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[Mr Gav]

I know a fella who has a decent set of Standard 17" rims of an 02 plate elite.... They would look sweet on your motor!! 

I`m getting these done in black next week 

Thanks for the offer though 

[pedroMV6]

Nice one Gav! 8-)

[Geobond]

I like it, same grill as mine :-)

[Amigo]

Looks nice. Grilles always look better without the "V". 8-)

[Tick Tock]

Looks nice. Grilles always look better without the "V". 8-)

Personal choice.

I like the look of the 'v' less grills, but am going to keep my Miggys as standard - soon to be a classic if we wait a bit longer.

Looking forward to seeing the wheels 

[Mr Gav]

Thanks for the comments guys, I think the wheels are gonna have to wait a month now 
Need to get the front wishbones done first and I`m trying to get my overdraft down too, not to mention Yorkshire Water are wanting £200 for six months worth of water the robbing barstewards 

[Stabz2127]

Nice car, and will look awesome with the azev a's my favourite alloy wheels, used to look great on carltons 

[Mr Gav]

Had a busy day on Saturday Changing this little lot

I also did the track rods too while I was at it cos the N/S one had a fair bit of play in it. Wishbones are cheapo`s from Vauxhall car parts.

I did the rears last week

All nice new genuine MV6 dampers courtesy of Andy C 
The old ones were a nightmare to get off, I ended up using an angle grinder to get the nut off one of them, it just wouldn`t budge


Hopefully I can get some cash together and get my wheels done soon, oh yeah and some poly donuts too  8-)

[klever79]

Very nice mate 

[Nick27]

Like the Alloy wheels

[Mr Gav]

Well I finally got round to doing a couple more jobs the other weekend, unfortunately the wheels aren`t done yet but more important jobs had to be done.
A while ago I bought a spare breather box from Albs so i followed Andy C`s guide and opened it up and gave it a good clean.
There was a fair amount of crap come out of it, looks better now.


The next job was to remove the plenum and rocker covers so I could replace the gaskets, plugs and leads. The plug holes had plenty of oil in them, two and four also had water in them which left them looking like this.


Number six lead was looking a bit worse off.


This was what the inside of the rocker cover looked like.


I also cleaned all the pipes out on the plenum breathers, one of which also had some mayo in.
The plug leads were Prospark leads from Euro Car parts and looked ok quality wise and were different lengths so fit was pretty good, only time will tell on how long they will last.
Still got some jobs to do but hopefully I can get the wheels done and tyres on for spring time.

[omega3000]

Very nice car , i like the wheels ... 

[b4ndit]

nice car

[Mr Gav]

Not been on here for a while, too much work and not enough time or money but I finally got round to doing my wheels and getting a new head unit 
Head unit was a must cos I hate the radio so I needed to listen growing collection of music, and it had to have Bluetooth and carkit for hands free calling.

I ended up buying a Kenwood double din unit, Omega facia trim with the cage and patch leads for the steering wheel remote controls. First job was to cut the locking tabs from the Kenwood cage and bond them in the correct place in the one that came with the facia trim as the Kenwood cage won`t work with the trim.


It`s a tight fit but there is enough room for it all, the little black box for the patch lead just fits in at the back, tucked in behind the plastic strap, seen just to the right and below the loom.


Multi colour display gets it very close to the omega colours.


And a shot in daylight, trim isn`t perfect but near enough.


Other additions are an LSD which is a blast on the open A roads between Leeds and driffield, lower final drive makes a big difference 
The other addition is a bit of a Marmite thing 

[dawidski]

Very nice, I bought an Lsd for my diesel, but never got round to fitting it. Does it improve acceleration as well? Or is it just good for getting sideways?