My brothers new T5 - HELP!

[Jimmie]

Cheap car at £900.00.

[mikej]

Tints and painting the wheels black why not just polish it ?

[sebasteeno]

Cheap car at £900.00.

I agree and we thought it'd need a couple of hundred spending on it but not £700+ which is more likey.

[sebasteeno]

Tints and painting the wheels black why not just polish it ?

Its getting machine polished so the paint will look fantastic but my bro wants its pimped and thats whats happening to it ala mine. Im all for taking an already good looking car and tweaking it but understand it may not be not to everyones taste just like mine

[Jimmie]

Might have been better to have inspected it before parting with any cash as the seller did say there were suspension knocks.
But you might have got that with a more expensive motor a couple of months later.
You pay's your money,you takes your chance.

[sebasteeno]

Might have been better to have inspected it before parting with any cash as the seller did say there were suspension knocks.
But you might have got that with a more expensive motor a couple of months later.
You pay's your money,you takes your chance.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but in all honesty the seller seemed a decent kind of guy and said he only sold **** through the autotrader but decent stuff on ebay and that way he can build up good feedback. Sort of put our mind at rest. We all make mistakes but wre trying to rectify this one and in the process giving a tired old T5 a new lease of life.

[sebasteeno]

BTW does anyone know what colour this car is ie name and paintcode so i can get a tin of sporay made up to sort the bumper scuffs out?

[Volvostorm]

The paintcode is normally on the vin plate, its a 3 digit code like '189' But not that number because thats white!

[sebasteeno]

First wheel painted.

[sebasteeno]

Well its off to the mechs tomorrow to have a new cambelt/tensioner/idler etc, new brakes all round, drop links, new front shocks and some lowering. Ive been busy over the last couple of days spraying wheels, washing, polishing, touching in and it now looks like this.


And heres a shot of the bros V70s together

[cameron]

Looking good Seb

You boys have something about Black wheels

Must run in the family eh

Did you get the paint code off the Vin Plate on the N/S inner wing ?

[sebasteeno]

Looking good Seb

You boys have something about Black wheels

Must run in the family eh

Did you get the paint code off the Vin Plate on the N/S inner wing ?

Sure did.

Oh and black wheels rock btw! Probably something to do with our Alfa 155 heritage

Our old motors

[mexybhouy]

It'll be sound once all the work has been carried out! Looks good already, someones gonna be a tad jealous of his Bro's T5's performance?????? lol.

[sebasteeno]

It'll be sound once all the work has been carried out! Looks good already, someones gonna be a tad jealous of his Bro's T5's performance?????? lol.

Having driven both ill actually say that mines faster and smoother in the low down revs but his in comparison is half dead then a total animal once the turbo spools up. I can understand why T5 owners go through tyres in a few thousand miles as the turbo kick is very good but ill stick with my smooth and very nippy all rounder for now.

[cameron]

What was the paint code then ?

[leet5r]

Well its off to the mechs tomorrow to have a new cambelt/tensioner/idler etc, new brakes all round, drop links, new front shocks and some lowering. Ive been busy over the last couple of days spraying wheels, washing, polishing, touching in and it now looks like this.


And heres a shot of the bros V70s together

liken the work guys. not sure about the black on the wheels as you have to keep the tyres gelled all the time so they look new . a think a antcirite would have been better lol , still good tho keep up the good work