oil-burner's bitchin HDi project - soon to be stage 2!

[Oil-burner]

Right, some of you may remember me from .net, but not been around for a while so thought id get a bit of a project thread going.

for those who remember me, i had a regency red P1 sedan stdt

long story short, she got very poorly, and i had to get rid.
really miss that car :cry:

anyway after that i ended up running around in a black vtr for a few months .... dont judge me, i had no choice!lol



so after that i was on the look out for another dturbo and stumbled upon this



2001 5 door hdi dturbo
had 118k on the clocks
part history and a folder full of paperwork
recent cambelt change
and cheap tax!!
had a few bits and bobs to rectify but nothing major, so went to view and brought it home for a reasonable price.

after that nothing really happened for a few months apart from disconnecting the egr, fixing a few issues and a decent service.

then recently i broke a 1.8 meridian (as im sure you all know) and got a nice set of leaf pattern half leathers and steering wheel out of it.
(no pics sorry) i kept the black doorcards as i prefer them but yeah, a lot nicer inside now!

then after a lucky bid on ebay i picked up this little baby for ..... £36, yes thats £36!lol :dance:




its a full mongoose 2.5" s/s system with a 3.5" inward rolled tip!
it had been adapted to fit on the estate so after a bit of cutting and welding she looked like this



cant really moan for the dollar!

now for a bit of photo whoring

fitted the exhaust on sunday and had a bit of a wash with my ever growing meguiars collection



and she now looks a bit like this











then i got a bit bored today and decided to dewiper it and put a couple of stickers on the back window




yes i know the exhaust is too low but i was getting fed up with it so im sorting it next weekend.
also i know the enjoi sticker looks a bit out of place but my wiper had worn a ring into the glass where the cover had been rubbing so had no choice!

anyway so thats how she stands at the minute, i know it wont be to everyones taste but im quite happy with it atm!

future plans are

Lower -40mm - done
adjust exhaust - done
replace bonnet - done twice
fully debadge rear - done
legal pressed plates - done
stage 1 - done
307 arianes - sold but replaced with 17" aidels
rallye blanks - waiting for smooth front end
Black masks - done

nothing crazy as im poor and have bills and a nagging girlfriend!lol
anyway thats about it for the minute, thanks for reading!