Back in a Peugeot!

[Tallguy_2]

Yeah screws are there as I've just replaced all the inflatable seal and mechanism around the sunroof just to make sure!

She's 170, FPSH so not too bad, at the end of the day it's 22 years old

Lovely car! Watching this with interest.

If you want to prevent water coming in through the sunroof I'd advise you to get hold of an air line or something and blow compressed air down the drain tubes to clear any blockages. This is a good way to clear them if they're blocked but can't hurt to blast them clean anyway.

Just make sure they haven't detatched from the sunroof under the headliner...trust me that is annoying!

That is an excellent shout I hadn't thought of, where abouts are the drain points on these?

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That is absolutely stunning! I had a 1.6 a few years back, was a shed but still amazing, a day when I set off for Cumbria in it at 3am on a Sunday morning just to drive all the passes one after another while they were deserted is still my favourite driving memory, belting along in the early morning summer sun with the sound of an XU echoing off the hills, absolute magic.

Haha, it's a shame there's nowhere like that down here!!

[Tallguy_2]

Started on the wheels today, they were in excellent condition and it was a shame to paint them but hey ho, hadn't done a set in a long time!

First things first, knock them all back through the grades of paper and make sure they are all lovely and smooth ready for primer.



I always use an etch primer as it's got extra bite to it and gives a bit more of a surface to flat back, got some paint on tonight but forgot a picture! D'oh!

[ArmzSC6]

Looking good Jamie! I loved the black wheels actually, think it went well with the black plastic trim on a red car. I've always fancied one of these for as long as I can remember!

[Tallguy_2]

I had nothing against the black, just want it original really

First pic showing the silver with lacquer


Left them for another day and then 2500 grit paper, compound and then polished up left a stunning result as ever!!




I literally can't wait to get them on now, big list and parts ready for the weekend!

[Midnightclub]

Look like they've just come out of the factory, nice

[Tallguy_2]

Welshpug and his wealth of knowledge knew the original paint code luckily

[THE_Liam]

They look absolutely perfect!

[Tallguy_2]

Well Saturday arrived, an airport run to start the day at 5:45, back home at 7:45 to find Niall was running a "bit" early! Lol so down the yard for 9!

Got my mate who is a top peugeot specialist look through and found a few bits to do

Front brake pipes
One rear caliper seal missing, one bleed nipple snapped
Steering rack gaiters
Inner cv gaiter
Leak on the water pump pipe divide
New brake fluid
New discs and pads all round
Weeping radiator

All little jobs but ones that make a difference and are good to do for piece of mind. So that was it, my next job was get some parts ordered and delivered whilst he got going!

I already had a pair of rear calipers, discs and pads were hard to get and find someone with them in stock! Universal gaiters were on their way and I already had new drop links and track rod ends to fit.

Finding a radiator in stock was hard too, travelled 25 miles to GSF to get one only to get back and offer it up to the old one to find it was the wrong rad in the box! So after some more chasing I found another at ECP in the opposite direction!

Meanwhile all the other jobs were progressing pretty nicely!

A new headlamp and bulbs were also fitted. At the end all re-tracked and 4 wheel aligned with the new wheels fitted and ready for road test! He also sorted the air flow meter, what a different car that had made it though!! Suddenly so much quicker and responsive!

Plans of what next are sort the lacquer peel on the bonnet, got new number plates, compound and polish!

Here's a couple of pics so far:

[Tallguy_2]

Yes definitely, much better now!

[sam]

So when a gti6 lump going in?

[Tallguy_2]

Well..... Not in my ownership it won't be!

How about T16 though, more period hahahaha

[sam]

Sounds like a plan+ good luck finding one haha

[7057sam]

Wow stunning 205, now you should up the power

[ADV_93]

perfection mate

[RetroPug]

Amazing job on the wheels!
Would like to do something similar!

[Niall]

Sorry about running early
Looks great man. Look forward to seeing it at the shows this year!

[RetroPug]

That is an excellent shout I hadn't thought of, where abouts are the drain points on these?

Not sure, never done it on a 205, but in any case, blasting out drainage tubes is very effective at clearing them, but pull the headliner back and make sure this doesn't push the pipe off, on the 306 they are just push-fit on and this did happen to me once.

Poured water into the sunroof drain pain to check if it drained out, thought "wow that really does drain well now!" and then realised it was pouring straight into the car.

Buy this!!!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Peugo...6811052407

[c.gerrard]

I miss your blaze '6

Because how you transformed that one, I have high expectations for this one!

[gavxud]

That is one stunning 205...not many left in this condition...looks amazing with the silver wheels now ...keep it up

[Seid']

love that seats

[Tallguy_2]

Thank you guys, looking forward to some sunshine and getting it out and about!

Had the AFM and throttle body out at the weekend, AFM was a little stick so sorted that and the throttle body was so coked up it was unbelievable! Simple to say I couldn't believe the difference it made!

