Breaking renault 5 gt turbo or £1200 for complete car - Romford

[r5 rich]

I am breaking the renault 5 gt turbo I have. My friends car which I have wanted for years has suddenly come up for sale so I'm breaking this unless someone offers the 1200 I can break it for. It has a 2 litre laguna 8v engine in it. It was all working when I collected it but the battery has shorted on the chassis and now needs the earth checking.

Parts available:

2 x blue safety device 4 point, 3" thick aero style buckle harnesses.- 150

Blue and black bucket reclining bucket seats with adjustable subframes on decent corbeau frames- 200

15" wolfrace multifit wheels. PCD of 4 x100 and 4 x 108. 2 decent 195/50/15 tyres and 195/45/15 tyres- 150

Stainless backbox- 45

MINT near enough brand new original valeo foglights- 50 the pair

There will be all the other bits and pieces for sale but these are the main ones I can think of at present. All bits will be available though. Pictures to follow and items based in Romford, Essex. (07787102728)

[Chris Beer]

What suspension have you got

[r5 rich]

suspension wise I will have to check. I think its standard with lowering springs up front.

[Matt Cole]

Can you not sell it complete? If the shell is good seems a real shame.

[dangerous dave]

Rach h's old car...

No surprise its being broken if its passed under Rich's nose...

[r5 rich]

Can you not sell it complete? If the shell is good seems a real shame.

I could put to be realistic I could make more money splitting it. I have people interested in a rolling shell, non rolling shell with just body parts so I am hoping myself that it will live on elsewhere.

[r5 rich]

Right for a quick sale I will take 1200 for it. Thats as the car stand. 95k on the clock, 5 months tax and 9 months mot.

[jesus in the seat of a 5]

intrested in the cage rich , is that the best you could do on price...

[r5_scotty]

how much! 1200! come on rich

[Carlos]

How much for clear fogs mate
Thanks Carl

[r5 rich]

Cage- SOLD.

Carlos I will check the rear of the lights tomorrow when I remove them but they are genuine valeo ones and and look in very good condition up front

[Manparis]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

are the clocks up for sale. how much? milleage? all working?

[alex johnston]

petrol cap and glove box ill have..

[GT Josh]

I will take the gear knob mate... Pm please

[r5 rich]

Right as the shell will be available I didn't know if you would be interested in it which would consist of:


Parts included

Front smoothed bumper
Rear smoothed bumper
Bootlid with spoiler and rear wiper removed
Delocked doors
Open mouth grill
Front clear indicators
Side clear indicators
Black bonnet which uses the original catch and also the pins
Dash minus the white speedo clocks
Carpet
Custom door cards
Steering wheel and column
Steering rack
Rear beam and calipers
Front subframe
Steering rack
Hubs
Petrol tank
Front calipers and grooved discs
Gearstick and gear linkage
The car also has an alarm with a fob included aswell

Parts not included

Rollcage
Seats
Harnesses
Wheels
Morette lights
Fog lights
Double din console
Dash speedo clocks
Suspension
Engine, loom or ecu
Engine mounts
Gearbox
Driveshafts
Exhaust

I want 400 for it if anyone would interested. Has MOT until January 2013. More parts can be left on the car but then the price will adjust.

[r5 rich]

Right it looks like the shell has sold so the parts which will be available:

wheels
suspension
exhaust
engine, ecu, loom
gearbox
driveshafts
engine mounts
double din centre console
lockwood white dials with 95,000 miles on
genuine valeo clear front foglights
reclining bucket seats with corbeau subframes
safety device 3" thick 4 point aerocraft buckle harnesses
morette headlights

[r5 rich]

Engine, loom, ecu and gearbox provisionally sold!

[r5 rich]

Non rolling shell- provisionally sold


The car got stripped today so all parts available. I am in all day tomorrow if anyone wants to pop round and have a look at all the renault 5 and clio williams parts I have along with a cup of tea and a natter

[steer from the rear]

id like the door cards and plates for rear please mate what price you talking?

[r5 rich]

id like the door cards and plates for rear please mate what price you talking?

Going with the shell I am afraid

[Lee B 2012]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

how much you looking for the shell mate

[r5 rich]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

how much you looking for the shell mate

Its actually already provisionally sold to another member pending collection this week but if falls through I will let you know

[r5 rich]

Shell is still available for 400 quid it will come with:

Front smoothed bumper
Rear smoothed bumper
Bootlid with spoiler and rear wiper removed
Delocked doors
Open mouth grill
Front clear indicators
Side clear indicators
Black bonnet which uses the original catch and also the pins
Dash minus the white speedo clocks
Carpet
Custom door cards
Steering wheel and column
Steering rack
Rear beam and calipers
Front subframe
Steering rack
Hubs
Petrol tank
Front calipers and grooved discs
The car also has an alarm with a fob included aswell


Price does not include suspension or wheels but they can adjust and I can leave them on.

[r5 rich]

Also I have been told the bonnet is carbon but been sprayed, the previous owner phoned up wanting to buy the complete car back off me!

[SMD]

Hi do you still have the wheels and rear spoiler ? If so what tyres are they and the condition ? And price thanks mark.

[r5 rich]

Hi do you still have the wheels and rear spoiler ? If so what tyres are they and the condition ? And price thanks mark.

