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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
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dash pod
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minging boot
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then some trusty autoglym dye
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added buddy club caps
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speedline prodrive alloys
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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

 

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Kitchen work top ruined lol

 

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Then got this , all in jibber ish
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Get them back on the car tomorrow after work

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Cusco rear brace in

 

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Then with load cover in nice and stealth

 

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

 

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Inside view of the scoop

 

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

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new fog covers

 

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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

 

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then a new age intercooler off a mate for 50 quid

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

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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

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