P3 HDI - Project 'De-chav'

[dave1221]

Hi All. I thought id start a wee project thread for the Pug to show you the transformation she has undergone in the 8 months I’ve had her!

It was a fantastic low mileage example (79k) which unfortunately came with a few unwanted ‘extras’

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First thing to do was to get rid of the shopping list plastered all over the car:









Our lass helped me a lot bless her...she came prepared with her hair drier!!

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The pug came with a ‘false floor’ in the boot –the guy i bought it from said the previous owner was apparently in a band and used it to stash music equipment (god knows what, the space was small!).

Anyway, it looked a bit unsightly and took up space unnecessarily in the boot....so out it came:









Complete pain in the rear to remove! I think the guy used No More Nails or something to ‘weld’ the wood in place! Again, our lass was on hand to assist. I now need a new carpet for the boot!

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I refurbished the alloy wheels to a (Jaguar) gunmetal colour, I personally think the colour suites the car a lot better than white

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I finally got the bonnet vent removed around 3 months ago:



The morrettes were also removed shortly after - I sourced some Valeos from the local scrapyard:

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I then sprayed the headlight trims i got from the local scrapyard after work during the week:





Colour match is really good D

[Toms306]

I prefered it before...




Nah I'm joking obviously haha, looks soooo much better now mate! Cant beat a nice ph3 china imo!

[JackLewis_Dturbo]

i love morettes (about to put a set on mine) but they dont seem to suit any other color then black! odd that...

[StefanUK]

I do like the morettes but they didnt seem to suit your car, if your thinking of selling them let me know.
Car looks alot better now tho good work

[David]

i bet that bonnet scoop added loads of BHP for the old owner haha. loving what youve done with it so far dude

[puglove]

Looking good mate. Looks much better now IMO

[C.A.R.]

Looks stacks better.

I really, really want your Cyclones. You bitch.

[dave1221]

thank you for all your comments!

I do like the morettes but they didnt seem to suit your car, if your thinking of selling them let me know.

i wasnt keen on them so sold them a few months back, sorry!

i bet that bonnet scoop added loads of BHP for the old owner haha. loving what youve done with it so far dude

thank you I wouldnt mind, but it wasnt even functional....just bolted on causing drag!

I really, really want your Cyclones. You bitch.

I guess thats a complement - thanks Ive always like cyclones...that said at some point I'd like to switch to 17" Challengers.

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I managed to source a brand new GTi6 splitter from a guy on ebay:







On my previous 306, I had a Laguna splitter, but i think the subtle GTI6 splitter suits it better.

[jonny1.6]

some differnce youve made id deffo put challengers on they would make the world of differnce

[kyleo92]

Definitely looks so much better...

What colour code are those clones?

[dave1221]

some differnce youve made id deffo put challengers on they would make the world of differnce

as this is my daily driver im looking things on the 'bargain' end of the scale for things like mods - been looking for challengers that arent silly money for a while

Definitely looks so much better...

What colour code are those clones?

thanks for the compliment! sorry but the can just says gunmetal, there isnt a code on it

[Joe]

you know you want to sell me them mirrors dont you

[dave1221]

you know you want to sell me them mirrors dont you

the M3 mirrors were one of the first things to go

[C.A.R.]

I want the damn alloys!
Do you know what Jaguar gun metal colour it was? Or where you got the paint from?

[dave1221]

i bought it from a shop in town called 'Motorcount'. not sure if its a national chain, or just a few shops in this area. I'll get a photo of the can when im home tonight!

[Eeyore]

looks epic! Great work getting rid of everything! Can sell those morettes on for some decent money too! Shame about the boot but at least it did come out!

[dave1221]

got a bargain (and a fluke) at the local scrappy today:





in very good condition, no curbing at all, just the odd scratch.



test fitted them straight away. sadly the profile of the tyres is too high (205\50\16), so im going to take the tyres off next weekend, refurb the wheels, and then fit some brand new tyres.

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looks epic! Great work getting rid of everything! Can sell those morettes on for some decent money too! Shame about the boot but at least it did come out!

i sold the morettes a few months back for a pretty decent price

[C.A.R.]

So...

Those nice cyclones...

Whatcha gonna do with em now?! Lol

[Tom]

Lovely car! Awesome job with the de chavving

[samass]

sweet deal on the challengers, BIG fan of them!

[dave1221]

Lovely car! Awesome job with the de chavving

sweet deal on the challengers, BIG fan of them!

Thank you guys

So...

Those nice cyclones...

Whatcha gonna do with em now?! Lol

Haha, I was waiting for that! Im undecided what im doing with them yet, probably flogging them next month when i have the challengers on and fitted

[Tom]

Please spray the challengers that same lovely colour the clones are?

[dave1221]

that was the intention, i still have some of the paint left

[dave1221]

wheel refurb' has begun:

[jonny1.6]

they will look real good same colour as the clones keep up the good work dude

[dave1221]

thanks, i need some more paint but i have the number!

a couple of pics from the weekend when cleaning her:

[jonny1.6]

that does look really well it suits the 3 leg spoiler

[dave1221]

thank you!

im not 100% sure on the spoiler, I had planned to switch it for a standard phase 3 version so it didnt stand out so much!

[Tom]

Paint looks very nice! You must be using some kind of wax?

[dave1221]

Paint looks very nice! You must be using some kind of wax?

er, nope havent waxed it once in the 8 months of ownership lol!

latest news is that i have finally managed to find a decent set of 3 door leathers that arent hundreds of miles away. going to collect them this weekend hopefully!

I also have my Challengers waiting for paint. they're primed and waiting to go: