2003 Vauxhall VX220 2.2

[pablo]

Just screaming out for a retrimmed seat of seats

Tillets would be the job. Seats are well down the list tho.

 

[Lee A]

Yea set of tillet racing seats would be lovely

 

[pablo]

Few more wee good value lockdown jobs completed

The door to window seals were appalling looking and new ones are £300 for an Elise which you need to cut down on top. So a forum member recommended some generic ones from carbuilder.com. £7 for a metre length. Need cutting to size but at least the cost of failure is low.

Old ones looking very scabby from water ingress which rusts the inner metal strip

Getting the end profile right with a scrap piece (it needs to clear the window runner on the inside)

And final product. Not bad for £7. Stuck down with double sided tape

Next up was to replace this crappy bonnet release cable. Its breaks loose, is super awkward to get to and is generally just sh!t.

A land rover bonnet pull was under a tenner and can be located on the drivers door hinge and run straight to the mechanism

And lastly replaced the nylon bush on the gear selector arm. This has pretty much eliminated side/side play in the gearstick. Works well with the extended shifter which of course accentuates any play. Access from the top isnt great but was doable enough.

 

[pablo]

couple of snaps after a trip to the garage for essentials

 

[FM155]

Some transformation from where you started, brilliant!

 

[big_pete]

Love that! You've kept this a while, I taken it the always having something to tinker at keeps the interest up?

 

[pablo]

Love that! You've kept this a while, I taken it the always having something to tinker at keeps the interest up?

aye for sure, dying to get it back out on track

 

[Lappintyre]

Christ that looks menacing

 

[Blackie]

Looks amazing @pablo ! You’ve done a great job so far!

 

[mike150]

Looks great. Is that the car pretty much done then?
How much do you guess you've spent on it to get it to here?

 

[j44nty]

Looks like a lot of fun. Sits well on those wheels.

 

[mikerd4]

Hard to believe its 17 years old. Those wheels really make it look so fresh. Credit to you and the work youve done

 

[Boydie]

Looks great!

 

[Lyons]

You’ve done well Pablo, it really looks great. All
The wee touches work so well.

 

[Mr.Mint]

I love these threads when people start with a good base and turn it into something special!

It's great when someone's hard work pays off...

 

[Big Pimp]

what a brilliant car!

 

[pablo]

Looks great. Is that the car pretty much done then?
How much do you guess you've spent on it to get it to here?

yeah just need a track now

 

[mike150]

yeah just need a track now

That’s going to be a while!

I intended to do the February trackskills........ Be next February now

 

[seanmooney]

How much do you guess you've spent on it to get it to here?

Lots These cars cost a fortune to buy bits for.

You have it looking well.. i'd love to see an eltech splitter and skirts on it

 

[pablo]

I can see June maybe happening. easy to socially distance which is good

Lots These cars cost a fortune to buy bits for.

You have it looking well.. i'd love to see an eltech splitter and skirts on it

www.gofundme.com/pablosaeroparts

 

[svensktoppen]

June might be optimistic for large gatherings, July/August I think. But more than happy to be proven wrong!

 

[Marc]

June might be optimistic for large gatherings, July/August I think. But more than happy to be proven wrong!

Nutts corner open Wednesday and Saturday just past for testing on Karts, no spectators allowed however, so hopefully kirkiston can take the same point of view and let Trackskills run.

 

[pablo]

trackskills on next sunday - SUPER pumped!!

 

[pablo]

 

[svensktoppen]

Getting my hat and some sauce