Well i have just landed myself a very cheap newish van and want to have it sign written and lower it and fit some wheels.

This is where i need your help, if some one can use the pictures below and design a great set of decals or a wrap for the back of it etc i am willing to give them £50 or take that off of a job they require doing.


Basically i want as much info on it as possible, french car specialists, mots £35 (free retest), tyres, servicing, timing belts, recoveries, car sales, spares, etc.

Heres the van-






I have also been tring on a few sets of wheels i have, pro race 1.2s in shadow chrome-





Lions-





Here is a van local to me and i like it but i think its a bit ott, nice all the same-





Many thanks, any help is more than welcome, i am looking to do this asap so when a find a good photoshop etc i will be all over it.

Well i was bored and decided to remove all stickers off the van and give it a good going over with the machine polisher, its quite amazing how flat the paint can go over a short period of time, this is how she looks now-





A funny shot, this is the engine believe it or not and has a massive 70BHP, compared to a gti6 this thing is dead-



A better view of the handsome thing, although its good for 60mpg +-




Well as i never went out last night , i decided to take a picture of the van before i lowered it-




Then it was into the garage where i ripped it to pieces and fitted it with some goodies.

First off on the ramp and all the wheels off, also whipped the sump bung out for a quick oil and filter change-



Time to get these fitted, a pair of -60mm lowering springs-



So out with these-



A bit of tweaking with this-



Oh i also decided to fit one of my big brake kits to it aswell-



Comparison of the old and new- (bit of a difference)



Offered up to the van and all bolted in place-



Time now to make me some braided brake lines to suit, one brake line and the required ends-



Once fitted-



Opposite end-



Fitted to the van0-



It was then time to tackle the suspension, with the front strut removed and out it was time to test my new bit of kit, shock out-



On the new bit of kit, so much easier and far safer-



Little bit of difference -



New spring compressed and ready for me to re bolt the shock onto it-




One corner finished, big brakes on, lowered spring on, rebuilt and the lion refitted-




Unfortunately it didnt all go to plan, i removed the torsion bars out the back end and adjusted accordingly but on the drivers side rear the arm felt notchy when moving it up or down, i decided to remove the arm and inspect, upon doing this it was apparant we had a bearing issue, once the arm was removed it was clear to see the bearings (little needle rollers) had come out of the cage they sit in and just fell out, luckily the tube itself is fine so its a trip to the dealers monday to see if i can get my hands on a repair kit.

Heres the state i left it in-



Well with that the vehicle i drove to work i had to leave it there and make my own way back without it, have to say i was gutted (new toy and that).

I dropped the van off the ramp to get an idea of how it looked, here are a few little shots-





All in all pretty pleased, just itching to get it back on the road again now, looking at the parts catalogue its just a 206 rear axle so parts shouldnt be that bad to get hold of, fingers crossed.

Have to say I love the van, came home in it today now all repaired and sitting outside the house all colour coded now too.

A few detailed pictures i took yesterday.

With the bumpers removed for colour coding-




completed pics-








In for the sign writing at the end of the week.

forgot to bring the camera home but got this shot-



Here is a quick iphone photo, gives you an idea, will get some better ones up soon, this is how the van now looks.






Well today i decided to buy a donor vehicle to replace the 1.9 non turbo diesel engine (dw8), after a serach this is what i got myself, one very badly accident damaged 306 hdi, one owner and was told about 40k miles-



Well i bought the car from an elderly gent who lent the car to his grandson, well as you can see he wasnt the best of drivers-

As i bought it blind and took the chance on it i didnt even know if it ran, £400 later it was on the truck and i brought it home, took a pry bar to the bonnet and heres the heart-



Spent an hour reconnecting broken wires etc and fitted and new battery and we got this-




The best bit of all was this-





A bit of a bargain i feel??

Well i now have to find the time to remove the engine from the van and swop it all over.

Watch this space.

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C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK
36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn

MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest.
Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo

I doubt it will ever happen , there is just no right place to put it. It likes to be mobile.

Carl

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C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK
36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn

MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest.
Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo

This van is awesome!! its worth about 3 times as much with the brakes and wheels on it lol. it is stickered up tho isint it?

We have the same spring compressor in the workshop, although its bolted to the floor, id leave it un bolted as be much better being able to move it around with you.

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In my garage just now

2003 BMW M3 & 2009 L200 Raging Bull
& Audi Q5 S Line
AX stock rod & Saxo Stock rod
Sold the bike an charged rallye an bought a caravan, midlife crisis or what!

What about casters then?

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Make tea, not war.

If it ain't broke......fix it until it is.

Steal and a half that HDi fella, it's fooked! Will be a nice project to swap that lot over.

Few less miles than mine...

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I'm Si btw

Night Blue VW Golf GTD
Bianca LBSC Rallye - Track/Road Slag Project Thread
Sparkling Silver Mini Cooper D - Super Dooper - (The other half's wheels)

It does.........

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Make tea, not war.

If it ain't broke......fix it until it is.

i want the wheels off that mondeo in the background!

Look like minker xr4x4tt wheels!!!

got to love can bus really f*cks things up

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clio r27
ps3 id:cooperkloe

Half suprised you havent thrown a charged 6 engine in there

I will supply the van and could i have it back once you have carried out the work?

Carl

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C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK
36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn

MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest.
Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo

what year does canbus become an issue with these vans

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Looking good Carl,

I have visions of it with Rallye decals on the doors and dropped on white S2 106 Rallye steelies

Is this my car in the background of this? Maybe Laurantgarnier if he still has his..

Also, I think gti6 brakes would of been a good enough upgrade... hint hint

Want to swap them for my brakes? I need those TVR brakes more

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Chris
1999 China Gti6 Supercharged [Fun car] >>Project Thread<<
2000 Bianca 306 Diesel [Work runabout]