Pop
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Registered: 8th May 03
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Here’s my 206 project so far…
In June 2005 I bought my 1999 ‘T’ plate 206 Gti…
Having owned it just under 2 weeks a dog which was off its lead decided to run in front of me…
After having to replace a few parts which just seemed to fall off the car (French build quality), some cheap subtle mods were the plan. Started off by getting a private plate, de-badging, de-wipering and fitting phase 2 boot strip and rear lights to the car…#
From this…
To this…
Next on the agenda was stripping the car. The overall aim was to track the car so out came the interior, which then got sold on. This just left the dash inside the car…
Some new seats were needed so I got myself some Sparco Evos and Luke 4 point harnesses…
With the seats being side mounted some bars were welded into the car to attach the side mounts to, then the seats…
Since the car was stripped I could hear a knocking noise coming from the nearside strut. Turns out the strut was nackered so I got some Eibach coilovers fitted…
I got a new job, which also meant a company car. With the 206 not needed for a daily driver anymore the first job was to clear a space for it in the garage.
Next on the list was a Safety Devices 6 point bolt and weld in cage and also front and rear carbon doorcards…
I needed some new discs and pads so thought sod it I’ll upgrade to the brakes off the 206 Gti 180. Bad pic here because you can’t really see them behind the wheel…
For a while I had a Sparco steering wheel and Snap-Off boss sitting in my room so I finally got round to getting them on the car…
I’ll update the thread when I make more progress…
[Edited on 03-06-2007 by Pop]
[Edited on 12-11-2008 by Pop]
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
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good project ! i could do with a company car to keep the corsa 
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antscorsa
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carbon interior looks awesome, get it deck on some nice motorsport wheels and will be v nice, get interior sprayed up bodycolour too.
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tom_simes
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Registered: 12th Jan 05
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That cage looks very close to the stalk.
Is it just the angle of the picture or is it actually that tight a gap?
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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What company car did you get? Anything of the same caliber?
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Pop
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quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
That cage looks very close to the stalk.
Is it just the angle of the picture or is it actually that tight a gap?
it's the angle of the picture. the gap isn't massive but the stalk is nearer the driver than the cage is if you get me
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Pop
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
What company car did you get? Anything of the same caliber?
I work for mazda so I've had a few different ones... been in a 2.0 MX-5 for the last few months
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Pop
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got a carbon strut brace which I recently fitted...
the bonnet vent fouled on the strut brace so I got an ecosse one which would fit without any hassle...
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Pop
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Fitted some new alloys, Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2's in gloss black with 195/45/16 Yokohama A539 tyres
Also gave the car a service and fitted EBC discs and red stuff pads...
Since I bought the car I've never been to impressed with the induction kit that a previous owner had fitted.
The time to change came after the last session on a track day at Croft recently when I got some king of oil/acid on the foam filter and it tried to part company with my car.
Temporary bodge to get home...
Mmmmm melted filter...
If there was any hot air in the engine bay I'm pretty sure my last filter would be sucking it up so I decided to get an enclosed kit and run a cold air feed to.
The first part to arrive was the start of the cold air feed from Peugeot Sport in France, it fits where the passenger fog light is...
Decided the it would look crap being unpainted inside so a quick few coats with a rattle can sorted that out...
Next up was to get some gauze to cover the end of the cold air feed...
After cutting the edges to shape it was sealed onto the cold air feed and taped for good measure...
The induction kit I decide to go for was a pipercross viper, this comes whith some piping which will be fitted directly to the cold air feed. I sealed and taped the start of the piping join to the cold airfeed...
After a trial fit I realised the cold air feed was to long and was fouling against the arch liner, b0ll0x. Out came the hacksaw and the cold air feed was cut down to size...
With no real obvious attachments for the cold air feed a few people on forums suggested making brackets and fiberglassing it on. A quick trip to halfords and I had a fiberglassing kit. I'm not sure if you've tried fiberglassing before but it's a bit of a nightmare.
Here's the fiberglassing finished, it doesn't look pretty but as long as it holds I don't care...
Once the bumper was refitted it was a case of connecting the piping...
Then fitting the induction kit and connecting it all up...
At some point I'll change the blue silicone hose to black.
Last but not least a pic of the car put back together with the new induction system fitted...
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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That's a cool little mod Tim, what are you doing with the other side though?
And did the dog die? 
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Pop
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At some point in the near future I think I'll remove the other foglight and put in some black mesh. Any idea where you can get any from?
I'm not sure if the dog died to be honest. The girl who owned it picked it up and ran off. I reported it to the Police, the dog owners didn't, mainly because they would have had to pay to fix my car!
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Pop
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Had to go back over 30 pages to find this.
Some new things have been happening recently. I will get pics and hopefully update very soon.
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aron
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Registered: 10th May 07
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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i really like the look of this project... cool colour
are these engines easy to get to gti180 spec etc?
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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I thought you sold the car ages ago mate??
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mattievRS
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: Leicester
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youre a member on 206info aint you?
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gianluigi
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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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I like this project. He's doing things properly
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