my t5 estate.

**t5steve** · Monday 9th January 2012, 23:03

looking good mate...............

**jayeastanglia** · Friday 13th January 2012, 22:51

rear seats in place with matching baby seat..

And also set about giving the new seats a clean and feed them with leather hide stuff..seats came up really well ,first pic is before pic showing the worst bit and next pic after is same area after cleaning and treating..

**jayeastanglia** · Friday 27th January 2012, 18:12

Been buzy today,-40mm spring set making it look a bit better.
Before..

After.

has lowered the front a bit but rear is about 20mm lower,
Fronts took about 1 hour each side and rear springs took about 15mins each side,except i also did a lower arm on drivers side as the bushes had persihed and the metal sleve had corroded to the bolt which made that fun to remove.

also a recirc valve blanking plate and hid kit on the projector beam dip beam lights (yeah i know it will fail its mot on a technicality of not having self levalling lights) set them up on beam tester and was ok after a bit of adjusting...got a powerflex engine steady mount rubber's to do as well as tracking over the weekend..

A short vid of the exhaust sound and wastegate noise with a few pops on the overrun..it did pop before doing the plate and seems to boost a bit better.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv6dugs2Mjg[/ame]

**The Flying Moose** · Friday 27th January 2012, 19:34

Looks and sounds well mate.

The 40mm drop makes the biggest different cosmetically by far. Completely transforms the looks and will probably improve the handling a little too. Just need an 850R bumper now.

Theres one on ebay but at £185 its a tad expensive.

**daza-b** · Friday 27th January 2012, 19:39

i do love that waste gate sound lol sounds much nicer than a dump valve

**jayeastanglia** · Friday 27th January 2012, 19:51

Originally Posted by daza-b

i do love that waste gate sound lol sounds much nicer than a dump valve

I will admit its very addictive i went through £20 of petrol just this afternoon you know making sure everything is ok and no leaks..well thats what i told my wife

**AndysR** · Sunday 29th January 2012, 10:49

Looking good, sounding better. Take it your sticking with it now then

**daza-b** · Sunday 29th January 2012, 10:51

Originally Posted by jayeastanglia

I will admit its very addictive i went through £20 of petrol just this afternoon you know making sure everything is ok and no leaks..well thats what i told my wife

lol thats something i would do

**jayeastanglia** · Sunday 29th January 2012, 18:46

A bit more done today..
1 engine top mount,fitted both the bulkhead mount and engine one as both were split the bigger one actually had broken in half.. A bit of patience and warmth got the bushes in(it was 1 degree outside today so was glad i was in my workshop with space heater blowing hot air,Handy old space heater also got the small bush out by me leaving the bracket sitting on the outlet of the heater soon burnt the plastic off making fitment really easy)

Before.

After once fitted.

Can really hear it road now cant wait for next mod metal inlet pipe is my next thing to do....
Handles like its on rails now with the springs and tracking done,Wife says its like a rally car now so I think shes glad to have the nice seats fitted as well..

**Dan850r** · Sunday 29th January 2012, 18:50

They do soud better with the mounts done, get your gearbox one done aswell, mine had a fair bit of movement in them

**jayeastanglia** · Sunday 29th January 2012, 19:23

Vid of it..

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUaU8XBcSH0[/ame]

**t5steve** · Monday 30th January 2012, 01:52

well done mate.............i take it you are keeping it now you've done all that work

**jayeastanglia** · Monday 30th January 2012, 09:06

Originally Posted by t5steve

well done mate.............i take it you are keeping it now you've done all that work

well unless someone makes a good offer otherwise I will keep it for now..Had a offer for a toyota mr2 the other day but it was a auto and non turbo which are slow especially as I have had a turbo manual mr2 in the past but only problem still need rear seats for the baby seats..

**jayeastanglia** · Monday 6th February 2012, 21:39

egg crate grill fitted...Cars a bit dirty as it had just done about 650 miles in a few days..

and same position but was before being lowered.

**t5steve** · Monday 6th February 2012, 23:50

grill looks good.............better than original

**martybelfastt5** · Monday 6th February 2012, 23:53

looking good the drop has made a world of difference

**The Flying Moose** · Tuesday 7th February 2012, 14:37

Looks loads better dropped and with the grill Jay.

Just needs an 850R front bumper now!

**jayeastanglia** · Tuesday 7th February 2012, 14:48

Havent found a R bumper in the same colour yet..(doubt i will find one) but am considering a splitter on my bumper i have already.
Am on the lookout for bigger brakes and a remap...actually the list just keeps getting bigger as once 1 thing gets ticked off I add another thing to the list.

**jayeastanglia** · Wednesday 8th February 2012, 19:49

More shiny new thing fitted today....

shiny inlet pipe from afm to turbo with silicone blue pipe.

Came from fellow forum member niles..hint hint niles you need to make a rip kit now to match..

And it sounds awesome,wastegate chatter was loud before now well wife can defo hear it coming along the road now,before was a wobble wobble..now its roooaaarrrrrrrr WWEEEEEEBBBBBLLLLLEEEEEEE WWWWWEEEBBBBBLLLLEEEEEE PPOOOOPPPP PPPOOOOOOPPPPP CLATTER(last 3 words come from the exhaust)

vid to show what i mean..wifes now looking at me a bit weird for posting up vids of the noise but a petrol head will know what i meant..

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXcKbPBXm6I[/ame]

**jayeastanglia** · Wednesday 22nd February 2012, 09:12

Had to fit new tyres on my car as the fronts were getting a bit low(they had less than 1mm on inner edge due to tracking being out before i had it)so new tyres on £130 later for the pair..
Had some blue paint so painted the calipers as i never liked the red that someone had painted.

painted the inner part of the front discs and rear discs black to smaten them up a bit next on list of things to buy is rear discs as they are pretty groved so will do them when pads gets a bit lower and do a 302 disc conversion on the front at the same time.