How much would this lot cost

[no2lurch]

Still looking for an XUD 306... I've found one that needs work, its an S reg XUD 'S' model. How much would this lot cost to do? I'd do it myself so looking for parts costs roughly please.

-heather matrix
-complete exhaust system inc downpipe/flexi
-strip and replace rear brakes
-new front brakes
-replacement drivers seat
-replacement turbo
-head gasket swap related parts

thanks in advance

[Matt]

Really depends if all work is carried out by yourself or a garage

[ozonehostile]

Tbf unless its like 50 quid I would carry on looking, if your extremely confident with these engines your looking at about 2 full days of work.

You can pick up some nice examples with tax and test for under 500 pounds pretty easily enough thesedayst

[no2lurch]

As i posted, i'd do it myself so looking for parts costs roughly

[declantg]

I'm semi rebuilding an xud lump ATM ready for my conversion, have spent over £150 easily on gaskets alone,

[ozonehostile]

And changing the heater matrix is my most hated job in the world, hours of stripping the dash to do something that takes 2 minutes to replace

[Matt]

Ahhh yep I misserae that, in doing everything yourself IMO your looking at at least £500 in parts. Biggest part will be rebuilding the hg. As it will be hg, head studs, and you will want it skimmed, want to do Cambelt at the same time, and water pump.

[lolsteve]

You'll also always be paying a little more for insurance because it's the 's' version, maybe not much extra but it's there as a cost

[declantg]

What Matt said, new cambelt, aux belt, head studs, head gasket, camshaft oil seal, sump gasket, rocker cover gasket.

Then you have the bottom end to consider!

But what I have spent, is 100% worth the knowledge I'm getting from doing this, can't wait to hear its first start up!

[Piggy]

that car is worth 0. or scrap value

[declantg]

What piggy said, I wouldn't pay any more than £200 for an xud like that. Regardless of the "s"

[Piggy]

I bought my cossack with tax n test for £250.
needed a rad...thats it.
had four new bridgestone tyres on speedlines too

[declantg]

But it's all down to the seller,

Usually you find the younger people try selling it for higher prices, older people just look at it and think it's a pile of French shit

[Toms306]

Old people have lots of money and nothing to spend it on, so they don't see resale value in cars, they just want rid of them when they buy a new one.

Also I wouldn't want a dturbo s....that's the one with the awful green seats isn't it lol!

[Matt]

I paid 150 for my DT, was immaculate when I bought it, with 6 months mot.
Gearbox is starting to fail, but that's only because I've abused this car everyday since owning it in December lol

[Dum-Dum]

It'll cost more that the car is worth unless you do it yourself with,all scrap yard parts.

[burnmw]

*snip*
-heather matrix
*snip*

Is that the one that smells really nice?

[Poodle]

Id argue its worth it myself, at least youll know its tip top for years to come.

[Tom]

Also unless you've worked on 306's before and know where the bolts are and how stuff comes off you'll struggle to do all that in 2days. My first heater matrix took me probably a day and a half. Turbo change is a good few hours if you havent done one before. Brakes alround is another 4 hours. Exhaust is another hour, unless you have ramp/pit. Then headgasket related parts? f*cking hell Does it still see worth buying after all that? :/

[Poodle]

I'm speaking as someone who has pretty much rebuilt a car from the ground up, so yeah haha. :p

[Toms306]

I removed the matrix from my HDi today...and found a pound coin inside lol, no wonder the matrix didnt fit properly and cracked the matrix housing!

I can now see why they broke EVERYTHING in the process of doing the matrix change though, as theres so much that needs removing to get to it. A bit of time and care and they may not have broken everything, but I personally wouldn't go the hassle of a matrix change after virtually doing half by stripping it.

There must be better cars around, even if you have to pay £200 more for one thats fully working I'd say its more than worth it to avoid the matrix change alone! Then again, I know its each to thier own, I'd never bother buying a broken car as I don't keep them long enough to warrant the fixing costs, but I know other people have different ideas about that.

[C2K]

Old people have lots of money and nothing to spend it on, so they don't see resale value in cars, they just want rid of them when they buy a new one.

Also I wouldn't want a dturbo s....that's the one with the awful green seats isn't it lol!

That's rather a sweeping statement. I put all my money into my house, that's why I drive a cheap cheerful hdi. Wait til you have a mortgage to contend with!

[Toms306]

I don't class you as old Simon!

I was meaning people like my nans age, 70+!!

[C2K]

I'll let you off then you cheeky whippersnapper!

Mortgage ftl!

[Toms306]

Haha...you're not even as old as my dad btw.... . You're only as old as you.feel anyway.

[Eeyore]

not worth much when you have those problems!