ive owned my 5 now roughtly 20months and thought i could do with starting my own thread after lookin at everyone elses project 5s so here goes...
swopped my car through a friend of lampsr5 (dani) with my old saxo vts, when i had my 5 it was standard with just afew mods like 15inch black multi spoke rims, boost gauge, a silly big chrome boost pipe, a dreaded dump valve and a tasteful louverd bonnet! running standard ish boost (10psi) on standard setup was fun to drive as i was using it nearlly every day.
afew months down the line and its first mot was due, it failed on drivers sill, washer jets and headlight aim. i took it to a friend of a friend to have the sills replaced, fixed the other bits myself with new parts and retested it to be told the metal work hadnt been done , so i took it to someone who knew there arse from there elbow and had the sills replaced both sides, inner and outer and had it re-waxoiled. retested it and it flew through
ive replaced the starter motor twice with band new hi output items not refurbs, replaced track rod ends, new poly bushes, had 3 clutch cables one being a cgb uprated one which only lasted a week!! replaced the boot lid as the hinge opened up, various plastics which break constantly as ull all know!! etc etc
think thats everythin for standard bits,
over the months i got the bug and started messin with the car, as you do replacing worn parts as well as buyin fancy bits which ill get photos up soon as photobucket sorts itself out.
so this is what it looked like when i got it,