matts xsi euro project

[Matt]

Managed to source some new bolts for my spacers, so hopefully will be on 25mm spacers all round by the weekend

Front bumper is smoothed. Waiting for paint.

Two rear wheels complete, caps too and on the car

1 wheel done, 1 to go and 2 caps.

Mirrors need a slight bit of filler and spraying.

New grill is on, looks awesome.

Hockey sticks are being done Thursday

Wheels should all be on by next Wednesday
Same with bumper,
Wing mirrors and hockey sticks done by the weekend
Putting a new dash fascia in too at the weekend, something more up to date

And then to replace the rubbers which will be coming from ed doe, hopefully next weekend


Cars coming together nicely. Dead line is 3rd June

Should be done for then.

Pics to follow tomorrow

[Matt]

Couple of pics

Smooth grill now as dirty as the front



Wheels



Stikorz!



And a random

[Fozzy]

Saw this and thought of you

[Ed Doe]

Saw this and thought of you

Aren't those 30k HIDs? They look pretty awesome, but VERY illegal!!

[Connor]

Would of looked soooooo much better with pink...

[Poodle]

:text-lol: at Fozzy.

[Poodle]

Epic farce with this yesterday, and yet another black mark against ECP's name. Basically spent the day taking it apart for the head swap, only to have to put it back together as before when we realised the parts probably weren't coming and Matt wanted to go home at some point lol. One of the cams got moved so we had to f*ck about timing it all up again, took three attempts and a couple of worried calls to Niall (hero) where the old belt's stretched.

Matt did manage to mod something while we were waiting for parts, will leave that to him to reveal. Apart from that all we really managed was an oil and filter change, mostly to make ourselves feel better after such a let-down of a day. Had cleared up and were just chilling with a cup of tea when the parts finally turned up... at 18:15... wtaf..?! Probably a good job we were out the back and my gf took the delivery, don't know Matt would have let the courier walk away lol.

Big thanks to my best mate and lolsteve who kindly showed up to take the piss all day. :roll:

[Matt]

All will be revealed later when everything is back together.

Thanks for everythin again yesterday mate really appreciated it.
Definatley think might just take the engine out to do everthing, will be so much easier!

And Niall thanks for putting up with all my calls at one point I was gunna ask you to come down hahaha

[Poodle]

No worries dude, was a good day even if it was a bit of a fail lol. I would, always would if i'm working on any of pugs 1.9+ engine sizes round the cambelt (or turbo lol), just makes life so much easier.

[Niall]

Definitely won't be easier to take the engine out. Clearly you have never removed an engine!

Getting the head off in the car is a piece of piss Matt. Took me 1:15 to get it off and about the same to fit the new one!

[Matt]

It's more the cambelt side of things, was an absolute pisser of a job to get to, hands are too fat!

[Niall]

It's more the cambelt side of things, was an absolute pisser of a job to get to, hands are too fat!

Becomes easy when youve done it 3 times in a month. Haha

[Matt]

Update time,

This is the mod poodle spoke about earlier

Accompanied by my strut brace



To give an idea





New stickers



This still to go on at some point



For Lols



All that's left to do is

Fit front wheels
Finish front bumper


Got so much done this morning, really putting all the little bits and pieces together and emptying the car lol

[4WayDiablo]

Lol that fannymold looks pink!
Looks good though
What the hell did you do to the lights? Lol

[Matt]

Yeah it's very pinky, used white primer instead of grey, but I'll live with it.

It's my headlight protectors. They were scratched and f*cked, so puffed over on purple for Lols haha looked like a toy!

[Connor]

See pink does look good... Camping is going to be phun

[Matt]

This turned up Wednesday morning! Will get that on next week.

Mirrors are done

Bumper was done to what I thought was a good standard but when you run your hand across the filler recess you can feel the waves across it. So got to get that flat before it goes on.

All wheels are now done



Use some imagination and you can see what it looks like

Can't wait to get all the finishing bits on!

And after FCS it's going to be painted again same colour just another couple of coats.

[Curt]

Good stuff man, loving the strap!

[samass]

that turned up quick man! i got mine the other day, already got me some bolts and plates from work! might fit it next week sometime, then ill be fine if i break down

[Matt]

Samass get me some of that! Need to fit mine. Might do it next week, do the cambelt, tow strap and change bumper same day

Cheers curt.

Oh and I ordered it Monday an was delivered Wednesday! Bloody quick, and quite a good colour match to the rest of the car.


Oh and purple scuttle panel still to come

[samass]

your hole 10 or 12mm? (giggity)
nice dude, rapido!

lol sweet, i did wonder what you were gunna do with that when you picked it up off Niall...

[Matt]

Haha well I got paint on my current one, was gunna take it off spray gloss black, but picked that one up, gunna do it purple and fit next week, prob at camping lol.

Urm and I'll go measure my hole in a sec! Gigidy!!! Haha

[Matt]

Looks like a 10mm

Pics to follow of recent shiz in a minute

[Niall]

Matt you should have kept quiet. I forgot about the scuttle panel and boot seal. You owe me a tenner!

[Matt]

My bargain 99p phase 3 shelf



Manifold badge.

Credit to galpin



Who needs pedo bear when you gots COOKIE MONSTER!!!!!!!

[Matt]

Matt you should have kept quiet. I forgot about the scuttle panel and boot seal. You owe me a tenner!

Nope you owe me a tenner, I've deducted it from the £20 you owe me for thing I picked up for you couple weeks ago!

[samass]

Lolz, that makes it easy! Loads of those in stock

[Matt]

Pics still to come, wing mirrors spoiler and a gapping hole! Stay tuned

[Matt]

Wing mirrors done, although it looks like the cap is a slightly diff colour!



Freshly painted spoiler

Tiny laquer run on n/s but I'm not bothered lol



And as promised, a gapping hole!



Some pikey nicked my exhaust trim that I have to put on, as I have a cut down bean can haha. Need another now! This will be the bloody third I've bought in my ownership. Think I'll welder the fucker on this time! Haha

[Niall]

Matt you should have kept quiet. I forgot about the scuttle panel and boot seal. You owe me a tenner!

Nope you owe me a tenner, I've deducted it from the £20 you owe me for thing I picked up for you couple weeks ago!

Oh yeah forgot that haha! Will give it to you at fcs or do you need it sooner?