Post a picture of your car here, part 3 (Quote A Photo, GET A 24 HOUR BAN!!!)

Compton

why refurb the alloys when you're getting new ones anyway?

Ardennes1944

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twincam77

new to this site, would normally be on the classic cars section one of the lads on there suggested putting these pics up here. just bought it today been looking for one for a while.

all comments welcome:)

Chriscl1

Very clean saph for it's age. Pity it's not a cossie

twincam77

era id love a cossie but id imagine youd have a hard task to get a good one.and id say a bad one would be an awful moneypit.

theres years of troublefree motoring left in the glsi and mite even be a bit rarer than a cosworth too

spooky donkey

here is what im driving these days. I wont post my modern car cause its nothing to look at.


escort falls8 by BarryKelly, on Flickr

OH and twin cam, Im loving that seria Saphire.....

johnos1984

It needs a proper clean but here it is

That does look very well John.

johnos1984

RoverJames wrote: »

That does look very well John.

Drives great!

I've just been up the Wicklow mountains and it felt great :cool:

A few things need to be fixed and gotten for it but nothing too difficult or expensive I hope

Nice F John!

One question, should the steering wheel MG logo be like that or should it not be the coloured badge? Maybe that only started in the TF.

Someone posted an Integra on another thread and someone else pointed out that the steering wheel centre wasn't what it should have been due to the airbag going off and it was replaced on the cheap. That's what made it pop into my head.

johnos1984

It's the basic steering wheel. It looks leather in the pictures but it's actually plastic. As far as I know the steering wheel was upgraded to include the shiny badging before it became the TF. Around MY2000 I think. Also if fitted with (half) leather interior the steering wheel came as a leather one but again the badging was the same as mine.

Also a lot of cars have had their steering wheel upgraded. I'm going to do that with this one. I haven't found any crash damage anywhere...........I got up close and personal as I had to 'break in' to the front bonnet after the release cable snapped

johnos1984

johnos1984 wrote: »

It's the basic steering wheel. It looks leather in the pictures but it's actually plastic. As far as I know the steering wheel was upgraded to include the shiny badging before it became the TF. Around MY2000 I think. Also if fitted with (half) leather interior the steering wheel came as a leather one but again the badging was the same as mine.

Also a lot of cars have had their steering wheel upgraded. I'm going to do that with this one. I haven't found any crash damage anywhere...........I got up close and personal as I had to 'break in' to the front bonnet after the release cable snapped

That's good to hear! Do you mind me asking how much you paid for the car?

VolvoMan

twincam77 wrote: »

theres years of troublefree motoring left in the glsi and mite even be a bit rarer than a cosworth too

I would certainly think so.

It's refreshing to see an original old Sierra that is not (or made to look like) a Cossie.

twincam77

VolvoMan wrote: »

I would certainly think so.

It's refreshing to see an original old Sierra that is not (or made to look like) a Cossie.

thanks for that volvoman , as you say most sierras are done as cossie reps and id like to keep this one a little bit different as i dont know of any other glsi sierras around my neck of the woods anyway.

Voodoomelon

Clayed my car today for the first time ever, all I can say is wow, it shifts so much dirt from the lower half of the car you would not believe. I got the Meguiars Clay Kit, which includes two clays, detailer spray, towel and liquid wax.

And I clean my car pretty much twice a week and the black and brown crap that came off the car today after a full wash was incredible. Definitely recommend it. I did it all today with the intention of using Halfords G3 to remove swirls but the clay ate up the whole afternoon.





Even with no wax or correction, it has never looked better since I got it.
Oh, and Meguiars tyre gel is brilliant stuff!

^^^^SEXUAL :cool:

h3000

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Clayed my car today for the first time ever, all I can say is wow, it shifts so much dirt from the lower half of the car you would not believe. I got the Meguiars Clay Kit, which includes two clays, detailer spray, towel and liquid wax.

And I clean my car pretty much twice a week and the black and brown crap that came off the car today after a full wash was incredible. Definitely recommend it. I did it all today with the intention of using Halfords G3 to remove swirls but the clay ate up the whole afternoon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/voodoomelon/728%20lll/e382.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/voodoomelon/728%20lll/e381.jpg

Even with no wax or correction, it has never looked better since I got it.
Oh, and Meguiars tyre gel is brilliant stuff!

:cool::cool:
That's one gorgeous car.

Voodoomelon

Thanks! Prob should have put this in the "what I did today thread". Move if so deemed.

Nonoperational

Now that's a beautiful car. Respect.

SV

Don't have any decent pics yet. That's my RS182 Trophy and my friends ST170.
More soon..ish.


edit: and Yeah, we love hot hatchbacks

L-M

Wow! I drove a 172 recently and they're fun by epic proportions, faster than a Euro R in a straight line and I'm pretty sure in corners too.

The only difference in the 17 and 18 is the exhaust manifold, right? What's added again for that RS?

SV

Limerick man wrote: »

Wow! I drove a 172 recently and they're fun by epic proportions, faster than a Euro R in a straight line and I'm pretty sure in corners too.

The only difference in the 17 and 18 is the exhaust manifold, right? What's added again for that RS?

Yep! Just the exhaust manifold for that extra 10 horsies.
This one has the upgraded recaro seats, Upgraded exhaust system and the all important Sachs Dampers, making it 2 secs quicker on a 1:00 track than a standard 182.
Can't think of anything else at the moment!

Mine is No. 58/500

EPM

That's savage SV.

Vertakill

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Clayed my car today for the first time ever, all I can say is wow, it shifts so much dirt from the lower half of the car you would not believe. I got the Meguiars Clay Kit, which includes two clays, detailer spray, towel and liquid wax.

I love your little updates. I'm envious of your patience and discipline. I could only wish I could sit down and do the same some weekend !

TestTransmission

Mine after a proper wash,clay,polish and wax the other day.Really need to get some decent photos,any volunteers in Limerick?

I was too wrecked after all that to even move the car and take a decent pic.

W.Shakes-Beer

My Coupe after a nice wash on Sunday morning. I put 400 miles on it the day before, drove Dublin -> Limerick -> Sligo -> Dublin. €80 worth of petrol though But its sitting on Eibach Pro springs now so was very nice on the country roads.

jimmyw

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Wow! makes some difference, and I am not really a beamer fan:P;)

Plug

Nice cars there SV, I was considering an ST but then I got a quote. €7500, fook that:pac:

Alanstrainor

Savage car SV! I want one!

Hal1

That's some quote, fook that indeed .