Arctic Project (Take 2)

[TubaMagna8]

Bit of VBOA prep…. Spot cleaned the inside, the colour of the water was almost black….





Went over with the polisher and treat her to some Turtle wax ceramic with grapheme wax as it gave good results when I applied it to the Octavia a few months back….



And a long time in the making, new headlights fitted….



Early night for a long drive down south….

 

[DavebGsi]

looked great at vboa, top work

 

[Andy_Mk3]

Great work on the wiring loom, quite a big task to take on that is and it looks good. Headlights are superb too, I think I may have to follow this new trend

Good work on the headlining too, after having watched mine being done by a professional, I can see it's definitely not an easy job and glad I didn't do it myself lol.

You've come a long way with this and learnt a lot on the way, it's looking good!

 

[TubaMagna8]

So start of May is time to get her out and running, it’s taken a bit of a back burner since buying a house, and we need the driveway extending to make way for the Astra. So she lives at my parents for now, I have a few things lined up, bit of an oil seep from the drive shaft seals so will get those/try do those, and a bit of a weep from the engine side, could possibly be the sump.

However I went to start her the other weekend and she was dead, I had left the smart charger on over the winter but was now showing an error, anyway the battery was showing 0.4volts. So I was like that’s ******!!

I have recently changed my battery on the daily, which is a 096 battery for the VAG diesels, the modern electronics showed errors on startup and nonstop start for a few months, I’ve fitted that and it’s secure but a bit tight, but it can do for now. Turned over quite quickly.



Need to source at decent cat as the present one is all over the place on the emissions and I’d like to have a new suspension at some point, just some B4s and springs just to freshen up the ride a little, the engine bay wiring on the battery side could do with some upgrades/ tidying.

But I plan to use her a bit, enjoy it and do a few little changes.

 

[Kev_mk3]

Bilstein B4's from Auto Doc cheap as chips (can also get eibach springs off them)
Fronts -

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/bilstein/634007

 

[TubaMagna8]

Went out with a local group yesterday, did over 150 miles to the Lake District and back, up the kirkstone pass, running like a dream. Definitely needs that suspension and steering refresh, still handled better than some of the minis
Still could do with some more grunt like turbo grunt

DAB radio is **** so thinking of putting a VW style shark Ariel on the roof and maybe eliminate the factory Ariel, would mean I could clean the windscreen up of that Ariel.

Photo from the top of Hartside Pass

 

[Kev_mk3]

Went out with a local group yesterday, did over 150 miles to the Lake District and back, up the kirkstone pass, running like a dream. Definitely needs that suspension and steering refresh, still handled better than some of the minis
Still could do with some more grunt like turbo grunt

DAB radio is **** so thinking of putting a VW style shark Ariel on the roof and maybe eliminate the factory Ariel, would mean I could clean the windscreen up of that Ariel.

Photo from the top of Hartside Pass
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In this day and age cant you use your phone for dab?

 

[DavebGsi]

Yea that's a good point tbf