So what your plans for the coupe this year?

I think as mine is mainly a spa car now.. Last year I did around 4k miles.

My list is

Finally repair my brake wobble.
New front brake pads- carbon Lorraine etc if my pagid greys are all spent.
New aux belts
Oil and filter before spa.
Possibly if I get chance and funds a flea map.
Get car detailed at some point as I have scratches in my bonnet.
Fit race seat and harness.
Lose weight to fit in race seat lol

All before spa(june)

Quite a small list really.

My list this year is:-

Just add fuel

Re ferb wheels.(filler and paint)
Sort out injector light.
Paint work touch up.
Bit more tuning if I have the brass.
Central locking to sort out.
HID fog lights.

Not in that order.

This year I have already changed plugs, rocker gasket and cleaned maf.

I'm sure the list will grow as the year progresses.

That would be nice..fingers crossed with that one..
John a pug man through and through...Just add fuel..tsssk


Nice little list Muzzy. Few weekends work there with nice results from them all. Also love the colour!

This is what's left from my list. Not sure how many I'll do this year, but I'm collecting new inlet donuts on Monday. I also have the startrek cables I just need to get them hooked up.

Camber Bolts, Rear Trailing Arm repair kit & Laser 4 wheel alignment
Rear Subframe bushes
Refurbish Brembos with seal kit & spray red or silver.
Remove all dents, replace and respray rear bumper and doors
Sort rust around front of car. Replace slam panel?
Refurb rusty B Pillar cover
Refurbish Alloys
Fix indicator self cancel
Match side lights to HID’s
Gliptone match leather repair.
Barnacle Widget / Startrek software
Replace air con radiator / recharge air con
Retrim gear knob and steering wheel?
Seam Weld Front Subframe
Get cloth passenger seat to renew foam for driver’s seat.
Remove throttle body and match to the inlet & match inlet to head.
Refurb or replace rear brake calipers inc seals.
Replace Inlet Doughnuts.
Spray handbrake console, centre console and ash tray satin black.
Remove rust from slam panel.

Refurb wheels
Replace or re-trim steering wheel, gear knob and handbrake lever
Refit skirts
Fix distorted bumpers
Refurb b pillars and door handles
Seal inside pininfarina badges
Fix filler cap.
Fix or replace speakers
Respray boot lid and rear bumper

Cheers coupedummy. Nearly as pretty as yours. She will be looking even more like yours after the wheels are done. They are going inky black. So not the same but close.

Yeah she will be just about how I want her when all is done. Wanting a good spread of torque and figures in the region of 360bhp and 300 torques. although that might have to wait.

So you are turning yours into a track car more or less.

Makes a change from the last few years in my case.

Mine is slightly rough around the edges.. pictures are slightly more forgiving.

Well I have driven the coupe for the first time in 12 weeks. In reality I should get rid as have a company vehicle.

But spa italia really does it for me every year so not full track but mine is quite setup as it is for a few hot laps.


Hope you guys have deep pockets lol

This is my 1st coupe and its been in bits more than its been on the road.lol

Got a set of Plus wheels to be powdercoated
Centre console, ashtray & handbrake console all to be stripped & painted gloss black.
Replace sunroof switch.
Strip rear interior to change speakers & block-up 'pinni' badges.
Get myself another set of Brembo's to fully refurb.
Once thats all done manifold & get it mapped, i've put it off long enough.
Then time for some body work to be sorted, picked up some nasty scratches.

Has anybody realisticaly got deep enough pockets for coupe ownership?

In reality my pockets strech as far as a micra....

The drift vehicle you mean.
Never seen a coupe go sideways so much.

I'm not attending spa this year in mine as need to get house sorted.
Usually I start saving around November time,so its nice not worrying about getting it ready.

Hmm:
Sort handbrake out once and for all.
Clutch change
usual service items
new brake lines throghout.
new icv
new boost and vac hoses
Trip to Bristol if the wife permits and a few trips to MCS as I don't think I can stand the pain of some of the above!

Probably in that order

Obviously I've started the year well with new alt, battery wishbones, drop links and front pads....

Really. The temptation of goading Lambos into submission?

That was year one John, my driving is alittle more civilised now. Surely proccy or paul will bring you over.. I remember the mayhem the first year forgetting my passport along the way

Lol yeah you had to go back to brum to fetch it.
No plans to go as passenger yet.Depends on funds.
The list on the house is bigger than any coupe list I've ever had.

I think I have found something more expensive than my Le

All this talk of spa really makes me wish I could go. Think that will be on next years list. (Hopefully).

After several years of track action with the 20vt needing little more than regular service items and a few tankers of fuel, before this years track fun starts a little more expense is necessary:

New oil cooler and pipes
All belts
New track tyres
Sort boost leak
Full fluids change

and maybe a proper powdercoat job in some shocking colours for one set of track wheels

At least a purple drinking vouchers worth of expense.

But, Spa and many more track days will soon make it all worthwhile

Jobs I can do:

Clear Airbag warning light (I have the software/connectors)
Change Power steering fluid
Replace front wings with a GRP set
Repaint Wing mirrors
Oil + Filter change


Jobs for a grown-up:

Full cambelt + Aux belts change
Stop oil leak
Either weld or tighten manifold
The dreaded MOT

Proper or proper proper powder coat

The following may or may not be undertaken this year, dependent on having time, enthusiasm, a salary to pay for it, etc.....

New clutch (not by me)
Diagnose and deal with oil burning (also not by me)
Fit spare polished plenum
Fit silicone CHOD
Strip front to deal with any corrosion
Fit LE lips and skirts
Fix sunroof
Refurb a fit spare centre console
Fit refurbished Brembo callipers

I'm sure there are other things I've forgotten and I'm certain more will crop up during the course of the year!

For 2013 my to "do list" consists of one item; stop spending money on the car. After a respray and a few cosmetic jobs that's it, til it starts again.

Just a proper job John, as opposed to being currently painted by my own fair hand with a Halfords rattle can that has now blistered, bubbled and mostly peeled off due to heat

I'm thinking fluorescent pink and Kawasaki green quarters

Keep the coupe,

Get the 16v recomissioned and back in circulation....just the mechanicals this year which means:

Full exhaust and all hangers
4 new tyres
wheel refurb
all belts / tensioners ect
New Battery
full service and all fluid change
New brake hoses
Cooling system flush
Handbrake cables
Wiper blades
Hid's

Just before she was laid up I'd fitted new lower arms nd drop links, rear wheel bearings, brake discs/ pads, thermostat, most of the engine sensors
so hopefully they will still be ok

she won't be pretty as my granddaughters hve attacked both sides with bikes/scooters and anything else they could drag down the sides over the past couple of years......but she is still very solid with only a little bubbling on the inner lip of the osr wheel arch

Jon

All belts due to be changed.
Respray rear bumper.
Front LE lips and respray front bumper.
Refurb front wings.
Underseal.
Recondition air-con system.
3" downpipe.
Walboro 255 pump.


Buy a Mitsu Legnum to use as a daily driver so Coupe can become a weekend car again!

Ahh. Me thinks you need a expert builder that needs work done on his coupe

Like your thinking Joe

My list

New Barbz engine,
New turbo,
New suspension inc arb's rear subframe bushes,
New tyres,
New discs and pads
Spray job
Fit Zender sideskirts
And anything else JBT finds

I think the general chat section will be flooded with DIY disaster posts asking for help.

I'm currently selling my remaining car collection to help fund it .
Would work out cheaper for me to shut the workshop for a few months and do it myself than to pay people I don't know.

Also means coupe will not have a penny spent on it this year.