Well, its confirmed !

Phil W · 4 Sep 2006 at 20:43

Picked her up at the weekend, here's a couple of pics...

Polished up (but not nearly enough)

Engine bay mid-clean...

It needs the bonnet respraying and the front bumper (stonechips) but overall its in quite good condition!

olv · 4 Sep 2006 at 20:49

mmm nice shade of purple

triggerthat · 4 Sep 2006 at 20:51

Going to be sick.

timbob · 4 Sep 2006 at 20:56

I'm confused by the Ecotec badging on the spark plug cover.... What's that all about?!

Phil W · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:01

timbob said:
I'm confused by the Ecotec badging on the spark plug cover.... What's that all about?!

No idea, the engine is out of a 95 Cav SRi, according to the chap i bought the car off, it was the law at the time that they had to do it, i really have no idea though :confused:

Rain Man · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:37

ecotec isnt anything. just a fancy name they gave to theyre newer 16v engines. better mpg etc. nothing in the lines of vtec

Lopéz · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:41

Rain Man said:
ecotec isnt anything. just a fancy name they gave to theyre newer 16v engines. better mpg etc. nothing in the lines of vtec

Don't think that's what he was getting at. An Ecotec is different to an XE, so why does an XE have Ecotec badging on the cam cover.

Rain Man · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:43

Lopéz said:
Don't think that's what he was getting at. An Ecotec is different to an XE, so why does an XE have Ecotec badging on the cam cover.

oops my bad, skipped a post when reading

Firestar_3x · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:44

Lopéz said:
Don't think that's what he was getting at. An Ecotec is different to an XE, so why does an XE have Ecotec badging on the cam cover.

Smells fishy to me tbh, but i hope its all honest and above board.

paradigm · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:44

So, when will I see it terrorizing the roads of Trentham

Lopéz · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:57

http://www.16vmini.co.uk/gallery/149.jpg

That's what a standard Ecotec variant (136bhp) looks like.

paradigm · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:58

Lopéz said:
http://www.16vmini.co.uk/gallery/149.jpg

That's what a standard Ecotec variant (136bhp) looks like.

Dayum, bet thats a hoot to drive

Rain Man · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:59

Lopéz said:
http://www.16vmini.co.uk/gallery/149.jpg

That's what a standard Ecotec variant (136bhp) looks like.

jees bet thats crazy. Ive been out in my mates 1.3 mini and it made me smile so much, awesome fun. Plus i looked like mr.bean cos im 6ft3 lol

Phil W · 5 Sep 2006 at 09:44

Firestar_3x said:
Smells fishy to me tbh, but i hope its all honest and above board.

It is

paradigm · 5 Sep 2006 at 12:18

Phil W said:
It is

What, fishy or fine?

So, when will you be driving it through trentham! Really should go for a lunchtime pint at some point.

(oh and your sig is too big again!)

Phil W · 5 Sep 2006 at 17:28

Here she is after a megs clay bar and a polish (and yes, i know the plate is WAY too small, had it made up as a tester, but realised a normal sized one would look SO much better!)

Make note of the ultra sleeper "steelies"

Wolf in sheeps clothing...

agw_01 · 5 Sep 2006 at 17:36

Very smart! Liking the sleeper look

So, what's first on the list?

Phil W · 5 Sep 2006 at 17:38

agw_01 said:
So, what's first on the list?

Head gasket, followed by windscreen and then some paint work.

Following that she'll be given some new boots (wheels) and brakes aswell (not sure if existing are slightly warped)

Phil W · 13 Sep 2006 at 20:02

Ok a small-ish update.

Windscreen was fitted at the weekend, looks 100% better, amaxing what a difference it had made to the car, £80 fitted which i thought was a cracking price.

Picked up some sport wheels (yep, same ones as i sold) for £30 last week. Need to get the tyres off, then i will DIY refurb them in anthracite (pics as and when i do it.)

Had a chap come round tonight off the MK3OC and picked up a modified grill i picked up cheap to sell on, and just by coincidence he has a Sport estate in the same colour as mine. Anyway just through chatting he mentioned he was having a GSi bonnet sprayed and fitted this weekend.

Hmm me thinks, won't hurt to find out how much he wants for it if it saves painting my nackered one. £20 gets me a good bonnet (couple of small stone chips) and also a front grill, so thats a massive saving seeing as painting would cost double if not more than that.

Headlights and indicators are also coming apart this weekend to smoke the inners on them, ready for when the HID kit arrives.

Also had the readiator off earlier on in the week, Ordered a 2nd hand replacement as that is gunged up good and proper.

ScoobyDoo69 · 13 Sep 2006 at 20:26

Can I just ask, what's wrong with getting a nice car, and doing things to that? You seem to have gone through several cars now, all not particularly nice looking before or after.. :confused: