the story of 39 begins

[sally pu]

I'm nitpicking here but the centercaps on those wheels don't belong....throw some deep dish wheels on this car for minty freshness

[robcouzens]

Yea I didn't know where the catch that was jammed was so had to just go at it with the angle grinder. It's built well though, double skinned and took about 20 mins of cutting! German engineering eh!

Bonnets seem to be about £100 so it's just finding one in the right colour. Bumpers are about £150. I do want the m sport one but we will see. And I might need a new cat for the mot because mine has dragged on the floor so much it's worn through

[0MgLoLe36]

holy crap! you raped that hood!! you should fix her up.. get a m numper with the m-tech bumper grill..

[mike-81-240d]

M bumper.... I'm getting a used one from a buddy for $50.

[robcouzens]

update...

Last may I hit a speed bump at night that I didn't notice at about 20mph.

The engine mount snapped when the car landed

The subframe went through the oil sump


After spending a week in a car park I recovered it


Damaged the door and skirt getting it off the trailer



Then conveniently the bonnet jammed shut so demolition began to get it open

Pulling on it didn't work

Hitting it didn't work

Cutting it did work


And Open


It's just sat on the drive over the last year because I haven't decided if I want to fix it or not.
At last I feel like having it done.

I managed to obtain a new sump.
I now need to get a bonnet, probably a new bumper
MOT and I'll be back on the road

[mike-81-240d]

Any updates on this beauty?

[robcouzens]

some pictures whilst in the city

[robcouzens]

Dude what coilovers are you running? I got TA Technix coilovers for mine on thursday and the rears deffo dont seem to be as low as yours and mine are fully wound down!

Im not sure of the brand, they were from eBay but I just was on the hunt for coil overs with the biggest drop and that was these at the time, i think they are great, no body roll, they are wound fully down and only negative thing is no adjustable damping but I wasn't going to pay an extra £400 for that

[JonnyM]

Dude what coilovers are you running? I got TA Technix coilovers for mine on thursday and the rears deffo dont seem to be as low as yours and mine are fully wound down!

[Hotsauce]

Awesome

[robcouzens]

Oh yeah. Can see the massive lip in the arch! looking good!

yea, i had a look today and I will look at getting it rolled in the future and get those wheels out a bit more so the lip of the wheel fits perfectly, for now it will do

Love that plate!

thanks buddy

[Jorge]

Love that plate!

[LukeyBabes]

Oh yeah. Can see the massive lip in the arch! looking good!

[robcouzens]

waxed

made the most of some nice weather today and gave it a clean

[andybob]

I'm diggin' this.

Something about big bodied cars dumped makes my pants tight. lol