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06-05-09, 00:42
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 My ST V6 resto...
Well i have had this a few year now, never had any real problems other than wear and tear and now it needs some loving as its starting to look a bit rough and quite a few bits need renewing now. CAR SPECIFICATIONS: - Model : Vauxhall Vectra Supertouring – Engine size : 2.5 v6 - Year : 1996 – Colour : Glacier White ENGINE MODIFICATIONS : - Cone filter (soon to be binned) - 3.0 Cams - Tripple spark spark plugs - Magnex cat back exhaust system INTERIOR STYLING: - Full St200 recaro interior - Carbon fibre steering wheel - Carbon fibre gearknob - Limo black tints (front as standard) EXTERNAL STYLING: - Speedline mistral 17" alloys with 215 45 17 tyres - Steinmetz sideskirts CHASSIS: - Part polybushed rear end - Koni adjustable dampers and springs (rear) ICE: - Pioneer DVD/CD/Flip out screen - JBL Component speakers front and rear doors FUTURE MODS: - Uprated clutch - Grooved discs front and rear - Upgraded pads - Stainless downpipes - Panel filter (duno what type yet) - Coilovers - Polybushes all round - Loads of painting (engine, underneath and full respray) - Upgraded leads - Bored out throttle body Its a Limited Edition Vectra SuperTouring (no 237) but with a twist as mine has parts from a written of Vectra SuperTouring200 which comprises of the Full ST200 Recaro Interior, with adjustable electric front seats with the supertouring flashes stiched in and extra bolsters on the seats compared to gsi recaros, full koni adjustable suspension, Speedline Mistral Alloys, Steinmetz sideskirts.    Koni suspension is knackered and now removed. I'll update with progress pics as i go along....       |
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06-05-09, 00:44
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Then beginning of summer 07 decided i needed to do a quick fix on the bodywork as car had started showing more surface rust along the bottom of the doors, rear arches and above the sideskirts.......     This was what i found beneath the side skirts after i removed them...... It looked bad in the photo's but was mainly just light surface rust which i had caught in time before it took hold of rotting through the sills and bottom of the doors....... |
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06-05-09, 00:45
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Bit more found on the passenger side......    So i cracked on with a quick fix to tide it over the summer '07........ |
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06-05-09, 00:46
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So after rubbing the bodywork down to get rid of the rust and back to decent metal i applied i bit of rust eater and then primered the parts up as i went along........      |
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06-05-09, 00:47
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Then sprayed it up with some white paint which was'nt an exact match but would do for what i wanted temporarily.......    These are the only pics i have with the car sprayed up white, the alloys in the pics were on the vec 4x4 project which i thought about putting on the st but changed my mind....... |
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06-05-09, 00:48
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Rust is now back with avengance so time to do it properly with the whole car stripped and rebuilt..... Few more pics of the work done so far although a bit slow atm...... Skirts removed and rusteater on now........     All the bits of rust was grinded back to decent metal then rusteater applied..... Arches are'nt worth doing do much with as they have started to rust around the lip and would rather replace now rather than later..... |
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06-05-09, 00:49
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Nice ST matey
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06-05-09, 00:51
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Started to look under the arches aswell at the front...... All the inner arch plastics will be removed and probs new ones bought with new clips.......   This is getting rebuilt like brand new so will be slow progress as funds allow for parts..... Had some spare cash and noticed some bits going cheap on the bay of e......  Brand new oil cooler for a bargain £36 posted..... should be £80+ so i'm happy..... bought all the fittings from vauxhall and is now ready to fitted when the engine comes out for a rebuild..... |
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06-05-09, 00:52
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Bought this aswell as i am going to do a few mods to the engine to help it run better and hopefully get it all running bettert...... Oil catch tank and fittings.....   Need to find some hoses and a remote oil filter and oil cooler as i am going to add another oil cooler at the front of the bay to hopefully keep everything running sweet and as cool as possible...... |
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06-05-09, 00:53
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Started removing everything from the boot to see how good the floor is etc......   couple of odd surface rust patches but nothing a rub down and bit of rust eater won't sort out before it gets primered and sprayed...... If only i could keep it this low......  And a picture of the engine bay as stands now before the full bling treatment and fitment of a few toys which i have now received.......  |
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