs until I can afford some coilovers and poly bushes.

Yes for the link if you don't mind.
If I was you I would pass on the lowered springs and go straight for the coilovers. If you plan on going that route, it's probably best to wait a bit, do it once and more importantly, pay once.

TitzonToast · Post by **TitzonToast** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 6:41 pm

tom023 wrote:
TitzonToast wrote:
I got it from eBay, I think it was €40 delivered from Poland. Shall I post you a link?

I'm definitely after some braided lines. And some lowering springs until I can afford some coilovers and poly bushes.
Yes for the link if you don't mind.
If I was you I would pass on the lowered springs and go straight for the coilovers. If you plan on going that route, it's probably best to wait a bit, do it once and more importantly, pay once.

Hopefully this link works.

https://m.ebay.ie/itm/Thermal-Intake-Ma ... Swx2dYCHl4

Ordinarily I would agree with you about waiting to buy the coilovers but I'll probably only get this car on the road for 6 months this year because of the horrendous cost of road tax here in Ireland. It's €1,100 a year for a 2.2!
If I find a set of springs for a reasonably cheap price they'll tide me over until I get a proper set up over next winter.
Nothing is set in stone anyway.

sol-lude · Post by **sol-lude** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:17 pm

Absolutely amazing work definitely cracking on there very impressive work.

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