2002 Xsara VTS

[Ben_w]

I made a start polishing up this exhaust.

Apologies for the poor pics.....the lighting where I was working was about as far from perfect as you could get. I didn't take many pics but hope.you get the idea. Back box before..



Back box after being attacked with wire wool and then Autoglym Metal polish via a buffing bonnet on the Flex.





Much cleaner. Still some work to do on the inside of the tip but, generally, much better.





A really crappy pic but the centre section cleaned up ok too. Oddly, the long section of pipe on this middle section isn't polished....

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Breaking of the Xsara stepped up a notch today. Borrowed an engine crane from a mate so I could get busy. Just as i pulled up at his, my phone pinged with an email alert. A private message from.the 205 Driver's forum with someone making an offer on the rack, with his wife picking it up tomorrow as she was staying with her mum nearby.......best get busy then!

Got home at 4pm and got the front end lifted up enough that I'd be able to work under it and dropped it onto axle stands. Then the rain started.



Much damp spannering later, along with one snapped subframe mounting bolt, the subframe, complete with rack, finally dropped into the drive. Taken to the workbench in garage and removed from the subframe. A couple of cycles of the rack to expel any old fluid and it was done, as I was. Absolutely knackered.

One bonus though, the front suspension is indeed Koni adjustable stuff. I'll bet the rears are Konis too.



Much later, this was the view front my door....



I've already sold a number of bits from the Xsara. Rack, gearbox, front brakes, radiator hoses and have someone who wants the rear beam. I'm already in profit and I've bagged myself a full stainless exhaust and a set of adjustable suspension...... bargain in my book.