Post 798897 by robbie1988 on 2016-03-31 19:40:56
Lets start off at the beginning when the car was bought......
Came from a garage in Cheshire with 154k on clock but was in excellent condition:
When the car got home it went into Volmech and had a full major service for my piece of mind - new timing belt, filters, oil and also had a slight whine on alternator so this was done as well.
It was never going to stay standard as I don't keep cars standard haha
First up was chassis mods - Sachs dampers, eibach springs, XC90 top mounts, Ultra racing strut brace
This dropped the car and made it handle a hell of a lot better.
I also had a full new set of Bridgestone RE002 tyres which were sitting about off my Impreza so these were fitted to the original Orestes rims. Combined with a good geo setup the car handles amazingly.
Next up was a V70r rear lower valance and custom exhaust:
Whilst exhaust was being done I had the second cat gutted to boost the noise:
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Got a private plate sorted and gave the car a good scrub also before this had the rear windows tinted, genuine Volvo mudflaps and Heko deflectors installed:
Only other performance mod was a panel filter from BMC:
EGR mixer pipe all cleaned out yuck!
Whilst in Scotland took out a BMW 5 series which has gone down as my fault as only witness drove off, still not happy about it but nothing I can do!
Luckily only scratches to front bumper and numberplate pulled off. £5k damage to BMW!
Got back from Scotland then straight back out into a roadtrip for my Dads 60th Birthday around the Lake District then into Yorkshire, My parents have the Impreza and my brother has the Clio Sport:
Winter was approaching so got a bargain set of alloy wheels with winter tyres already on, don't really like them so plasticoated them black to make them easier on the eye:
Then as per normal D5's the intercooler popped! Good excuse for a do88 item:
Then over the last couple of days my Powerflex bushes:
Got a genuine rear spoiler ready for paint with a different brakelight setup and brand new fitting kit.
Also keeping my eye out for a new front bumper V70/S60R or a standard V70 item.
Sounds weird but I like it!
Now back to the cooked brakes - I managed to turn the front discs blue haha
The pathetic 286mm disc setup on mine isn't cutting the mustard and I wasn't happy buying discs, pads and carriers to go up to 305mm so started on another route I had seen.....
XC90 336mm calipers, discs and pads:
Has worked out extremely cheap as a supplier I use was selling off some stock cheap and got a pair of brand new front Pagid 336mm discs delivered for £59.99. Bargain!
Calipers were only £40 each and pads are around £30-40 so all in works out extremely cheap.
Only issue..... My winter wheels are only 16" so will need to sell these on as barely fit behind let alone centre on the hub haha
Wired brushed down:
All painted up silver with the retainer painted black:
All assembled with new TRW pads....
Hopefully can fit them this week!
I also replaced the fluid with Motul RBF600 which I had spare off the Impreza track car I have.
Obviously this meant I needed to explore the braking capacity so a road trip today!
So I drove to Hawes then onto Thwaite taking in the amazing Buttertubs Pass. Then continued onto Kirkby Stephen before heading back home up the A66/A1.
Brakes really shine on these roads allowing later braking and with a lot more bite. No fade even after a lot of extremely hard miles.
Came back and with the weather decent I thought a nice bath since the car was dirty....
Boom back shiney new!
Car also turned 172k on Buttertubs so a fitting birthday haha