Project MYA

[devils_fuel]

this project thread has been copied from another website

This not a project car due to lack of funds and nagging Mrs lol, so the progress will be slow but hopefully it will look just how peugeot should of finished it off...those little things that makes the car look a whole lot nicer!!

I think the silver and black looks nice?

It was nice & boring when i bought it, so i've put a boot spoiler on it....






Got the alloys this morning.....and this is where i am so far...



I added a few things cheap items to the car and decided to take some pics of them and others whilst there...

Silver dash insert


Rear mud flaps and badges all round - cheers guys for the bits


HDI gearknob & gaitor



colour coded mirror covers & clear repeaters


thanks scott (admin) for my 1st leather steering wheel


bought these bosch foglights very cheap that needed refurbing...



I bought some primer and chrome spray and refurbed them...

Primed ready for the chrome top coat


2 coats of chrome spray, i will do another coat for good luck!


Before anyone mentions it yes i do know there is a run in both pics but when the lense is on the light you won't see it lol

Ready to fit pending receipt of relay



lowering springs arrived from mark_airey, ready for Kris to fit when he lower's the rest of the car

Friday ha ha....what a crazy day....

Thursday night about 6pm I agreed with Kris for him to change my cambelt, tensioner, waterpump, lower the complete car, fit my new OEM airbox & front fogs, stalk and relay.

Friday...

- I woke up about 6.30 am after a few hours sleep because I couldn't sleep, so felt tired, drove 142 hours (sorry miles...very tired) to be at Kris's house for about 9ish...
- Just got on the M4 and wound the tractor up, so I was going 75mph up a hill and guy in a very old, non-turbo 306 D overtakes me like Iâ??m going backwards and cuts back in to my lane, then massive plumes of oil smoke is seen coming from the front passenger side of the car and then the car locks up in front of me at 75mph.....evasive action was required!!
- When I was coming in to Horsham, there was an accident so I was held up for 20 mins
- I finally arrived at Kris's about 9.40ish
- we get to his workshop but cannot get my car in due it being blocked by another car, so we don't start working on it until about 11ish
- bit of a mare doing the above list, we also find out the boost pipe was leaking and then Kris advises me to service it as well....we don't finish until about 7.30pm.
- get a free can of coke and sandwich cooler for buying parts
- lower the car front by 45mm and the back 40mm
- see a fit foreign girl, laugh when she gets Kris wet with the hosepipe
- Then get in the car & drive for 2.4hrs back to Bristol!

All in all a long day but the now car runs, looks and handles better than it did on the way there!

Kris really knows his shit & i trust him with my car!

Before lowering


Hereâ??s one quickly taken pic before we left the workshop, i will get more pics soon....


thanks for the comments...as per the thread title "slowly getting there" lol

Many thanks to...

Mark for the springs
Alan for the foglights
Kris for a long amusing day
The motorway pug guy, for making me shit myself at 75pmh at 7.15 am!
Myself for having the fore-thought to make lots of lunch, which kris and I shared

Right, had some spare time and as we're having a little get together at Kris's tomorrow, i thought i'd give Simone a shower, put in my silver dial surround and the GTI-6 boot plastics and take some piccies of the pup!

The fitted dial surround, courtesy of Chris on here..


GTI-6 boot covers


Then found a suitable place for some pics, now MYA's been lowered and showered






when to Kris's yest and met a few people from here lol Ali, pat, scott and taylon - nice to meet you!

We had to go on the hunt for a HDI g/box for ali and ended up going to a scrappy, guess what i tripped over when walking about....a vented laguna splitter, so had that....also a 1000% bargin price....i think Taylon wanted it for his lol

Farted around for a while, then changed the bulbs for my fogs as they didn't work (easy job, took 10 mins to do both, having small hands is good sometimes lol) and then fitted the splitter.

Fitting the splitter meant that the front of my car was just in the workshop but whoever helped me with it was going to get wet....thanks Ali and Kris.

Pat thought it sets the front off well, apologies but its a poor pic taken before i left the yard.


Oh got home and there was a party in my house, showered and then on it until 4am.
I don't feel great and just found out a friend was stabbed in the chest this morning and died in the air ambulance en-route to hospital! RIP bod!!!!!!

Shout to cheese as i nicked his idea but improved it

i escaped the baby talk to fit my handbrake gaitor, such an easy mod that looks so much better.

This mod is simples.....
Buy a MGTF handbrake gaitor - £1.50 inc p&p from ebay,
I slide it over my Momo handbrake handle and cable tie to the momo handle,
slide the bottom part of the gaitor in to the slot
Hey presto...what a bargin and took 5 mins to do!!




thanks to GTIKyle for the new backbox...just waiting to be fitted now



As you know my backbox fell off and i had the hind-sight to buy Kyles.

