MarkSport
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I hate black wheels with a passion....But they seem to work on the gold one, think its due to being a bright colour. They both need 106 mirrors 
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AshWatson
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both look ace now wheels have been swapped good choice 
the gold 1 makes me want a VTS strangely lol
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dan-sport
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update time again but this time its just on the gold one, went to a scrappy on tuesday and found a silver mk2 vts so we had a few nice parts off it and then spent all tuesday night cleaning them, yesterday i fitted them and i have to say its loads better.
Before:
After:
a mate had some spare mist washer jets off a vts so i fitted them aswell: (got a picture fitted with me holding old standard ones)
i then got a free supersprint middle section from the guy i got the blue saxo off so i fitted that: (no pics before fitted)
heres a nice pic of it in the scrap yard after we loaded her up:
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dan-sport
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I gave the blue one a clean y-day so thought id upload some pictures. There should be a small update on the blue one in the next few days.
Wheel before and after:
Front bumper before and after:
The car after:
then i popped up the road for some pictures not the best as they are on my iphone:
and a few pictures i found from when we swopped wheels:
really happy with the car atm a few things are started to bug me, power being the main but that should be sorted in the very near future
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dan-sport
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on wednesday night i had a busy night i popped over to see badgersport and came away with something that the gold vtr has really needed, anyway i set about fitting it.
old:
old vs new:
new:
fitted:
its made so much of a difference so much smoother to drive.
small blue vtr update:
every body commented on the horible looking heat shield and i never liked the red strut brace so yesterday i decided to paint them
engine bay before:
after:
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dan-sport
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i smoked the headlights the other day and i haven't driven the car in about a week due to one thing or another(nothing to do with the actual car i just haven't needed to go anywhere in it) so i've just been for a blast in it and all i can say is i fudging love this car haha
heres some pictures i took:
and my favourite:
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dan-sport
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not an update as such but just thought id put it on here, the blue vtr is getting cam'd in the next few months hopefully
plans:
newman phase 3
venier pulley
new belt kit
remap
then maybe a gti/vts box depending but im not sure on that yet as my box is really healthy
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dan-sport
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just thought id do a small update
one thing i really didnt want to do was put an aftermarket headunit in as if im honest i dislike every one i've seen. So i got thinking why do i want a new one, i only want one so i can have my sub fitted so i had a quick look and found an adaptor that taps into the rear speakers and turns into 2 female rca leads so i got one and fitted it.
fitted:
stereo back in place:
and finished:
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dan-sport
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small update:
i've painted my front calipers from black to yellow, i wasn't 100% i wanted to do this as i didn't know how it would look but thought i could always change it back anyway, i just hoped it would brighten things up abit.
before:
after:
and with the wheel back on:
then one of the otherside:
i think its added just the right amount of colour to the car without going overboard.
its not perfect by any means, needs another good coat but ran out of it atm so gonna have to get some more.
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dan-sport
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just thought i might aswell update it with my plans:
paint rear calipers yellow
wind deflectors
brand new set of vts wheels
maybe an s engine depending how bored i get of r power
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dan-sport
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No updates really i got some 100watt xenon bulbs for £5 off ebay to try and im quite impressed tbh seem bright enough atm
50/50 view:
fully done:
and the mrs car hit a milestone thursday night:
then we got challenged for lowness and won
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DanCobb
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quote:
Originally posted by dan-sport
just thought id do a small update
one thing i really didnt want to do was put an aftermarket headunit in as if im honest i dislike every one i've seen. So i got thinking why do i want a new one, i only want one so i can have my sub fitted so i had a quick look and found an adaptor that taps into the rear speakers and turns into 2 female rca leads so i got one and fitted it.
fitted:
stereo back in place:
and finished:
Is that a keyhole I see in the first pic? 
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dan-sport
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the airbag switch? i fitted that as i hate blanking plugs so much rather something there that don't work then a piece of black plastic
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dan-sport
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i went out and got this the other day, ive never clayed a car before and the car has never been clayed before so it was a new experience to both of us haha.
this also arrived:
fitted(love this pic):
thats whats happened over the past few days but today i finally got around to claying the car which i was looking forward to, so take one dirty(ish) car:
add some sudds:
an it gives you this:
i then started claying the passenger side:
was really suprised as the paint was nice an smooth but i cant belive the difference
end product after a wax(not amazing pics but still get the idea):
reflection shot:
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Piér
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Amazing what a good wash can do  clay is so good just for bringing back a bit of gloss!
Machine polishing is the next step 
haha
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Jon_C
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Seeing that makes me want to go invest in a clay bar
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dan-sport
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like i said i've never used one before but im really impressed with it tbh, im addicted to it now though i clay'd my rents astra and i wanna do the gold saxo now aswell
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Piér
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As long as you put protection on the cars afterwards you will be fine!
And Jon_c, get a bilt hamber soft claybar from ebay, about 12 quid, 200g bar and use water as lube.
One of the best ones out there
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dan-sport
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ye i have been mate been waxing afterwards
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dan-sport
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update:
i got bored of the clean fresh look so since i have everything in black aswell i thought id swap everything about then went and took a few pics. (sorry cars dirty lol)
back at home:
and my fav pic:
oh and abit of an update on the gold saxo here's a picture i took the other week:
and somebody broke into it last week, they took the stereo and the sub:
[Edited on 28-09-2011 by dan-sport]
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BeetleGav
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bastards!
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dan-sport
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Update:
well the gold saxo got sold a few months back and the mrs now has a green vtr as soon as its lowered i'll get some pics up.
anyway i got some new pictures of the blue one after a quick clean and polish earlier and as a christmas present to the car i got it some 6000K hids for £10 bargin and a vts gearbox as the vtr box is stupidly long and the vts gearbox is essentially a 1.1 box.
hids:
and my favourite picture:
vts box:
plans are to refurb the box with new seals and give it a decent clean before it goes on.
cheers dan
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Haimsey
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That blue Saxo is really nice. Lovely car
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
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Dan I wish you'd stop updated this thread....its making me want one so bad lol 
If I had one it would look just like this nice and subtle
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dan-sport
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long time no update, nothings happened really apart from driving it and i went to french car show and went on track for the first time, i'll copy and paste all the pics from saxp as i can't be bothered writing it all again.
well i know its abit late but i've finally had a free 5 minutes to update it so heres my fcs update, had a cracking day tbh my first experience on track and it certainly wont be my last. I also popped on the rolling road and made a a hole 96bhp which tbh im happy with as the engines only got light mods and is very healthy so its the perfect base for future tuning. i stole a few pictures from the company who took the pics on track.
anyways less talking more pictures:
5 hour cleaning session on saturday 16th at my work as it was raining.
wash, dry, clay, polish, wax, glass cleaned inside and out trim blacked up and wheels cleaned inside and out clayed, polished and wax'd
and my favourite pic:
rolling road vid:
then me and my mate ben parked on some grass and i took some pics:
one of ben's
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