Bens Dead Silver D turbo

[Ben Jay]

So I've Finally got round to posting a Project Thread


Used to own this


1.6 16 valve, proper laugh to drive off road, but it was too thirsty so stuck an ebay add up and got a message back asking if i wanted to swap for a d turbo

So doing a straight swap I got this!



It was a proper pig to start so new oil and filters and a set of bosch plugs

Next thing I needed was some new brakes, so off the the ebay again and got some gti 6 calipers



You can see the massive size difference between them!



Discs side by side

wheels with old discs



vs

Wheels with new discs



(Curbage was done by previous owner)


Next thing to do is connect up my boost gauge and have a play with the pump and turbo

not sure whats after that!

[Dan!]

Looks like the previous owner used to drive by feel not sight! 'Bang'......... oh that'l be a curb then.... :roll: LOL

[Ben Jay]

Yeah, Been trying to find a cheap place near me that will refurb them but not be silly money! so far been quoted £195 for the set!

[Connor]

Wouldnt bother refurbing them mate, look for something else IMO

[4WayDiablo]

Lol epic curb rash! Id just get a set of decent clones for 100-150 and jobs a good one
Nice potential in the car

[mark_airey]

Looks alright, wouldn't pay someone to refurb those though, either DIY them or scrap them and get something else

As said by Dan, paking by feel and not sight

[studturbo]

I want your brakes

[Connor]

Looks alright, wouldn't pay someone to refurb those though, either DIY them or scrap them and get something else

As said by Dan, paking by feel and not sight

Using wheels are kurb feelers I actually almost cry when I touch a kurb

[Ben Jay]

Update:

Driving home from my the inlaws on Monday there's a burst water main.

Drove passed it and BANG!
hit a pot hole and popped the tyre, buckled it too

So got home and went out in the Mrs car to take some pictures and get the council to send me a claim form



Took a measuring tape too to show the depth of the hole



It was completly submerged by water so you couldnt see it!

so now not only is that wheel kurbed like a bitch its now buckled too!

If any one has a set of bigish wheels with tyres I might be interested soon!

[Foxy-jim]

Can't you complain to the council?

[Ben Jay]

Can't you complain to the council?

So got home and went out in the Mrs car to take some pictures and get the council to send me a claim form

Have done

e-mailed them my address so they can send me a claims form

[Ben Jay]

Proud owner of some £38 speed lines! just need to courier them to me now!
Will get pictures up when i get them!

[Ben Jay]

I offered up a wheel just to see what it looked like.



they are in really good condition. will probably need a lick of paint though as its peeling at a couple of bits.

the tyres have a aload of life on them aswell!

[Foxy-jim]

£38 is a proper bargain! Will look decent!

[ginge191]

MAN that pothole is mental!!

and the speedlines, great choice! get them refurbed! i reckon against the silver paint, perhaps white pain job would look swish!

[Ben Jay]

was thinking maybe gun metal grey with a coloured lip

[ginge191]

was thinking maybe gun metal grey with a coloured lip

ooh yes! that sounds nice! maybe a blue.. but i've seen them done well, and seen it done bad!

in my opinion, silver dturbos are hard to make look good unfortunately! but those wheels are a good start!

[Ben Jay]

have the lions in the middle the same colour as the lip too.
ginge you coming ace on monday with the other southerners?

[mark_airey]

Do not paint them white, they are a nightmare to clean and end up looking dirty all the time

If it was me I would be doing them as close to brake dust colour as I could get

[Ben Jay]

lol so gun metal grey then! With the lip colour i was thinking maybe a nice blue such as this â?? or maybe thisâ??

is the lip painted on or is it a sticker?

[mark_airey]

lol so gun metal grey then! With the lip colour i was thinking maybe a nice blue such as this â?? or maybe thisâ??

yeah, Halfords anthracite wheel paint is a good choice!

As far as the blue goes, do it! should look great IMO

[ginge191]

is the lip painted on or is it a sticker?

usualy painted - my brother used the stick on types on his yamaha 650, i know, a differnt wheel, but the imperfections show up a mile off

And no mate, i'm on an island as many know, costs a bomb to get off - going to try and get to the april meet, then FCS ofcourse

[Ben Jay]

Was thinking this colour for the wheels

[mark_airey]

*nods* this is what I was thinking of

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165495

which looks like -


so yeah, same thing

[Ben Jay]

how many tins you think im going to need?

Saw this guide http://www.fiatforum.com/miscellaneous-g...spray.html

but might go a bit further on it

[Niall]

I did my clones in halfords steel grey and I used 1 1/2 cans and same in primer and laquer.

[Ben Jay]

small update:

Bought a bosch system for £70. Waiting for it to arrive. Also getting a timing belt and water pump kit from work for FREE =D

[Matt]

Get me a water pump please

[Ben Jay]

you can have the one i take off if you want. its working fine think the previous owner had changed it when they did the timing belt. ill check it once its out.

[Matt]

Need an xsi one though lol