309 TD

[Sambarker]

More goodies arrived today



Thats my Friday evening sorted

[HDIkyle]

Shiney (black) goodness

[Sambarker]

Tidied my garage out so i could get the car in while im on holiday

painted the inner lamps yellow, not sure im keen on it tbh



Randomly, ended up with a berlingo van which im now breaking.



Got these goodies off for myself

14" steels, which may or may not be getting banded



and almost brand new 266mm brake set up and master cylinder. should be a nice upgrade over my 247's

[strictly_perv]

Good stuff. I'm running 266's and they stop bloody well in a light car. Same wheels as mine too except mine are banded.

[Sambarker]

Ordered my front mount, was a steal at £50 posted brand new. It's only a baby, but I don't want to get too chop happy with my front end. Plus will try and reduce lag. Just a shame the inlets are 3" as I'm only planning on running 2.25" pipes.

   

Update on plans:

1. Get spare rear axle rebuilt and lowered
2. Get spare engine rebuilt with hdi rods
3. Fit new head gasket and new head, updated head studs
4. Swap turbo over, xantia inlet and Fmic
5. 11mm frankenpump
6. Coilovers on the front, or perhaps slightly lower springs
7. Possibly banded Berlingo steels with Berlingo centers and 185/55/14 tyres
8. Berlingo 266 front brake setup
9. New heater matrix and plumb it in ready for winter
10. Carbon wrap the spare bonnet, possibly grill too or at least Matt black it
11. Would like some new reclineable buckets
12. Custom 2.5" or 3" stainless straight through with possibly fake rear box depends how much I care.

Hopefully all this done by next FCS!

[Ruan]

I thought you were all over the Mambas iirc?

[Sambarker]

I thought you were all over the Mambas iirc?

The mambas are shagged!

[Ruan]

Boooo!

[Sambarker]

Right, don't know why but I've mounted my intercooler tonight. Not actually plumbed in but it will be shortly.

Some pics during and after:

   

   

   

   

   

Had to modify a spare front panel

   

   

Had a mess about with a spare grill. Not keen tbh

   

Original grill looks better

   

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[Sambarker]

I think my plans are changin for this car now, I'm thinking on returning the outside appearance of the car to as close to standard as possible, with the exception of a little bit of lows, but obviously still going all out with the engine mods.

Thinking factory wheel trims on the Berlingo steels so I can have bigger front brakes, but thinking of ditching the gti kit and going back to base spec for the sleeper look!

[Sambarker]

Start of the stealth look

[Mattcheese31]

i like the idea mate . . .

[Sambarker]

just wish i could lower the back

[Sambarker]

Head gasket issues really becoming a concern now

   

Drastic measures to keep engine cool until spare engine is ready

Some new 12 inch fans

   

And some choice bumper mods

   

Hopefully can get another few months out of it!

Oh and its booked in with Rickyp next Friday hopefully so he can lower the back!

[Jenkosowls]

Yes it does get a bit hot rather quickly!

[strictly_perv]

Looking good. Bet that will shock a few people looking like it does.
Are you interested in that 205 box?

[Sambarker]

I am interested but your miles away!

[strictly_perv]

I am interested but your miles away!

I just did a quick quote on interparcel and got one for £18 delivered

P.M me if you want to sort something out.

[gumball3000]

Love it mate!! Awesome build!!

[Sambarker]

Some new rimz





And the start of my Matt red look

[Pete]

Nice! Are they the ones Rob was selling a while back? Look familiar. Need to get back to Rickys myself to get the arches rolled at some point.

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[Sambarker]

Yeah they are Robs wheels

Going down Ricky's on Friday for some lowerage

[Icywalts]

Absolutely love your wheels the same as mine except u have centres!! JEL!!! They will look small on the car but they do look good..

   

[Joe]

right you are the man to ask, does the 309 steering wheel have an air bag? im 99.9% sure they dont! but do they?

[samass]

saw a 309 derv today, thought it was you, but was far too quiet haha

like where you're going with the matt red!

[Sambarker]

right you are the man to ask, does the 309 steering wheel have an air bag? im 99.9% sure they dont! but do they?

I have a gti wheel and it has no airbag

[Sambarker]

New steering wheel

   

Also been doing a bit more red oxiding, so I have now painted the boot, bonnet, grill, front wings and n/s door! A bit at a time!

Got some new seats to fit (passenger side done) then I'm going to plate over the sunroof and attempt to drop the front a tiny bit more, this may involve a grinder as a temporary fix until i find some coilovers!

[Sambarker]

[jonny1.6]

wheels suit it to the ground needs more lows at the front though,loved seenin this project on .net keep up the good work sam

[Sambarker]

Coilovers fitted today. They are FK coilovers for a 206 which I have had to modify slightly to fit.



Height of the car before:



Old setup



Coilovers fitted with 205 top mounts



Car with no shocks!



Coilovers fitted



First height (wound all the way down)



Nowhere near low enough. So these got removed



And the result



Perfect height IMO

And the Gti front bumper is back on



Just need to finish spraying it!