UK v5 Wagon

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after two v4's and a v2 i wanted a facelift in mica blue, i looked at 3 lemon saloons that were all ragged to death and poor things were dying

 

then one night i stumbled across a advert pretty basic but covered all the main points but it was in kent and wanted shot by 20th july.

my best mate took me to the station for the half 7 train to kings cross then hopped over to maidstone in kent where the seller picked me up from the station. Fantastic guy chatted for ages was a fellow petrol nut and this had been his girlfriends run about for the last 3 years. expanding family and finances ment it had to go for something cheaper to keep so advertised it with no offers but after a few emails i agreed the sale price if everything was as described.

 

Panic set in about half way thinking if its crap getting home and i was going to give up.... But nope was as described and had a few supermarket car park knocks and marks and not been serviced properly in years but overall im happy

 

car was filthy tho . hate it when sellers dont bother washing it or a quick hoover. So a sunday with my mate who took me to the station spent a couple hours washing and polishing, treating scratches and adding bits i managed to find from previous cars .

 

The car has some of the prodrive performance pack included which the seller didnt even notice!

 

first up is some servicing and bits and bobs then few subtle changes to the outside before hitting the power / handling

 

making a start

 

dash pod

 

minging boot

 

then some trusty autoglym dye

 

added buddy club caps

 

speedline prodrive alloys

 

and washed

 

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next up she was serviced up by my local scoob expert and given it a once over and all good , diff still a bit Whiney but not as bad as before so hopefully the new oil will work it's way in next few miles

 

 

 

Had some bad lacquer peel on bonnet vents , after top gear decided to cover them up

 

 

Kitchen work top ruined lol

 

 

Then got this , all in jibber ish

 

Get them back on the car tomorrow after work

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Cusco rear brace in

 

 

Then with load cover in nice and stealth

 

 

Quick tint of rear lights till I fix my Sti rears I had for wagon01

 

 

 

 

Inside view of the scoop

 

 

The wheels are the best change I think , has a hint of blue in

 

 

 

 

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but here she is waiting for upgrades after xmas leading up to march time

 

 

 

 

[Gambit]

I'm getting some broken images mate. Not sure if anyone else is ?

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dont know, im on my work laptop and its a bit funny with photobucket , plus photobucket is down at the moment

[BoofleGem]

Nice to see another wagon

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cheers ! i do love em, had 2 now (white v4 before) just so damn practical going shows with a 18 month old

 

Tho next year when its mapped up to run meth i doubt the wife will let me take him in it and follow me in one of our other cars lol

[BoofleGem]

I bought my wagon for the dog lol, acres of space and as you say really practical. I have a bugeye non turbo one.

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[Gambit]

I can see them now look's good mate. lot's of pictures too like it a lot. Good job so far :)

[Jay762]

Great thread - that wagon looks proper menacing

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I had my first saloon when I lived at home , our boxer sat on passenger seat

My staff goes in boot of my skoda Octavia but he prefers to be up front

[Ash007ks]

very nice car and totally love the speedlines,

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new fog covers

 

 

p1 covers, im going to paint them blue to be colour coded, then mesh behind and make air feeds out of them (passenger side will just be made to match drivers side)

 

new splitter is coming

 

 

then a new age intercooler off a mate for 50 quid

think i will remove the DV and run without one for that evil sound they make lol!!

[Gambit]

£50 great price that seen them sell for way more then that and the DV is a good one too I'd say be able to sell that on it's own and make money :D 

[Jay762]

that is a bargain as Gambit said the DV could get you most of that back if you wanted

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Yeah I am unsure wether to keep it or not

[Jay762]

easy enough to change once in situ so why not live with it for a bit :)

[Gambit]

I would keep it myself. But I don't mind them. I'd leave it on and just make sure it run ok some scoobs don't run very well with them so I've heard, and as Jay has said easy to remove :D

[Jay762]

Dont you have a recirc valve in place as standard at the moment?

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Got a bailey dv on that was on when I got it

[Miggs]

That looks the same as mine, if it's a genuine one it'll have forge stamped around the top bit, there's lots of copies about, I know from mine the the genuine forge doesn't cause running issues, !Removed! bargain all in pal

[Jay762]

so if you take it off you will be looking to replace it with a recirc?

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If u take it off will weld the hole up and run without one

Aka turbo suicide lol

[Jay762]

If u take it off will weld the hole up and run without one

Aka turbo suicide lol

 

yup that will make the gear changes a bit lumpy :D