Matts Black XS I HAZ LOWZ

[MRiches]

I thought I would finally make a little project thread for my new car as it has a lot more potential to do various things to it. At the moment it will be minor details, interior and exterior clean up. As another thread explains the previous owner was a painter and has left paint pretty much everywhere.

Under the bonnet is pretty sound and with my lack of knowledge I won't be fiddling with anything major. I have installed my cone air filter from the 1.4 though

Before I bought it:


What I've done already:
Cone filter that sits rather nicely.

Black masks and black badge switched from 1.4:


De wipered the other day as I broke it. Better time than any really haha.

TODAY
Decided to get rid of the ugly white and brown paint all over the back body work, badge and window.

Rear before:




During:







After:



Got rid of that awful sticker and waiting for a 306oc one to put somewhere on the rear, in white of course.

Thank you to those who recommended T Cut. Did the job incredibly to all the paint off the rear and clear up the "Peugeot 306" after I'd removed. Looks a lot cleaner.


Future plans:
Possibly going for a white and black theme.
Sun strip bought ages ago for the 1.4 but not yet fitted.
Tint rear lights. (Bought tint spray)
Tint rear windows.
Was going to tint fogs yellow but unsure now.
Spoiler respray. (Kept black)
Alloy refurb. (Black? White lion?)
Paint calipers. (White)
New front and rear badges. (Black border, white lion)
Unless I can find a black smooth bonnet and grill which I want more than anything.
New back box (More for a nice grumble through my quiet streets).
Lowered all around with both new shocks and springs.
Front splitter.

Most of this will have to wait until I'm back at Uni in September, I'll a little more money then and also my dad won't be hovering around judging everything I do to it. Therefore might be a slow thread

I welcome constructive comments, what not to do and any suggestions to make it look beast Peace.

[Piggy]

Looking nice and clean...needs a colour to make the front Lion stand out...but thats IMO

[Grant]

Looks spot on


Got that paint off the back fine then by the looks of it.

Needs moar lows now

[Matt]

Looks good makes me wanna ph3 mine

[Midnightclub]

Looks much better than the 1.4!

Have you moved out of weston?

[MRiches]

Looks spot on


Got that paint off the back fine then by the looks of it.

Needs moar lows now

I completely agree, need moar lows. Will probably look at one of the coilover kits like the technix ones on ebay.

Looks much better than the 1.4!

Have you moved out of weston?

Yep for the summer as I finished for the year and have my job here. Will be back in Sept as I've still got another year. Will give me plenty of free time for this

[Scott]

That looks much better! The only bad thing about black cars is how quickly they get dirty, so good luck keeping it clean

[MRiches]

*UPDATE*

Well, not really... I got some demon foam car wash thingy majig but the nozzle attachment was pretty poor and came out quite watery so didn't get a picture of it all foamy Ahh well, nice and clean! For 5 minutes after which it decided to shit it down with rain. Brill.

Those new valeo windscreen wipers will do the trick!

[dave1221]

looking really good there matey - i do like black phase 3s!

[Piggy]

looks good...I still think the Lion needs a lick of paint!

PLEASE dont tint the rear lights...totally ruin it IMO. Look great as they are!

I love how clean and crisp the car looks though in general

[Grant]

You can adjust the foam density on the nozzle, give that a try

Looks smart!

[MRiches]

Cheers guys.

Yeh about the rear light tint, gave it ago but went too dark, I've stripped the top half back to normal but the lower half ive left for now as I ran out of nail polish remover, and it doesnt look too bad

looks good...I still think the Lion needs a lick of paint!

PLEASE dont tint the rear lights...totally ruin it IMO. Look great as they are!

I love how clean and crisp the car looks though in general

Just waiting to pick a theme colour! I think im going to go anthracite, so that'll be the alloys, lion, spoiler (as i tried to use back to black thinking it used to be black, I was wrong) now its mess, and the two fuel filter bands.

Black is already hard to keep clean if I went down the white alloy route it would probably always look grimey lol.

[MRiches]

Pointless update, more a cry for help. Cheap help.

You may not be able to see from the picture too well, looks worse than it shows in my opinion.

Basically the arm on the that side of the rear axle is starting to camber and apparently it means the other side is more likely to do it.

Both garages I went to said the same thing and that it's best to get a second hand axle and replace the whole lot, that way I won't have to worry about the other side going (if) after it was fixed.

So if any of you on here have a replacement that would fit a 1.8, and help me fit it (I can hold tools) or recommend a place that would fit it that would be good.

All my other plans are on hold till I do this I think. Unless you think it'll be fine

[Tom]

I think all 306 axles are interchangeable.

[Grant]

You need to be wary of what phase it came off and if it is drum or disc. I am also in Surrey, source one and we can fit it together for a Crete of beer

[Midnightclub]

Another thing to watch out for is if it's a ABS or non-ABS beam

[Grant]

It's not the end of the world if its a ph2 as the loads sensor type abs sensor can just be swapped over. But yes, you need the holes in the trailing arm if its got abs rings

[Piggy]

yeah you want to checks the following:

drums or discs.
abs or non abs
and if it has a brake compensator or not.

[MRiches]

Ok well it's phase 3, has ABS, disks and pads and whats this brake compensator?

You need to be wary of what phase it came off and if it is drum or disc. I am also in Surrey, source one and we can fit it together for a Crete of beer

I'm actually going back to weston to start back at uni on friday. Which is also really awkward as that splitter still hasnt arrived. If I don't get it tomorrow then it's no splitter for me and a waste of £20 lol.

So if there is anyone weston/somerset way if i can get a beam that will help me

[Midnightclub]

Connor works at a garage in bristol that could probably do it, no idea what it'd cost though.. not changed a beam myself so..!

[Grant]

It still hasn't arrived?! Ill chuck the tracking number into the website in a bit for you.

If you want a hand with the beam in Weston shout. Company fuel FTW!

[Midnightclub]

I'll come.. ya know, for moral support lol

[MRiches]

Haha yeh i'll need shoulder to cry on if it goes to shit, only just bought the fecking thing!

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It still hasn't arrived?! Ill chuck the tracking number into the website in a bit for you.

If you want a hand with the beam in Weston shout. Company fuel FTW!

Thanks man, it can't be far off but it's cutting it close.

[puglove]

your all talking shit i have a ph2 drum beam on my estate atm, you can put any beam on aslong as it has ABS, dosnt matter what phase or if its drum or disc

I didnt have to swap any sensors

It had a load compensator, but i just took that off and used the mount arm from the old beam

and i just used the hand brake cables that were already on the beam,

Hope that helps

[Grant]

Jamie, if you ain't got nothing to plug the abs sensors into, how's it going to abs properly?

[puglove]

well if its an abs beam like i said just plug it in to the sensors that are already on the beam? mine all works as it should even with a boot full of shit

[Piggy]

yeah its true it will work...but if he had discs, he will want discs, if he has abs he wont want a non abs beam etc

[puglove]

you could put a non abs beam and pull the fues for the tim being . but it is pretty pikey



what numpty would put a drum beam on a 1.8/2.0 ph3 eh? lol

[MRiches]

In other slightly happier news I fitted the splitter! Looks pretty good, minus the tiny gap in the middle

In even more worrying news, I think my front tyres are illegal.

And also thank you for your replies on the beam, at least I know what I'm looking for now

[ginge191]

Got a disc rear beam here mate
Come off an ABS GTI, standard height, in great condition.
No camber, no knocks, no creaks.. Located in Portsmouth