[Tallguy_2]

New plates, original GTi embroidered floor mats and plasticare trim dye arrived this week.

Nothing done this weekend though as other priorities came to the forefront seeing as we had a very rare thing happen today............. The SUN came out! So we washed and polished the race truck instead!



Back on the case next weekend though as the car is officially insured as of Friday and the mrs goes on holiday so should have some good updates and petter pictures!

[Tallguy_2]

Well, picked the old girl up on Friday night and got her back home ready to start on Saturday. First stop was post office to tax it...... Why does every old granny feel the need to come out on a weekend, they should be restricted to weekdays only! An hour later and my pocket was £123.75 lighter!!

First stop was off to collect a bonnet, mine has gone a bit white and hazy and cloudy in the lacquer, the one I looked at however was virtually orange which means it looks like respraying after all.

I wiped round and cleaned the throttle body the other week and cleaned out the mass air flow meter which made it run a lot better, however it now idled at 1,600 rpm with the idle screw fully in......

After playing with the AFM I could get the idle down but it ran like shit,



You move the little cog round and it adjusts the mixture of fuel and air, so the idle was now down but far to lean, played wit the mixture and base idle screws to get it down, however the car only felt good when driving if the idle was at 1,600 rpm which I wasn't happy with as in a traffic jam it would over heat. I came to the conclusion that the throttle body obviously wasn't closing far enough even though it was stopping on the microswitch, so...... Throttle body off.




This was so full of carbon when I split it off the inlet, so after a lot of cleaning and polishing it was looking like new and the inlet cleaned as much as possible too.
Yes the flap was hitting the microswitch stop but there was still a lot of daylight between the butterfly and barrel. So adjusted the switch up for when the butterfly hit the barrel and stopped.

Next up was refit and hope for the best, AFM back to standard, air mixture screw back to standard, idle screw four turns out, base screw set to the stop. Here was me fingers crossed turning the key after hours of messing about......... Yes!!!! 900 rpm, everyone said don't even bother but to me it wasn't right, took it out for a run and it was 100% better, however a tiny little flat at 4k revs, hopped it moved the spring 2 cogs, tried again and boom, a nice linear pull all the way through!

It felt surprisingly quick, went to look at some wiring near the ecu though and found superchips written on it so who knows!

Today's plan.... Get on the cleaning!

[Stephen]

Ammmmazing

[joe1joe]

Cracking car for the mileage! 205 are worth much more standard these days...

[procta]

cracking 205 there!

[Tallguy_2]

Thank you!

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Got another decent day in on the car today, trying to get it all up together and tidy so it's easy to mantain and keep on top of.

Started on the inside, however I now think the carpets need a deep wash/clean, got the new mats in though



A mate of mine popped up for half an hour, he decided he'd have a go cleaning under the bonnet, he started then had to leave which meant I had to finish it really!









The rear spoiler that was on it looked like it had got a bit tarnished, grabbed an as new one last week so on that went




Next up was a quick going over with t-cut and swirl remover just to get it up a bit brighter



Then was the job I'd been a little apprehensive about, applying this plasticare trim dye. I found it on the forums and the reviews have been good, rather than a care product/gel it is a permanent dye, to be fair I'm actually really impressed! Not all gungey, gloopy or shiney, just black!! Original looking black, a nice even finish that dried lovely. Suitably impressed so far, now let's see how it lasts!

Shame I didn't get a better picture



Quick drop of wax to protect it outside and it was time to get on home





Next jobs are, get the bonnet painted, tighten up under the drivers seat, fix the speedo cable to get rid of the needle wobble!

Here's the ecu, anybody had any experience or any thoughts?

[RetroPug]

Looking really great, engine bay looks really smart as well!
How easy was the plastic dye to use? Did you accidentally get any on the paint? Anything else I should be aware of?
The acres of black plastic on the P1 need doing!

Edit: Also, what did you use to dress the plastics? I've had success with a few things but none have been particularly permanent sadly.

[Grant]

This car looks so clean. Are you bringing it to any of this shows this year?

[Tallguy_2]

Looking really great, engine bay looks really smart as well!
How easy was the plastic dye to use? Did you accidentally get any on the paint? Anything else I should be aware of?
The acres of black plastic on the P1 need doing!

Edit: Also, what did you use to dress the plastics? I've had success with a few things but none have been particularly permanent sadly.

Doesn't the phase 1 have grey plastic trim? I haven't dressed them at all, that is just the plasticare, I guess you could use an original black spray or something though, every piece of literature and the bottle refers to this as a permanent fix.
I applied it with a small piece f sponge working in 1 piece of trim at a time whilst having a rag in the other to remove any excess is caught the paint with, got to get it off ASAP as it will dry.

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This car looks so clean. Are you bringing it to any of this shows this year?

Yeah hopefully grant, current race dates are having a bit of a clash too. Possibly up to ace soon as well!