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How long is yours? #237649
15/11/2006 15:54
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...list of things to do to your Coupe, that is

I'm slowly ticking things off my list, but new things keep appearing. The Forth bridge kinda springs to mind

Separate into "Essential", "Later" and "Maybe one day"

Mine:-

Essential:

Camcover oil leak
Phase sensor
Fit replacement front discs and have my wobbly ones skimmed
Power Steering pump
Backbox bracket
Wishbone polybushes

Later:

Track rod ends
Lower subframe brace (needs a new one, current one is bent and bashed)
Balance wheels
Overhaul front calipers
Fit replacement seats

Maybe one day:

Brake cooling ducts
Intercooler water spray
respray
New carpet
Remove, de-squeak, and refit headlining
HIDs

I'm sure this list will grow before the end of the day, as I remember stuff

How long is your list?


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Well here goes

Essential:

Fuelling check (LPG)
Fuelling check (petrol)
Oil and filter change to fully synth(600miles left to go...)
Eagle F1's up front instead of these michelin pilots that are poo.
Fit Widgit version 1.0
Boost controller(probably an apexi avcr)
Fit braided goodridge brake lines.

Later:

Drivers door to be replaced
Oil cooler and pipes(already got pipes and lagged them just need cooler)
Front rear bumpers color coded and skirts coded and fitted.
Scrapes and knocks sorted on drivers side and passenger side rear arches.
Fit textar rear pads
Take front seats out and steam clean carpet
Sort centre console out properly
Refurb alloys or get Plus ones
Pre-heating system
Rear ARB


Maybe on day:

Larger LPG tank
FMIC mister sprays
Aquamist
Sort out camcover and fully paint it and heat treat the paint or powder coat it Highwayman stylee
swapable centre box(too boomy sometimes on a long cruise at certain revs)
sort out rear ledas
new windscreen
refurb leather interior
HIDs
Strip underseal off and reseal sometime
repaint exterior door opens and B pillars and smooth off
respray bonnet and smooth out fiat badge
mount stick on number plate on above
remove some slats from front bumper and smooth in once above is done.
6speed box.


I think something is missing off there as well and cant put finger on it now

Re: How long is yours? #237651
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Very short....................

rebuild everything ahead of the windscreen


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Essential

3" Turbo back exhaust
Car cover
Cleaning products
Rolling Road/Fuel check the car

Later

Rear Anti Roll Bar
Replace Dashboard
Resolve odd clicking noise from internal fan.
Replace Shocks + springs (lower)
Personalised plate
Boost controller (i-colour)

Maybe one day

Respray/fit bodykit
Remove all those tiny dings
New Turbo
External wastegate
New Manifold
18" alloys
Replace interior with leather
HIDs

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Re: How long is yours? #237653
15/11/2006 16:29
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Here is my dismal list

Essential:

Camcover oil leak
New Radiator
Engine and Gearbox Oil change
New Manifold
New Radiator
Fit replacement front bumper

Later:

Modify top engine mount
Re-furb spare set of wheels and fit with new tyres
Fit Pace SMIC

Maybe one day:

Re-furb front and rear callipers
Replace carpet and fit sound proofing underneath
Add sound deadening to the inside door skins
Fit rear quarter interior lights
Replace all interior bulbs with LED brighter ones
Replace centre console bulbs with Red LEDs
Front bumper, lips, skirts and bonnet re-spray
Fit side skirts and lips (if I ever meet Bogeyboy )
Have the rear bumper colour coded
Car moped at a good bodyshop

Would love to do but know I won’t as I may as well get a plus:

Fit Recarros
White dials in dash
6 speed box

And again there is a list of things I will have forgotten

John

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Essential
Buy Coupe

Later
Tune Coupe

Maybe one Day
Sell Coupe

Re: How long is yours? #237655
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Essential:
Backbox.
Clutch.
Tyres.
Rust treatment on wheelarches.

Later:
New handbrake cables.
Wheel refurb.
Add second set of HID's.
New bumper (exhaust/melt issues).
Remove seats and valet interior.

Maybe:
Respray
Eliminate brake squeal
Leather seats

Cut losses and buy a 1.4 Ford Focus?

Re: How long is yours? #237656
15/11/2006 16:50
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Essential:

Oil Cooler Pipes
Manifold Replacement
New Wishbones (being done on Friday )
New Wheel bearing (being done on Friday )

Later:

HID's
Refurb Rocker Cover
Refurb Brakes
Nomad Pillar
Get arches sprayed

Maybe one day:

New Alloys
Respray
Samco Hose Kit



Im sure I'll edit this list throughout the day with things I've forgotten

Last edited by Tartandude; 15/11/2006 17:03.

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Re: How long is yours? #237657
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My list

Essential:

New front discs (slightly warped)
Soon to be oil change/filter
Cambelt & tensioners change
Adjustable FPR and set up
Fit ducatti 996 radiator & fans for chargecooler prerad (mine is weeping)

Later:

Re-furb wheels
Refurb rear calipers
Finish polishing plenum (and fit)
Finish polishing fuel rail (and fit)
Finish polishing throttle body (and fit)
Finish polishing spare fuel cap and sell

Maybe one day:

Respray rocker cover (again!)
Polish spare plenum, fuel rail, throttle and sell
Replace front bulbs with ones which aren't brown

Chris

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Essential:

wash it

Later:

put air in the tyres

Maybe one day:

new rear tyres
sell it for a mint plus

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Will prob be removed but.........