Sent you a PM

[DazR5GTT]

Hi what condition are the morettes in? how much for them posted?
Cheers Daz

[r5 rich]

Hi what condition are the morettes in? how much for them posted?
Cheers Daz

Morettes are long gone I'm afraid

[r5 rich]

shell still available. Tempted to break it complete now and sell off all the body parts individually

[Dave Reed]

Doooooo it

[r5 rich]

Doooooo it

Dave if it does happen the front bumper has your name all over it

[Romil Davda]

Still got the bonnet dude?

[r5 rich]

right I have 2 members interested and if nothing comes of them taking it complete I am going to break it and send it to the scrap yard as sick of messers

[Dave Reed]

Dave if it does happen the front bumper has your name all over it

Hahaha thanks..... I don't only want the bumper, 1 less and my car increases in value

[rainey_y2k]

First post!

still got the shell?

[r5 rich]

sorry shell has now gone to its new owner

[markey b]

how much is bonnet? is is defo fibreglass or carbon of some sort?

[Ian S]

What has it come to when cars like that with some history and a lot of time, effort and money poured into them are just destroyed for a small profit.

That was Rach's car, I recall her saying the shell was fully seam welded or stitch welded.

That then was the 2 litre engine Mike Spencer did as the first step toward offering a lowish cost 2 litre turbo conversion. He searched high a low for available existing parts to make that and he and I very nearly fitted it to my car but he was living in the midlands with her at the time so that was more convenient.

He asked me just a few weeks ago what happened to that car. If I'd known it was for sale I'd have been straight over for a very close look. With the turbo finally fitted and the ECU re-mapped, that may have been one of the most rigid and fasted 5GTT's around. And I thought, quite good looking (once the spoiler, lights and bonnet were changed for matching colour ones).

Really, no wonder this club has been shrinking as fast as it has. So few people give a cr*p about anything that matters. Really just makes me want to give up and move on.

I was talking to someone this week who broke 300 5GTTs. He wanted to buy and scrap mine.

[r5 rich]

Mark the bonnet went with the car I am afraid.

Ian thank you very much for you comment. Maybe alot of time and effort has been put into the car but I was unaware of this at the time due to not being around when the old owner was on the forum and when this was built as I was probably too young.

I was just lucky enough the person I bought it off not to know what he was selling and got it at a very good. For one this is not my problem as at the end of the day he should have done his research and two he told me how much he wanted and was just happy that it was sold due to not being school friendly for his child and everyday use.

I did offer it complete on the forum and other sites but NOT 1 person come forward to actually even enquire about the car but as soon as I offered it in parts everyone jumped on it and I was selling parts left, right and centre like nothing. I think so far 85% of the parts sold already have been to forum members and so has the shell. It has not been scrapped and its actually gone to a member who shell is VERY rotten. So in my opinion the shell will live on and so will all the parts to other forum members so what is wrong with that? Ok I am make a profit out of selling the parts but I am not forcing people to buy them.

[TNT ANDY]

It's still morally wrong no matter how you slice it

[car.crash]

I personally didn't want to break my car either and I couldnt give it away at £3500. So I pulled off the A list parts and sold the shell to a local member and I'm at nearly £5500.
No one seems to want a complete car right now but everyone wants to improve their current one. I thought it would take me months to sell my parts and a hundred trips to the post office, but I cleared it all in a weekend and only posted 3 items. I wouldn't have let my shell go to scrap but I also won't burden myself with a car I no longer want over morals.

[bod 182]

Agree Mark will probably have the same situation when i sell the cup car,the parts are more desirable than a complete car to people,although i wouldn,t advertise it on here to be honest Pistonheads or Race cars direct.

[r5 rich]

It's still morally wrong no matter how you slice it

How is it morally wrong!?!? So you would sell a car for less money complete to keep your morals in tack instead of selling it in bits? As said NOT ONE person come forward who was interested in the 1200 I wanted for it so I have done what I have done to make the money back. Yes I have made more than 1200 back and how does that matter to you? As Mark said above no one wants to buy complete modified cars anymore and I think that fact that it had a 2 litre 8v laguna engine put alot of people off this as most people want the old trust c1j engine. Also now days everyone is going back to O.E and the colour etc put alot of people off due to it being non standard.

[Brigsy]

Morally wrong to break a car?? if it was a exceptionally mint o.e condition gtt then it would be silly, but lets face it the blue gtt in this thread was nowt flash really. Its not asif the shell has gone for scrap anyway??

If i ever decided to get rid of my van it would probably get stripped for parts. Ill be honest id never sell it cheap and watch somebody destroy it.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

If i ever decided to get rid of my van it would probably get stripped for parts. Ill be honest id never sell it cheap and watch somebody destroy it.

I've seen what some idiots out there do when they buy your pride and joy and trust me i won't be making same mistake again so when i'm done with my red 5 it'll be sold in bits too

[markey b]

my orange one will go in parts too, even though its perfectly sound car.. unfortunately no one wants to pay what its worth, however as soon as you split it into chunks, boom u get ur money back.

as sad as it is, for every one scrapped, ours become rarer and more valuable.

just think when there are only a handfull left the humble gtt will be priced up like a turbo 2

[Deano]

I'm Finally back on the road and running well with a C1j lump back under the bonnet,

from this

To This




All done by myself apart from a bit of wiring by Haz ( cheers bud ),
the first time i've attempted anything like an engine swap or building a car but i've given it a shot and all seems well for now,

only one problem ....I can't stop grinning when i'm driving

[Ian S]

What happened to the 2 litre engine with it's engine management? Just curious.

[Deano]

What happened to the 2 litre Megane engine?

Sorry Ian, R5Richy stripped it out and sold the lot,
I just bought the shell

[djinuk]

very happy to see an r5 saved