There are no pics of doing the job as I has to complete the job quickly as there were MOTs backing up in my mates garage, as i was using the MOT bay.
Decating the car was done by using a ph 1 turbo-to-back box unit then the afore mentioned exhaust from Kyle.

Removing the old system from the cat back - 10 mins
Fitting new ph 1 unit - 20 mins
offering backbox to car so i can mark where the cut-out should be - 10 mins
Making cut-out - 60mins due to dremel breaking straight away so had to drill holes and file out to fit
Cuppa T and biscuits - 30 mins
Fitting backbox and readjusting the cut-out - 45 mins
Checking & topping up gearbox, engine & other levels - 20 mins
Inspection of whole car and tweaking - 30 mins
Ex boss taking my car for a spin after decat cos he loves my car - 30mins!!!! (there are some wicked country roads around cheddar!!)

The total garage bill was £80 which everyones going to say is expensive but i am happy with because it includes:

exhaust
oils etc
access to all the tools i need
access 2 a 4 poster ramp (they charged me for 1 MOT
+ it made the job easier
ex-boss checking my car over for nothing

Bad bits of the day
Ex-boss coming back from spin to advise me my clutch and clutch cable need replacing soon!!
Being charged for ramp use...usually on a sat its free for me but he lost out on 4 MOT's so billled me for 1 to recoup some money - i don;t mind it as i had all the tools to make the job easier than riggeling around on a wet floor lol
i might have to adjust the bumper cut-out?

After the above i ended up with the below, which i thinks sets the car off nicely.....not to sure on the loudness of it when the turbo kicks in



picked up and fitted my half leathers along with the strut brace....i don't have any pics yet but these are seats in phils car...except i have black door cards

i don't hav any pics of the strut brace but its a silver e-tech one..


- Fitted my ph3 stalk (brucey bonus but looks and feels new) so my crystals work properly - cheers drifterwannabe
- Yesterday had my HDI box fitted with new clutch and cable, the car now has a feather-lite peddal. Driving home i realised the car now needs a stage 1 tune as there's no torque for going up hills and the car only really boosts going down hills with the wind in your favour

- had the F/O/S wheel bearing changed
- a major service
- removed front bumper and re-sealed the foglights and changed the bulbs but only 1 works now...bloody french electronics
- bent exhaust mount so both rubbers fit but box still knocks on the bumper

cheers Kris B and his mate (forgot his name)

thanks to jay85 and intense, i have fitted my black pillar covers and my white dial kit. I finished it just before the rain came, so no pics yet

i didn't take any pics of the dials, pillar coverings but i did take a pic of something thats taken over a month.....








oh i am really bored now....guess you get the idea of how the projects come along lol

[Connor]

Just copy and paste it lol and where did you take those photos mate? Looks good

[devils_fuel]

yeah could do connor but gotta reinsert the pic links etc....can't be bothered at the moment

the pic spot is 500 meters from where jo yates body was dumped xmas day last year...so...

[Curt]

Just click edit and copy as is... the image links are all in your original thread? Not everyone on here uses .net

[devils_fuel]

a lot of copy and paste and had to readd all the pic links curt

[Curt]

Stop all the moaning :p

[londondan86]

Nice car bud, the door handle make a hell of a difference, that is on my list to do soon as well.

[silverzx]

You need to get a bosch on her already. P

I thought I took my time!

[devils_fuel]

righteo....

I took MYA to the garage where i used to work for her MOT, yesterday was not a good day

MYA FAILED! MYA is my first ever car to fail an MOT !

She failed on: -

third break light not working
worn bushes near the bottom arms
emissions...it was a smokey day as MYA was belching black smoke!
Air bag warning light flashing - ever since i swapped seats

The failure reason on the sheet was : -
third break light not working - now fixed, cables were broken in 3 places in the boot !

This has made me think about breaking as she'd not be worth selling due to body work issues.....or put a 12 month ticket on her and run until i can afford a 406 i like ?

I'm torn as i like MYA but she has issues now and i'm not sure, the negative list is...

Engine made a horrible/loud grinding sound whilst being tested and doesnt sound the same now
boots dented
dent under bootlid/above bumper - where the 306 badge sits
scraped front and rear bumpers
dent pass rear door
needs new bonnet
rust starting to show on shell where the furry door seal strip pushes on at top of door
rusting on inner nearside wheel arch
gearbox getting a rough feel
front o/s wheel bearing
rear shoes soon
tempremental electrics that piss me off : -
- speedo stops sometimes
- rev counter works sometimes
-
The car has good bits and is worth breaking also..

WHAT TO DO ???

