- Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:22 pm
#1707245
Thought I'd compose a thread about the history of my car since the day I bought it back in August '06.
Got the car and it looked something like this:
Really wasn't fussed on the bumper or wheels, plus the bumper was a nightmare over speed bumps so I got rid of it. Got the original back on and then it was looking something like this:
Before I managed to get rid of the wheels I fancied changing the coilovers form the TEIN Superstreet's that were on and decided to go for the D2's as I could get hold of them for a good price. So off with the old:
And on with the new:
Then I got the suspension set up at TGM, next was to get some new wheels. Being a bit short of cash and understandably finding it hard to get rid of them for a good price I bought some old EP3 wheels for cheap that were in a bit of a bad state. My intention was only to have them on for a couple of months and then get some buddy clubs. In between my car saw a few more changes.
It came with a DVD player, iPod adapter and Digital Radio Receiver which I didn't need (I though I'd never be so sad to watch a DVD in my car!) so I sold them all to fund some new wheels and tyres.
Once these were gone I managed to find the cash for the wheels, and keeping true to my own word (not!) I went out and bought a load of computer bits. DOH!
So as I had to save again the car was looking pretty much like this for about 7 months of this year:
Stu (Dotty) pointed me in the direction of some cheap wheels which he knew I was after, so after biting the bullet I decided to buy them. The tyres were the wrong profile so I had to get some new ones:
Bought the wheels and tyres for £350 (only about 2 months old or something, barely saw any mileage). Now I've found a buyer for the tyres for £150 so not a bad deal IMO. Got some Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 tyres fitted to the rims and they were put on yesterday. So now the car has ended up like this:
More pics coming.
Got the car and it looked something like this:
Really wasn't fussed on the bumper or wheels, plus the bumper was a nightmare over speed bumps so I got rid of it. Got the original back on and then it was looking something like this:
Before I managed to get rid of the wheels I fancied changing the coilovers form the TEIN Superstreet's that were on and decided to go for the D2's as I could get hold of them for a good price. So off with the old:
And on with the new:
Then I got the suspension set up at TGM, next was to get some new wheels. Being a bit short of cash and understandably finding it hard to get rid of them for a good price I bought some old EP3 wheels for cheap that were in a bit of a bad state. My intention was only to have them on for a couple of months and then get some buddy clubs. In between my car saw a few more changes.
It came with a DVD player, iPod adapter and Digital Radio Receiver which I didn't need (I though I'd never be so sad to watch a DVD in my car!) so I sold them all to fund some new wheels and tyres.
Once these were gone I managed to find the cash for the wheels, and keeping true to my own word (not!) I went out and bought a load of computer bits. DOH!
So as I had to save again the car was looking pretty much like this for about 7 months of this year:
Stu (Dotty) pointed me in the direction of some cheap wheels which he knew I was after, so after biting the bullet I decided to buy them. The tyres were the wrong profile so I had to get some new ones:
Bought the wheels and tyres for £350 (only about 2 months old or something, barely saw any mileage). Now I've found a buyer for the tyres for £150 so not a bad deal IMO. Got some Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 tyres fitted to the rims and they were put on yesterday. So now the car has ended up like this:
More pics coming.
