BTW, I took the dash out as a whole along with all the wiring, fuse box, heater matrix etc

I am swapping the lot, so the only thing that remains is the estate shell

Alex

I've stripped both cars, cleaned the estate and today i got the engine loom, abs pump, brake lines etc swapped. I had a mechanic friend over doing the clutch, timing belt, water pump, hybrid turbo etc on my engine that is out. Hopefully get the engine in this week.

I have ordered the vRS rear bumper for the estate along with a boot spoiler from CZ and hope to get all the bits in to paint next week.

It s amazing when they are striped, how much stuff has come out of the cars and where to store it???

Anyway Ross, i've been putting in 1 hour a day + Saturdays and whasts this pot of cash, can you tell me where i find it? It is useful though that i can clean and modify parts at work! The Milltek exhaust will be going in next week, to be extended to suit the estate, and I have honed and ultrasonic cleaned the manifolds etc.

Alex

I'm joking with ya mate

Om taking it all out on this one as I am seprating what I need etc so I can sell the rest on. Plus working out the logistics of ESP and Xenons to go on.

I'm joking with ya mate

Om taking it all out on this one as I am seprating what I need etc so I can sell the rest on. Plus working out the logistics of ESP and Xenons to go on.

What about the rear bumper, lights and wheels? Are they all damaged?

Wheels are buggered, the rear lights are bust but the back bumper is ok iirc.

nope it isnt - remember my car vs Stu's Mk2 Octy it's got a little crack at the left hand side, may be fixable though as you can hardly see it.

One of the rear lights was ok I thought, but who knows.

The tricky thing is making sure all bits are with Ross as I have a few at the flat still. Got so much to do it is scary LOL

nope it isnt - remember my car vs Stu's Mk2 Octy it's got a little crack at the left hand side, may be fixable though as you can hardly see it.

One of the rear lights was ok I thought, but who knows.

The tricky thing is making sure all bits are with Ross as I have a few at the flat still. Got so much to do it is scary LOL

Ah I remember now.

Still worth trying to sell the one light on eBay and the bumper - but listed with mild damage.

Oh - Stop moaning and pull your finger out

Spent and age trying to unbolt the filler neck etc for the propane tank, then thought feck it.

Easy peasy.

The Bengie just encouraged me to have a bit of fun while the grinder is out.

So as it stands the wiring is all removed, the whole rear is stripped and the engine is almost ready to drop out.

Scary picture that - Ross with an angle grinder.....:eek:

Bas

nice to see it all coming together, even if risk assesments mean sweet FA when you got an angle grinder cant wait to see the finished beast!!!

Oddly enough I didn hurt myself until working on Bens Vectra..lol

its not my sodding car.

Oddly enough I didn hurt myself until working on Bens Vectra..lol

Vectra?

No need to be ashamed Bengie :rofl: :sofahide:

Ok Helen's Vectra that you use on a regular basis as all your cars are broken.

Ok Helen's Vectra that you use on a regular basis as all your cars are broken.

Have you noticed a trend? Bengie+1 car = broken down car

Tell me about it, i'm always fixin them.

So far in my house he has fitted a dimmer switch, something is wrong here.

oi, i've done more than that. not at the current house though

Have you noticed a trend? Bengie+1 car = broken down car

(adding fuel to the fire) that wouldn't be the case if he drove a derv Fabia....

anyway, i have never broken the vectra i just keep on bloody fixing it!!

(adding fuel to the fire) that wouldn't be the case if he drove a derv Fabia....

but he's broken his VAG Octavia and he's broken a diesel, so nothing's safe the vectra make it all the way home..?

Tell me about it, i'm always fixin them.

So far in my house he has fitted a dimmer switch, something is wrong here.

I understand he's helped you with your spelling too :P

but he's broken his VAG Octavia and he's broken a diesel, so nothing's safe the vectra make it all the way home..?

I understand he's helped you with your spelling too :P

Yeah but only afterwards, and even then he wasn't sure.

Still all good in the end.

Nice work with the grinder

Nice work with the grinder

ditto - very tidy lettering

Things have moved on a bit since the last update. Currently fitting in the job in between my daily job and my weekend job. Finally the vRS looks like this,

Shortly after it was wisked away by a very large forklift and dumped in a pile over the other side of the farm, bye bye.

So now I have a very large pile of bits in the corner of the unit to sort through and a Fabia Estate that needs some love, going to be a busy few weeks thats for sure.

Pah, half a job!!!

You left a seatbelt in

Looking neat though mate. Any scrap value for damage repairs etc?