Persian Red VTR Progress Thread

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    I got the car a few months back now, it came lowered already with the alloys it’s got, also had the bumpers colour coded too (not a good match I must say) he left the sub, amp, stereo and speakers in the shelf. Also came with the colour coded M3 mirrors which look very good but I can’t see anything out of them lol, but am used to them now.

    Before

    After
    When I got the car he informed me that the central locking didn’t work, but being the person I am I pressed the button to make sure it didn’t work, it did work he must not have been pressing hard enough lol. Clean and hoover the car and it came up a treat.


    Shame the bonnet seemed to have faded (that’s now nice and sorted )The infra red deflector for the locking system was missing, so off to the scrap yard for that, while I was there I picked up a belt entry point as one was missing, both quite easily fitting in my pocket muhahaha . He also informed me that there was a problem with the battery or alternator or something that wasn’t keeping the batter charged, after investigating the issue I found that the ignition barrel on the Saxo’s suck and don’t always make connections so instead of forking out £300 for Citroën to replace and reprogram I decided to live with it and if the battery stays on when the engine starts I just turn it off and restart the engine, symples
    Looking under the bonnet I found the smallest most heat soaking noise making induction kit in the world which smelt a lot like petrol, something tells me it’s not doing its job properly, so a replacement induction kit was fitted (Universal one my brother had on his MR2) and yes that not only sounds awesome but adds to the performance, but doesn’t help the MPG lol.

    Next I swapped the headlamp bulbs for nice whiter brighter ones and wow I can now see in the dark .
    Next I decided on neon’s but only had the cash for foot well and boot ones. Easily fitted into the ignition live of the stereo as I can’t guarantee turning them off as I leave my car and a flat battery is never nice lol. But on taking the stereo out I found that the bloke I got the car off did a very bad bodge job on the stereo so off to the scrappy again for about 5 inches of the stereo connectors (again fitting quite nicely in my pocket ) Heat shrink sleeve, a lighter, some EDF electrical tape, about 20 minutes later and its nice and done .
    Next onto the boot neon’s and they would be wired into the boot opening switch, simple enough and very effective.
    I then decided to have the windows tinted (my brother was having his BMW 328 done at the same time) so we got a discount which set it off nicely but did make it very difficult to look out the back as it was limo black on the rears and black on the front and wow it looks the nuts .


    On discovering the my speakers were translucent and glowed red with the lights on I ordered LED Rope which would be wired into a switch from the amp as I didn’t want to burn the cables out from the Boot lights . Next I found a Knight rider Kit on Sax-P and fell in love and bought and ordered those which look absolutely awesome.
    Posted a thread asking what should do next and decided on t-cutting the badges as it was quick easy and I had t-cut left in the car from previous owner while it was out I did the bonnet and wow what a difference it made.


    Now as soon as I get my paycheque and make sure I have enough for my bills and other payouts I already have I’m going to get undercar neon’s (LED multi colour, multi function Remote Kit)

    Id Love to Get your oppinions on it and what to do next
    Regards,
    Craig
  2. #2
    car looks great but you in the wrong thread lol
  3. #3
    Yeah I Wusnt sure where Progress Threads Needed so go lol
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    some one will move it its not a problem lol whats the plans for the car then mate ??
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    Well when i get paid for last month im gonna make sure i got enough money for bills etc and all the other bits i need 2 pay off, and then get the undercar LED Remote kitt, as no1 round my area has that anymore. I havent tried sprayin anythin yet so i might go 2 scrappy and get the vents, centre console and speaker pods and paint em Gloss candy red, think that will set it off nicely, im not a lover of the vtr interior so i wanna retrim it in red leatherette stuff but i wanna keep the back seats and i dont no how to retrim the back cards i want back seats but not vtr 1s, possible the red and black furio 1s? but what id love is the GTi interior hmmmm lol, you got anytips where i should b goin with it? oh and theres a bit of lacquering in places but i no some1 who can sort that so thatll b done soon too