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Hello everybody
I'm Matthias from Belgium and this is my daily ride.
I'll put up an introducing topic for myself later on.
It's a '99 306 xt turbo-diesel estate with aprox 250.000KM on it.
Also has a sunroof and aircon (that doesn't work yet) and it's an absolute joy to drive around in.
Bought it like this half a year ago and began to do some changes
Replaced the dented wing and testfitted a friends wheels
Out camping
Then fitted my Schmidt Modern lines I had lying around from my other car (Pug 309, in rebuild for the moment)
At a French car meet
And this is how she sits for the moment, waiting for a rear beam change to get her fully low
Small list of changes so far:
*Weitec coilovers
*Vmax rear dampers
*"Fixed" dented wing
*Schmidt Modern lines (15x8, 195/45 tyres, offset 10 in front, 0 in the rear)
*Black masked Depo headlights
*Stickerbombed rear windows and interior bits
*Sony Xplod radio and new speakers all round
*...
Changes to come:
*Other rear beam for some sweet lowzz
*Fix some small things like the aircon and a new exhaust
*Maybe fit some plasma dials and a boost guage
*In the near future maybe fidling around a bit with the pump to get some extra hp
That'll be all (for now!)
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that height looks spot on with those wheels.
nice
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I don't mean to alarm you, but, your steering wheel is in the wrong place :p
Looking good mate. Wheels really suit it
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*fix small things like the air con*
I wouldn't bother mate, it's a widely known fact that 306 air con never works anyway!
Looks nice though, liking what you've done with it, see you've got some good plans too. Look forward to seeing this progress.
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Do you know if any 306's in Belgium came with heated seats or cruse control?
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I really like the colour and where this is going. Belgian plates are so cool in the red and white colour.
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(06-09-2013, 12:35 PM)Piggy Wrote: that height looks spot on with those wheels.
nice
Thanks! But it still isn't low enough for me
(06-09-2013, 01:06 PM)Grant Wrote: I don't mean to alarm you, but, your steering wheel is in the wrong place :p
Looking good mate. Wheels really suit it
Haha, yeah, allmost forgot you guys are driving on the wrong side of the road
And thanks! The wheels suit my other car pretty nice as well, it's a really sweet set of wheels Gonna refirb them someday
(06-09-2013, 01:14 PM)WiNgNuTz Wrote: *fix small things like the air con*
I wouldn't bother mate, it's a widely known fact that 306 air con never works anyway!
Looks nice though, liking what you've done with it, see you've got some good plans too. Look forward to seeing this progress.
Really? I'm going to have a look at it anyway, would be sweet if I got it working one way or another
Glad you like it Gonna try and keep this thread up to date!
(06-09-2013, 01:15 PM)Daniel306 Wrote: Do you know if any 306's in Belgium came with heated seats or cruse control?
Actually I don't have u clue mate, sorry
(06-09-2013, 06:03 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: I really like the colour and where this is going. Belgian plates are so cool in the red and white colour.
Thanks! I'm a big fan of the colour too, especially when it had a wash
And I'm not a big fan of our license plates, like UK ones though. Wanne trade?
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This is awsome
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Need to get that wing sorted! apart from that though looks really smart
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(17-09-2013, 07:38 PM)puglove Wrote: Need to get that wing sorted! apart from that though looks really smart
Rat look?
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I've seen this on facebook (pug way Belgium) looks good!
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(17-09-2013, 09:59 PM)DazzaHDI Wrote: (17-09-2013, 07:38 PM)puglove Wrote: Need to get that wing sorted! apart from that though looks really smart
Rat look?
Thanks! I try to go a bit euro-nu-rat-something, haha :p
And the wing: atm I like it this way, it's better than the dented one. Maybe I'll sort it out one day, the first thing on the list is some moar lows
(17-09-2013, 10:06 PM)Pugmarshall Wrote: I've seen this on facebook (pug way Belgium) looks good!
I run that page with a couple of friends, so sometimes I sneak a pic of mine on it, haha
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I like it in the primer and the wing mirrors are good too will be interesting to see how it goes
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You could have fixed the dents before painting
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As you can see in some pictures, I need to give her another layer of paint and fix some minor things. But overal I'm pretty happy with how she looks now
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I like the wheels set the car off nicely
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Looking ok...get some black gel on those rub strips and I rekon it would look 10x better!!!
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I allready have a set of those, haha but I must say I didn't do a perfect fix on the dents (was my first time working with filler) but the biggest ones are gone.
The black strips will be refurbished after she gets her next layer of paint. Will look a lot better indeed
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Loving the rat look of the earlier pics best!!
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Wow just seen this,bloody epic build so far mate
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That looks pretty good considering it's rollered on, fair play! Quite like the finish as it is tbh, suits the look of the car.
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Primer grey for the win, I ran my astra in primer for a year. Quite miss it to be honest. Car looks good in matt blue blue too, I like ratty rides.
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