Thought we might be talking about barge poles again!!!!!!!

Re: How long is yours? #237660
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we are arent we?

i thought thats why we all owned a coop

Re: How long is yours? #237661
15/11/2006 17:33
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Haha I dont own one yet! Hehe

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Yip the coupe is no posing machine so we just compare real things instead lol

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Essential:

PA Radiator
Suspension Upgrade
Up-grade Shocks
Up-grade springs
Turbo GTiR/GT28R
H&S down Pipe
Rolling Road/Fuel check the car
New Tyres (semi slick)
Spark Plugs
Oil & filter Change
Throtle cable
Thermostat
Gear knob

Later:

G-tech2
Walbroo 255 Fuel pump
Rear Anti Roll Bar
Fit front bumper
Respray
EBC
Wideband Lambda Sensor
Speakers

Maybe one day:

Fit Recaro seats
Intercooler water spray
Fit new alloys
Roll-Cage
HIDs
LIDs

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Maybe if you all learnt to drive better your repairs wouldn't be so extensive

Re: How long is yours? #237665
15/11/2006 23:25
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Quote:

Essential:

Full cambelt/aux belts/Water pump £500
Fit Phase sensor (Free with cambelt jobby)
Fit Peco exhaust (£20)
New Tyres all round £280
Discs and pads all round (3G + Pagid) £300+
MOT £50 now
New turbo, recon, Oil, coolant £500+


Later:

Get Zender lip fitted
Spray Cam cover
Spray Strut Brace
Buy new horns
Starter button
Private plate
Car cover
Unichip/Live mapping


Maybe one day:

360 Challenge stradale







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Later:

HID's





Scrub the later part...


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Quite short, actually but that's only because between us, the previous owner and me have spent £

Essential
Oil cooler pipes (booked in for tomorrow)

Later
Engine bay valet and detailing
New rear tyres

Maybe one day
New shocks
New windscreen (lots of little stone marks)
Ferrari 575 Maranello

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essential

get car back from paul @ motormech
fit plus grille
fit abs sensor
good clean and polish
fit alfa momo seats
strip rocker cover and paint
rolling road test

later

uprated fuel preasure reg
unichip
new widscreen


maybe one day

sell it and buy one of the cars on my want list!!

Re: How long is yours? #237669
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Maybe if you all learnt to drive better your repairs wouldn't be so extensive




Hey - *she* drove into me! I was stationary!

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Yar yar yar that's what they all say...

Re: How long is yours? #237671
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I'll just start with the stuff to get the car moving again:

Fit new drop links
Fit new accelerator cable
Fit new clutch slave cylinder
Bleed brakes and clutch
New windscreen
Refit interior

Then onto the parts in my parts room. (Used to be called my bedroom but this is more appropriate now)

New handbrake cables
Aquamist
Tarox big rear brakes
C&B cams
Sub, amp plus cabling
Sound deadening stuff
Polish and fit plenum
Alloy oil filler cap
New spark plugs
Interior (again)



Plus a big long list of stuff that i cant even remember that needs doing. Think i better organise some time off work.


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Not that much for me...

Essential:

New Toyo's for the front
New slam panel
Horn bracket and horns


Later:

Refurb alloys - again
HID's for main beam
Paint the headlights
Alloy rad
Fit my C&B cams...

Maybe on day:

LE colour rocker
Bigger turbo
Alloy rad

I've probably missed a few...2.4.

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Essential:

Get it out of the garage and drive the damn thing

Later:

See above

Maybe one day:

fit the widget I bought for it, and see above

TBH, there's a heap of things that it would be nice to do, but I can't be bothered doing any of them! I don't see the point anymore, they'd annoy me if I drove it every day, but as it's main job is to gather dust then it doesn't!

I did treat it to a battery charger/maintainer today, as on the odd occasion I do actually want to drive the damn thing the battery is always flat.

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Dam MrB ive had to add another one to my list

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Always happy to help.

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Essential :

Replace power steering pump bearing
Repair or recore leaking intercooler
Replace Front Pads and Discs.
Find horrible griding noise.
Check if thermostat is working correctly
Replace o-ring on passenger side driveshaft.

Later :

Get unichip installed.
Lower the rear of the car.
Fit harnesses with appropriate safety features.
Re-fit bonnet so it actually pops open.
Locate somewhere for Greddy to sit properlly.

Maybe one day :

Full respray including replacement of front bumper.
Change all interior speakers for top end items.
Install high power amp for internal speakers.
Replace sub and amp with high end products.
Fit Stealth screens and rear cameras.
Replace topmounts and all suspension bushes with poly items.
Re-trim back seats to match fronts.
Upgrade rear brakes.


Think thats about it really.

Ross

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Essential :

Cambelt change
Clutch change (upgraded - too much torque for standard jobby)
New tyres (time for some chunky 225's methinks)

Later :

New Turbo (roller bearing / re-furb mine)
Radiator - hits 90 deg in no time when stationary
new rear drilled discs
electronic boost controller
re-paint rocker cover
re-furb / fit spare wheels

Maybe One day :

Pace SMIC or FMIC
induction pipe / kit
new lips, wing & full respray


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Essential :

Fit GTiR turbo
Buy/fit C&B cams
Remap
Fit Tarox front discs/pads
Wishbones/droplinks
Buy/fit HIDs

Later :

3" downpipe
Aquamist 1S/DDS3
Remap
Uprated rear ARB

Maybe one day :

Headwork
Refurb wheels
Custom stealth sub box

Getting there...

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