Hdi project

[ben87]

Well most of you know the score so will be a brief history


Finally the onwer of my first HDI not a bad start cost me £1700 to buy full service history,full service 2days ago,cambelt and pump done at 97k, insurance only wanted an extra £70 off me for the year to cover me full comp so paid £740 now which aint bad considering i got no claims bonus and a crash declared my fault, did a quote on a KA 1.3 they wanted £1500,jokers, hope you like,i no a few of you do,will get some pictures tomorrow as its taken me 6hours to drive home from leeds due to parts of the m6 being shut

114k on the clock
99%service history
4 brand new tyres(toyo proixe)
cambelt and pump done at 97k
5months tax
11months MOT
just had a full service
mint interior
jammex lowering springs included (40mm)
remapped to approx 120 by Shire tuning in FCS 2008
angel eyes





plans:
lower 40mm all round Done
gti front splitter Done
full exhaust system Done
black mask fogs(already done just need to fit them) Done
possibly change headlights for crystals (undecided) Done

Original future plans:
fmic
gt17
bmw fuel pump
brembos all round



Actually plans
fmic
seat cupra r splitter
lowered 40mm front and 45mm rear
wind deflectors
smoothed boot
307 araines
metal monkey dials
colour coded spoiler
went back to halos

New future plans:
add splashes of yellow - callipers,front badge,
adjust turbo
helix clutch
regular service
look after it for a year or 2 then sell


As it stands :






will do a history of what ive done over next few posts

[ginge191]

astor grey?? :auto-driving:

love it! that rear end looks tidy as well...

[Toby]

Very smart looking

[ben87]

Right..........

since ive owned the car i have done the following:

gti6 callipers
drilled/dimbled discs
colour coded spoiler
smooth boot
lowered 45mm rear 40mm front
metal monkey dials
gti leather/alacantra seats
fli comp6 speaker system (and random 6x9 maybe kenwood)
boot tidy nets
fmic
black/silver interior
air filter
de egr
altered the key fob
colour coded lion trim on the front badge
interior lights linked up with courtesy switch
added new 12v socket by driver control panel
boost gauge
interior lights alteration (colour)
straight through exhaust with middle silencer/decat

[ben87]

thatll do for time being ill upload pics later of my goodies that arrived today

[ben87]

came home to the following goodies

Tiger seal - to sort out my bloody weather strip
Badge in astor done by Gareth7 (mine was astor but rushed)
Compulsory diesel sticker

[4WayDiablo]

Looks awesome mate! Did anything ever come of the led indicators in the rub strip? If that was you lol (welsh_ben)

[ben87]

its on the shelf till i have funds to finish it off

[kingy]

cars looking good ben. love the idea of the indicators.

[Foxy-jim]

Really like this car mate! Keep it up!

[ben87]

Cheers guys,once the next busy 2weeks have been I'll b working in the indicators again to see how it will go . Just annoying trying to get it looking flush without looking cheap and chavy but still OEM

[4WayDiablo]

Haha i was right for a change! Lol yeah really wanted to see how this went. I think they could look epic

[ben87]

well the yellowness has started..... (not great pic too bright) plus ive just cleaned my rear screen

[Curt]

Love this car man... One of the best colours going and the yellow works well

[ben87]

yea will grab a better pic when its a bit darker haha

[ben87]

Yellow splash has begun..

thanks to gareth7

[declantg]

looks sweet man Love astor! still not as good as diablo though

[Seid']

Dont like smoothed rears

but like the rest, its simple!

[declantg]

what dials are these? they look sick

[Matt]

Metal monkey one iirc

[declantg]

Damn i need some

[ben87]

Nothin major but Gareth used the rest of the Astor can to do some wipers which he offered me...so I has to say yes

[ben87]

latest pics.....

[Midnightclub]

That yellow front badge looks epic mate! Think the little touches of yellow really make a nice difference

[ben87]

cheers fella,just need time to do the callipers now

[Poodle]

One of the tidiest, most complete projects out there, glad to see you over here

[ben87]

just a minor parts update...few days ago my gear rod decided to pop out, luckily i simply pulled off from my house and popped..so called the AA and £70 later (had to upgrade to home start ) it was fixed...pulled off and went again, AA quickly put it back and i went on my way,ordered new rods from pug1off and arrived within 2days.

So i was unaware of changing these so enlisted the help of Tom1357,but i decided to give it a crack myself whilst textinh im and boom few hours later managed to get them all off and pop the new ones plus clips back on. The gear changes feel alot smoother now and tighter...cheap buy so id deffo recommend buying them
http://www.shop.pug1off.com/product_inf ... cts_id/628





This was the one causing trouble...the rubber was stuck on the pivot and was hell of a job to get it off

[MarkTD]

Nice 306! yellow works really well with the Astor colour.

[ben87]

Cheers mate I did do yellow fogs....but looked like the car was older then so just sticking with the yellow lion...may do the towing eye at some point

[MiiTCH]

is that the seat cupra r splitter you have on in the top picture?

how was it to fit? did it need trimming at all? think it looks AMAZING!