[ginge191]

just scrolled through and caught a glimpse of a momo handbrake and chav can... not to my taste, nonetheless, passion is passion

[devils_fuel]

its not that bad in the flesh and the chav can also looks better in the flesh, also has a lovely deep burble on idle but quiet and whistles on booost

[Connor]

Doesn't sound like much mate, new pbushes and get the engine nice and warm before a retest or move the throttle cable back a few clips

[4WayDiablo]

third break light not working remove it, you dont need it and if its not there they cant test it
worn bushes near the bottom arms replace the wishbone. Its 3 bolts
emissions...it was a smokey day as MYA was belching black smoke!
Detune the pump simples and scre the bar on the pump in so cant rev it
Air bag warning light flashing - ever since i swapped seats remove the bulb :-)

[devils_fuel]

All I need to do for the retest is the third light, he turned a blind eye to the rest officially - just told me to detune it for next year lol

The MOT wasn't the real issue, guess its just made me think! Even thought I like MYA she is too small really plus she's not mint but so not worth the time time or hassle - just the time and money into a new car?

[4WayDiablo]

Ive been thinking the same thing recently mate :-(
Not good but for what they are its a lot in upkeep

[devils_fuel]

I would be more positive about her if she was without her dents and dings for her new driver, as I could get more money with less effort

Just looking at a 406hdi sport

[Connor]

Mate she'll just dent that as well

[devils_fuel]

True true lol

I would like a bigger car for our holiday in may but doubt its going to happen, i also have to check insurance for Gosia on cars before I buy

[devils_fuel]

Last week a small service turned in to a full service, this weekend Connor and I changed the 'P' mounts, front wheel bearing and drained/refilled the gearbox oil.

Some dashboard vibrations have stopped and no bearing rumble...result ! Connor took some pics and muttered something about creating a guide to change the P-bushes

[devils_fuel]

God I've neglected thread lol Lots of issues over the past year, snapped springs, crashes and replacement panels etc

MYA now has a 12month ticket after I did some jobs at the MOT station.

re-route the brake hose as it was routed wrong after a droplink change
brake hose cable tied to the strut as Connor and I could not get the hose clip on the strut after the strut change
Emissions but a quick de-tune sorted that

Fingers crossed no more grief for a while but the shell needs some tlc over the summer months as she's starting to let go

Once again thanks cully for your help regards the airbag system

[devils_fuel]

Should I fit ph 3 bumpers on the car as I've been offered a good pair cheap?

Is anyone good at photoshopping, if so could you try ph3 ing the pics below?

Basically I don't have time/money to buy/fit them and it looks shit






Cheers chaps

[Dum-Dum]

Yes, ph3 bumpers and paint the strips

[Grant]

Great progress

Cars really come along since you got it. Big change!

[devils_fuel]

Just picked up some door cards that match the seats for free that need a clean...billy bargain !!!

Thanks Jamie and thanks to piggy for the std DT induction setup

The new cone filter setup will be removed from this car because the car is more asthmatic, a revision of std airbox setup or a hdi airbox will be fitted when I get around to it...also the car sounds broken and shit now !!!

[devils_fuel]

Im so lazy that I've not updated this thread for a while but then again MYA is just driven as I have no time or spare dollar

As you may have seen in other threads it's MOT time and I have some issues which resulted in me debating scrapping/selling MYA. My heart didn't want to get rid as she's fun and reliable

I put out an SOS on the forum and realised there are so many awesome people on here !!!!

Zack will be fitting my cambelt kit, Bosch conversion and aux belt.

This weekend piggy is rebuilding my Bosch pump with new seals etc. he stripped the dry pump down and said all is good to be rebuilt. I think it helps the pump has been sat next to a radiator.

Poodle is my saviour with a welder and he will be replacing the n/s/r inner arch as I have 5dr rot . I have the inner skin thanks to Andy! donating this from his recently smashed up hdi.

I will be replacing the p-bushes for berlingo ones, replacing both front wings, bonnet, side skirts and having a look at why my brakes vibrate the car violently but not all the time - there's not much disc runout as I have recently measured it, I think it could be the calipers sticking on the runners so hopefully greasing them up may help.

Hopefully there will be more hands that turn up to Zacks so I can do all the jobs that need doing

I can't thank you guys enough

[lolsteve]

Always nice to hear when forums members help one another out
Glad you're getting it sorted, still needs a ph3 bumper though

[devils_fuel]

Get away with your ph3 rubbish Steve lol, ph2's are very rare nowadays . Love the rounded front and rear, my back box looks shite on a ph1/3 back bumper as it's flatter and has a big cut out

[lolsteve]

Rare doesn't mean best but each to their own, a ph1 conversion would be best

[devils_fuel]

Cheeky shite..

I have thought about ph1 but I don't think it would look right as a 5dr..

I think ph2 is best for a 5dr

[devils_fuel]

N/s/r inner arch fitted, it will stop most of the water ingress until poodle welds the new skin in.

Thanks to dumdum I now have a functional twin optic stalk ! Many thanks mate