s2000
well some of you may remember me having such cars as
which started out as a turd
then the civic
which again...started out as a bin
Had a bike
which wasn't a bin...but still needing playing with
and more recently an Octy
which was standard and ended up with 280bhp/300lbft
Had several Civics for breaking and a Zafira GSI between times but as you can see i'm one for tinkering. Was getting bored of the Octavia after owning it for nearly 3 years so wanted a change. Did look into a lot of different cars but finally settled for a 2 owner S2000 GT '05. Ticks all the boxes for now. Love the handling of it and the noise reminds me of the old civic. Proper happy with it. Spent yesterday cleaning it up properly, the previous owner was a Grandma so although it had been well looked after it hadn't been loved. Thanks to Mark for helping with all his cleaning goodies!
Full detailing thread here...
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=3634582#post3634582
Just waiting for my private plate documents to come back from DVLa and the front plate holder will be binned off. Already painted the calipers from rust to Metallic Grey.
Plans are coilovers, bushes, set of wheels and breathing mods.
Longer terms plans are possible charger/turbo but we'll see!
First things first..the basics
arches cleaned and brakes painted
coilovers ordered in 2 days of ownership. the OEM shocks rode fine but found the car wallowed a bit in corners. plus it didn't sit right!
got them fitted
arches blasted with pressure washer...took most the oem underseal off...
so started doing it with some better stuff
will do the full car when i have time
shafts out and cv cups swapped sides to avoid any vibrations when lowered. Saved me £100 worth of driveshaft spacers
Little play with height and how the car currently stands
plenty more to come...
which started out as a turd
then the civic
which again...started out as a bin
Had a bike
which wasn't a bin...but still needing playing with
and more recently an Octy
which was standard and ended up with 280bhp/300lbft
Had several Civics for breaking and a Zafira GSI between times but as you can see i'm one for tinkering. Was getting bored of the Octavia after owning it for nearly 3 years so wanted a change. Did look into a lot of different cars but finally settled for a 2 owner S2000 GT '05. Ticks all the boxes for now. Love the handling of it and the noise reminds me of the old civic. Proper happy with it. Spent yesterday cleaning it up properly, the previous owner was a Grandma so although it had been well looked after it hadn't been loved. Thanks to Mark for helping with all his cleaning goodies!
Full detailing thread here...
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=3634582#post3634582
Just waiting for my private plate documents to come back from DVLa and the front plate holder will be binned off. Already painted the calipers from rust to Metallic Grey.
Plans are coilovers, bushes, set of wheels and breathing mods.
Longer terms plans are possible charger/turbo but we'll see!
First things first..the basics
arches cleaned and brakes painted
coilovers ordered in 2 days of ownership. the OEM shocks rode fine but found the car wallowed a bit in corners. plus it didn't sit right!
got them fitted
arches blasted with pressure washer...took most the oem underseal off...
so started doing it with some better stuff
will do the full car when i have time
shafts out and cv cups swapped sides to avoid any vibrations when lowered. Saved me £100 worth of driveshaft spacers
Little play with height and how the car currently stands
plenty more to come...
