Nathan's 1.4 306

[Nathan1305]

Thought i might as well put a project thread up This is my little 1.4 its my very first car and i love it

Here she is:
[attachment=15605]

[attachment=15606]

i've done a few little bits here and there to give it a little more appeal first thing was fitting the speakers that were in the boot of my car when i bought it, and de-badged it which i think makes it look a whole lot better! just need to get the residue off.

[attachment=15607]

[attachment=15608]

My facia was looking very sad with peeling paint and scratches everywhere so i gave it a quick respray i know it isn't the best but i just wanted to get some colour on there to give it a bit more life. I'm going to get a new one at some point and respray it all properly as this one is chipped on some corners.

Primer Stage:
[attachment=15610]

[attachment=15611]

[attachment=15612]

Top Coat:
[attachment=15613]

[attachment=15614]

[attachment=15615]

And fitted:
[attachment=15616]

Its not the best quality paint job but as i sad its just a quick job until i get a better condition one

soon to be added is a cone filter courtesy of Matt. And to finish fitting my exhaust.

hope to update this as often as i can, let me know what you guys think i should do in the future for it and what you think of it. All comments welcome

[Jimbo]

Looks a nice colour on interior plastics, car looks tidy from the pics

[Nathan1305]

Looks a nice colour on interior plastics, car looks tidy from the pics

thanks mate its Audi Quartz Grey

[7057sam]

Looks good nathan

Really like the centre console colour

[Nathan1305]

Looks good nathan

Really like the centre console colour

thank you I'm gonna do my next centre console this colour too

[Eeyore]

Good work. Spraying my centre console was one of the first things i did!

[mcvite]

Good job you have carried out there mate,well done looks nice

[Nathan1305]

Thanks guys! going to buy another one at some point at do a better job

[Nathan1305]

ran into an issue a couple of days ago with my window switches, i found the issue was the little speakers that are in the door pillar area, these were wired in wrong and was causing my door loom to stop working. so i removed them as they weren't working anyway and hey presto the widows work again!

Removed the door card to see if there were any breaks in the wiring but nothing was out of the ordinary
[attachment=15656]

But having the door card off aloud me too see that the speaker in the door pillar wasn't connected properly so i removed them both from driver and passenger side and tested the window switches and they work!
[attachment=15657]
[attachment=15658]

These are the culprit to the windows not working
[attachment=15659]

So another job complete for the day

[Nathan1305]

Successfully de-wipered my car without smashing the glass

[kentiiboii]

Coming along great for a first car.
Personally if I was you id of hidden your 6x9s under your parcel shelf, that's whets I have mine hidden. Looks a bit note fresh imo but still have the sound.

[Nathan1305]

Coming along great for a first car.
Personally if I was you id of hidden your 6x9s under your parcel shelf, that's whets I have mine hidden. Looks a bit note fresh imo but still have the sound.

Thanks man and yeah I wish I did that now :/ I may have to get a new parcel shelf and redo it. First time I've fitted speakers

[kentiiboii]

I have to cut a bit of my parcel shelf, then screw small bits of wood to it and then screw my speakers to the wood.

[Nathan1305]

I have to cut a bit of my parcel shelf, then screw small bits of wood to it and then screw my speakers to the wood.

That's a good idea I'll have to try that when I find a parcel shelf

[RetroPug]

Coming along great for a first car.
Personally if I was you id of hidden your 6x9s under your parcel shelf, that's whets I have mine hidden. Looks a bit note fresh imo but still have the sound.

It's also a thief magnet.

I have no idea about your speakers, but I believe some aftermarket ones do actually fit in the standard baskets, or can do with some modification to them.

[Nathan1305]

Coming along great for a first car.
Personally if I was you id of hidden your 6x9s under your parcel shelf, that's whets I have mine hidden. Looks a bit note fresh imo but still have the sound.

It's also a thief magnet.

I have no idea about your speakers, but I believe some aftermarket ones do actually fit in the standard baskets, or can do with some modification to them.

yeah i am worried about the window being smashed so i may get a new parcel shelf and some round speakers so they fit better

---

Bit more progress today i have a leaky pipe so thought id tackle it today, this is the pipe that was leaking. I have no idea what its for though haha

[attachment=15725]

This is the issue with the pipe, the end was split and all chewed up so i cut the end off and put it all back together and now no more leaks!

[attachment=15726]

[mr_fish]

Coolant heater matrix pipe, look how much space there is behind the TU!

nice tidy machine you have there sir

[Nathan1305]

Coolant heater matrix pipe, look how much space there is behind the TU!

nice tidy machine you have there sir

Oh nice and thank you sir, sadly I have a problem my boot wot open.. :/ was fine yesterday but now when I push the button in nothing happens, is there anything I can do to fix this?

[C.A.R.]

Nice and tidy, keep it that way

Agree about the parcel shelf speakers though, they look very out of place there. Someone above said that you can remove the standard speakers from their cradle but I've never managed it, they look like they're just clipped on but when I tried to separate them it felt more like they were going to break free....

[Nathan1305]

Nice and tidy, keep it that way

Agree about the parcel shelf speakers though, they look very out of place there. Someone above said that you can remove the standard speakers from their cradle but I've never managed it, they look like they're just clipped on but when I tried to separate them it felt more like they were going to break free....

Yeah it never had the original rear speakers, I'm going to get another parcel shelf and some round speakers and fit them underneath keep the clean look going

[Nathan1305]

had an eventful day today on the car first of all my boot wouldn't open so i had to figure out what was up with that, i had to unbolt the catch thing to actually get it open.
[attachment=15739]

this aloud me easy access to the motor, i disconnected it and realised the wires that go into the plug were pretty loose so i secured them a bit better and cleaned the terminals up and now i have a working boot again!
[attachment=15740]

next up was the ICV, i removed it today and gave it a clean up. It was packed in oil so it definitely needed a clean! i re connected it all and now my car idles as it should!
[attachment=15741]

And a new toy to put on once i buy a reducer pipe
[attachment=15742]
[attachment=15743]

So pretty good progress i think considering this is the first car I've owned and worked on all comments welcome!

[kentiiboii]

Nice to see you getting your hands dirty! :-)

[Nathan1305]

Nice to see you getting your hands dirty! :-)

Haha yeah it's a messy job

[C.A.R.]

What size reduced do you need bud? I have a couple of unused ones here.

Also shouldn't the ICV have a rubber O ring on it which helps it seal against the throttle body assembly?

[Nathan1305]

What size reduced do you need bud? I have a couple of unused ones here.

Also shouldn't the ICV have a rubber O ring on it which helps it seal against the throttle body assembly?

76mm-58mm reducer I need and yeah it does have one I took it off to clean the O ring as well because that was dirty too

[Nathan1305]

Bit more of an update just had a new clutch and clutch cable fitted, picks up so much faster now and the biting point is instant... Which caused me too stall a few times.. I was use to it biting right at the top of pedal travel. Whilst they were changing it they noticed that the pinch bolt on the steering arm was stripped so I got that replaced too

All comments welcome